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Coronavirus special coverage, Apple tries to save AR with lidar and more
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they…
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SpaceX and Tesla are ‘working on’ ventilators, Elon Musk says
Elon Musk tweeted Friday that Tesla and SpaceX employees are “working on ventilators” even though he doesn’t believe they will…
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Hospital droid Diligent Robotics raises $10M to assist nurses
Twenty-eight percent of a nurse’s time is wasted on low-skilled tasks like fetching medical tools. We need them focused on…
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Scanwell aims to launch at-home 15-minute coronavirus test, but it still needs FDA approval
At-home diagnostics startup Scanwell, which produces smartphone-based testing for UTIs, is working on getting at-home testing for the novel coronavirus…
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Nvidia makes its GPU-powered genome sequencing tool available free to those studying COVID-19
Nvidia is making its Parabricks tool available for free for 90 days (with the possibility of extension, depending on needs)…
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Open-source project spins up 3D-printed ventilator validation prototype in just one week
In a great example of what can happen when smart, technically-oriented people come together in a time of need, an…
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Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to address the coronavirus pandemic
During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, President Trump opened remarks by confirming that he has invoked the Defense…
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CO2-based vodka startup Air Co. fully redirects its tech to making hand sanitizer for donation
A NYC-based startup that developed technology that extracts carbon dioxide from the air and combines it with water to create…
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ZTE is being investigated over possible bribery
ZTE’s struggles with the U.S. government generally haven’t been as high-profile as fellow Chinese mobile giant Huawei, but the company…
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Apple makes WWDC online-only, amid COVID-19 concerns
Apple today announced that it would follow moves by other major tech firms by canceling the in-person element of its…
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