The Green Bay Packers and rookie quarterback Jordan Love reportedly agreed to a contract that no other player selected at No. 26 has received. Love and the Packers agreed to a four-year, $ 12.38 million deal, according to the NFL Network. The money is fully guaranteed, making the state of …
Read More »Austin City Limits Fest 2020 canceled due to COVID-19
The Austin City Limits 2020 Festival has been canceled due to continued concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The festival, which usually takes place in early fall at Austin’s Zilker Park, released a statement on its website that said, “We would have loved to put on another memorable show this …
Read More »Samsung is selling a wireless charger that also sterilizes your phone
While not an official Samsung design, the company sells the UV sterilizer through a partnership with ITFIT, a Samsung sub-brand that appears to apply to remanufactured accessories. In the FCC listing for the device, documentation includes a “Designed for Samsung” seal. Other ITFIT products made for Samsung include headphones and …
Read More »Novavax SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in Animal Models
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause tens of thousands of infections daily. Without a preventive, therapeutic, or antiviral vaccine, scientists are working at a hectic pace to find a solution. Now, a new study published on the prepress server bioRxiv * June 2020 shows that a candidate peak protein vaccine …
Read More »How China brought its authoritarian legal system to Hong Kong
Some Hong Kong officials tried to allay those concerns, despite admitting that they had not yet seen a draft of the law, which was written behind closed doors in Beijing. However, with the full text of the law finally available for dissection, several legal experts have confirmed their worst fears. …
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