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Google’s DeepMind made illegal deal with NHS for health data, ICO says

Jeon Heon-Kyun | Getty Images Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepMind. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is the U.K.’s data protection watchdog, launched its probe into the DeepMind-NHS deal in May 2016. On Monday, the ICO released its conclusion and found that the agreement “failed …

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Euro zone PMI data are wildly exaggerated: Economist

Bartek Sadowski | Bloomberg | Getty Images Workers assemble an Opel Astra automobile near a supply of glass panels at the Opel automobile plant in Gliwice, Poland, on Monday, March 6, 2017. Despite these criticisms, there are others who defend the data. Claus Vistesen, chief Eurozone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, …

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Bank of England staff vote for first strike in 50 years

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England (BOE). Bank of England staff have voted to hold their first strike in more than 50 years in a push for higher pay, a union said on Monday, adding to pressure for an end to …

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Microsoft preparing to lay off thousands of employees: report

Getty Images Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft, speaks during a Microsoft launch event to introduce the new Microsoft Surface laptop and Windows 10 S operating system, May 2, 2017 in New York City. Microsoft is reportedly planning to lay off thousands of employees around the world, according to …

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Samsung launches refurbished Note 7 phone called Galaxy Note Fan Edition

Samsung Samsung’s Galaxy Note Fan Edition has features such as an iris scanner, fingerprint sensor, and stylus. The battery, which was the main reasons the original Note 7 exploded, has been “further enhanced with multiple safety designs”, Samsung said in a press release in Korean, translated via Google Translate. Samsung …

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What’s on TV Monday: ‘Life’s a Beach’ and ‘Janet King’

Photo Yu Junsang and Isabelle Huppert in Hong Sang-soo’s “In Another Country.” Credit Kino Lorber If sand and surf are not to be yours this holiday weekend, do the next best thing and stream a few of the summery tales in “Life’s a Beach.” Or sleuth alongside Marta Dusseldorp, one …

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With markets taking some losses amid mixed signals from monetary policy makers, what are you most wary of as an investor this week?

Peti Kollanyi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks during a news conference to discuss monetary policy in Tallinn, Estonia, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Central banks have been in the spotlight the past week, with comments from European Central Bank President …

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Trump discusses North Korea threat in calls with China, Japan leaders

Pete Marovich | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Trump speaks on the phone with Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday and discussed the threat …

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Policiers Like Your Favorite Crime Show, but French

The parallels to “Homeland” extend to the troubled psyche of the main character, an agent with the code name Malotru (played by Mathieu Kassovitz of “Amélie”). His problems are caused not by brain chemistry but by the six years he spent in deep cover in Syria. In Season 3, the …

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