MAY 6, 2020
Today's cache is your daily download of the top 5 updates from the world of technology.
India’s Aarogya Setu app has been flagged for security issue that will put data of 90 million Indians at risk, a cybersecurity expert says.
MediaTek has unveiled a new gaming-focused chipset for smartphones. Google announces a new tool for podcasters to get more...
MAY 6, 2020
As you surely know by now, the coronavirus doesn't look the same in everyone it infects. Some people have respiratory symptoms, others have gastrointestinal symptoms, some can't smell or taste, and others have no symptoms at all. There are many mysteries brought forth by the COVID-19 contagion, but none may be greater than why it's killing some...
MAY 5, 2020
In this image provided by Public Health Emergency, a department of Health and Human Services, Rick Bright is shown in his official photo from April 27, 2017, in Washington. Bright filed a complaint May 5, 2020, with the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency responsible for whistleblower complaints. He’s the former director of the Biomedical Advanced...
MAY 5, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic bringing the entire world to a standstill, China could face a “Tiananmen-like international backlash for its handling of the infection, according to an internal report by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of State Security, China’s top intelligence body.
The report, sent by the Ministry...
MAY 5, 2020
People wear face masks while exercising and kids play around near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on May 4 as the coronavirus disease restrictions have eased in Ashkelon, Israel. (Reuters Photo)
Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that the country's scientists have made "significant breakthrough" in developing an antibody to Covid-19 infection.
"I am proud...
MAY 4, 2020
Omandurar Medical College hospital pictured in Chennai, India, on May 3, 2020. - Arun SANKAR / AFP
Scientists have identified an antibody in a lab that they say can prevent the novel coronavirus from infecting cells. The team hopes the antibody could be used to create treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Since the coronavirus...
MAY 4, 2020
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 2, 2020: A view of the Moscow Kremlin's towers and the Moskva City Moscow International Business Center (MIBC). Russian President Vladimir Putin has expanded non-working period till May 11, 2020 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Mikhail Metzel/TASS (Photo by Mikhail MetzelTASS via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Homeland...
MAY 4, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Containers of Chinese companies China Shipping and COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) are loaded on a container as it is leaving the port in Hamburg
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the...
MAY 3, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a live Fox News Channel virtual town hall called "America Together: Returning to Work" about the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic being broadcast from inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
President Trump on Sunday sought to reassure Americans that it is safe for...
MAY 3, 2020
A young girl holds a guitar as a musician performs for local residents, in Enfield, England, on May 3.
ROME, ITALY — While millions of people took advantage of easing coronavirus lockdowns to enjoy spring weather, some of the world's most populous countries reported worrisome new peaks in infections Sunday, including India, which saw its biggest single-day jump...
