Facebook President and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC, USA. Testified in the hearing of the House Financial Services Committee. Erin Scott | Reuters The congressional report on Big Tech and no-confidence has been delayed because the House Judiciary subcommittee on no-confidence received new information on …
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The Cape Town demo is now full, almost two years after the floodwaters receded
In 2018, Cape Town was on track to become the world’s first large metropolitan area to dispose of water, leading to what officials call “Day Zero.” The combination of strict water rationing, structural changes and above-average rainfall this year in a South African city has made those memories a thing …
Read More »White House Is Not a Contact Contract Tracing ‘Super-Spreader’ Trump Rose Garden Event
“The list contains names and email addresses. You need city and state for strong contact tracing, ”said an official. “We’re basically saying a lot – we need and want more information.” Officials said the state contacted the White House as early as Friday after receiving information about the president’s diagnosis …
Read More »Covid-19 patients: About one-third had a change in mental state [Study]
“This paper suggests, importantly, that hospital encephalopathy may be a predictor for poor outcomes,” said Dr. Y. Schmidt, head of neurological infections and global neurology at the Yale School of Medicine. Serena Spudich, who was not involved in the study, said. The findings also suggest that patients with altered mental …
Read More »The extraordinary image of the stars has the wild instincts of the Carina Nebula
The Gemini South Telescope gave this view of the western wall of the Carina Nebula thanks to adaptive icons. International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA The birth of stars is a gaseous and dusty affair, but it is also visually gorgeous. The new image of Chile’s Gemini …
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