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Katherine Johnson, who has died at the age of 101, was an amazing woman. But up until a few years ago, hardly anyone had heard of her or her achievements. She was a mathematician and she worked for NASA. But on paper, neither of those facts would make her stand out from the crowd. Add a few more facts – she was a woman, she was black and alive in the US in the 1950s to early 1960s – and the scale of her success becomes more apparent.

We’ve been assured aliens from Mars for decades now, but what if life was baffled on the red planet before change ever got the chance to take hold?

Reddit today appear it’s rolling out a series of suicide blockage tools. The most important of them is a tool that would potentially get at-risk users the assets they need, in the form of an automatic bulletin that other users can send via Reddit‘s advertisement feature. To do this, Reddit‘s partnered with Crisis Text Line, a free text account for US-based users that offers abutment for those disturbing with mental health.

Facial acceptance is more being used in many countries around the world. In some cases, the take up has been dramatic. As a result, people are being empiric by cameras more than ever, whether in stores, on public transit, or at their workplaces.

As the Chinese government responds to the coronavirus epidemic, it’s also worked to ascendancy what advice on the virus is available. Since the alpha of January, WeChat — China’s most accepted messaging belvedere — has been censoring keywords apropos to the recent coronavirus beginning .

As the alarming coronavirus continues to spread across the globe beyond its origins in China, scores of companies are address the brunt, as some of their advisers have caught the ache either while traveling or coming in acquaintance with others. Earlier today, Reuters reported that an Amazon agent from Seattle has been placed in apprehension after testing absolute for the COVID-19 virus.

The system, powered by Alibaba’s accepted acquittal app Alipay, is in use in more than 200 cities. People can scan a QR code to get a green, yellow, or red tag. The green tag means you are advantageous and can roam around the city unrestricted, yellow means a seven-day quarantine, and red means a 14-day quarantine.

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and his wife Janet may have been apparent to COVID-19 (coronavirus) during a recent trip to China.

Even though array technology is moving forward, many EVs still attempt to match their gasoline counterparts for range. But French marque Renault thinks it’s got an idea to abode that.