The Covid-19 Rent Crisis Is Here
To prevent people from losing their homes while shelter-in-place orders remain, many cities and states have issued eviction moratoria, including New York state. “We were initially encouraged that states and…
NASA Space Lasers Offer ‘Fantastically Detailed’ Look at the World’s Ice Loss
Look at all this ice loss of the coast of western Antarctica.Gif: NASA Goddard The ice sheets are melting, and a new study research relies on state-of-the-art technology to reveal…
‘Strava Wankers’ pokes fun at the worst people in society — tryhards
Welcome to Riding Nerdy, TNW’s fortnightly dive into bicycle-based tech, where we go into too much detail and geek out on all things related to pedal-powered gadgets. Since lockdown measures…
Drug discovery might be the best use of AI to tackle the pandemic
In the four months since the novel coronavirus was first identified, a myriad of AI tools has popped up promising to fight the disease. The tech has predicted how the virus will…
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Daily Distraction: Let go of stress with these free meditation sessions
People all over the world have been under lockdown for weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. And it’s quite natural to feel anxiety or restlessness while being bombarded with bad news. Sometimes…
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos compete to help NASA return humans to the moon
NASA has formally recruited tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to return humans to the Moon by 2024. The independent space agency revealed on Thursday it had awarded $967 million…
Xiaomi is collecting browser data even in incognito mode, researchers say
You might want to stay away from Xiaomi‘s browsers if you care about your privacy. The Chinese company has been caught recording a concerning amount of user activity in its…
Tesla pulls a slick sales move in China, lowers Model 3 price to fit new subsidy limit
Tesla has just dropped the price of its Model 3 in China so that it continues to be eligible for subsidy money. The news comes days after the Chinese government…
Researchers tested 47 old drugs that might treat the coronavirus — these where the results
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the search for drugs to fight it. That was the idea my colleagues…