[ad_1] Throughout all the social distancing (and isolation) we’ve seen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom has emerged as a household name, while some people previously knew it better for being the video conferencing tool at work. As more and more people have been using it for everything but work-related …
Read More »Sony develops first image sensor combined with AI chip
[ad_1] The IMX500 and IMX501 image sensors. Image: Sony Sony has announced it has developed the world’s first image sensor equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) processing. The new image sensor has a configuration consisting of a pixel chip and logic chip. The logic chip, called Sony’s digital signal processor (DSP), …
Read More »Rejection of detained Iranian journalist’s requests for pandemic release upsets his wife | Voice of america
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The wife of an Iranian journalist detained from the nation’s Derviche Gonabadi religious minority says she is distressed by authorities’ persistent refusal to temporarily release her husband from a prison plagued by coronavirus. In a telephone interview on Wednesday with Tehran’s Persian VOA, Faezeh Abdipour said she …
Read More »Does vitamin D deficiency increase the risk of COVID-19?
[ad_1] A new article published on the prepress server medRxiv * The first evidence is reported in May 2020 that vitamin D deficiency and inadequate treatment could increase the chances of testing positive for COVID-19. This could shape screening for people at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Classification of vitamin …
Read More »NASA astronauts enter routine quarantine for historic SpaceX Crew Dragon launch – Xinhua
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) – Two NASA astronauts entered quarantine on Wednesday to prepare for a historic launch to space on a SpaceX spacecraft, according to a latest NASA release. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is scheduled to lift …
Read More »Apple reportedly plans to launch a 10.8-inch iPad and a new iPad mini.
[ad_1] Apple plans to launch a new 10.8-inch iPad and a new iPad mini with a screen that could be as large as 9 inches, according to a new investor note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo obtained by MacRumors. The note also mentions a possible 2022 release date for Apple’s …
Read More »This new AI camera sensor could make CCTVs terribly smart
[ad_1] Sending images and videos to the cloud for analysis not only takes longer, but also raises privacy concerns, which is why Sony has announced the world’s first image sensors with built-in artificial intelligence. The new IMX500 and IMX501 smart vision sensors incorporate a logic processor and memory that enables …
Read More »Coronavirus pandemic: updates from around the world
[ad_1] The first known cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Bangladesh refugee camps at Cox’s Bazar, the United Nations said Thursday, citing the Bangladeshi government. The camps at Cox’s Bazar are home to almost a million Rohingya refugees, many of whom fled across the border into Bangladesh to …
Read More »Africa CDC Praises Chinese Support in COVID-19 Fight – Xinhua
[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, May 14 (Xinhua) – Chinese medical experts are helping African countries control the COVID-19 outbreak, the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC of Africa) said on Thursday. Speaking to the press on Thursday, John Nkengasong, director of CDC Africa, said that medical experts from 32 …
Read More »COVID-19 linked to a 30-fold increase in rare childhood inflammatory disease
[ad_1] Enlarge / / Boston Medical Center child life specialist Karlie Bittrich cares for a baby while in a pediatric store located outside Boston Medical Center in Boston on April 29, 2020. Covid-19 Coverage See more stories Evidence is accumulating to support a link between COVID-19 and a rare and …
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