5G helping fight coronavirus
Apparently it was not the cause after all
While very stupid people in the UK and US think 5G is responsible for the coronavirus, the technology could be the key to actually fighting it.
Coronavirus increased the value of video games companies
Market cap of leading video game companies jumped by $354.5 billion this year
As an industry custom built for people to stay indoors, the global video games market has boomed in the last few months, bringing huge profits for the leading gaming companies and their shareholders.
Wearables market kung flued
Device sales dropped
Beancounters at ABI Research have noted that sales of wearables have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic because consumer interest in buying non-essential devices has dropped in the first quarter of 2020, along with the issues associated with a hampered supply chain.
Google lets workers back into the office
If they want to come that is is
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees that the search giant is targeting July 6 to reopen offices for workers that want to come back to in person.
Working from home could make you nuts
Nadella calls for a middle way
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned that making remote work permanent could have serious consequences for social interaction and mental health for workers as virtual video calls cannot replace in-person meetings.
Penn State Quantum cats set to work on coronavirus
So it is potentially dead and alive
Quantum machine learning, an emerging field that combines machine learning and quantum physics, is the focus of research to discover possible treatments for COVID-19.
Nvidia's top boffin makes an open-source ventilator
It can be quickly assembled with off the shelf parts
Nvidia Chief Scientist Bill Dally has released plans for an open-source ventilator hardware design he developed in order to address the shortage resulting from the global coronavirus pandemic.
Half of Telecom Italia will stay working from home
As the lock down eases
Telecom Italia (TIM) will keep just over half of its staff working from home when Italy’s biggest phone group begins a gradual reopening of its offices across Italy next week.
EU worried about data protection in coronavirus
Just because you are in a crisis there is no reason to bend the rules
The EU has warned its members that just because there is a pandemic, they have no reason to get lax on their data protection rules.
UK snubs Apple and Google’s coronavirus tracking
Will do its own thing thanks
The UK's coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model to the one proposed by Apple and Google, despite concerns raised about privacy and performance.