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Cruise's robotaxis return to Arizona roads
Cruise will start re-deploying its autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, Arizona after a major upheaval last year that led to a pause in its operations. However, the robotaxis will have human drivers behind the wheel.
23andMe hack now estimated to affect over half of customers
A hack that affected 23andMe back in October is estimated to have exposed significantly more profiles than previously reported.
Lucid begins testing its electric Gravity SUV on US roads
Lucid announced today that its Gravity SUV was entering a "new phase of development, now testing on public roads throughout the US."
Twitter is testing multiple video playback speeds
Most Twitter users can only create videos up to 140 seconds in length, but even so, some people apparently still don't have time for that
At-home COVID-19 tests could be more affordable thanks to your smartphone
Researchers say early results show their process is nearly as accurate as a PCR test (and thankfully doesn’t involve tickling your brain).
Twitter tests four new emoji Tweet reactions alongside 'Like'
Twitter network might be finally expanding from just "Likes" as it's testing four other reactions in a limited test.
Facebook is testing a Nextdoor-like 'Neighborhoods' feature in Canada
Facebook is testing a feature called Neighborhoods that would allow users to join community-based groups, much as you can with Nextdoor.
Amazon's Prime Air can officially begin drone delivery trials in the US
Amazon is one step closer to offering commercial drone deliveries.
Abbott's 15-minute, $5 COVID-19 test gets FDA authorization
The BinaxNow $5 COVID-19 test works a lot like a home pregnancy test and can return results in 15 minutes. It's paired with an app, Navica, that intends to give users a "temporary digital health pass" to go with negative results.
Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA simulations
Blue Origin and its “National Team” partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper have delivered their full scale lunar lander mock-up to NASA. The space agency will use the engineering prototype to simulate how it could get “crew, equipment, supplies and samples off and on the vehicle” in future moon missions.
Google asks to test a new type of wireless broadband
Google has asked the FCC for permission to run secret wireless broad tests using the 6Ghz spectrum in multiple cities across the US. That could point to future internet services using the recently released spectrum, possibly under its new Fiber WebPass banner.
Microsoft’s xCloud delayed on iOS as testing halted
Microsoft starting testing its Project xCloud game streaming service on iOS with some fanfare, but the future of the project is now unclear. While Microsoft is preparing to launch the Android version, it has ended its public trial on iOS early, with the app no longer available.
WhatsApp makes it easier to fact-check forwarded messages
WhatsApp's new feature that lets users search the web for more info about frequently forwarded messages.
Hype and hope: Wearables in the covid era
It’s a pretty cool idea, but my point is that it’s the app making the claim, and not necessarily the ring.
Mount Sinai’s AI can diagnose COVID-19
Researchers from Mount Sinai believe they are the first in the US to use AI, combined with imaging and clinical data, to diagnose COVID-19.
Apple gives $10 million from its manufacturing fund to a COVID-19 testing firm
Apple has awarded $10 million to Copan Diagnostics, a company that manufactures COVID-19 sample collection kits. The funds will help Copan scale up its coronavirus sample kit production capability from several thousand to over a million kits weekly by early July.
Spotify is testing video podcasts
Spotify is reportedly testing video podcasts.
UK will begin testing its COVID-19 tracking app this week
The UK will begin testing its COVID-19 tracking app in a pilot on the Isle of Wight this week.
Racing to make coronavirus tests
Labs know how to make COVID-19 tests, but making enough is proving to be a huge challenge.
IBM shares AI tools to better understand and treat COVID-19
It has released a series of new tools to aggregate data, help researchers explore potential therapies, advance the study of newly sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes and make the latest info available to healthcare professionals. Its AI deep search tool is ingesting data from the White House, a coalition of research groups and licensed databases from the DrugBank, Clinicaltrials.gov and GenBank. The cloud-based research tool is a repository of genes, proteins and other molecules from sequenced viral and bacterial organisms, and it’s meant to help researchers identify molecular targets necessary for drug design, test development and treatment.
