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Elon Musk blames diversity efforts for the widespread CrowdStrike digital pandemic that stunted Microsoft services

While Microsoft and CrowdStrike have issued statements indicating the issue has been fixed, Elon Musk used the opportunity to attack the latter's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Windows Central

39 million motherboards expected to be sold in 2024 — shipments recover to pre-pandemic levels

Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock expect to sell 38.8 million motherboards in 2024, surpassing the 2019 record of 37.6 million units.

Tom’s Hardware

India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher?

India had nearly 1.2m excess deaths in 2020, new data shows. The life expectancy of Muslims fell more than five years.

Al Jazeera

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UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts

Health professionals argue inequalities, crisis in NHS and pressure in care homes leave Britain vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

What a ‘right to disconnect’ from work could look like in the UK

The UK’s new government has promised to take action to “promote a positive work-life balance for all workers”, and to prevent homes “turning into 24/7 offices”. The risk of “always on” working has grown since the pandemic, with technology meaning that work is often within easy reach.

The Conversation

Why does plague keep plaguing humans?

Throughout human history, different infectious diseases have taken the mantle of “most deadly disease” infecting humans. In the past century alone, the human population has experienced many pandemics: COVID, HIV and various influenza outbreaks – to name a few. Some have lasted for centuries and persist today, such as tuberculosis.…

The Conversation

As the world wakes up to a "digital pandemic", Microsoft suggests turning it off and on again 15 times

The world came to a standstill this morning as many services reliant on Azure servers were affected by an outage. Microsoft's solution? A classic. Turn it off and on again.

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Fact-checking Day 4 of the Republican National Convention - Roll Call

Trump's convention acceptance speech was a greatest hits of false and misleading claims about crime, immigration, the economy and more.

Roll Call

'Hong Kong's Dr Fauci' Sounds Alarm On Next Pandemic

Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has done battle with some of the world's worst threats, including the SARS virus he helped isolate and identify.

International Business Times

Renters finally get some good news as power begins to swing away from landlords

Rent on average is still more expensive than it was before the pandemic, though.

Fortune

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry’s first report: poor preparation with tragic consequences

Citizens were failed by a lack of planning, and Lady Hallett wants a better system to be built fast

The Guardian - UK

Government’s ‘fatal strategic flaws’ in Covid planning led to avoidable deaths and economic pain

Covid-19 public inquiry chair Baroness Hallett has demanded ‘radical reform’ of UK’s pandemic plans

The Independent UK

A Maskless, COVID-Positive Biden Bares His Naked Face to the World

Even the mask mandators are done with once-ubiquitous pandemic precautions.

Reason

Covid inquiry: Hallett prescribes ‘red teams’ as antidote to flawed thinking

Lady Hallett says failure to challenge consensus views on UK’s readiness to respond to pandemic was an ‘acute problem’

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The Guardian - UK

‘Bittersweet’: Covid report does not go far enough, say bereaved families

Relatives feel vindicated by ‘damning’ analysis of an unprepared Britain but say many issues not addressed

The Guardian - UK

Hunt to Hancock: six politicians in the frame in Covid inquiry report

While many of the failings are seen as institutional, the report names some politicians for their role in the crisis

The Guardian - UK

Pret a Manger customers left fuming over end of ‘free drinks’

Chain calls time on five-a-day coffee subscription it launched in UK after Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

The Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared

The UK must never succumb to such shocking complacency again. Planning for the next pandemic must start now, says global public health expert Devi Sridhar

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The Independent UK

Inquiry finds Britain was ill-prepared for COVID-19 pandemic and failed its citizens

An inquiry into the U.K. government's response to COVID-19 found it was ill-prepared for a pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens

The Conversation

Republicans wary of Republicans – how politics became a clue about infection risk during the pandemic

Americans who felt most vulnerable during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic perceived Republicans as infection risks, leading to greater disgust and avoidance of them – regardless of their own political party. Even Republicans who felt vulnerable became more wary of other Republicans. That’s one finding from research we…

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: The key government failings from Baroness Hallett’s first report

The damning report highlights several failures by the government during the Covid pandemic

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer has the chance to reset relations with Europe

A Nato summit in Washington in week one, a meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) on home soil in week two — Sir Keir Starmer is enjoying a fast start on the international stage.

The Guardian - UK

Hubris and planning for wrong type of pandemic: five takeaways from Covid inquiry verdict

The pandemic caused ‘grief, untold misery and economic turmoil’ which could have been cut if the UK had been better prepared, report states

The National (Scotland)

UK Government 'failed' public leading to more deaths, Covid-19 inquiry finds

THE UK Government and the civil service “failed” the public due to “significant flaws” in preparing for the Covid-19 pandemic, a public…

Evening Standard

Five key findings from the Covid Inquiry as first report published

Inquiry says Government failed to prepare for a pandemic in years leading up to Covid outbreak

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