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MIT is working on a way to track COVID-19 while protecting privacy
Many countries and researchers are promoting the use of contact tracing apps to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and aid in the eventual recovery, but they may require slow manual tracing or a sacrifice in privacy (say, warning when a patient leaves… Source
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Facebook to supply free Portals to some care home residents under NHS scheme
The UK government is pulling in tech firms to connect isolated residents and patients in care with family and friends via video call devices and services during the COVID-19 crisis. First to join is Facebook, which is supplying up to 2,050 of its Portal video-calling devices for free to hospitals,…
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NASA seeks miniature scientific payload concepts for robotic Moon rover scouts
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is seeking ideas from the public around what kind of scientific equipment they could use to outfit tiny lunar rovers to help with Artemis and other Moon missions. The call, issued via crowdsourcing platform HeroX and called ‘Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload’ in a very…
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Intel Core i9-10900F power requirements leaked – and you’ll need a beefy CPU cooler
Intel’s Core i9-10900 is a power-hungry beast of a processor which will need a seriously powerful cooling solution, if the latest from the rumor mill turns out to be correct. For the uninitiated, this may be the 10-core flagship CPU of the Comet Lake range which the chip giant is…
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Saturday Night Live is returning this weekend with remote sketches
Saturday Night Live adheres to a couple of basic principles: the show is shot in front of a live studio audience at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, and the cast works together to produce sketches for the weekly show. Since that’s impossible right now because of circumstances surrounding the pandemic, Saturday Night…
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How small businesses can quickly and affordably pivot to productive remote working
The ongoing pandemic has turned our lives and many businesses upside down. Whilst the global economy is taking a battering not seen in decades, small and medium sized businesses are particularly impacted. There were around 5.8 million small businesses in the UK in 2019, and around 29 million businesses with…
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