Day: April 11, 2020

Coronavirus conspiracies like that bogus 5G claim are racing across the internet

As the U.S. and much of the world hunkers down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, some virus-related conspiracy theories are having a heyday. Specifically, a conspiratorial false claim that 5G technology is linked to COVID-19 gained ground, accelerating from obscurity into the […]

‘Here in Spirit’: An Oral History of Faith Amid the Pandemic

Today is Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate Jesus’ crucifixion. For Jews, Wednesday night marked the beginning of Passover, the spring holiday celebrating the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt. Normally both sets of holidays are packed with family, friends, food, and celebration—yet this year, […]

Coronavirus, Brusaferro: “Nelle Rsa lombarde 1.822 morti”. Gallera: “Contagi non da pazienti che vi abbiamo trasferito”

Sono 1.882 gli anziani deceduti nelle Rsa lombarde. Il dato è stato comunicato nell’abituale conferenza stampa sull’andamento dell’epidemia dal presidente dell’Istituto superiore di sanità Silvio Brusaferro. Un tema al centro delle polemiche – e di indagini della procura – quello della gestione delle Rsa lombarde […]

AMD’s next game changer may have nothing to do with CPU or GPU

AMD has recently dropped support and distribution for its intelligent storage acceleration software solution, StoreMi. The software was licensed from a development company called Emmotus and allowed slow hard disk drives to be “fused” with faster drives for SSD-like performance. Apple and Intel have both […]

Bill Gates urges everyone to stay calm, because this crisis might not last as long as you think

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took to Reddit on Wednesday to share his thoughts about the coronavirus crisis in an Ask Me Anything session. He was asked a few different times how long he thinks the current status quo in the US will last, and he […]

Virgin’s VOX Space snags $35 million Space Force launch contract and prepares for final test flights

VOX Space, the Virgin space subsidiary dedicated to government launches, has scored a valuable new contract with the U.S. Space Force and is about to move from testing to full operations, the company announced today. The Space Force contract is for three launches and is […]