The Olympians streaming into Tokyo this week are about to be faced with the hottest games in decades, with temperatures around 90 degrees Fahrenheit and suffocating humidity. Many athletes and sports physiologists have had their eye on the summer temperatures in Japan for years and have been planning to help athletes acclimate to the heat. In the weeks leading up to the games, female Olympians may have had to spend more time preparing for the heat than their male counterparts. Some early studies show that it can take twice as long for female athletes to adjust than male athletes. The…
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Amazon will stop testing workers for Covid-19 at its warehouses at the end of this month, citing the availability of vaccines and free testing.The company began testing warehouse workers last year when tests were more difficult to secure. Warehouse workers, who were considered essential, packed and shipped orders throughout the pandemic.Amazon disclosed in October that nearly 20,000 workers, or about 1.4% of its total workforce, had been infected with Covid-19 by that point in 2020.Vaccines began to roll out about two months later and in May, employees who uploaded a picture of their vaccine cards to an Amazon worker app…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday shared a video of him and other crew members floating in space in Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft during the suborbital flight. In the video posted on Instagram, Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Olive Daemen can be seen floating inside the space capsule that blasted off the New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin’s private launch site in the West Texas desert.“This is how it starts. #gradatimferociter,” wrote Bezos on Instagram, referring to Blue Origin’s motto which means “Step by Step, Ferociously” in Latin.The 93-seconds long video clip shows the crew members…
(Photo : Unsplash/ Dawit) DuckDuckGo browser DuckDuckGo, an internet search engine that protects users’ privacy, is set to launch a new email service meant to stop ad companies from spying on your inbox. The company’s new feature gives users a “@duck.com” email address for free, and it will forward emails to your regular inbox automatically after it analyzes the contents for trackers. If any trackers are detected, the Email Protection feature will remove them. DuckDuckGo New Email Protection Feature DuckDuckGo Search Engine is known for not tracking users’ location. It is not surprising that the company created an email service that…
The White House wants to hold social media networks accountable for misinformation. (Photo : ole777) This was the statement from Kate Bedingfield, the Biden administration’s communications director, when asked by NBC News about how numerous instances of false info about COVID-19 vaccines have been spreading all over social media. Bedingfield reiterates that the current administration is reviewing policies, which could include various amendments to Section 230 (aka the Communications Decency Act). The Communications Decency Act was passed to protect online networks from being held responsible by what third parties are posting on their sites, writes Yahoo. Furthermore, it was also said that the…
A novel coronavirus, related to SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19 in humans, has been detected in horseshoe bats in the United Kingdom, a new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia, Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Public Health England (PHE) showed. The researchers, however, said that there is no evidence that the virus has been transmitted to humans, or that it could in future, unless it mutates.The new virus falls within the subgroup of coronaviruses called sarbecoviruses which contains both SARS-CoV-2, that causes Covid-19, and SARS-CoV, which was responsible for the 2003 SARS outbreak.Researchers from the University of East…
Democratic standards in the European Union are eroding in several member countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland where judicial independence is under threat, the EU’s executive commission said Tuesday in its annual report on adherence to the rule of law.The report also singled out Slovenia, which recently took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Council, for attacks against the Balkan nation’s media.“There are causes for serious concern in a number of member states, especially when it comes to the independence of judiciary,” said Vera Jourova, the Commission vice-president for Values and Transparency.The review, which is in its second…
US Special Envoy for Climate Change, John Kerry, delivered a speech at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, southwest London, on July 20, 2021. Reuters | | Posted by Shanza Khan, London PUBLISHED ON JUL 20, 2021 09:18 PM IST US climate envoy John Kerry told the world on Tuesday it could not wait for the Covid-19 pandemic to end before dealing with climate change, saying the suffering from the coronavirus would be magnified if nations did not tackle global warming.”I am very sorry to say, the suffering of Covid will be magnified many times over in a world that…
(Photo : Unsplash/ Bangyu Wang) Apple company Apple work-from-home plan returns as the company will continue until October as COVID-19 cases continue to rise due to the spread of the Delta variant. The tech giant was supposed to mandate in-person work, but the plan has been pushed back. Apple’s Work-From-Home Schedule to Continue According to Bloomberg, the company had laid out a roadmap for employees who are expected to return to the offices in September. Some of them expected to report in person at least three days a week. Now, that schedule has been moved by a month. In June, CEO…
AirlineRatings.com released its annual list of top 20 airlines in the world, applauding Qatar Airways for its “dedication and commitment to continue to operate” throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi PUBLISHED ON JUL 20, 2021 09:00 PM IST Qatar Airways has toppled Air New Zealand to become the world’s best carrier at a time when the aviation industry is badly hit by the pandemic, according to an aviation safety and product rating agency. AirlineRatings.com on Tuesday released its annual list of top 20 airlines in the world, applauding Qatar Airways for…