Coronavirus: US to get French vaccine first after funding company

Americans will get priority for French drugmaker Sanofi’s coronavirus vaccine because the US rushed to be first to give the company funding for its research back in February, chief executive officer Paul Hudson told Bloomberg.  ‘The US government has the right to the largest pre-order because it’s invested in taking the risk’ by giving Sanofi … Read more

Bad Company singer Brian Anthony Howe dead at 66 due to cardiac arrest

Bad Company singer Brian Anthony Howe dead at 66 due to cardiac arrest By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com Published: 14:31 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 14:54 BST, 7 May 2020 Brian Anthony Howe – who was the lead singer of Bad Company from the early 80s to mid 90s – is dead at 66 … Read more

This is what 51 looks like: Tech company founder reveals secret to smooth skin

This is what 51 looks like: Tech company founder reveals secret to smooth skin Rav Bumbra lives in Bristol with her husband and their two children, 22 and 13 She is the founder of the technology recruitment company Sturctur3dpeople She says she loves La Roche-Posay Pure Vitamin C10 Serum to brighten her skin By Florence … Read more

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI considered for coronavirus contact tracing

The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is in negotiations with several unnamed federal agencies and three US states to provide contact tracing services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That confirmed the negotiations were ongoing but declined to specify which agencies or states are considering the company’s services. Ton-That said the … Read more

Utah government suspends contract with data collection company founded by ‘former KKK member’

The Utah Attorney General’s Office and multiple law enforcement agencies across the state have suspended their contracts with a surveillance company after reports that its founder had previously been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The company, Banjo.io, uses AI to analyze GPS data, images and video scrapped from social media posts, surveillance cameras, … Read more

Google tells its employees they won’t return to company office until at least June 1st

Google tells its employees they won’t return to company office until at least June 1st, and will use a staggered approach when it finally does bring workers back CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an all-staff email announcing the company offices would remain closed at least until June 1st He said that when the tech giant does … Read more

Zip-wire company goes bust after TV writer wins battle to stop thrill-seekers ‘whizzing’ past window

A zip wire company has gone bust after a top TV writer won his fight to stop hundreds of thrill-seekers ‘whizzing past’ the windows of his home. Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies led the campaign against plans to rig up a 360-metre long wire outside his waterside home. City Zip Company wanted to launch … Read more

NHS hospital boss slams company for profiteering after being offered £2 gowns at £16.50 each

NHS hospital boss slams private company for outrageous profiteering after being offered £2 protective gowns for £16.50 each – 825 PER CENT the normal price Nick Hulme looked to alternative sources to increase his NHS trust’s PPE stock  The East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has enough PPE for now  Ipswich MP Tom … Read more

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received $38 MILLION in 2019 as company reports spike in subscriptions

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ fortunes continue to rise as a new SEC filing reports the streaming service’s co-founder received a total of $38 million in 2019. Hasting’s total pay package last year was up 16 per cent from what he was paid in 2018, reports Netflix in its annual proxy statement Wednesday.    Hastings’ most recent … Read more

UK company tried to help the NHS but faced five weeks of frustration over red tape

British company is forced to sell PPE ABROAD after attempt to equip the NHS was met with an ‘impenetrable wall of bureaucracy’ British supplier was forced to sell personal protective equipment abroad Firm spent ‘five weeks hammering at the Government’s door’ with no response The Government said it had deployed ‘every resource’ to get PPE supplies  … Read more