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UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first

Ars Technica

The H5N1 bird flu has spilled over to a sheep for the first time, infecting a domesticated ruminant in the United Kingdom much like it has in US dairy cows, according to UK officials.

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The United Kingdom wants to use genomic surveillance to prevent future pandemics

TechSpot

The UK Government recently announced a new public-private collaboration to develop the world's first early warning system for pandemic diseases. The publicly funded National Health Service (NHS) will partner with Oxford Nanopore, a UK-based company that developed a novel solution for DNA sequencing, to uncover dangerous infections within hours of.

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Mattress company Emma is fastest-growing startup in Europe

The Next Web

For the fifth year in a row Adyen and TNW teamed up to find the fastest growing companies in Europe’s six hottest startup ecosystems: the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden.

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Next-generation RAF fighter jet to feature AI-assisted operation

TechSpot

The Tempest – the United Kingdom's planned fighter jet of the future – will have a cockpit without physical switches or screens. Its systems will also try to "read" the pilots' minds to monitor their condition and make them more aware of their surroundings.

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Broadcom's planned $61B acquisition of VMware to be investigated further by the UK

TechSpot

The CMA says it will refer Broadcom's planned $61 billion acquisition of VMware for an in-depth investigation over serious antitrust concerns, including worries that it could result in a "substantial lessening of competition within a market or markets in the United Kingdom."

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Amazon customer support team makes geography fail and inadvertently unites Ireland

The Verge

An Amazon support member trying to help a subscriber on Twitter was apparently not fully up to speed on world geography when they suggested to the user that Northern Ireland wasn’t part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland is part of the UK. Chris Jones (@_chrisjones_) November 14, 2020.

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Debates rage after PC retailer denies claim it sent customer an RTX 3050 instead of RMA'd RTX 4070 Ti

TechSpot

According to a post on the Pcmasterrace subreddit by a user called adowad, Overclockers UK, one of the largest online PC retailers in the United Kingdom, returned an RTX 3050 even though he had sent the company an Inno3D RTX 4070 Ti for RMA. Read Entire Article