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San Francisco (USA), Feb 3 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Marc Arcas) The archbishopric of San Francisco decreed Wednesday the celebration of a "year for the homeless" in which funds will be raised for poverty.
Gizmodo reports San Francisco and Alameda counties in California have stopped using Verily to test for the novel coronavirus. Google's health-centered sister company launched a $55 million pilot COVID-19 testing program earlier this year to set up mobile and stationary test sites. However, Verily’s services weren’t geared towards filling the needs of communities especially vulnerable to the pandemic. Specifically, the services put people of color, those with low income, and the homeless at a disadvantage for using Verily's site and accessing test results. Another complaint was that Verily reserves the right to use collected data for 'commercial product research and development.' While Verily says strict privacy controls are in place, critics say the system may still violate federal health data privacy laws.
An online family scrapbook company in San Francisco, 1000memories, is collecting oral histories from World War II veterans in Yountville, California, to share with the Library of Congress.
Southpark is the area where San Franciscos technology folks so often go to lunch, just up the street from the AT&T ballfield, on streets swarming with techs version of hipsters. Its just the crowd that should care about Facebooks IPO filingbut the mood here, is cautious.
The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kicks in from March 7th. "As of midnight, the gatekeepers are required to prove that they are complying with the DMA (Digital Markets Act)", says Johannes Bahrke, EU spokesperson. Brussels is determined to create a more competitive online field that allows smaller players to flourish by ushering in a list of do's and don'ts for six so-called "gatekeepers" designated by the EU: Apple, Amazon, Google owner Alphabet, TikTok parent ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. SOUNDBITE
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in San Francisco, a day ahead of his highly anticipated meeting with American counterpart Joe Biden. IMAGES
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