The coronavirus variant that drove India’s devastating Covid-19 epidemic is the most infectious to emerge so far. Doctors now want to know if it’s also more severe.Hearing impairment, severe gastric upsets and blood clots leading to gangrene, symptoms not typically seen in Covid patients, have been linked by doctors in India to the so-called Delta variant. In England and Scotland, early evidence suggests the now-dominant strain carries a higher risk of hospitalization.Click here for complete coverage of Covid-19Delta, also known as B.1.617.2, has spread to more than 60 countries over the past six months and triggered travel curbs from Australia…
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Former US President Donald Trump has called cryptocurrency Bitcoin as a “scam”. In an interview to Fox Business Network on Monday, Trump said, “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam. I don’t like it because it’s another currency competing against the dollar … I want the dollar to be the currency of the world. That’s what I’ve always said.”The largest digital currency plunged almost six per cent on Asian trading and was at $32,770, as of 11am in Hong Kong (around 8.30am IST) on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.Also read: Hacktivist group Anonymous threatens Elon Musk for ‘playing games’ with BitcoinThe…
Urian B., Tech Times 07 June 2021, 11:06 pm (Photo : Screenshot From Pexels Official Website) Uber PIN Code Feature is Latest Safety Solution to Prevent Riders from Getting Into the Wrong Car Uber PIN code is the company’s new way of stopping people from getting into the wrong car. This new safety solution was developed by the company to help minimize the risk of accidents where people step into cars they weren’t meant to step on. Uber Pin Code Feature According to Engadget, Uber is currently taking additional steps to try and prevent riders from being able to get…
A 20-year-old Canadian national has been charged with murder and attempted murder after he mowed down a family in Ontario with his pick-up truck on Sunday evening, killing four and injuring a child, in what is being described as a case of Islamophobia. Several leaders including Canadian PM Justin Trudeau have condemned the killings and said hate has no place in the Canadian society.Nathaniel Veltman drove his vehicle into the Muslim family, who were out for an evening walk in the town of London in the Canadian province. London police said the victims “were all members of the same family”…
Urian B., Tech Times 07 June 2021, 10:06 pm (Photo : Screenshot From Pexels Official Website) HDD Carbon-Based Overcoat Replaced with Graphene can Hold 10 Times More Data HDD carbon-based overcoat replaced with graphene resulted in 10x more data for the Hard-Disk drive. Solid-state drives could remain the major go-to for phones and even most PCs, laptops, and a few other devices. The humble mechanical hard drive, however, still owns a huge place in the whole computing world. HDD Carbon-Based Overcoat Replaced with Graphene When users might need the most amount of storage for the least amount of money, the…
U.S. law-enforcement agents will be required to wear body cameras when serving search and arrest warrants, the Justice Department said on Monday, adding a measure of accountability already required of many state and local police departments.Federal agents had previously been barred from wearing cameras, a policy that sometimes created tension during joint operations with state and local police.The new directive, announced by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, comes as the Biden administration has shown sympathy to victims of police brutality in cases such as the murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody a year ago, a case that…
On the occasion of World Oceans Day on June 8, Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) has called for sustainable efforts and stopping plastic pollution in order to save the oceans.”Tuesday is #WorldOceansDay. From eating local, sustainably-sourced fish to stopping plastic pollution, we all have a role to play to #SaveOurOcean,” the UN said. This is the second year of a fully virtual celebration of the United Nations World Oceans Day due to the coronavirus pandemic, which hit the world last year. The UN has asked people to join the virtual event through a link. All you need to know about…
A 56-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, who was an accused in a six-million rand fraud and forgery case, has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Durban court.Ashish Lata Ramgobin was found guilty by the court on Monday.She was accused of defrauding businessman SR Maharaj after he advanced R6.2 million to her for allegedly clearing import and Customs duties for a non-existent consignment from India. He was promised a share of profits.Lata Ramgobin, who is the daughter of noted rights activists Ela Gandhi and late Mewa Ramgobind, was also refused leave to appeal both the conviction and the…
Tesla Model S Plaid delivery event is happening, and the company will live stream the event for people to witness the “most ludicrous” and “quickest” production electric vehicle in the world arrive in the Fremont Factory. The event would take place on Thursday, June 10, and the company is inviting the public to witness as it rolls out for the first time. (Photo : Tesla via Twitter)Tesla Model S Plaid will hold a delivery event on Thursday, June 10. The popular electric vehicle manufacturing company had a lot of live stream events in the past, including those of the Battery…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reclaimed the ransom cryptocurrency paid by Colonial Pipeline to the Russian DarkSide threat actors, amounting to 63.7 Bitcoins or $2.3 million. This was only partial to the $90 million ransom money paid, and the Feds will look more into the wallet trail of the hackers for the entirety of the payment. (Photo : Pexels via Pixabay) It is a win for the Federal justice system and Colonial Pipeline against threat actors like DarkSide which have been the proprietors of the ransomware, one of the many cyberattacks this year. Recently, Colonial Pipeline has paid the…