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15:40 • 10.06.20Singapore to start human clinical trials for potential Covid-19 treatmentThe phase one trial, developed by Singapore-based biotechnology company Tychan, will be conducted by the SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit and take about ...
12:24 • 10.06.20IBM abandons 'biased' facial recognition techThe announcement comes as the US faces calls for police reform following the killing of a black man, George Floyd. In a letter to the US Congress, IBM said AI systems used in law enforcement needed testing ...
15:27 • 09.06.20Former NASA astronaut who made history as the first American female spacewalker breaks new ground by diving 36,000ft under water to the lowest point on EarthKathy Sullivan, 68, emerged from the submersible DSV Limiting Factor (LF) on Sunday, which performed a successful expedition at more than 35,000 feet below the ocean’s surface ...
12:56 • 09.06.20UAE's first Mars mission set for launch 'within weeks'It is expected to take seven months to travel the 493 million km (308 million miles) to reach Mars and begin its orbit, sending back ground-breaking new data about its climate ...
13:13 • 05.06.20Drug firm to begin making potential coronavirus vaccineTrials of the drug are under way but Pascal Soriot said the firm must start making doses now so that it can meet demand if the vaccine proves ...
10:32 • 05.06.20Google: Foreign hackers targeted emails of Trump and Biden campaign staffersIt appears that state-backed hackers from China tried to target staffers on the Biden campaign, while Iranian hackers targeted the email accounts ...
13:34 • 04.06.20Apple is tracking iPhones stolen from its storesThe company is actively disabling the iPhones that are stolen from the displays of its retail stores, leaving them inoperable ...
19:48 • 02.06.20133 potential Covid-19 vaccines in the works worldwide - WHOTen of the potential vaccines are in clinical trials in the United States, the UK and China. The other 123 are in pre-clinical evaluation around the world, including at the University of Tokyo, Tulane ...
19:26 • 02.06.20Zuckerberg accused of setting dangerous precedent over TrumpThe US president's post, about the widespread protests following the death of George Floyd, was hidden by Twitter last week for "glorifying violence". Facebook staff also voiced ...
17:52 • 02.06.20Asteroid expected to fly by Earth this weekSpaceReference.org reported that 163348 (2002 NN4) is a "very small" asteroid that NASA has classified as "Potentially Hazardous" due to its predicated ...
16:41 • 01.06.20Robot waiters welcome visitors in Dutch restaurant amid coronavirus pandemicThe coronavirus pandemic has turned a whimsical idea into perhaps a window into a dystopian future where a human touch may make people cringe with fear, and a waiter clearing ...
12:43 • 01.06.20Microsoft develops robot reportersThe US tech giant said in a statement: "Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places ...
15:02 • 30.05.20Google postpones Android 11 unveiling amid US protests“We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate,” Google said in a message posted on its Android developers website ...
14:28 • 30.05.20Zuckerberg explains why Facebook takes no action on Trump's postsThat explanation came roughly 16 hours after Twitter did take action and despite Zuckerberg's having previously told Congress that posts inciting violence would not be tolerated on Facebook ...
17:16 • 29.05.20South Korea seeks to import remdesivir for virus treatmentThe investigational antiviral drug by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences Inc. will only be administered to critically ill coronavirus patients, as a group of local infectious disease ...