Chromebook demand more than doubled in 2020 due to the pandemic
It’s no secret that Chromebook demand surged in 2020 as people were forced to work and learn from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s now clear just how…
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In 1995, Katalin Karikó was at her lowest ebb. A biochemist at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Karikó had dedicated much of the previous two decades to… Read More
The viruses, both found in bats stored in laboratory freezers, are the first SARS-CoV-2 relatives to be found outside China. Read More
The first drug against HIV brought dying patients back from the brink. But as excited doctors raced to get the miracle drug to new patients, the miracle… Read More
2020 has not been a good year for mental health. The emergence of a global pandemic has left many people fearing for their lives, stressing over their finances, panicking over… Read More
Carrier leak suggests iPhone 12 release in late October with 5G
Apple said its next iPhones would be weeks late due to the pandemic, and rumors have swirled of 5G support. Now, however, a leak appears to have…
The coronavirus crisis may have been very bad news for the economy as a whole, but Apple says that the iOS app economy has been thriving, creating… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to loneliness in Australia. This is especially so as Melburnians entered the strictest lockdown to date. Meanwhile, the rest of Australia braces for the… Read More
There is a prayer, often linked with Alcoholic’s Anonymous (AA), called the serenity prayer, which reads: “…grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,… Read More
The coronavirus pandemic’s effects on healthcare for tuberculosis (TB), malaria and HIV could lead to deaths of an order of magnitude similar to those from covid-19 itself in some… Read More