(Bloomberg) – The rise in Tesla Inc.’s stock price has already allowed CEO Elon Musk to raise two tranches of his moon compensation award, valued at a collective of $ 3.94 billion. Now, at most, he’s a couple of months away from getting the third, according to the company’s own …
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Russia Behind the Spread of Coronavirus Disinformation, US Officials Say
Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election, US officials said Tuesday. Two Russians who have played important roles in Moscow’s military intelligence service, …
Read More »Ubisoft reportedly scrapped a “big budget” medieval RPG from Dragon Age creative director
Former Ubisoft creative director Serge Hascoët reportedly canceled a medieval role-playing game by former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw. As reported by Bloomberg (via PC Gamer), the project was a fantasy RPG with magic and swordplay elements that would have been loosely based on the historical figure of King …
Read More »A study suggests that more than half of the residents of the Mumbai slums in India may have been infected with Covid-19
The study released Tuesday raises questions about the level of evidence in India, which has the third-highest number of confirmed cases in the world after the United States and Brazil. On Wednesday, India reported that it had crossed 1.5 million reported coronavirus cases after more than half a million infections …
Read More »Dogs are able to detect the presence of coronavirus by sniffing human saliva, according to a new study
Dogs with just one week of training were able to identify people infected with the novel coronavirus disease with a 94 percent success rate, according to a new study by a German veterinary university. © Provided by people Marcelo Hernández / Getty The study, conducted by Hannover University of Veterinary …
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