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Microsoft gambles on a quantum leap in computing

In a laboratory in Copenhagen, scientists believe they are on the verge of a breakthrough that could transform computing. A team combining Microsoft researchers and Niels Bohr Institute academics is confident that it has found the key to creating a quantum computer. If they are right, then Microsoft will leap to the front of a race that has a tremendous ...

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US may tie social media to visa applications

The Trump administration has said it wants to start collecting the social media history of nearly everyone seeking a visa to enter the US. The proposal, which comes from the state department, would require most visa applicants to give details of their Facebook and Twitter accounts. They would have to disclose all social media identities used in the past five ...

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Don’t buy Farmers Deli Vienna – FDA warns

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says the Farmers Deli Vienna product is infested with the dangerous listeriosis and has therfore warned Ghanaians not to patronise it. Listeria monocytogenes is typically a food-borne organism which causes the illness called listeriosis and can grow and reproduce inside the host cell. “The FDA would like to alert the general public that “FARMERS ...

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South Africa’s Winnie Mandela dies at 81

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple – famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years – were a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly three decades. However, in later ...

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Tesla rebuked by death crash investigators

Electric car-maker Tesla has been admonished by the US watchdog investigating a recent fatal crash involving one of its cars. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was “unhappy” the firm had made public details of the probe. The company had blogged on Friday that the Model X car involved’s Autopilot self-steering system was in use at the time of the accident. ...

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Egypt’s Sisi re-elected with 97% of votes cast, turnout at 41% (Official)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the exact proportion that brought the former military commander his first term four years ago, Egypt’s election commission announced on Monday. However, turnout in last week’s election was lower than in 2014, at 41 percent. Sisi had long been virtually guaranteed victory after all serious opposition pulled ...

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Ethiopia PM appeals for unity, pledges democracy and improved relations with Eritrea

Ethiopia’s parliament swore in Abiy Ahmed as prime minister on Monday with a mandate to implement democratic reforms aimed partly at defusing ethnic tensions in the Oromiya province from which the former army lieutenant general hails. The ruling coalition picked Abiy last week to replace Hailemariam Desalegn who quit to clear the way for reforms. Abiy, 42, took the oath ...

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Barcelona news: Lionel Messi ‘angry’ with team-mate amid Man Utd rumours – Spanish claim

LIONEL MESSI is angry with Barcelona team-mate Samuel Umtiti, it has been claimed. According to Diario Gol, Messi believes Umtiti is focused more on the speculation surrounding his future than performing on the pitch. The Barcelona superstar blew his top after being forced to rescue the team from defeat at Sevilla on Saturday. Messi – on the bench for the ...

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