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Archives for July 2020

Shoppers are suing over mandatory mask rules, but doctors don’t buy itShoppers are suing over mandatory mask rules, but doctors don’t buy it
Bill Gates says COVID-19 drugs should go where needed, not just ‘the highest bidder’Bill Gates says COVID-19 drugs should go where needed, not just ‘the highest bidder’
Etsy sellers are offering sheer mesh face masks that provide ‘very little protection’Etsy sellers are offering sheer mesh face masks that provide ‘very little protection’
PC shipments surge as the world gets serious about working from homePC shipments surge as the world gets serious about working from home
After the pandemic, doctors want their new robot helpers to stay

A robotic helping hand in a crisis

James Vincent
Doctors are better at treating COVID-19 patients now than they were in March

But they still don’t have good tools to help people who aren’t severely ill

Nicole Wetsman
Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over new policy on international student visasHarvard and MIT sue Trump administration over new policy on international student visas
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
Tracing the link between your phone and the next pandemicTracing the link between your phone and the next pandemic
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Sports bubbles are good places to study COVID-19Sports bubbles are good places to study COVID-19
ICE says international students must take in-person classes to remain in the USICE says international students must take in-person classes to remain in the US
Sennheiser received a bailout loan worth over $2 millionSennheiser received a bailout loan worth over $2 million
Chinese EV startups Byton and Nio received paycheck protection loans of at least $5 millionChinese EV startups Byton and Nio received paycheck protection loans of at least $5 million
The Navajo Nation faced water shortages for generations — and then the pandemic hit

No running water is making it harder to fight COVID-19

Justine Calma
Facebook and Instagram will remind people to wear face masksFacebook and Instagram will remind people to wear face masks

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  2. Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: People should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’
  3. The touchscreen MacBook Pro is a winner
  4. Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM
  5. Those Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos are very fake