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Tech NewsMoscow Using Facial Recognition to Enforce Coronavirus Quarantine of 2,500 Travelers from China
Moscow is using facial recognition technology to enforce a quarantine on thousands of people who arrived in Russia from China, over fears of the new coronavirus that has killed over 2,000 people worldwide, according to a new report from the Moscow Times. The news comes as the virus, which causes an illness dubbed COVID-19, continues … Continued
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Tech NewsTrump Regime Overruled CDC, Flew Coronavirus-Infected Americans on Plane With Healthy People: Report
The U.S. State Department overruled the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), choosing to bring 14 Americans who were infected with the new coronavirus back from Japan, according to the Washington Post. The new report raises serious questions about the U.S. government’s decisions at a time when the coronavirus, which causes … Continued
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Tech News2 Cruise Ship Passengers Die of Coronavirus, Raising Death Toll Outside China to 11
Two passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship currently docked in Yokohama, Japan have died from COVID-19, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. They’re the first passengers from the cruise ship to die since it was put under quarantine on February 5, raising Japan’s death toll from the new coronavirus to three. The news comes … Continued
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Tech NewsChinese Media Declares Hospital Director Dead From COVID-19, Then Alive, Then Dead Again
Liu Zhiming, the 51-year-old director of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, China, died at 10:54 AM local time Tuesday morning after being infected with coronavirus, according to the Wuhan Health Commission. Multiple Chinese state media outlets like the People’s Daily and Global Times reported Liu’s death yesterday but created confusion after deleting those reports Monday night. … Continued
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Tech NewsChina Using Drones in Increasingly Dystopian Ways to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak
Authorities in China have deployed drones to combat the spread of coronavirus in a variety of ways since the outbreak began, including disinfectant drones and drones that fly around with a loudspeaker to tell people they should keep their masks on. But there’s another way that police in China have started to use drones, and … Continued
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Tech NewsHere’s What People Thought of YouTube When It First Launched in the Mid-2000s
When YouTube first launched 15 years ago, a lot of people weren’t sure what to make of it. Anyone can upload a video to this service? Why do I want to hear what some obnoxious teenager has to say from their bedroom? YouTube was much more than that, of course. Most of the site’s most … Continued
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Tech NewsChina Reports 6 Health Workers Dead and 1,716 Sickened by Coronavirus
Health officials in China announced on Friday that the new coronavirus has sickened at least 1,716 health care workers and killed six. Roughly 87 percent of those health workers infected with COVID-19 were in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, according to Chinese state media outlet China Daily. The deputy director of China’s National … Continued
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Tech NewsChina Reports Over 15,000 Coronavirus Cases in Single Day Using New Diagnostic Guidelines
China reported 15,152 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, according to state broadcaster Xinhua, the largest jump in a single day and up significantly from the few thousand confirmed cases China typically reports daily. Chinese health authorities also reported 254 new deaths, the largest number in a single day since the crisis began in … Continued
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Tech NewsCruise Ship Previously Rejected by Five Countries Over Virus Fears Will Finally Be Allowed to Dock
The Westerdam cruise ship will be allowed to dock in Cambodia, according to a new statement from Holland America Line. The ship had previously been refused entry by five countries over concerns that passengers might have been infected with the new coronavirus that has killed 1,116 and sickened over 45,000 worldwide. “Westerdam is now sailing … Continued
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Tech NewsCIA Spied Using Sabotaged Encryption Equipment It Sold to Foreign Governments Since the 1970s
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA) spied on allies and enemies alike through a company they owned that made cryptography equipment, according to an explosive new report from the Washington Post and Germany’s ZDF news outlet. The Swiss-based company, Crypto AG, which was founded in the 1940s as an independent firm … Continued
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Tech NewsCruise Ship Denied Entry by Multiple Countries Over Coronavirus Fears Despite Having No Cases
The government of Thailand has denied a Dutch-based cruise ship entry to its ports over coronavirus fears, despite the fact that no one on board has any signs of the illness that has killed at least 1,018 people and sickened over 43,000 globally. The cruise ship, identified as the MS Westerdam, has previously been denied … Continued
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Tech NewsU.S. Indicts Four Chinese Military Members Over 2017 Equifax Hack
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that four members of the Chinese military have been indicted for the 2017 hack of Equifax that compromised the data of at least 145 million people. The theft of social security numbers, addresses, and driver’s license information has been characterized as the largest consumer data hack in U.S. … Continued
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Tech NewsCoronavirus Cases on Cruise Ship Skyrocket as China Records Highest Single-Day Death Toll
The number of coronavirus cases on a cruise ship currently docked in Yokohama, Japan has dramatically risen by 65, bringing the total number of cases linked to the passenger vessel to 135, according to Japan’s NHK News. The startling figure was announced Monday as the worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus reached 910, and … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsApple Co-Hosting Tonight’s Democratic Debate and Soliciting Questions Via Apple News
Apple is co-hosting tonight’s Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire and even soliciting questions from the public through Apple News. It’s the first time that Apple has hosted a debate, joining the ranks of previous co-hosts like Facebook in an effort to become established as a serious player in the digital news space. While Apple … Continued
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Tech NewsBoeing Finds New Software Problem With Scandal-Plagued 737 Max Plane
Engineers at Boeing have discovered a new software issue with the 737 Max plane, which has been grounded worldwide for almost a year over technical issues. The new problem, first reported by Bloomberg News, involves the trim system, which regulates whether the nose of the aircraft is pointed up or down. A light for the … Continued
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Tech NewsHigh School Teacher Holds Class Via Videochat While in Coronavirus Quarantine
A high school math teacher in Australia who recently visited China has found a novel way to keep his students engaged while he sits in self-imposed quarantine over concerns that he visited a country with high concentrations of the new coronavirus. He’s conducting his class through videochat while sitting 5 miles away in his own … Continued
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Tech News‘Artist’ Apologizes For Telling Plane Passengers He’s Infected With Coronavirus For Viral Video
A Canadian man who announced he was infected with the new coronavirus during a WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica on Monday says he was trying to make a viral video, according to a new report from Canada’s Global News. The plane turned around after the man, identified as 28-year-old James Potok, stood up and … Continued
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Tech NewsU.S. Space Force Conducts Its First Nuclear-Capable Missile Test
The U.S. tested a nuclear-capable missile overnight, launching an unarmed Minuteman III from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to the 30th Space Wing, which is now part of the newly organized United States Space Force. The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was launched at 12:33 am local time (3:33 am ET) and traveled roughly … Continued
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Tech NewsThat Video of Farts Captured by Thermal Cameras Looking For Coronavirus is Totally Fake
Have you seen that viral video of people farting in public, captured by China’s thermal imaging cameras that are on the hunt for coronavirus? It’s completely fake. China’s state media outlet the Global Times tweeted out the video, suggesting it showed people at train stations and airports in China, where health authorities are monitoring people … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsPresident Stable Genius Congratulates Wrong State After Chiefs Win Super Bowl
Donald Trump, the dumbest president in modern American history, congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs last night after they beat the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl, tweeting, “You represented the Great State of Kansas and, in fact, the entire USA, so very well.” The only problem? The Kansas City Chiefs are from Missouri. … Continued
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Matt Novak
Matt Novak is a reporter at Gizmodo covering news and opinion, with a little history thrown in for good measure. Novak started at Gizmodo in 2013 and has been writing about past visions of the future at Paleofuture.com since 2007. Novak is fascinated with the history of technology and got his start writing professionally for Smithsonian magazine. Emails telling him to "stick to tech" can be sent to [email protected].
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