Twitter Inc may soon create a new type of account for bots next year that will identify them as automated, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The move is a part of plans undertaken to finalise a blueprint for a reboot of its long-paused verification programme.

Twitter may soon create label for automated 'bot' accounts

The U.S. Food and Drug administration on Tuesday authorized emergency use of the first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test, which can be used at home. The test by Ellume offers a nasal swab analyzer that connects to a software application on users` smartphone, and gives results in 20 minutes.

US FDA authorises first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test

Alibaba Group has said it would not allow its technology to be used for targetting and identifying specific ethnic groups, following a report that its facial recognition technology can pick out Uighur minorities.

Alibaba clarifies won't allow its tech to target, identify ethnic groups

Australian police said Friday they were treating the murder of an elderly couple in their Brisbane home as a terrorism incident. Police linked the murders to Raghe Mohamed Abdi, who had previously been investigated by counter-terrorism police, after he was shot dead in a confrontation with officers on a Brisbane highway Thursday morning.

Australian counter-terrorism police probe Brisbane murders

A panel of outside advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine. In the US, where 3,249 new deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours alone, emergency approval of the Moderna jab -- the second vaccine allowed in a Western country -- would pave the way for six million doses to potentially start shipping as soon as this weekend.

US FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna coronavirus vaccine

Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, with one person reported dead -- a 46-year-old farmer from the Labasa region of Vanua Levu, who died when a wall of his house collapsed on top of him.

Cyclone Yasa levels entire villages, leaves extensive damage in Fiji

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram. It remained unclear, however, if all the abducted schoolboys had been released, amid ongoing uncertainty over the number taken in the first place.

Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys released after mass kidnapping

Members of Congress on Thursday hurled withering comments and furious questions at two members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, seeking to use a rare public appearance to extract admissions of personal responsibility for the deadly opioid epidemic as well as details about $10 billion that records show the family withdrew from the company.

Sacklers deny personal responsibility for opioid epidemic in House hearing

It’s about as near as science gets to a miracle: A coronavirus vaccine has arrived — and the main reason is that mRNA vaccines, a previously untested technology, appears to work better than almost anyone had hoped.

Big pharma is fooling us

Ethiopia on Friday offered a reward in exchange for information that could help locate leaders of the Tigray region's ruling party, who have been the target of a major military offensive.

Ethiopia offers reward for help finding dissident Tigray leaders

India will produce about 300 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines next year, a Russian official was quoted as saying. According to Reuters, this new number is nearly three times the previously known quantity as deals have been signed with more manufacturers.

India to produce about 300 mn doses of Russian vaccine; new deals signed

After facing heavy criticism for not doing enough to stem misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election, YouTube announced last week it would remove videos that alleged fraud had changed the outcome of the contest.

YouTube faces complaints of lax approach on overseas election misinformation

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