The UK to invest £1.2 billion on weather monitoring supercomputer
The British government has revealed that they will be investing £1.2 billion on a powerful supercomputer that will collect and analyze data about the weather all over the country. This data will then be used to guide public policy and will make weather monitoring faster than it has even been.
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UK bans Huawei, asked companies to remove existing Huawei equipment
In an official announcement on Tuesday, The United Kingdom has banned Huawei from its 5G telecom network, reversing a January decision to allow the embattled Chinese tech company a limited role in building the country's super-fast wireless infrastructure. Operators such as BT and Vodafone have been given until 2027 to remove existing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks
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Apple buys Dark Sky weather app
Apple buys Dark Sky weather app
Apple bought the Dark Sky app and has shut donw its Android verison, Along with the death of the Android app, Dark Sky’s API (application programming interface) will no longer be available for others to use, meaning that other popular apps like Carrot Weather that rely on the API will have to find an alternative solution, although they’ll be given until the end of 2021 to do so.
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UK researchers' coronavirus tracking app goes viral
A startup called Zoe has, in collaboration with King's College Hospital in London, launched a viral app for self-reporting COVID-19 symptoms, called C-19 COVID Symptom Tracker, garnering over 750,000 downloads in the last 24 hours, becoming the third most popular app on Apple's app store. The app is not designed for diagnosis, but rather to help medical professionals better plan their responses, and will soon be released in the US.
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Scientists create new cheap coronavirus test that could even be done at home
UK researchers have created a new type of test fo COVID-19 that only costs $5 per person and can take as little as 30 minutes to reach a result. The team is currently working on mass-producing the test as it seems to be one of the most efficient and effective tests on the market.
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