Archive for May, 2020
California Hospitals Struggle Financially After Preparing for COVID-19 Surge that Never Came
May 28th, 2020Don’t worry: Now, reeling from the twin financial blows, hospitals are struggling to get ready for a possible new surge in cases this autumn, and wrestling with the question of whether they over-prepared last time around. Via: Reuters: As the novel coronavirus tore through Italy and then New York in March, California, anticipating a deadly […]
“The South Atlantic Anomaly”
May 28th, 2020Via: European Space Agency: In an area stretching from Africa to South America, Earth’s magnetic field is gradually weakening. This strange behaviour has geophysicists puzzled and is causing technical disturbances in satellites orbiting Earth. Scientists are using data from ESA’s Swarm constellation to improve our understanding of this area known as the ‘South Atlantic Anomaly.’ […]
Prototype Robot that Carries Out Throat Swab Tests for Coronavirus Developed by Danish Researchers
May 28th, 2020Hmm hmm. Via: Daily Mail: A robot that is able to take throat swabs from coronavirus patients using a 3D printed arm was developed by a team of researchers from Denmark in just four weeks. The University of Southern Denmark says the world’s first fully automated throat swab robot will be be able to test […]
Civil Unrest Spreads to Los Angeles After Minneapolis Police Murder Captured on Video
May 28th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: A protester was thrown from the hood of a police cruiser in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night as a Black Lives Matter demonstration calling for justice for George Floyd turned violent. About 1,000 protesters descended on LA following the 46-year-old father-of-two died in Minneapolis Monday, moments after a white cop knelt […]
Boeing Cutting More than 12,000 U.S. Jobs with Thousands More Planned
May 27th, 2020Via: Reuters: Boeing Co said Wednesday it was eliminating more than 12,000 U.S. jobs, including involuntary layoffs of 6,770 U.S. workers as the largest American planemaker restructures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing also disclosed it plans “several thousand remaining layoffs” in the next few months but did not say where those would […]
Hong Kong Security Law Is Going to Devastate Its Economy
May 27th, 2020Via: Nikkei: China’s announcement last week that it plans to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong raised grave concerns about the city’s democracy. But the economic toll could be sizable, too. At the very least, Hong Kong can kiss goodbye its status as the world’s second-freest economy, a halo bestowed by the Heritage Foundation. […]
Salaries Get Chopped for Many Americans Who Manage to Keep Jobs
May 27th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Companies across the U.S. are cutting salaries as they fight to survive the coronavirus, upending a key assumption in modern economics and raising another hurdle to rapid recovery.
Moderna Executives Cashed Out $89M in Shares as Stock Soared on Vaccine Hopes
May 27th, 2020Via: Stat News: The top five executives at the biotech company Moderna have sold more than $89 million of stock so far this year — initiating nearly three times as many stock transactions than in all of 2019 — as the company’s share price has soared on hopes for its Covid-19 vaccine. The trades, which […]
SpaceX Crew Demo-2: First Astronaut Launch from U.S. Since 2011
May 27th, 2020Live updates, NASA Commercial Crew. SpaceX livefeed:
Meet Ella: New Zealand Police Unveil First Artificial Intelligence Officer
May 26th, 2020#nottheonion Via: New Zealand Herald: The police have unveiled their first AI officer, with hopes she’ll soon be smiling and blinking out of screens in stations all around New Zealand. Ella, the artificial intelligence cop at the centre of the police’s new digital services, was revealed at the police national headquarters in Wellington this morning. […]
