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Mar 1, 2022

Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa to start seeking doctor help

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, mobile phones, robotics/AI

If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one.

Amazon and telemedicine provider Teladoc Health are starting a voice-activated virtual care program that lets customers get medical help without picking up their phones.

The service, for health issues that aren’t emergencies, will be available around the clock on Amazon’s Echo devices. Customers can tell the voice assistant Alexa that they want to talk to a doctor, and that will prompt a call back on the device from a Teladoc physician.

Mar 1, 2022

Tesla shares rally on expectations that German factory will open in March

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla reportedly aims to produce at least half a million cars annually at its “Gigafactory Berlin,” along with batteries for them.

Mar 1, 2022

The teen famous for tracking Elon Musk’s jet has a new target: Russian oligarchs

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

A new Twitter account called Russian Oligarch Jets is keeping tabs on the air travel of Russia’s wealthy and powerful.

Feb 28, 2022

Facebook Is Officially Changing Its Name to Meta, Says Mark Zuckerberg

Posted by in category: futurism

Feb 28, 2022

NASA’s new bird-like drones could unlock the secrets of Venus’ atmosphere

Posted by in categories: drones, space

Feb 28, 2022

What is SWIFT? How and why it is being used as a sanction against Russia

Posted by in category: finance

Feb 28, 2022

DIY drone: Learn How to Build Your Own Quadcopter Drone

Posted by in category: drones

Feb 28, 2022

Russia accused of using banned ‘vacuum bomb’

Posted by in category: futurism

Claims that a devastating Thermobaric weapon was used during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have prompted calls for an investigation for violations of the Geneva Convention.

Feb 28, 2022

Panasonic to begin mass producing new Tesla battery

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) — Panasonic Corp (6752.T) said on Monday it will begin mass production of a new lithium-ion battery for Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) before the end of March 2024 at a plant in Japan.

Unveiled by the Japanese company in October, the 4,680 format (46 millimetres wide and 80 millimetres tall) battery is around five times bigger than those currently supplied to Tesla, meaning the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker will be able to lower production costs.

The new powerpack is also expected to improve vehicle range, which could help Tesla lure more drivers to EVs.

Feb 28, 2022

Breakthrough gene-editing technology belongs to Harvard, MIT —U.S. tribunal

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Feb 28 (Reuters) — A U.S. tribunal overseeing patent disputes ruled on Monday that patents on the breakthrough gene-editing technology known as CRISPR belong to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s decision is a defeat for the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna and Nobel Prize-winning researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier.

Harvard’s and MIT’s Broad Institute, which obtained the first CRISPR patent in 2014 and later obtained related patents, said the decision confirmed its patents were properly issued.