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Apple And Google Say 25 States And Territories Have Explored Using COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Exposure Notifications Express capabilities are being introduced today as part of an iOS update and later this month for Android users.

Myst AI Claims Its AI Energy Prediction Technology Boosts Utilities’ Reliability

Myst proposes several use cases for its near-term energy forecasting technology, including electricity demand, renewable production, and market prices.

Years Of Zero Interest Rates And Implications For Stock Prices

There is and has been an inverse relationship between the stock market’s valuation multiples and interest rates. Ten-year treasury rates have fallen to 0.72%.

Another 60 SpaceX Starlink Satellites And 100 Mbps User Download Speed Tests

SpaceX reports over 700,000 potential customers have pre-signed for Starlink service.

Why Interest In Virtual Worlds For Online Collaboration Is Spiking

While video-based software like Zoom will likely continue to be the preferred method for most remote business meetings during the shutdown, it is possible to wonder whether virtual worlds may prove uniquely useful now as well.

A Quick Guide To The Turbo-Charged Search For Coronavirus Drugs

Thanks to previous coronaviruses SARS and MERS, scientists have a general idea of how they work: how they infect cells, how they replicate, what types of tissues they prefer.

Roman Space Telescope AKA WFIRST Field Of View 100 Times Hubble

A survey using gravitational lensing should find ~250 FFPs (free floating planets aka rogue planets) with masses down to that of Mars.

Technology Monopolies Keep Growing And Winning

The best investment returns came from the FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google). It was not the SP500.

A New Brain-Inspired Learning Method For AI Saves Memory And Energy

There’s still a long way to go before the technique can match the power of today’s leading AI. But if it helps us start to approach the efficiencies we see in biological brains, it might not be long before AI is everywhere.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts

The Demo-2 mission is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station.

A Quick Guide To The Turbo-Charged Search For Coronavirus Drugs

You may have heard the rule of thumb that a new drug against a new target takes at least 10 years to develop. Thanks to previous coronaviruses SARS and MERS, scientists have a general idea of how they work.

NASA's Plan To Build A Base Camp On The Moon Sounds Like Sci-Fi, But It's Real

VIPER and other lunar rovers will wander around the moon's surface looking for resources humans will need in order to spend any significant amount of time there, like oxygen and water.