When Purdue Pharma agreed last month to plead guilty to criminal charges involving OxyContin, the Justice Department noted the role an unidentified consulting company had played in driving sales of the addictive painkiller even as public outrage grew over widespread overdoses. Documents released last week in a federal bankruptcy court …
Read More »GE 2020: Proposed Bill Allows S’poreans To Vote Outside Of Electoral Divisions Amid COVID-19
Speculations are rife that the next general election will take place very soon, and it is very likely that it will take place amid this Covid-19 outbreak. Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing proposed in Parliament today (April 7) some new measures as part of the Parliamentary Elections …
Read More »White House’s proposed budget would increase investments in AI and quantum computing
The White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 includes sizable increases in federal funding for AI and quantum computing projects. All told, the overall increase in federal R&D funding is 6% compared to fiscal year 2020, reaching $ 142.2 billion. Although much of the funding is aimed at R&D …
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