What started as a pragmatic effort to boost scientific research and development has morphed into sweeping Senate bill aimed at making the U.S. more competitive with China and other countries, including $50 billion in emergency funds to shore up domestic computer chip manufacturing. The American Innovation and Competition Act is key to President Joe Biden’s […]
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Boarding pass, suitcase, passport and … digital vaccination certificate? Keen to avoid losing another summer of holiday revenue to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union, some Asian governments and the airline industry are scrambling to develop so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports to help kickstart international travel. They’re working on systems that would allow travelers to use […]
Social media influencers in France with hundreds of thousands of followers say a mysterious advertising agency offered to pay them if they agreed to smear Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine with negative fake stories. French YouTuber Léo Grasset was among those contacted. He said Tuesday that he was offered a potentially lucrative but also hush-hush deal to […]
2020 was an unprecedented year for most young professionals. Many hopefuls successfully graduated and found themselves with great opportunities to climb the career ladder at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, their lives were taken for a spin once the COVID-19 pandemic hit. National lockdowns forced businesses to adopt remote workflows, effectively turning homes into workplaces. […]
The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots. The Biden administration said Friday it’s teaming up with dating apps to showcase the benefits of getting a shot. Apps like Hinge, Tinder, Match and Bumble are offering special incentives to people […]
Understood, a social impact organization and the only lifelong guide for those who learn and think differently, unveiled a study with insights on how the shift to remote learning and the pandemic has affected children and families academically, emotionally, and financially. Understood’s “Pandemic Learning Impact Study,” which surveyed 1,500 parents, found that those with children […]
The United Arab Emirates has always been known to have a hands-on approach when dealing with challenging situations, placing the safety of their citizens as their top priority, especially during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Under the helm of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emirate – with a population of approximately 9.9 […]
The European Union’s executive arm on Thursday finalized a third vaccine contract with Pfizer and BioNTech through 2023 for an additional 1.8 billion doses of their COVID-19 shot to share between the bloc’s countries except for Hungary, which opted out of the deal. The European commission said the contract, which was agreed on behalf of […]
Its common knowledge that whenever technological innovation occurs, it trickles down and morphs into other forms; while the creation of the telegraph occurred almost 200 years ago, the technology continued to shapeshift until it led to the inception of 5G. Subsequently the fifth generation of mobile networks has brought with it a plethora of new […]
Ireland’s health system struggled to restore computers and treat patients Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire information technology system in response to a ransomware attack. Thousands of diagnostic appointments, cancer treatment clinics and surgeries have been canceled or delayed since Friday’s cyberattack. Authorities said hundreds of people were assigned to get crippled […]