Leading scientists in South Africa believe the country has established a form of collective or herd immunity to COVID-19 after the number of infections unexpectedly plummeted following a major outbreak in June and July of this year. Commenting on a series of studies revealing the existence of high infection rates in the provinces of Western Cape
Month: October 2020
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2013. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Political advertisers say they’re having trouble with ads that were already approved before Facebook began its planned blackout period for new political ads leading up to the election. Facebook announced last month that it would not accept
Chrissy Teigen has explained why she made intimate pictures of the loss of her baby son public, saying “I knew I needed to know of this moment forever”. The TV personality and cookbook author announced she and husband John Legend had lost their third child, a boy named Jack, shortly after his birth late last
October 27th, 2020 by Press Release Penske is first truck leasing and rental company to deploy electric vehicles with customers operating in California LIVONIA, Michigan — ROUSH CleanTech, known for its advanced clean transportation solutions, is providing Penske Truck Leasing with all-new Ford F-650 battery electric vehicles later this year for deployment across Southern California.
The Tory MP husband of embattled coronavirus Test and Trace boss Dido Harding has been condemned by Labour after criticising “chaotic parents” in the row over Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign. Former minister John Penrose, a millionaire publisher, made the comment in a letter to a constituent who asked him why he voted in
Violence broke out in Rome as anti-lockdown protesters threw flares and flash grenades at police, who fought back with tear gas and water cannons. Supporters of the far-right party Forza Nuova (New Force) were largely among the crowd of a few hundred in Piazza del Popolo, one of Rome’s famous landmarks. They were protesting against
Fresh guidance has been given about what “essential items” people can buy from supermarkets in Wales. It comes after days of anger over which items count. But the Welsh government’s statement was in danger of sparking further confusion by saying that a “sensible system should be introduced whereby customers can ask to buy non-essential items
Aston Martin Lagonda says Mercedes is to own up to fifth of its shares under plans to turn around its fortunes. The maker of James Bond’s favourite car said it was to expand the investment partnership between the pair through greater access to the German company’s hybrid and electric technology in exchange for a shareholding
9:00 AM ET October has been a busy and wildly entertaining month in boxing, and the action wraps up with an action-packed weekend of fights on Friday and Saturday. Boxing’s best athletes are stepping back into the ring, some for the first time in 2020, and there are plenty of questions looming over the sport
Tesla (TSLA) has launched its new ‘Tesla Energy Plan’ to offer new low charging tariffs to customers in the UK by creating a virtual power plant with solar and Powerwall. Earlier this year, we reported on Tesla taking its first step in becoming an energy provider in the UK. The company aimed to use its ‘Autobidder’
A BP company logo is displayed on a fuel pump on the forecourt of a gas station operated by BP Plc in London, U.K. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Energy giant BP on Tuesday reported a small profit for the third quarter, beating analyst expectations as the company benefited from stronger
The coronavirus pandemic has seen an unprecedented number of voters register to cast their ballot by mail – raising the very real possibility that we may not know who has won the US election for several days. In 2016, Donald Trump was declared the winner of Wisconsin at 7.29am UK time on the day after
Microsoft has announced that Lobe, a machine learning tool which helps people apply deep learning and AI models quickly – without the need of writing code – into tools they are developing, is now available with image classification support. This essentially means that people can import images of the things they want Lobe to recognise,
October 27th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan There is a rather ironic thing about Donald Trump. From 1985 to 1994, it’s been argued that he lost more money than any other American — due to the fact that he inherited such a fortune but then did so poorly at business. Nonetheless, during that time, he wrote
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters Google-owned YouTube will add an elections results label to search queries and videos and on Election Day as a means of addressing potential misinformation surrounding the elections. In a blog
The government will “learn from” a summer holiday clubs programme as it seeks to steer a way through the free school meals row, a minister has told Sky News. A fresh campaign spearheaded by England footballer Marcus Rashford has heaped pressure on the government over the provision of school holiday meals for the children of
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