Washington D.C.: Google is partnering with software company Parallels to bring the Microsoft Office applications and other legacy enterprise Windows applications to Chromebooks.According to Mashable, Parallels has today announced that it will be bringing "full-featured Windows applications" to Chrome Operating System (OS) in partnership with Google.However, the ability to run Windows applications on that OS will be specific to Enterprise users.

Google quietly hid the announcement in the way of a one-liner in a blog post about remote work, adding that it will share more information in the coming months."We have long been saying that almost any business role can be a cloud worker, and COVID-19 has dramatically made this point," said Google's.

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Cyient ties up with Microsoft to accelerate IoT solutions for customers

₹276.Microsoft Azure Certified for loT allows businesses to reach customers where they are, working with an ecosystem of devices and platforms, allowing for faster time to production."Cyient loT Edge Gateway 5400, the flagship product in the company's family of loT gateways, is Microsoft Azure Certified for loT. It provides customers with a modular and scalable edge gateway for seamless connectivity of legacy machines and next-gen intelligent devices to the Industrial loT network and the cloud.

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Bring Me The Horizon tell us about their new ‘survival horror song’ ‘Parasite Eve’ and ambitious ‘Post Human’ project

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has opened up to NME about the band’s heavy new single ‘Parasite Eve’, as well as revealing their plans to release a string of records called ‘Post Human’.After teasing the new track for a while and having previously told NME that they “may never record an album again“, the Sheffield metal pioneers will share their first taster of new material tonight (Thursday June 25) before releasing four new records later this year – NME can exclusively reveal.“This song is going to be part of a record that has the same feel along with [last year’s single] ‘Ludens’,” Sykes told NME.

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Brixton street party: Violent scenes as fights break out with 15 police officers injured

A street party in south London turned into a riot last night as violent disturbances left 15 police officers injured.

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Google will continue to make ad credits available to small businesses

New Delhi: The Grow with Google initiative has trained 50 million people in Asia Pacific to date, empowering small businesses and jobseekers who are facing uncertainty and looking for digital skills training to help them increase their economic potential, the company announced on Thursday.Google said that it will continue to make ad credits available to small businesses in Asia Pacific, as part of a broader, $340 million global commitment."We'll keep adding new forms of support across all our tools and platforms.

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Katy Perry admits pregnancy has made her feel 'every emotion': It's a wild time to bring life into the world

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom will soon become doting parents but before that day arrives, Hollywood's power couple are enjoying this time and overcoming obstacles together. In a recent interview, the singer opened up about how she has been experiencing every emotion under the sun.

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Police officers in Winslow Township donate mountain bike to help man in need

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP - Three police officers in Winslow Township are making a difference in their community by helping out a man in need by donating a mountain bike.In a statement on their Facebook page, officers began speaking with a man about where he worked. The man mentioned that he had custody of his three children from his first marriage and two of his other children and is currently working two different jobs to support them.

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Employees at Orange County Tax Collector’s Office test positive for COVID-19

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Two Orange County Tax Collector’s Office employees and a contracted vendor who work at three different office locations recently tested positive for COVID-19, officials announced.In a message to the public, officials from the office provided the following details about the three patients:Officials said they became aware of the positive test results Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning and took action to clean and disinfect the impacted locations and notify all affected employees.“We initiated contact tracing this morning to determine which other employees, if any, may have had prolonged close exposure of less than six feet to the positive employees.

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Travel bubble coming to Atlantic Canada July 3

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UN chief urges pressure to bring Yemen's parties to talks

TANZANIA – The U.N. chief called for more pressure to be applied to Yemen's warring parties to come together to arrange a cease-fire in the war that has cost more than 10,000 lives and displaced 2 million people in the world's worst humanitarian disaster.Yemeni people are “suffering terribly” and COVID-19 is worsening their situation, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press.

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Facebook says it tackles hate speech better than Google, Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO : Facing scrutiny in the European Union over spread of disinformation and hate speech on its platforms, Facebook has published an independent report, saying the social network is reviewing reports of hate speech quicker than other tech giants.According to the report, Facebook assessed 95.7 per cent and Instagram assessed 91.8 per cent of hate speech notifications in less than 24 hours, compared to 81.5 per cent for Google-owned YouTube and 76.6 per cent for Twitter.The report also stated that "only Facebook informs users systematically; all the other platforms have to make improvements.""While we recognize we have more to do, these results suggest we are moving in the right direction and have systems in place which continue to

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Officer in Breonna Taylor death to be fired, police chief says

The chief of police in Louisville, Kentucky said on Friday he intended to fire one of the three officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in a burst of gunfire when drug investigators mistakenly entered her home on March 13.

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UK weather: Met Office map shows who will sizzle in heatwave as temperatures set to peak

Temperatures are set to be the highest yet this year as the Met Office confirm which areas of the UK will be red hot.

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer interview on Sunrise on 24 June 2020

NATALIE BARR:Coronavirus testing stations in Victoria are being stretched to the limit, with thousands of residents line up to checked as authorities try to control the spike in cases. Premier Daniel Andrews has warned hotspot suburbs could be put back into lockdown, if numbers don't fall.For more, I'm joined by Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth.

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Florida officer who shoved protester referred to prosecutors

MIAMI – A police officer who was suspended for pushing a kneeling black woman to the ground at a George Floyd demonstration in Florida is under scrutiny again after the agency reviewed bodycam footage from two unrelated incidents and referred them to state prosecutors for possible criminal charges.Earlier this month, video of Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Steven Pohorence pushing a woman to the ground was shared widely on social media as protests against police violence and racial injustice erupted across the country. Pohorence’s shove escalated a clash in which bottles were thrown and tear gas fired.

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Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting fired

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.A termination letter for Officer Brett Hankison released by the city’s police department today said Hankinson violated procedures by showing “extreme indifference to the value of human life” when he “wantonly and blindly” shot 10 rounds of gunfire into Taylor’s apartment in March. The letter also said Hankinson violated the rule against using deadly force.Taylor, who was Black, was shot eight times by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant during a March 13 narcotics investigation.

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer interview on The Project on 23 June 2020

WALEED ALY: Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd joins us now from Canberra. Michael, do we need a rethink here or are we just seeing a blip we expected?PROFESSOR MICHAEL KIDD: This is exactly what we expected.

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer interview on ABC Radio National Drive on 23 June 2020

PATRICIA KARVELAS:Professor Michael Kidd is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and my guest tonight. Professor Kidd, thank you for your time.PROFESSOR MICHAEL KIDD: Thanks Patricia.PATRICIA KARVELAS:Firstly, how concerned are you about the rise of community transmission that appears to be happening in Victoria?PROFESSOR MICHAEL KIDD: Look, we're very concerned about what's happening in Victoria, but also very assured by the vigorous response which has taken place and been led by the health authorities in the state.

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LASD investigating tampon allegedly placed in off-duty LAPD officer’s drink

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - An off-duty LAPD officer allegedly found a tampon embedded in his Frappuccino halfway through drinking it at a Starbuck’s licensee store inside of a Target in Diamond Bar on Friday, sources told FOX 11. Target released the following statement to FOX 11 Tuesday afternoon:"We take this allegation seriously. We have reviewed video footage and have not found any suspicious behavior.

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‘Jurassic Park’ tops weekend box office, 27 years after original release

Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie “Jurassic Park” was No. 1 for the fourth time in its release history this past weekend as movie theaters tried to have a semblance during the COVID-19 pandemic over what is typically a big moviegoing weekend, Father’s Day.While 2020 fare like Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s “Trolls World Tour” had been leading at a still distressed box office for 9 weekends (with the exception of last weekend when “The Invisible Man” returned to the top of the chart), catalog titles dominated the majority of this weekend with Universal’s “Jurassic Park” earning $517,6K at 230 sites and the studio’s “Jaws” taking $516,3K at 187 locations.

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Pennsylvania man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - There was a boom, then the house shook. Daylan McLee thought for a minute it might have been a small earthquake until a relative came running inside to say there had been a car crash involving a police cruiser outside the apartment in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh.McLee ran outside and pulled an officer from the mangled patrol car as flames began to spread into the cabin.

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Here’s a glimpse of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office use of force policy

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday it’s use of force policies aligned with the calls for proposed reforms nationwide.FCSO outlined parts of its policies, saying it matched up with the “Eight Can’t Wait” initiative. The initiative stems from a campaign demanding nationwide police reform by focusing on eight topics such as banning chokeholds, de-escalation training, duty to intervene, ban shooting at moving vehicles, require warning before firing a gun, require use of force continuum, exhausting all alternatives before shooting and require comprehensive reporting when use of force does occur, according to 8cantwait.org.The campaign was started shortly after the death of George Floyd.

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Coronavirus: CERB extension to cost $17.9B, budget officer says

parliamentary budget officer estimates in a new report that it will cost $17.9 billion to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.The report this morning from budget officer Yves Giroux says that would bring the total cost of the benefit program to $71.3 billion.

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3 New Jersey family members found dead in backyard swimming pool

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Authorities on Tuesday were searching for answers in the deaths of three family members who were found unresponsive in a backyard above-ground swimming pool.Neighbors called police who responded to the home on Clearview Road on Monday afternoon.East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen told WNBC-TV a 32-year-old woman, her 8-year-old daughter and a 62-year-old male family member had died. Authorities have not released their names.Neighbors said the family had recently moved into the home.“This is a devastating day for our entire community.

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Mum jailed after licking windows at Tesco and saying she hoped staff got coronavirus

A mum, who claimed she had coronavirus and licked the windows of a Tesco supermarket, has been jailed.

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Microsoft shuts Mixer, tells users to move to Facebook Gaming

SAN FRANCISCO : In a significant move, Microsoft has announced to end its video game streaming service Mixer and has teamed up with Facebook to enable the Mixer community to transition to Facebook Gaming.Mixer never really took off as an independent gaming platform like Amazon's Twitch and now, Microsoft is encouraging people to use Facebook Gaming instead."Beginning today, Facebook Gaming will make it easy for anyone in the Mixer community to join, if they choose to do so.

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Hybrid work environment likely going ahead, says Microsoft's Maheshwari

How is Microsoft pivoting towards the new market realities due to the pandemic?From education and healthcare to governments and across organisations of all sizes, we are helping build the digital capability required to emerge stronger from every phase of this crisis-whether it’s the phase of respond, rebound or re-imagine.There are so many transformations happening today at scale that were just pilot thoughts three months back.

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Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer interview on ABC Radio Melbourne on 22 June 2020

RAFAEL EPSTEIN:So that alarming message that came out yesterday, that’s from the committee, the AH- Australian Health Practitioners- I always forget the initials. Anyway, they, the AHPPC suddenly said, look don’t travel to these suburbs if you cannot travel to and from these local government areas, don’t.One person who sits on that committee is Alison McMillan, the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for the Commonwealth Department of Health.

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NEIL MITCHELL:On the line is a member of that key federal committee, the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, that's the mob that- the polies love to rattle off the letters, but that's the organisation that really sits in judgment of all these things. The one that recommended the six municipalities be treated as hotspot.

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Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer interview on The Project on 22 June 2020

WALEED ALY:For more on these latest developments, we’re checking in with Alison McMillan, who’s Australia’s Chief Nursing Officer. Allison, given Victoria had the tightest restrictions, the most conservative approach in the country, why is this happening there?ALISON MCMILLAN:Well, I think we always knew that there was the potential for community outbreaks.

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Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer interview on ABC Radio Canberra on 22 June 2020

LINDA MOTTRAM:Well, a short time ago I asked the Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Alison McMillan, about her concerns about Victoria’s situation.ALISON MCMILLAN:No, I think we’ve- all along we’ve said that we knew that we would see community outbreaks, and this is one of those. What we’re seeing is very definitive and decisive action in Victoria to prevent further community transmission, and we’ve got confused that they’re getting on top of this.

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BRENDAN MURPHY:Good afternoon everybody, giving a brief Commonwealth update on the coronavirus situation nationally. I think obviously all the attention at the moment is on Victoria.

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'Jurassic Park,' 'Jaws' Top Box Office Chart in Steven Spielberg Bite-Off

Exactly 45 years after Steven Spielberg ushered in the era of the summer blockbuster with Jaws, the filmmaker has become the T-Rex of the June drive-in marquee. Over the June 19-21 weekend — as Hollywood studios offered classic catalogue titles to cinemas struggling to emerge from the coronavirus crisis — Spielberg's 1993 filmJurassic Park topped the chart with an estimated $517,642 from 230 locations in its 1,411th weekend, according to those with access to flash Comscore flash grosses.

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Microsoft to close Mixer live streaming service, teaming up with Facebook Gaming

Microsoft Corp is closing down Mixer, its live streaming service for games, and shifting users to Facebook Gaming, the technology giant’s Xbox division said on Monday.

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London transit chair wants mandated masks, medical officer of health says there’s no need

face masks mandatory on city buses amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.This comes as other jurisdictions, like Windsor-Essex and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, have recently mandated the use of masks.Currently, the LTC is requesting that riders wear face coverings wherever possible.

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NYPD officer in 'chokehold' video is focus of criminal probe

NEW YORK – A New York City police officer suspended from duty after he was recorded Sunday putting a man in what the police commissioner said was a banned chokehold could face criminal charges for the second time in his career.Queens prosecutors said Monday they've opened an investigation into Officer David Afanador's actions on the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach, adding that “there must be zero tolerance for police misconduct.”Afanador was acquitted in a previous case stemming from allegations he pistol-whipped a teenage suspect in Brooklyn and broke two of his teeth.The police department moved quickly to suspend Afanador without pay after Sunday’s confrontation.

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Man jailed for eight weeks after spitting in the face of a police officer and calling him ‘pig’

city centre unresponsive. Whilst observations were taking place, Iverson came round and began pulling off the heart rate monitor from his finger before telling the emergency workers he wanted to go, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.

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New Brunswick reports no new coronavirus cases as 27 active cases remain

COVID-19 cases Monday, with 173 new negative tests.The total number of confirmed cases in the province remains 164, according to a news release.There have been 135 recoveries, including 14 related to the outbreak in the Campbellton region. There have been two deaths in the province from complications related to the virus.Currently, two patients are hospitalized and one is in intensive care.As of Monday, 40,663 tests have been conducted.

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Philadelphia officer who died of COVID-19 laid to rest Monday

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police laid to rest one of their own on Monday.Officer Jose Novoa passed away from complications related to COVID-19 on June 3. Novoa, 62, was a 27-year veteran of the department and worked in the 9th District. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two granddaughters.Monday's funeral service was be held at the Deliverance Evangelistic Church.

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Tribeca Drive-In Sets Lineup for Nationwide Summer Series

Tribeca Enterprises has revealed the lineup of beloved films, live stand-up comedy and other entertainment set to play to audiences in its drive-in summer series. Tribeca Drive-In will run Thursdays through Sundays from July 2-Aug.

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Horrific search history of teen who killed himself as parents slam Google

A mother whose son killed himself was horrified to find his Google search history contained multiple sources detailing how to take his own life.

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'How dare you': Video shows Ex-Minneapolis officer charged in Floyd’s death being confronted at grocery store

MINNEAPOLIS - A video posted on social media shows one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd being confronted at a grocery store after being released on bail.J.

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'Jaws,' 'Black Panther' and more coming back to the drive-in

open by mid-July. It's made the drive-in freshly relevant, given some indie films a chance to break through the noise and even provided a unique space for a movie premiere.

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Foreign Office issues major holiday travel advice warning to Brits

The Foreign Office has issued a major holiday travel advice warning for Brits who have jetted into Spain and to others thinking about going on holiday.

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