The project, called Sodar, can be accessed by anyone with an Android smartphone and the Google Chrome browser Google has a new, experimental augmented reality project called “Sodar”, which creates a virtual six-feet or two-metre radius ring around you that’s visible on your phone. Augmented reality is when virtual ... Read More »
Dozens of journalists have been sacked after Microsoft decided to replace them with artificial intelligence software. Staff who maintain the news homepages on Microsoft’s MSN website and its Edge browser – used by millions of Britons every day – have been told that they will be no longer be required ... Read More »
SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 3:22 ... Read More »
The Public Health Ministry indicated Sunday that 29 new coronavirus cases have been registered within the past 24 hours, thus bringing the cumulative number to-date to 1,220 infected cases. It added that one case of death was also registered during the last 24 hours. NNA Read More »
In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Coronavirus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Saturday that the number of laboratory tests conducted in the last 24 hours has reached 315 tests. It also indicated that the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases infected with the virus ... Read More »
A Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year, China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said in a social media post. In trials, more than 2,000 people have received vaccines developed by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and the ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 19 Coronavirus new cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 1191. The ministry said that out of the 19 cases, 16 of them were recorded among the residents and 3 among the returnees. LBCI Read More »
The Cabinet Friday postponed until next week the approval of key administrative appointments, having been held back by Parliament’s newly endorsed mechanism for Grade One postings. The Cabinet session, chaired by President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace, was held against the backdrop of tensions over the building of a power ... Read More »
Surgisphere issues public statement defending integrity of coronavirus study published in the Lancet More than 120 researchers and medical professionals from around the world have written an open letter to the editor of the Lancet raising serious concerns about a large and widely publicised global study that prompted the World ... Read More »
In Lebanon, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the country at a time of instability. In this context, its secondary effects on domestic violence, the gender gap in employment and on unpaid work, risk disproportionately impacting women and girls, and rolling back hard-won gender equality gains. Women health care workers, social ... Read More »
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