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Aug 30, 2021

New Data Confirm Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Bring a Small Risk of Heart Problems

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Newly released data confirms that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are both associated with rare heart problems, and that this side effect is most common after the second shot in adolescent boys and young men. Still, the benefits of vaccination continued to outweigh the risks, scientists said.

The side effects tend to be mild, temporary and uncommon. For every million doses of the second shot given to 12-to 39-year-olds, there were 14 to 20 extra cases of the heart problems, according to the new data, which was presented Monday at a meeting of an independent advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The data suggest an association of myocarditis with mRNA vaccination in adolescents and young adults,” Dr. Grace Lee, a pediatrician at Stanford and chair of the committee, said at the meeting. “Further data are being compiled to understand potential risk factors, optimal management strategies and long-term outcomes.”

Aug 30, 2021

6G Networks — What is 6G & When Is it Available?

Posted by in categories: computing, internet

6g will have a terabyte level transmissions.


Learn about 6G, what it is, the advantages of 6G technology over 5G, who is engaged in 6G research and when users should expect 6G wireless internet to be released.

Aug 30, 2021

New AMD Patent Proposes Teleportation to Make Quantum Computing More Efficient

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Based on a multi-SIMD quantum processor architecture.


A team of researchers with AMD have filed a patent application that looks toward a more efficient and reliable quantum computing architecture, thanks to a conventional multi-SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) approach.

According to the application, AMD is researching a system that aims to use quantum teleportation to increase a quantum system’s reliability, while simultaneously reducing the number of qubits necessary for a given calculation. The aim is to both alleviate scaling problems and calculation errors stemming from system instability.

Aug 30, 2021

AI won’t rise up and kill us. It’ll erase our minds and steal our bodies

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

If you’re worried about killer robots, we’ve got some good news for you: Future evil AI overlords are more likely to steal your body than murder you! Yay! property= description.

Aug 30, 2021

Mars’ scenic sands star in Chinese rover’s sweeping red planet panorama

Posted by in category: space

The Zhurong rover has quite an eye for landscape photography.

Aug 30, 2021

MIT’s trillion-frames-per-second camera can capture light as it travels

Posted by in category: electronics

“There’s nothing in the universe that looks fast to this camera.”

Aug 30, 2021

From Starhopper to Dragon: 3 years of SpaceX in 12 images

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX has come a long way in the three years since Starhopper’s debut. Here’s the progress being made on the Starship and Dragon spacecraft today.

Aug 30, 2021

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 888 Plus with 3 GHz CPU, better AI engine

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The chip also comes with improved AI performance.

Aug 30, 2021

As Delta cases surge, hospitals fill up across the U.S.

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

COVID cases across the country rose by nearly 18% this week.

Aug 30, 2021

McDonald’s considers closing indoor seating amid surge of delta variant

Posted by in category: materials

“We have a much deeper sense of what actions make a difference for the safety of our restaurant teams and crew,” McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger said during a Wednesday meeting, according to the materials.

In Wednesday’s conference call, McDonald’s executives recommended franchisees consider closing indoor seating in counties where Covid cases exceed 250 per 100,000 people on a rolling three-week average.