The misuse of opioids overtook road accidents as the most common cause of accidental death in the US. In Canada, the situation has been called a “national health crisis. Big data analytics are now being used to bring together different data streams in order to predict opioids abuse.

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Six years on since Google left China, the world’s second-largest economy remains a tough market for multinationals. Google’s rival Apple, Microsoft and Facebook continue to battle with regulatory hurdles, censorship, intellectual property challenges and other restrictions.

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ZTE’s Axon 7 offer the best bang-for-your-buck of any smartphone right now

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Combine a little girl, a local TV anchor and Alexa’s automatic ordering function and you get a lot of expensive dollhouses. And cookies.

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China’s technology giants are redefining the Lunar New Year’s hongbao tradition for the digital age by borrowing from the wildly popular Pokémon Go smartphone game.

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Japan’s prime minister became the first foreign head of state to visit the Philippines last week under PresidentRodrigo Duterte, and he extended a development aid package hours after arrival. Duterte, in office in Manila since June, has turned the Philippines into something of an economic assistance battleground between Japan and […]

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