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This is coming from an Israeli publication Ha’aretz which is quoting its medical sources, that have revealed that the scientists have had a major breakthrough in understanding the biological mechanism and qualities of COVID-19, including better diagnostic capability, production of antibodies for those who already have the virus and development of a vaccine. The publication also sheds light on the fact that the vaccine is still far from ready and will have to go through rigorous animal testing before it is cleared to be tested on humans, and this process can take time, months even.  However, when Ha’aertz approached the Israeli Defence Ministry for a statement, they disagreed to confirm this, stating, “There has been no breakthrough in the efforts of the biological institute to find a vaccine for the coronavirus or to develop testing kits. The institute's work is conducted according to an orderly work plan and it will take time. If and when there will be something to r...

After 12 years of the  iPhone , it's no longer a novelty—and neither are most of the "hacks" that you'll find online. You probably already know that you should close out your background apps for faster performance or that you can put the device into Airplane Mode to charge it up more quickly. Here's something you may not have considered, though: with every operating system update comes new hidden tricks. Last September,  iOS 13 , the latest software, introduced some fancy new features like Dark Mode on all devices, but as with previous software rollouts, there are some covert Easter eggs to discover.

When all-electric vehicles eventually complete their global takeover, they'll collectively require much less maintenance than their oiled up, transmission-based counterparts. As for the tires? That's a different story. To help drivers avoid the misery of waiting around for a  tire  change, Goodyear has introduced an intriguing  new concept : tires that can regenerate new tread on the spot. Here's how Goodyear says it will work: At the core of the tire is a refillable reservoir that contains a specialized liquid compound. Over time, that liquid is forced from its reservoir and oozes toward the outside of the tire, where capsule-shaped units of tread populate the circumference. Similar to a Push Pop or a tube of lip balm, the liquid compound will slide into the place of the former tread, where it will solidify. The idea is that your tires will never go bald, so unless you have a major puncture wound to deal with, you'll require virtually zero tire replacem...

Someday a future Monty Python comedy troupe will reprise the plague scene from the   Holy Grail   in which a character pushes a cart through a street shouting "Bring out your dead!" only to discover one who isn't dead yet. What will be funny about our era? Perhaps it will have something to do with overreacting to the situation by reordering society, as some have suggested. Those suggestions include, but are not limited to, ending tradeshows, scrapping office cubicles, installing industrial strength HVAC systems to sterilize office air, and imposing untold additional torture on those who still agree to sit in airline seats. I am not so sure. Humans have a habit of straight-line thinking, which is the tendency to think that one thing follows another like a military drill or an assembly line. Nothing could be further from the truth. We project straight-line thinking because when we look back all we see are straight lines. Our parents produced us, their parents pro...

The United States Office of Personnel Management last week urged agencies to prepare to allow federal employees to telework -- that is, work remotely.This came on the heels of the   Department of Homeland Security   closing its facilities in Washington state, after learning an employee had visited the Life Care facility in the city of Kirkland, which is ground zero for the state's COVID-19 outbreak. Federal employees were told to self-quarantine for two weeks, and the DHS building is being disinfected. It isn't just the federal government that is allowing employees to telework or telecommute. Seattle companies including Amazon, Google, Facebook and others are trying to keep workers safe by letting them do their jobs from home. Coronavirus fears have shut down schools and businesses in the Evergreen State, and public health officials in King County last week recommended allowing employees in the region to stay home. Across the country firms already have started all...

Microsoft this week announced the success of its efforts, jointly undertaken with partners across 35 countries, to disrupt the Necurs botnet group blamed for infecting more than 9 million computers globally. There are 11 botnets under the Necurs umbrella, all apparently controlled by a single group, according to Valter Santos, security researcher at  Bitsight , which worked with Microsoft on the takedown. Four of those botnets account for about 95 percent of all infections. "Necurs is the named exploit that is most consistently used," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the  Enderle Group . The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York last week issued an  order  enabling Microsoft to take control of the U.S.-based infrastructure Necurs uses to distribute malware and infect victim computers. Microsoft figured out the new domains Necurs would generate algorithmically and reported them to respective registries worldwide so they ...