Coronavirus
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3 possible scenarios for restoring public transport after COVID-19
The Dutch bike-transit system should be our guide to not only encourage public transport use, but to also make it more efficient ...
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Adobe’s top tips to adapt your commerce strategy during the pandemic
Making clear and factual statements, meeting customer commitments, and ensuring business and operational continuity is more ...
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How mobility startups can help authorities fix public transport after the pandemic
Mobility has been impacted the world over due to the COVID 19 crisis. From public transport, to micromobility, to individual ...
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Bezos and Zuckerberg worth $60B more in two months, thanks to COVID-19
It's true. Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Ballmer — the trio of billionaires from Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft — are balling ...
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Cannabis is more effective at preventing and treating COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine
A team of scientists from Canada have identified at least 13 strains of cannabis sativa they believe can aid in the prevention ...
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Google and Apple launch COVID-19 contact-tracing tech
Google and Apple have launched the first phase of their COVID-19 contact-tracing tech, an Exposure Notification API for ...
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Qatar forces residents to install its coronavirus tracker — or face the consequences
Qatar is making it mandatory for all citizens and residents to install its coronavirus tracker when going out — or face ...
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Here’s how public transport in European cities must adapt to ‘the new normal’
Mobility. It is the glue that binds cities, societies, and civilizations together. What was just two months ago a necessity ...
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Freedom oranges and avocado toast
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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Sprint will disappear this summer as T-Mobile takes over
T-Mobile and Sprint officially became one last month, and the two networks have already begun merging their networks. We've ...
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Using 'personalized AI' to end coronavirus lockdown is a stupid, cruel idea
A trio of AI and business experts from INSEAD, a prestigious business school, recently penned a lengthy article in the Harvard ...
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ACE2: The molecule that helps coronavirus invade your cells
The more we learn about the science behind COVID-19, the more we are beginning to understand the vital role a single molecule ...
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Gamer Juice
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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This AI tool predicts who's got COVID-19 without testing
A new AI diagnostic tool trained on crowdsourced data from the COVID Symptom Study app predicts who's got COVID-19 without ...
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Small errors in coronavirus testing might lead to surprisingly big problems
New antibody tests might be game-changers in keeping the public safe from infection while restarting the economy. Giving ...
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COVID-19 is preventing offline environmental activism — but it's thriving online
The environmental movement’s past recently collided with its future. April 22 marked the 50th anniversary of the first ...
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Here's why we probably won't see a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020
Donald Trump may be “very confident” we will have a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the year, but the rest of us should ...
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Body-worn sensors to predict COVID-19 infections in US military hospitals
The Pentagon is investing in body-worn sensors that identify who's infected with COVID-19 -- and who's likely to catch it ...
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How quantum computers can save us from the coronavirus
A team of researchers at Penn State University recently began exploring high-powered solutions for drug discovery in hopes ...
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Are we there yet?
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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States are suspending public records access due to COVID-19
On March 4, Hawaii had no confirmed cases of COVID-19, but officials had started to take action in anticipation of an ...
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Researchers tested 47 old drugs that might treat the coronavirus — these were the results
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the search ...
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Drug discovery might be the best use of AI to tackle the pandemic
BenevolentAI's discovery of a potential coronavirus treatment show's that drug discovery is one application of AI that's ...
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Over a third of coronavirus patients show neurological symptoms, study reports
As case numbers of COVID-19 continue to rise around the world, we are starting to see an increasing number of reports of ...
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Ride-share companies hit again as Lyft lays off 900 employees, furloughs hundreds more
Ride-sharing service Lyft has said that it will be making 988 staff members redundant, and a further 288 will be furloughed. ...
