YouTube Music has acquired a familiar feature: the ability to swipe album art on the Now Playing interface to change tracks. It’s a surprising omission, and it’s not yet implemented for everyone, but customers coming from Google Play Music and other streaming services like Spotify will appreciate it. Slide your …
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Whole Foods and Amazon Sell Water With “Worrying” Levels of Arsenic, Report Finds
A brand of bottled water made by Whole Foods and sold by Amazon contains “troubling” levels of arsenic that are at least three times higher than other brands reviewed by Consumer Reports. The publication says that arsenic levels exceed the legal limits for tap water in some states, although they …
Read More »United Arab Emirates and China launch phase 3 human clinical trial for Covid-19 vaccine
The launch is another development in the race to find a scientific solution to the pandemic. The trial agreement, announced Wednesday, was signed by UAE-based cloud computing and artificial intelligence company G42 and the Sinopharm Group, a Chinese pharmaceutical company and affiliate of CNBG. Drug makers worldwide are working to …
Read More »NY, NJ and Conn. Coronavirus travel quarantine for critical states to begin
In recent days, Texas has seen record levels of hospitalizations for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Local hospitals, particularly in Houston, have struggled to keep up with the growing number of patients who need intensive care. “There is a massive Covid-19 outbreak across the state of Texas,” Governor …
Read More »George Floyd’s ‘highly probable’ protests caused a coronavirus spike
The Los Angeles County chief public health official blamed the mass protests for an increase in coronavirus cases. Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer told the Los Angeles Times was “very likely” that the demonstrations, Aimed at protesting police brutality and racial injustice, it contributed to the …
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