This week noticed mounting proof that COVID-19 can unfold by the air, a type of transmission the World Health Organization had earlier thought of very uncommon. The company additionally made a stronger assertion that the virus may be unfold by people who find themselves asymptomatic. Meanwhile, the United States has been setting single-day data for coronavirus instances — it reported nearly 60,000 on Thursday alone, based on The New York Times.
On the tech entrance, President Donald Trump is eyeing a ban on TikTok, Uber has gone all-in on grocery supply, Apple made iOS betas accessible for public testing, and CNET kicked off a collection on how China goals to dominate the whole lot from 5G to AI.
Here are week’s tales you do not need to miss.
It’s the stuff of science fiction: chilling your physique inside a chrome steel chamber for years on finish. But is cryonics a option to reverse loss of life? Or is it only a pipe dream?
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China is not the one nation jockeying for management. The US dominated 4G’s growth and expects to do the identical with 5G.
The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed China’s adoption of 5G.
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Exclusive: Several emergency providers within the US and Canada are embracing the What3words service. One faucet on a textual content message permits you to inform them precisely the place you’re.
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In an enormous warehouse in New Jersey, Bowery Farming is making an attempt to alter the way forward for agriculture (all whereas utilizing 90% much less water).
Bowery Farming
The actuality is that US and China efforts to develop AI are entwined, even when the tensions of coronavirus and commerce disagreements might spur a separation.
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Wars aren’t fought solely on battlefields. Here’s the little-known story of the gang of Americans who looked for black gold within the coronary heart of besieged Britain.
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Kevin Valdez attracts on private expertise to play a neurodiverse character on a brand new Apple TV Plus present.
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Commentary: Today’s providers are primed that can assist you determine the place you come from.
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Old telephones and Star Wars toys aren’t the one useful objects individuals pays for on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and extra.
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