Apple has announced the launch date of the new iPhone 12. It will show off the phone at an event on 13 October, at 10am local pacific time, it said in an invitation. Normally, Apple’s phones are put on sale a week and a half after they are revealed, which ... Read More »
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Breathing with face masks does not affect the lungs The average face mask may be uncomfortable but does not ... Read More »
The world’s top central bankers have opened the taps with trillions of dollars in promised credit to prevent a global pandemic from causing a global economic depression. On Tuesday they will update their plans in presentations that could begin to signal just how much more they feel they can do ... Read More »
Apple is working on a new type of phone sensor that uses lasers to monitor dangerous particulates in the air, according to a patent filing. The ‘Particulate matter sensors for portable electronic devices’ patent describes how an array of lasers could detect the presence of poisonous gas, pollen and other potentially ... Read More »
Nine in ten coronavirus patients reported experiencing side-effects such as fatigue, psychological after-effects and loss of smell and taste after they recovered from the disease, according to a preliminary study by South Korea. The research comes as the global death toll from COVID-19 passed 1 million on Tuesday, a grim ... Read More »
A new computer has been developed that can monitor brain activity and present what the user is thinking of in images. While looking at the images, the EEGs of the subjects were fed into a neural network – an algorithm inspired by real brains – which inferred whether an image was detected ... Read More »
Death toll doubles in three months as virus continues to spread The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed more than 1 million lives around the globe, according to the latest official death tolls, with more than 33 million cases. The grim milestone was passed in the early hours of Tuesday morning. On ... Read More »
Several liquid bodies have been found under the south pole of Mars, according to a major new study. The findings give extra credence to previous research that suggested there could be a large saltwater lake underneath the Martian surface, the researchers claim – and also led to them discovering a number ... Read More »
Lebanon’s gross public debt reached $94 billion at the end of July and the country faces potential civil strife if the economic crunch worsens Inflation in Lebanon, which is facing its worst economic crisis since the end of its 1975-1990 civil war, continued to accelerate in August following a ... Read More »
A future version of the NHS Covid-19 app could warn users if they are exposing themselves to too many people, the developers say. The app has finally launched, after months of development and extensive testing in Newham and the Isle of Wight. But other features will be coming, including a “personalised risk score” ... Read More »
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