Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Dyson, famous for its high-end vacuum cleaners and other domestic appliances, is applying its expertise to build ventilators for coronavirus patients. The company, which was founded by billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson, will build 15,000 ventilators, according to a Fast […]
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With coronavirus pandemic intensifying, Elon Musk says his companies ‘will do anything in our power’ for New Yorkers
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen around the globe and the need for ventilators intensifies, Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk said his companies “will do anything in our power” to help New Yorkers. Musk tweeted that Tesla was “making […]
You can help fight coronavirus by ‘donating’ computing time
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Physical social distancing is one way to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But a large group of volunteers is battling the virus in a different way. Hundreds of thousands of people have added their home computers to a gigantic […]
Flatten the Curve interactive tool helps decode coronavirus quarantine and travel restrictions worldwide
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A tech startup has launched an online resource for travelers, expats and their loved ones to centralize information about how the coronavirus is spreading and what each impacted country is doing to mitigate the pandemic. The interactive, color-coded […]
To maintain bandwidth amid coronavirus pandemic, YouTube limits video quality
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.I n an effort to ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available amid the coronavirus outbreak, YouTube has announced that it is temporarily shifting video quality to standard definition on its platform. “We continue to work closely with governments and […]
Coronavirus pandemic prompts New York assemblyman to ask Elon Musk to make ventilators in state
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. After Tesla CEO Elon Musk made good on his promise to deliver ventilators to California to aid with the coronavirus pandemic, New York is now asking the tech titan to pitch in. New York Assemblyman Sean Ryan wrote a letter […]
Iraqi Scud-killing Gulf War Patriot missile ‘still lives’ to fight future wars
Patriot missile file photo. (Raytheon Company) They exploded Saddam’s Scud missiles right out of the sky, intercepting what would have been destructive explosions on U.S. forces. They surprised global observers and saved American lives during the Gulf War in the early ’90s — Patriot Missiles. The Patriot, seen as an emerging and highly impactful war […]
Coronavirus lockdowns are putting stress on broadband networks, global ‘internet pressure’ map reveals
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A global “internet pressure” map reveals that the coronavirus pandemic is putting a strain on the internet as tens of millions of people log on while under mandatory work-from-home orders. The map was created by researchers in Australia and […]
Covid Symptom Tracker app aims to help stop coronavirus’ spread
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. British researchers have developed an app to track the spread of coronavirus and figure out who is most at risk as a way to mitigate the disease’s spread. Known as the Covid Symptom Tracker, the free app asks […]
Paralyzed chihuahua able to walk thanks to 3-D printed implant
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but technology might be a dog’s best friend after a paralyzed chihuahua regained the ability to walk thanks to a 3-D implant. Ping, who is 4 months old, was taken to a vet in the U.K. after his owner, Zoe Cekalla, noticed he had trouble walking on all of his […]
