The Apple Watch’s built-in Breathe app is an excellent way to begin a meditation routine. Jason Hiner/CNET When I started using the SleepWatch app on the Apple Watch a year ago, I intended to mostly compare it to other sleep tracking products I had tried. But it led to a series of events that helped me not only quantify my …
Bill Gates says foundation putting ‘total attention’ on COVID-19 – CNET
Enlarge ImageBill Gates and his foundation are focusing entirely on COVID-19. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic, calling for a nationwide shutdown to curb the spread of the virus and providing millions for the global response …
UPS, CVS starting drone prescription deliveries in Florida this May – CNET
Drones will be delivering medicine in Florida in May. Joshua Goldman/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Starting in May, Matternet’s M2 drones will start delivering prescription medicine to The Villages, a retirement community in central Florida that houses over 135,000 residents, making it the largest in the US. The team …
Pollution rollbacks show a ‘callous disregard’ for communities hard hit by COVID-19, Justine Calma
The COVID-19 crisis hasn’t stopped the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back key environmental protections in the US, alarming both environmental and public health experts. Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has relaxed fuel economy standards — a decision that will lead to more emissions from tailpipes. It also weakened a rule meant …
Trump checks out new NASA technology to fight coronavirus pandemic, Meghan Bartels,
President Donald Trump inspected new technology developed by NASA to help fight the coronavirus pandemic and its associated respiratory disease, COVID-19, on April 24. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine brought an oxygen hood, a sterilizing device and a ventilator to the White House to show Trump how the agency is working to support the pandemic response. The U.S. has nearly 1 …
Dyson says the UK doesn’t need the ventilator it developed to treat COVID-19 patients
After spending about $25 million on the project, British technology company Dyson says the UK government doesn’t need the ventilator it developed to help treat COVID-19 patients, Reuters reported. The company, best known for its vacuum cleaners, said last month it had an order from the UK government for 10,000 of the breathing machines and developed one it called the …
Bill Gates says countries will probably use interviews and databases to track the coronavirus
Bill Gates thinks most countries will fight COVID-19 with interview-based contact tracing and a central database to track exposure. Gates posted a paper today outlining potential pandemic treatments, vaccines, and containment strategies. He calls contact tracing, which helps identify and isolate people who could spread the virus, an “ideal way” to stop the pandemic. But he downplayed the importance of …
Viral texts about coronavirus lockdown were amplified by Chinese operatives, US officials say
Chinese operatives helped amplify a viral text message that falsely claimed President Trump was going to instate a nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, reports The New York Times. US officials said the operatives were engaging in disinformation tactics similar to the ones Russia used in 2016. The rumor, which gained traction around mid-March, claimed to be coming from someone close …