Tech & Science

(Fox News) A tech company is monitoring smartphone data and grading American counties on a “Social Distancing Scoreboard” as authorities across the United States urge residents to socially isolate and slow the spread of the coronavirus. Unacast, which describes itself as “an award-winning location data and analytics firm,” said in a post on its website that … [Read more...] about Tech Company Keeps Tabs on How People Socially Isolate Across the Country

(RNS) On Sunday, Alex Merritt was signed in to the Zoom video conferencing app, discussing a biblical passage with members of his Sunday school young adults group at St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. Then the trolls attacked. Some began sharing their screens and drawing obscene images over the text the group had been discussing. "You are being hacked! You are … [Read more...] about ‘Zoombombing’ Comes for Houses of Worship

(CNBC) Johnson & Johnson said Monday human testing of its experimental vaccine for the coronavirus will begin by September and it could be available for emergency use authorization in early 2021. The company said it is also increasing its manufacturing capacity with a new site in the U.S. and additions to existing sites in other countries to produce and distribute the … [Read more...] about Johnson & Johnson Says Human Testing of Its Coronavirus Vaccine to Begin by September

In the world as of March 26, 2020, more than 410,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and over 18,000 have died. Several countries have gone into lockdown as the number of those infected by the highly contagious disease continues to rapidly rise. Scientists around the world are racing to develop treatments and vaccines, which will have to undergo several rounds … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Treatment Other Than Vaccines May Be Available Soon

A large number of stay-at-home orders in the United States has increased the amount of traffic the internet has experienced in the last week. Broadband speeds have decreased 4.9 percent from a week ago, according to the broadband speed testing service Ookla. YouTube responded this week by saying it would reduce the quality of its videos across the world. Disney delayed … [Read more...] about Internet Is Slowing Down