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This AI spots local COVID-19 outbreaks before they've spun out of control
A new machine learning-based tool identifies potential COVID-19 outbreaks in different US counties by estimating how long ...
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Here's your COVID-19 horoscope (since you hate science so much)
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...
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US surveillance company Palantir nabs £1M UK COVID-19 contract
In for a penny, in for a pound. The UK yesterday revealed US surveillance company Palantir had secured a £1 million contract ...
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Facebook and Instagram will remind you to wear a mask atop your feed
Back in May, it seemed the number of new coronavirus cases was beginning to go down. Then, as states began to reopen (often ...
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Just wear the $%#@ing mask
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...
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NASCAR swaps race tracks for pixels in pivot to esports amid coronavirus race cancellations
Professional NASCAR drivers are taking to virtual worlds in the hopes it'll provide a welcome alternative to the now mostly ...
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Bill Gates: Coronavirus testing in the US is unorganized
Last night, Microsoft's co-founder and the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, held an AMA ...
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Bootleg vape cartridges linked to outbreak of potentially fatal lung illness
Hundreds of cases of a mysterious lung illness have been reported in the US in just a matter of weeks. The Centers for Disease ...
