The WHO said Tuesday that only one strain of the Covid-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered “of concern”, while two other strains had been downgraded.The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India’s explosive outbreak, has been dubbed a triple mutant variant since it is split into three lineages.The UN health agency last month declared the entire strain a “variant of concern”, or VOC, but on Tuesday, it said only one of the sub-lineages deserved that label.Click here for full Covid-19 coverage”It has become evident that greater public health risks are…
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Would you believe that there is now an in-car gaming system in your automobile? The twist? You can now use the feature in the new Tesla Model S and X electric vehicles. You can now play “PS5-level” gaming thanks to the newest chip of AMD. When Elon Musk first teased that an upcoming entertainment system would soon arrive in the Tesla cars, we could not believe that it would exist in the first place. This time, the Tesla EVs could now allow you to play Geralt in “Witcher 3” for real. AMD-Powered In-Car Gaming System is Now Accessible for Selected…
The ongoing debates on the possible origins of the pandemic are important in their own right. But, no matter where the needle eventually points the debate needs to acknowledge the dragon in the room. No objective, de-politicised discussion on the subject is feasible because of the depth and reach of China’s influence.The debate on the pandemic’s origins can be simply stated. Over thousands of years, viruses, bacteria and parasites that infect other animals sometimes ‘spillover’ to infect humans in close contact. These spillover events most often result in fever or more severe symptoms and usually do not result in human-to-human…
Urian B., Tech Times 01 June 2021, 10:06 pm (Photo : Screenshot From Commons.Wikipedia.org) Elon Musk Files Tesla Restaurant Concept Trademark | From Sustainable Energy to Sustainable Food? Elon Musk has just filed a new trademark for a Tesla restaurant service, a sign that the company might actually be finally gearing up to go into another industry. The idea was actually concocted by CEO Elon Musk as well as a number of company executives ever since at least 2017. Elon Musk Files Trademark The company has applied for three different trademarks that would cover these different categories namely pop-up restaurant…
Apple WWDC 2021 has posted its YouTube live stream placeholder in preparation for the launch of the festivities on Monday, June 7, to feature the Keynote speech of the event. It is another year where people would stay at home and watch this online event from the company’s live stream, as the pandemic still ceases to exist today. (Photo : Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Apple CEO Steve Jobs watches a video of the new iPhone 3G as he delivers the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Web Developers Conference June 9, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Jobs kicked off the…
“We have cybersecurity plans in place to address these types of issues,” JBS’ US head said. AFP | PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2021 06:27 AM IST Meatpacking giant JBS said most of its plants in the United States would be working by Wednesday after the company received a ransom demand in a cyberattack it believes originated in Russia.”We have cybersecurity plans in place to address these types of issues… the vast majority of our beef, pork, poultry and prepared foods plants will be operational tomorrow,” Andre Nogueira, JBS chief in the United States, said in a statement Tuesday. Get our…
Speaking at a Communist Party study meeting, Xi said it was crucial for China to improve its ability to spread its messages globally in order to present a “true, three-dimensional and comprehensive China”, Xinhua said on Tuesday. Reuters | , Beijing PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2021 06:23 AM IST China President Xi Jinping said the country must improve the way it tells its “stories” to a global audience as it seeks to develop an international voice that reflects its status on the world stage, official news agency Xinhua reported.Speaking at a Communist Party study meeting, Xi said it was crucial…
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it supports a proposed U.S. legislation to legalize cannabis at the federal level, and would drop weed-testing requirements for some recruitments.The e-commerce company’s public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act), which seeks to legalize marijuana at the federal level, its consumer boss Dave Clark said in a blog post.Amazon will also no longer screen its job applicants for marijuana use for any positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation, Clark added.While many U.S. states have legalized marijuana use, employers have so far largely…
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is pledging to pay back thousands of euros in meal expenses in a bid to contain the fallout from revelations about her family’s taxpayer-subsidised breakfasts.The 35-year-old leader made clear on Tuesday she would no longer claim such expenses after pledging over the weekend to pay back over 14,000 euros ($17,000) she has received in reimbursements for breakfast and cold meals at her residence since taking office a year and a half ago.”Because there are open questions regarding the meal allowance, I will pay the related costs myself,” she said on Twitter on Saturday, adding that…
Coinbase Pro is the sophisticated trading platform by the company which recently gone public, and has opened up yet again to the meme cryptocurrency of Dogecoin, currently playing around $0.37 valuation. Dogecoin has been through ups and downs, but it maintains its improvement in the market, only to be recognized by the likes of Coinbase and other platforms. (Photo : Coinbase Blog) Brian Armstrong has recently launched his cryptocurrency trading platform, Coinbase, for its initial public offering (IPO) last April, and the crypto market has also adapted its change. First off, it influenced the surge in market cap including that…