Silicon Valley Power Holds Online Contest to Pick Design for EV Fleet
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is holding an online contest to pick a new design for its electric vehicle (EV) fleet. Here’s what they said in a press release: “In an effort
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Santa Clara County Sees Decline in Positive Tests
Out of thousands of tests in Santa Clara County, that test positivity rate has gone from a monthly high of 4.2% to around 3.6% on the seven-day average. “Ten percent
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Coronavirus: Why your COVID-19 test results are so delayed
Within two to three days, you can get results from your cholesterol test or colonoscopy. But the speed at which the dangerously infectious COVID-19 virus is detected varies greatly —
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Federal agencies concerned face masks will thwart facial recognition tech
The US Department of Homeland Security has raised concerns internally that face masks meant to protect against the spread of COVID-19 may interfere with facial recognition technology, The Intercept reported. It also
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First drug proves able to improve survival from COVID-19
Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon successfully docks with the space station
This morning, SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station, bringing the company’s first crew to the orbiting outpost. Their arrival marks another major milestone for
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company finishes digging Las Vegas tunnels
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has completed digging a second tunnel underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center, marking the end of the first phase of the $52.5 million project to build
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Tesla’s readying a ‘million mile’ battery that could greatly lower the cost of EVs
Tesla is getting ready to introduce a long rumored lower-cost, longer-lasting battery for its electric vehicles in China sometime later this year or early next year, according to a new report
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Italy aims to turn suffering to advantage with experimental Covid-19 treatment
For nearly a month, Italy held the awful distinction of having the most coronavirus deaths of any country in the world — topping China, the original epicenter, in mid-March, and
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Despite encouraging signs, coronavirus is ‘advancing’ worldwide, WHO envoy warns
WASHINGTON — A top envoy of the World Health Organization warned Sunday that the coronavirus will be a “virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time” until
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