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Uber’s five-year battle against giving its drivers basic employment protections, including minimum wage and holiday pay, has reached the Supreme Court. The company could be forced to pay tens of millions in compensation to impacted workers, as may other firms which fail to class their drivers and couriers as employees. The judgment will reverberate across
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Researchers trialling an experimental drug on critically ill coronavirus patients say it prevented their disease from progressing in 79% of cases. The experimental drug known as SNG001 is an inhaled formulation of beta-interferon developed by the pharmaceutical company Synairgen and was given to patients in hospital with COVID-19 who needed oxygen assistance. Although the treatment
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Plans for the WiFi router used by SpaceX’s satellite-based broadband business Starlink have been revealed in a regulatory filing. The Starlink Router, which has now been approved for consumer use by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will connect an external satellite dish or terminal to any computers or phones inside the house. According to
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