The latest news in the fight against COVID-19 is this test kit with great credit card. The BinaxNOW system still relies on examples of nasal swabs, but its maker says it can deliver results in 15 minutes and costs only $ 5. Abbott Laboratories developed the antigen test – which looks for proteins specific for the virus, but may be less accurate than slower PCR methods – in a format that more closely resembles a test strip for pregnancy.
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The FDA has given it a permit for emergency use, and Abbott apparently plans to produce as many as 50 million tests a month. As for accuracy, it said that in trials his test showed a sensitivity of 97.1 percent (correct diagnosis of people who have the disease) and specificity of 98.5 percent (correctly excluded of people who do not have it).
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The other part of the setup is an app, which gives people with negative tests a QR code that can serve as a “digital health pass” for the types of meetings we currently avoid. The jury is still out on how well that will all work out.
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Google’s Pixel 5 can be boring, and that’s not a bad thing at all
Tried, true and affordable.
Judging by the likes and dislikes, Google’s next flagship phone will be a bit … ordinary. If that stops, is it really a problem? Terrence O’Brien is ready for a “boring” Pixel 5 and he will explain exactly why.
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Sony may send you an invitation to pre-order the PS5
Selections will be made “based on previous interests and PlayStation activities.”
Sony will invite some dedicated gamers to be first in line for its PlayStation 5. To get on the list for one of the pre-order invitations, go to the PlayStation website and submit your PSN username on the form. Once you are selected, you can expect a chance to pre-order one of the PS5 consoles, as well as all the accessories you will need.
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer retires just three months after taking the job
That was fast.
In the spring of this year (after the pandemic began), Kevin Mayer was still an executive director at Disney, turning Disney + out to the masses. Since then he took the top job at TikTok and now, just three months later, he has been fired.
Of course, he saw no future where the presidential administration would focus on the video-sharing app and press for a sale of its U.S. operations. In a letter to staff, he mentioned that a resolution should come soon, but “the role I have applied for – including running TikTok worldwide – will look very different as a result.”
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