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Chevron announced Monday that it will buy from independent oil and gas producer Noble Energy, in a move that Chevron CEO Michael Wirth said would be “good business” for shareholders of both companies. “These are high-quality assets at a very fair price,” Wirth said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the …

Can you recognize a digitally manipulated video when you watch one? It is more difficult than most people think. As the technology to produce realistic deepfakes becomes more readily available, distinguishing fact from fiction will only become more challenging. A new digital storytelling project at MIT’s Advanced Virtuality Center aims …

Despite the fact that the infamous “snitch hotline” of the NBA bubble was reportedly reported for not wearing a mask, Dwight Howard of the Los Angeles Lakers is confident in his misguided decisions. “I personally don’t see the risk that we will have it during the time period we are …

Hong Kong once seemed like a model for how to control the coronavirus. Schools were open. Restaurants and shopping malls full of crowds. Buses and trains operated as usual, and residents wore face masks on board. But a new wave of infections in recent days has pushed the city to …

LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, the data showed on Monday, keeping alive the hope that it might be in use. for the end of the year . FILE PHOTO: …