Tag: coronavirus
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If you’re tired of high gas prices, here’s how to rent an electric (or hybrid) car
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new details. If you’ve filled up recently, you don’t need me to tell you gas prices are high. And prices will only soar higher. In fact, the national average for a gallon of gas hit $3.30 this week. That’s the highest price per gallon in more than…
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CureVac’s COVID-19 shot just failed in a large trial, a major setback for the Gates-backed biotech
An employee of German biopharmaceutical firm CureVac. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert CureVac's experimental COVID-19 vaccine failed in a critical clinical studythat the biotech said Wednesday. It's the first late-stage study to flop, with CureVac's medication demonstrating 47% effectiveness. The German biotech saw its stock price fall by over 50 percent in post-market trading. See more information on…
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Big Tech Doesn’t Want You Fixing Your Gadgets. This Federal Agency Is Calling BS
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here within this Climate Desk cooperation. For the past several decades, as state legislators across the country have held hearings to consider “right-to-repair” bills which would make it easier for consumers to mend their electronics , lobbyists representing manufacturers have revealed up to replicate the same disagreements over and above: Letting…
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Global stocks pull back from record highs as COVID-19 cases rise at the fastest rate since the pandemic began
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images Global stocks broadly pulled back from record highs as COVID-19 cases worldwide rose. The stock market's "fear gauge" logged its biggest daily rise in three weeks. The unveiling of a proposed European super league boosted some soccer clubs' shares. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.…
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Elon Musk tweeted then deleted an anti-vaccine cartoon featuring Bill Gates. Here’s where their simmering feud began and how it’s escalated amid the pandemic.
Elon Musk and Bill Gates. Susan Walsh/AP; Mike Cohen/Getty Images for The New York Times The Elon Musk-Bill Gates feud dates back to early 2020 when Gates commented on electric cars. The two moguls appear to fundamentally disagree about the coronavirus as well. In April, Musk tweeted and deleted an anti-vaccine cartoon featuring Gates. Visit…
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Elon Musk Says He Tested Positive And Negative For Covid In The Same Day
PA Elon Musk says he’s tested positive and negative for COVID-19 twice each within the past day, claiming that ‘something bogus is going on’. Posting on Twitter, the Tesla and SpaceX founder wrote, ‘Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse.’…
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Erykah Badu Shares Unusual COVID-19 Test Results: ‘Left Nostril Positive, Right Nostril Negative’
Erykah Badu is a little confused by her results from a recent COVID-19 test. On Friday (Nov. 13), the Grammy-winning songstress shared on social media that she was ultimately given a clean bill of health after multiple tests over 24 hours, but that previous results strangely showed she had tested both positive and negative. “No…
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Lana Del Rey’s Mesh Mask As Useful As Magic Marker On Face, Doctor Says
lanadelrey/Instagram A physician has dubbed Lana Del Rey’s net face mask as useful as ‘drawing with a magic marker’. The Video Games singer was the subject of strong backlash on Saturday, October 3, after she attended a book signing at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble sporting a mesh mask, at a time when everyone…
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Billionaires’ Wealth Rises To $10.2 Trillion Amid Coronavirus Crisis
PA Images Over the span of the coronavirus catastrophe, the planet ’s billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket to $10.2 billion. Earlier findings from the Institute for Policy Studies’ Billionaire Bonanza report found that the United States’ 645 weakest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, gathered $845 billion because the…
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Elon Musk Said There’d Be ‘Close To Zero’ Coronavirus Cases In US By End Of April
PA Images Elon Musk may be a successful billionaire, but his words don’t always age well. Twitter’s a playground for anyone at any time to get schooled, and the Tesla CEO is certainly no exception. Continuing an ongoing but hilarious online feud with US journalist Ken Klippenstein, Musk walked right into a quote tweet that’s…