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Amazon has urged its warehouse workers to submit a formal request if they want to stay back home due to the Coronavirus scare. It has asked its workers to come to their shifts starting 1st May or apply for absent leave. The leave would be applicable for part-time as well as...
The number of participants in video or audio calls in Whatsapp will be increased to eight from four by Facebook, revealed the company today. The beta versions of the App have already come across the new feature. Earlier, the audio or video calls had end-to-end encryption meaning facebook or WhatsApp can’t...
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that Apple is all set to produce AirPods in large quantities in 2020. He also said that the headphones will set foot on Q1,2021. As per Apple Insider, the note to investors said that the second generation of AirPod Pro will not be in the markets...
iPhone SE has been released and it is making waves all over the world. This is the first time that Apple has come out with a budget phone. While it might look small, it remains quite a good handset with an amazing processor - the A13 Bionic Processor -...
Little Erin Bates, born with congenital heart and respiratory diseases, and recovering from surgery for the same was diagnosed with COVID-19. Erin was photographed in the Alder Hey Hospital high-dependency unit at Liverpool, surrounded by an assortment of machines, and wearing an oxygen mask. These heartbreaking photos were shared by...
California, the most populous of U.S. states recorded 115 fatalities in the 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday. With over 40,000 confirmed cases in the state and the death toll at 1,597. Despite that, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pleas to the citizens to stay home, thousands flocked to the open...
President Trump’s daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic might be coming to an end, or at least become shorter and infrequent, as per inside sources. His televised conferences have been the chief topic of discussion among the homebound public. He was advised by many trusted counsels to stop the marathon...
A member of the immensely popular country band, The Statler Brother, Harold Reid passed away at the age of 80. His family revealed his long fight with kidney failure that ultimately led to his death on Friday. The Statler Brothers became famous by opening for Johnny Cash back in 1964,...
Every criticism of the British government's policies regarding the Coronavirus pandemic has been swept under the carpet by citing 'The Science'. Every British government announcement has been reduced to an expensive-looking and rather misleading commercial about the pseudoscience peddled by 'The Science'. Scientific research is all about transparency. With sources being...
Climate change deniers raise concerns again as they deny and downplay the seriousness of the COVID-9 pandemic. According to deSmog, an organization and blog tracking global warming deniers, they have identified around 70 individuals and groups denying the deadliness of the virus and encouraging the end of social distancing. They...
The UN recently said that the world should fight the COVID-19 pandemic with courage and determination, but it should also fight climate change with the same fervor. With the effects of global warming reaching a new peak in the last five years, the World Meteorological Association, part of the UN,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has rendered healthcare systems across the world fragile as they focus on trying to help its victims.  Many medical procedures, otherwise commonplace, have been relegated to the background. One of them is elective surgery.  Austin Well, aged 42, brain cancer survivor with compromised immunity is one among the...
Medical Expert Researchers from MIT and Harvard conducted a study that suggests that specific cells in the respiratory tracts, lungs, and intestines are more susceptible to the novel coronavirus. The study became possible after testing RNA of different types of cells which suggested the presence of two proteins that aid...
The global pandemic is taking its toll on all spheres of life but it is particularly tough when we look at the 2020 presidential campaign.  Several ads released by the Biden camp and President Trump’s supporters admonish the other for not being tough enough on China.  Trump has sidetracked from his...
While the world awaits a vaccine to contain the coronavirus infection, antibody tests designed to show whether a person has ever been infected with the virus has caught the attention of medical researchers. The test doesn’t reveal whether someone is currently infected with the virus. It only reveals if the...
On Friday, House Democrats criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for mishandling the massive influx of coronavirus antibody tests.  The House Oversight Committee revealed a memo to the panel members showing that the FDA has allowed certain antibodies into the market without any review. They said that the lack...
WHO announced on Saturday, there is no proof on the information that recovered patients cannot catch the novel coronavirus a second time.  The UN agency, in a scientific briefing, alerted governments not to issue “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” to recently recovered patients as there is no evidence of their...
The newest smartphone model in the Apple line has everyone going gaga over it. Starting at only $399, it gives a tough challenge to some of the mid-ranged Androids.  In the past, price-conscious customers have opted for Androids rather than iPhones because of their reasonable price. With the 2020 iPhone...
Days before the NFL Draft, Green Bay Packers GM, Brian Gutekunst acknowledged the Packers’ talented class of players this year. Over a video conference call with Wisconsin Reporters, he announced that he intended to add more players at the start of the offseason and that he doesn’t want to wait.  He...
A 1993 video surfaced recently prompting allegations against the Democratic Presidential candidate.  The video footage is from CNN's Larry King Live Show. It features Tara Reade's mother talking about the “problems” her daughter faced at the hands of a ‘prominent Senator’, which she now claims is Joe Biden. Tara Reade, a...