[ad_1] Hundreds of academics around the world have welcomed efforts to introduce privacy-friendly contact tracking systems to help understand the spread of the coronavirus. A letter, signed by about 300 academics and published Monday, praised recent announcements by Apple and Google to build an optional, decentralized way to let people …
Read More »Base-linked foreign worker dormitory earns $ 70 million in valuation after government approves redevelopment plan on February 10
[ad_1] It was announced today that the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore hit a new record of 1,426 with a total number of infected cases exceeding 8,000. As of yesterday, Singapore has the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Southeast Asia. Of the 1,426 new …
Read More »Netizens ask for transparency about Ho Ching’s salary; dissatisfied with Temasek’s statement on the matter
[ad_1] On Sunday (April 19), the state investment management company Temasek Holdings denied claims that its CEO Ho Ching earns an annual salary of S $ 99 million. This happens several days after a Taiwan news program claimed that Mdm Ho, who is also the wife of Prime Minister Lee …
Read More »Reviews of Magic Keyboard for iPad: not perfect but great
[ad_1] Reviews of the Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad are available after the company brought an official trackpad experience to the iPad Pro for the first time. Orders were launched ahead of the May deadline, and we got a look early thanks to some hands-on videos of some people getting …
Read More »Coronavirus: The next few days will determine if the circuit breaker can be relieved before May 4, experts say, health news and top stories.
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The next few days are a critical period that will determine whether the breakers’ measures can be alleviated before May 4, infectious disease experts told The Straits Times on Monday (April 20). Tuesday marks 14 days since the stringent safe distancing measures came into effect, designed to …
Read More »Afghan girls’ robotics team builds a fan from auto parts
[ad_1] KABUL, Afghanistan – Most mornings, Somaya Farooqi and four other teenage girls crowd into her father’s car and head to a machine shop. They use back roads to bypass established police checkpoints to enforce a blockade in their city of Herat, one of the hot spots of the coronavirus …
Read More »2I / Borisov interstellar gatecrasher is not an ordinary comet
[ad_1] Deal Scientists have discovered that a comet named 2I / Borisov, just the second detected interstellar object passing through the solar system, is surprisingly different in composition from comets from our heavenly neighborhood. Artist’s impression of the interstellar comet 2I / Borisov as it travels through our solar system …
Read More »SpaceX tests Falcon 9 rocket before ‘Starlink 6’ mission
[ad_1] Piracy activity increased during the coronavirus pandemic SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, conducted a static fire test of its Falcon 9 rocket that is slated to launch the next fleet of 60 Starlink satellites on a mission called “Starlink 6” on April 23. That rocket is expected to launch …
Read More »Laptop class typing hits iPad Pro
[ad_1] In the past two years, I’ve typed almost every word I’ve typed while traveling on the iPad Pro Smart Keyboard Folio. For more information on why you can view my iPad Pro review here. However, for the purposes of this look at the new Magic Keyboard, you should probably …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to be visible in the UK tonight
[ad_1] If you’re in the UK and fancy some interesting heavenly activity tonight, how about you stretch your neck up to catch the Elon Musk Starlink satellite train as it passes over it? Yes, while you’re outside trying to catch a glimpse of the Lyrid meteor shower, which should also …
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