View of the headquarters of the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in west London. Ben Stencil | AFP | Getty Images LONDON – UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has asked Britain to shut down the Covid-19 contact-tracing application when about 2,500 employees are at work. The pharmaceutical giant, which is working on …
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Climate change is a problem for cows and worms
A new study shows that cows with stomach upsets can be a big problem for the environment. This is because cattle and other livestock with worms and other parasites produce a more powerful greenhouse gas, methane, than healthy animals. Methane is 28 to 36 times more powerful than carbon dioxide …
Read More »The first PlayStation 5 TDown reveals some hardware secrets
The PlayStation 5 comes with everything you see here. Some assembly is required. Battery not included. From Sony! Air vents! The entire rear of the system is a very large air vent. The stand at the base of the (vertical) system is attached with a single wide screw. The stand …
Read More »I believe Big Tech will not break
Former Microsoft .ft CEO Steve Burmer on Wednesday commented on a no-confidence report by the House Judiciary Subcommittee, which found Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Facebook and Google to have a monopoly power. “I bet the money won’t break,” Balmer said. Ballmer, who sued MicroStft in an anti-trust lawsuit in the early …
Read More »Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife violates lockdown rules with haircut
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu violated the country’s lockdown restrictions amid a coronavirus epidemic when a hairdresser came to her official residence to give her a haircut, a report said. The Times Israel f Israel reported that, citing Yardyoth Ahronath on a daily basis, the hairdresser, who …
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