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China's companies emerge as global donors in virus pandemic

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — As the coronavirus spread, the world’s richest communist dug into his deep pockets. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped to pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma’s foundation also is giving […]

Huawei has lost the Canadian 5G market

China is losing the battle against the United States and now, Huawei’s dream to become the leader of the Canadian 5G market has ended. In fact, three Canadian Telecom giants have decided to collaborate with Ericsson and Nokia to rollout 5G networks. According to the government of Canada website, The Communication Research Center Canada (CRC) started […]

Personal mobility machine needs no help at Tokyo airport

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — An autonomous mobility system that works like a wheelchair without anyone pushing it is scuttling around a Tokyo airport to help with social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The personal mobility machine seats one person and runs on its own without crashing, even when people jump […]

Zuckerberg-funded scientists: Rein in hate on Facebook

By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of scientists doing research funded by Mark Zuckerberg say Facebook should not be letting President Donald Trump use the social media platform to “spread both misinformation and incendiary statements.” The researchers, including 60 professors at leading U.S. research institutions, wrote the Facebook CEO on Saturday asking […]

Robots replacing journalists in major news outlets

Robots replacing journalists and editorial workers for news coverage in Microsoft’s major news outlets, MSN, Microsoft News, and Microsoft Edge. The company has been introducing AI into their work in the past few months, encouraging their staff to utilize the technology. Recently, automation has even filled more permanent roles in the US and UK. Microsoft […]

5G Conspiracy Theories Surface

The deployment of 5G has causes several concerns amongst people, to such an extent that anti-5G movements have sparked across various countries, and several 5G conspiracy theories started gaining momentum on social media. Some far right-wing people have even developed 5G conspiracy theories linking 5G to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Other activists went as far […]

FCC decision: A challenge for the telecom industry

“There is no reason that we should be lagging behind” tweeted President Trump about 5G. The United States has been working hard to assume its position as an international leader of 5G technology. In fact, the US has been advocating against China Telecom giant Huawei claiming that the company could create a real threat for […]

iBio to develop second vaccine platform against COVID-19

iBio, Inc. a biologics contract manufacturing organization and a biotechnology innovator recently announced the initiation of preclinical immunization studies for their second vaccine platform against COVID-19. The new vaccine “IBIO-201” merges antigens from the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with their patented lichenase booster molecule “LicKM” that is designed to optimize immune response. The addition of the […]

The 5G debate continues: a detriment to health or not?

An international advocacy has been conducted against 5G technology deployment on social media under #Stop5G hashtag. Lawyers, scientists, doctors, and engineers have been engaging on a practical level.  By May 17, 2020, the 5G EMF Appeal was signed by 377 EU scientists and doctors. As of June 4, 2020, there are 291,307 signatories from 218 […]

Study: Autonomous vehicles won't make roads completely safe

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error. Auto safety experts say humans cause about 94% of U.S. crashes, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety […]