The Associated Press examines some of the week’s most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals. This is a bogus one, even though it was widely shared on social media. Here are the facts: Claims: The new vaccine for COVID-19 will be the first to date. It will be a …
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For Black holes, A collision should not be a one-time experience of a lifetime, new research suggests. On April 12, 2019, scientists discovered a new black-hole merger using a trio of gravity-wave detectors. Astronomers had previously discovered such phenomena, but this time there was something different about the signs: there …
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Integrated circuits on the circuit board. The semiconductor industry has been in focus since the US-China trade war. filonmar | E + | Getty Images According to a Defense Department spokesman, the Trump administration is considering imposing an export ban on the international corporation Semiconductor Manufacturing, a Defense Department spokesman …
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Rocket Lab just launched its first photon satellite: a spacecraft designed for missions to the moon, Venus or Mars. Named “First Light”, the spacecraft is just a demo, but NASA has contracted a rocket lab to fly the agency’s robotic moon mission in 2021. Simultaneously, an electron rocket and a …
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We’re probably a few weeks away from Apple wrapping up its 2020 iPhone, and rumors are rife that this year could signal some big changes. If you’re stuck on your first-generation iPhone SE because you just choose its square-off edge, the latest iPhone might be for you – there’s already …
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