Among the quarter of the UK who said they’d found it harder to comply with the rules recently, 27% of men said boredom was a key reason, compared with 19% of women. Read more in conversation Second lockdown left women…
Milan is beginning to transform 22 miles of local streets, adding temporary bike lanes and wider sidewalks, and lowering the speed limit. In Berlin, some parking spots have also become pop-up bike lanes. Paris is fast-tracking long-distance bike lanes that…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, technologies are playing a crucial role in keeping our society functional in a time of lockdowns and quarantines. And these technologies may have a long-lasting impact beyond COVID-19. Read more in weforum 10 technology trends to…
Overall, the market for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) is forecasted to generate over $10bn by 2023 according to Interact Analysis, and that prediction relies on data from before the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more in zdnet…
Some tech tycoons, like Bill Gates, are donating millions of dollars to aid vaccine and disease research. Jack Dorsey, has pledged up to $1 billion to coronavirus relief and other causes. Forbes will continue to update this list of billionaires (in…
Microsoft’s Plasma Bot self-screening tool is supporting the CoVIg-19 Alliance, a newly established group of biopharmaceutical companies that are looking to use people’s naturally produced antibodies in plasma – the liquid part of blood – for a potential large-scale treatment…
