Tech & Science

(CNET) Access to reliable and accurate coronavirus testing can help control the spread of COVID-19, and will be necessary for eventually reopening the US and regaining some sense of "normal." So how do you find a testing location near you, and is it even possible to find out what the wait time is, so you're not in a car or tent or waiting room all day? Unfortunately, these … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Testing Near Me: How to Find COVID-19 Test Sites and Wait Times

(CBN News) A team of Israeli researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev claim they have developed a COVID-19 test that produces highly-accurate results in one minute. The test works by collecting samples from a breath test, or throat and nose swabs, and placing the particles on a chip full of microsensors. The sensors detect if the virus is present and then backs up … [Read more...] about Israeli Team Claims it Created COVID-19 Test With 1-Minute Results

(LifeSite News) Washington Governor Jay Inslee said that people who “refuse to cooperate with contact tracers” or refuse coronavirus testing won’t be allowed to leave their homes even to go to the grocery store or pharmacy. “When it comes to contact tracing, how are you guys going to handle people or families who want to refuse to test or to self isolate? If they want to … [Read more...] about Washington Gov: Those Who Don’t Cooperate With ‘Contact Tracers’ and Tests Not Allowed to Leave Home

(NPR) After two weeks of working from her Brooklyn apartment, a 25-year-old e-commerce worker received a staffwide email from her company: Employees were to install software called Hubstaff immediately on their personal computers so it could track their mouse movements and keyboard strokes, and record the webpages they visited. They also had to download an app called TSheets … [Read more...] about Your Boss Is Watching You: Work-From-Home Boom Leads to More Surveillance

(CBN News) Israel lifted more of its restrictions and is headed back to normal life, but some suggested measures in the ongoing war with the coronavirus that would be unprecedented.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech last week that Israel is developing technology to fight COVID-19. One measure Netanyahu suggested is to put "sensors" on the … [Read more...] about Netanyahu Suggests Putting Sensors on ‘Every Person, Every Child’ In Israel to Fight Virus