Tag: coronavirus
Reddit adds chat rooms for subreddits
The "front page of the internet" is bringing back one of the web's oldest features: chat rooms. Reddit company is introducing a new chat tool, which allows Reddit users to start small group chats from within popular subreddits.Called “Start Chatting,… Source
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Stanford University lab repurposes scuba gear into reusable PPE
Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash runs a lab at Stanford University that uses low-cost materials to create effective scientific devices. He returned from a recent vacation with some scuba gear — as well as a cold. While he tested negative for CO… Source
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Marc Andreessen, Florence Nightingale and building in a vacuum
James Wise Contributor James Wise is a partner at Balderton Capital, a trustee of the think tank Demos and a former specialist advisor to UK Parliament on Social Enterprise. If you want to get a structural engineer excited, ask them what they could build in space. Freed from the constraints…
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UK privacy and security experts warn over coronavirus app mission creep
A number of UK computer security and privacy experts have signed an open letter raising transparency and mission creep concerns about the national approach to develop a coronavirus contacts tracing app. The letter, signed by 177 academics, follows a similar letter earlier this month signed by around 300 academics from…
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NHS healthcare workers in the UK have been given free access to 85,000 games
Frontline health workers in the UK are being given free access to video games by some of the biggest companies in the gaming industry, as a thank you for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, Games for Carers, has been backed by… Source
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Latin America’s startup ecosystem is not immune to COVID-19
Brian Walsh Contributor Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures, the venture capital arm of COPEC, a leading energy company in Central and South America and the U.S. WIND Ventures provides mobility, energy and retail startups and scaleups with access to Latin America. Over the last number of years,…
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