[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) held today, September 10, 2020, in its first high-level meeting of the Facilitation Council of the “Accelerator of access tools to COVID-19” (ACT-A), elected South Africa and the Kingdom of Norway to co-chair the newly established Council. President Ramaphosa accepted the co-chairmanship on behalf …
Read More »Huawei to introduce Harmony operating system next year amid chip crisis
[ad_1] Huawei Technologies plans to introduce its Harmony operating system (OS), seen as its replacement for Google’s Android mobile operating system, on smartphones next year as it faces challenges in outsourcing chips.Huawei, which lost some of its market share in foreign markets due to the U.S. technology supply ban, did …
Read More »The notes point to a missing element in the cosmic recipe.
[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1206. Embedded within the cluster are the distorted images of distant background galaxies, which look like arcs and speckled features. These distortions are caused by the amount of dark matter in the cluster, the gravity of which bends …
Read More »Does political instability reduce confidence in vaccines?
[ad_1] A pillar of the COVID-19 mitigation exit strategy has been the emphasis on vaccination as the path to herd immunity. But at a time of division when public trust in public health is eroded, buy-in has become a major concern for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine implementation plans. New research published in …
Read More »Singapore Airlines cuts 20% of workforce as virus destroys travel
[ad_1] A Singapore Airlines plane lands on the runway at Changi Airport on March 11, 2020 (Reuters photo). Singapore Airlines is cutting around 4,300 jobs, or 20% of its workforce, as the coronavirus outbreak devastates the aviation industry. The cuts will be made at Singapore Airlines and its SilkAir and …
Read More »NVIDIA RTX 30 Series: What can we expect from the latest and greatest NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics cards and others?
[ad_1] Nvidia RTX 30 Series – After so many days of teasing, Nvidia finally revealed its surprise with the announcement of Nvidia 30 Series graphics cards to boost peak performance. Nvidia 30 series graphics cards have been the talk of the world since they were announced at an event held …
Read More »‘Cancel Netflix’ trends on hypersexualization of kids in ‘Cuties’ movie
[ad_1] Netflix faces a backlash, with #CancelNetflix trending on social media, over the streaming platform’s controversial French film Cuties. Netflix users and critics have protested the ‘over-sexualization’ of children in the film. Cuties is a teenage coming-of-age drama about Amy, an 11-year-old girl, who decides to join a dance group, …
Read More »In Pictures: Unwrapping Marina Bay Sands Apple Store
[ad_1] In case news of the over-hyped third Apple store doesn’t reach you, the tech giant opened its third point of sale in Singapore yesterday at another tourist destination: Marina Bay Sands. But there were no tourists at yesterday’s opening amid continued travel restrictions around the world. When Cocos Singapore …
Read More »Huawei opens core technology to developers and hopes to inspire the next TikTok
[ad_1] Image: Huawei Huawei has announced that it will fully open core technologies, including its hardware and software capabilities, to developers and partners. As part of this plan, Huawei will open software services, such as navigation, search, maps, payments, advertising kits, and hardware capabilities, including AR map, communication and transmission …
Read More »NASA seeks private companies to help extract the moon | Pot
[ad_1] NASA has announced that it is looking for private companies to go to the Moon and collect dust and rocks from the surface and bring them back to Earth. The US space agency would buy the lunar samples in quantities between 50 and 500 grams for between $ 15,000 …
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