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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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Twitter's Photo Crop Algorithm Favors White Faces and Women
A study of 10,000 images found bias in what the system chooses to highlight. Twitter has stopped using it on mobile, and will consider ditching it on the web.
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My Mother Is Gone. But Her Digital Voice Helps Keep Me Well
I made the audio recording shortly before she passed. I didn't know that it would become a powerful tool to keep me motivated.
9 hours ago
A Zombie-Fire Outbreak May Be Growing in Alaska and Canada
“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.
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House Approves Jan. 6 Panel; Republicans Move to Block Senate Path
Republican leaders including Mitch McConnell are scrambling to tamp down support for a panel to investigate the Jan. 6 attack. Here’s the latest on politics.
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Gaza, New York City, Summer Reading: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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Lee Evans, Olympic Runner Who Protested Racism, Dies at 74
One of several Black athletes who had threatened to boycott the 1968 Summer Games, he won two gold medals, then raised his fist at the presentation ceremony.
2 hours ago

ICMR approves home-based RAT kit for Covid testing
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for Covid-19, which will be soon available in the market and can be used for detecting positive cases in home setting...
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75,000 deaths in May so far; 2nd wave shifts to east India
The first 19 days of this month have already recorded 75,000 reported Covid deaths which are by far the highest for any month. The previous record was held by April 2021 which saw about 49,000 deaths. Apart from these two months, the death toll...
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Covid-19: Goa leads positivity chart with 43%, K’taka second
With a positivity rate of 32%, measured over a 14-day period between May 4 and 17, Karnataka has jumped eight spots to become second, after Goa (43%), in the list of states with high infection rates. Karnataka also had the most (5.7 lakh) active...
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Rail services to come under unified state control
A new public body, Great British Railways, will lead the biggest rail shake-up since privatisation.
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Covid-19: More variant hotspots to get surge tests and jabs
The emergence of the Indian variant makes vaccinations "even more important", Matt Hancock says.
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Third dose of Covid jab to be trialled in UK
The findings will help scientific advisers decide if re-vaccinating people in the autumn is necessary.
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