(Bloomberg) – Richard Branson has spent decades cultivating an image of a reckless entrepreneur, glorifying risk with stunts like skydiving or hot air ballooning across the ocean to promote everything from soft drinks to space travel. Now, less than a week from his 70th birthday, Branson is taking one of …
Read More »The Modern COVID-19 vaccine enters the final stage of testing this month
Washington (AFP) – US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday that it will enter the final stage of human testing for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, to assess how well it protects people in the real world. The announcement came when the results of an earlier trial to show that …
Read More »Poland’s presidential elections were close, but voters remain far apart
WARSAW – President Andrzej Duda narrowly won reelection this week, using the same playbook that brought his Law and Justice party to power five years ago: fueling fear and blaming an enemy. In 2015, it was an enemy on the doorstep: migrants, who according to party leaders carried “all kinds …
Read More »Forget about 5G; Samsung says now is the time to start working on 6G
Just when you’ve finally been able to understand 5G and understand the difference between sub-6GHz and mmWave wavewaves, and know why low latency is better than high latency (which puts it ahead of the average consumer by the way), Samsung throws you a curved ball and launches a “White Paper” …
Read More »First COVID-19 vaccine ready for final test
By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press Scientists reported Tuesday that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the US boosted people’s immune systems as scientists expected, as the vaccines are about to begin key final tests. “No matter how this is cut, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top …
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