
Amazon has announced to apply the brakes on its facial recognition technology for police for one year, in the wake of potential misuse of the technology by the cops as racial protests gain steam in the US after the death of Afrrican-American George Floyd....
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday said that the recent Black Lives Matter protests in the country has been hijacked by "left-wing agendas". ...

American coffee giant, Starbucks said that it has planned to close as many as 200 stores in Canada in the next two years, even after the economy gets back to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, the media reported....

In a perhaps first such case, Facebook bought a tool from a third-party cybersecurity firm in a bid to hack one of its own users so that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can arrest him for committing heinous crimes such as extorting young girls for nude pictures and videos and threatening to kill and rape them, according ...

Disney theme parks in Anaheim, California, will begin a phased reopening from July after being closed nearly three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said. ...
Former US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell backed President Donald Trump's plan to reduce troops in Germany, saying there was no need to pay too much for other countries' defence. ...

The brother of George Floyd, the African-American man whose death in police custody triggered nationwide protests, urged US lawmakers in a Congressional hearing to "stop the pain", as Democrats and Republicans offered different remedies for the country's police system....

The number of COVID-19 cases in the US surpassed the 2 million mark on Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins University....
More than 75 organizations and individuals representing Hindu, Jain, and Sikh communities came together ...

The US has officially reopened its consulate in Greenland after 67 years. ...