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Two Hangzhou residents told Reuters that their apartment complexes have asked to view their QR codes as they enter the building. Another Hangzhou resident told Reuters that she was asked to show her QR code before entering the local supermarket. … [Read more...] about China seeks help of national tech giants to track coronavirus with QR codes

“I think it’s really important because there’s a lot of special talent that the world doesn’t know about,” said Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Joel Embiid, who hails from Cameroon. “If you look at the guys in the league who have been able to make it, there’s probably somebody better than me or has the potential to be better than me in the future. So I think it’s a great initiative.” … [Read more...] about All-Star notes: Africa unveils teams, LeBron brings students

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former deputy chairperson of the erstwhile Planning Commission and one of India’s most experienced economic policymakers is the author of ‘Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years’. He spoke to Nalin Mehta and Sanjiv Shankaran on economic reforms, India’s big economic challenges and similarities and differences between the UPA and the NDA governments' approaches to the economy. You say in the first seven years of UPA, the economy grew at 8.4% and 138 million people escaped poverty. What happened later? The growth momentum of the first seven years was remarkable, but economies have ups and downs and there was a down turn in the last three years. The global downturn after the Eurozone crisis in 2011 was one explanatory factor, but the system also ran into domestic constraints. Regulatory constraints prevented large projects from taking off. That problem continues even today. Allegations of corruption after 2011 also … [Read more...] about If a bank chief isn’t beholden to a FinMin join secretary; he will behave differently, says Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Some of the lessons from these speakers were that there is nothing wrong with failure, and that the important thing is to learn from your mistakes and constantly improve. I am a big believer in this as well: failure is just a road stop on the way to success. They also stressed the tremendous amount of resources that are available online, and that if you want to learn how to code, or to learn another business skill, you can do that all online! … [Read more...] about Strengthening the Transatlantic bond

Why it seems like everyone's being hacked Czech minister's emails intercepted The Czech Republic's foreign minister has confirmed that his own email account - and those of colleagues in the Foreign Ministry - have been hacked. TheNeovlivni.cz news site reported "thousands of files" were retrieved, but the Foreign Ministry has denied classified information was obtained. Russia has not been blamed publicly, but, privately, officials are pointing the finger at the Kremlin. … [Read more...] about TOR, Psiphon, Signal and Co.: How to move unrecognized on the internet