Loot boxes: Lords call for 'immediate' gambling regulation

Loot boxes, skins and player packs should be regulated immediately, says a Lords committee.

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Coronavirus: Could 'immunity passports' create an antibody elite?

Could Covid-19 antibody testing have the unintended consequence of creating an antibody elite?

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'I've been stared at in disbelief when I introduce myself'

Four young, black entrepreneurs explain how skin colour has affected their business journey.

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PG&E, Troubled California Utility, Emerges From Bankruptcy

The company, which has a new board and chief executive, said it had put $5.4 billion and its stock in a trust for victims of wildfires started by its equipment.

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Just 8% of colleges are keeping classes online this fall, but more may join them as coronavirus outbreaks surge. Here's the list so far.

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• Some universities and colleges across the US are opting for online-only courses in the fall 2020 semester.
• The coronavirus could resurge in the fall, bringing a wave of infections even larger than the one the country is currently seeing.
• Here are the schools that aren't planning to return to campus this fall.
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After a semester of remote courses and online graduations, some colleges and universities are deciding not to return for in-person classes this fall.

California State University, the largest four-year public university system in the US, has cancelled in-person classes for the fall semester at all 23 of its campuses. Instead, classes will take place almost exclusively online, Chancellor Timothy White announced in May.

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One suspect dead amid investigation into missing soldier, whose remains are believed to have been found

• The lawyer representing the family of a missing 20-year-old soldier said they believe the human remains found this week are that of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen.
• One of Guillen's superiors killed himself as law enforcement officials approached him.
• Guillen previously told family and friends that she was being sexually harassed by one of her superiors.
• A second civilian suspect — the estranged wife of a former soldier from Fort Hood, Texas — is currently in custody.
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The lawyer representing the family of a missing 20-year-old soldier said they believe the human remains found this week are that of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, and that one of her superiors killed himself on Tuesday when approached by authorities.

A second civilian suspect — the estranged wife of a former soldier from Fort Hood, Texas — is currently in custody in the Bell County Jail awaiting charges by civilian authorities, Army officials announced on Wednesday.

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UK regulators take aim at Apple's deal with Google to make it the default search engine on Safari

• Google's payments to Apple to be the default search engine on Apple's Safari web browser create "a significant barrier to entry and expansion" for Google's rivals in the search engine market, the UK markets regulator said in a report released on Wednesday.
• Enforcement authorities should be given a range of options to address the issue, the report said, including letting users decide which search engine to set as a default during device setup or restricting Apple's ability to monetize default positions.
• The report found that Apple received the "substantial majority" of the 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) that Google paid to be the default search engine on a variety of devices in the United Kingdom in 2019.
• Apple told the regulators that monetization restrictions would be "very costly," according to the report.
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The payments by Alphabet Inc's Google to Apple to be the default search engine on Apple's Safari web browser create "a significant barrier to entry and expansion" for Google's rivals in the search engine market, the UK markets regulator said in a report released on Wednesday.

Apple received the "substantial majority" of the 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) that Google paid to be the default search engine on a variety of devices in the United Kingdom in 2019, according to the report.

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