Update from July 16 below, post originally posted on July 17. The news that Apple was moving from Intel to ARM was one of the expected highlights of the 2020 World Developers Conference. What was not expected was the speed of the transition, with Tim Cook’s ambitions for the range. …
Read More »Mass. The unemployment rate rises to 17.4%, the worst in the country
Massachusetts’ unemployment rate in June rose to 17.4%, the highest in the country, even as some companies in the state gradually reopened and rehired workers, according to federal data released Friday. The state unemployment rate increased 0.8 points from May’s revised mark of 16.6%, which had been a record high. …
Read More »Princess Beatrice rocky road to happily ever after
Princess Beatriz finally has her happily ever after. British royalty, 31, secretly married Italian property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday, but it has been a bumpy road for the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. Initially, it seemed that Beatrice, who …
Read More »Most California schools won’t open with new coronavirus rules
Most California public school campuses will not reopen when the academic year begins under state rules to be announced by Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, but will move to full-time distance education in response to the summer surge in coronavirus cases. Education officials briefed on the plan said schools will …
Read More »Asymptomatic spread is responsible for most of the transmission of the virus, says an HHS official.
Echoing the sentiments expressed by public health experts across the country, most of the coronavirus comes from asymptomatic individuals infected with the virus but do not exhibit the telltale signs of COVID-19, says Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Speaking to CNBC …
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