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SAN FRANCISCO -- YouTube has suspended Donald Trump indefinitely from the platform and said it will also prevent the former U.S. president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani from being able to monetize his clips, U.S. media reported. It comes a week after the social media giant confirmed it would extend a ban on Trump's channel -- which has just under three million subscribers -- joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts following the deadly Jan. Source

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- A pair of astronauts went spacewalking Wednesday to install a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station's European lab. NASA's Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated out early and headed straight to Columbus, one of the three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost. Source

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- Spacewalking astronauts installed a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station's European lab on Wednesday and tackled other improvements. NASA's Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated out early and headed straight to Columbus, one of the three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost. Source

FRANKFURT -- An international debate over how countries tax big U.S. technology companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook is heating up, presenting a challenge for new President Joe Biden's administration. There's a mid-year deadline for talks on a global deal that aims to defuse trade disputes with France and other countries that are imposing go-it-alone taxes the U.S. Source

Apple is urging iPhone and iPad users to promptly update their operating systems to fix security bugs that may have already been exploited by hackers. On its support webpage, the company said three security flaws "may have been actively exploited. Source

TORONTO -- A government app used to facilitate international arrivals into Canada may have access to users location data, despite its privacy policy explicitly saying otherwise, a U.K. virtual private network (VPN) research firm report alleges. Source

TORONTO -- A government app used to facilitate international arrivals into Canada may have had access to users location data, despite its privacy policy explicitly saying otherwise, a U.K. virtual private network (VPN) research firm report alleges. Source

HALIFAX -- The Canadian Space Agency is harnessing satellite technology to monitor and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales in the country's waters. The agency said Tuesday it will lead a $5.3-million project funded by the federal government called smartWhales, which will use satellites to detect the presence of right whales and to predict the animals' movements. Source

The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men, including a Canadian, who are each paying $55 million to fly on a SpaceX rocket. They'll be led by a former NASA astronaut now working for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the trip for next January. Source

TORONTO -- A new study has found that air purifiers used in elevators and other confined spaces may actually do more harm than good in limiting the spread of COVID-19. While air purifiers could be expected to help reduce transmission, researchers from the University of Nicosia in Cyprus report that air purifiers in compact areas actually increase saliva droplet dispersal of airborne viruses. Source