Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Half the daily 100,000 COVID-19 cases in Americas are in U.S. – WHO director
BRASILIA (Reuters) - More than 100,000 cases of C0VID-19 are being reported every day in the Americas, half of them in the United States, and there are worrisome spikes in countries that had controlle...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. did not fully assess civilian risks when pushing Saudi arms sales: report
By Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties when it pushed through a massive sale of precision-gui...
Aug 11, 2020
J&J eyes one billion doses of potential COVID-19 shot in 2021, weighs challenge trials
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson could produce 1 billion doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine next year if it proves successful and would consider injecting healthy vol...
Aug 11, 2020
Arm rival SiFive raises $60 million from SK Hynix, Aramco
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - SiFive Inc, a California startup working to commercialize an open-source semiconductor technology, said on Tuesday that it has raised an additional $60 million in funding...
Aug 11, 2020
HMD Global, maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, wins investment from Google, others
LONDON (Reuters) - HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google , Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies , to help accelerate its ...
Aug 11, 2020
CuriosityStream to list on Nasdaq via $331 million reverse merger deal
(Reuters) - CuriosityStream Inc, a subscription streaming service for science, technology and history documentaries, said on Tuesday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check compan...
Aug 11, 2020
Google turns Android phones into earthquake sensors; California to get alerts
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google's Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that could eventually give billions of users...
Aug 11, 2020
Humanity versus disease showcased as London’s Science Museum reopens doors
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Exhibits showcasing humanity's battle with infectious disease will greet visitors recently emerged from coronavirus lockdowns when London's Science Museum re-opens ...
Aug 11, 2020
Dwarf planet Ceres is ‘ocean world’ with salty water deep underground
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is an "ocean world" with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface, scienti...
Aug 10, 2020
Spanish actor Banderas says has COVID-19, feels ‘relatively well’
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, 60, said on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and is in quarantine. "I'd like to add that I'm f...
Aug 10, 2020
