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It has been another busy year in the world of technology, with new innovations arriving during 2019 including 5G, but also political problems such as the ongoing debate around Huawei. Here is a look at some of the most important stories of the year. – Social media and the focus on online harms Social media …

For the historian of science and technology, the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious push for electric vehicles (EVs) should ring a bell. After many decades, India is witnessing once again the unseemly fraternisation of high technology and authoritarian governance. On the one hand, the government has championed EV, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and packaged sundry technologies into …

Two Americans and a British scientist won the 2019 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for discovering how the body’s cells sense and react to oxygen levels, work that has paved the way for new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases, the Nobel Committee said. Doctors William G. Kaelin Jr. of Harvard University, …

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – Just when the next generation of footballers thought it might be safe to get on the gridiron, researchers in the journal ‘Neurology’ published their results last week on the significant risk that traumatic brain injury can carry for long-term hormone and sexual function in men. In a study of more than …

The New Orleans Saints are ranked No. 2 in ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index. Here’s everything you need to know about them heading into the 2019 NFL season: The big question: Can the defensive line stay dominant? The Saints ranked second in the NFL in run defense and fifth in sacks last season behind one …

MTV Video Music Awards hosted in New Jersey and was met by protesters MTV’s Video Music Awards saw performances from some of music’s biggest stars, including Taylor Swift and Lil Nas X. It also honored them, with Swift earning multiple awards, including one for video of the year. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” earned …

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Emerald Health Therapeutics, Inc. (“Emerald”) (TSXV: EMH; OTCQX: EMHTF) has provided preliminary, unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2019 for its BC-based 50%-owned joint venture, Pure Sunfarms (PSF). The Company will report its complete financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019, after …

Ott Tänak sped to his third FIA World Rally Championship victory in four outings in Finland on Sunday afternoon to extend his points lead. The Estonian landed his second straight Neste Rally Finland victory in a Toyota Yaris after seeing off determined challenges from team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Kris Meeke in the fastest round of …