For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. <\/p>\n
This week saw mounting evidence that COVID-19 can spread through the air, a form of transmission the World Health Organization had earlier considered very rare. The agency also made a stronger statementthat the virus can be spread by people who are asymptomatic. Meanwhile, the United States has been setting single-day records for coronavirus cases -- it reported almost 60,000 on Thursday alone, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n
On the tech front, President Donald Trump iseyeing a ban on TikTok, Uber has gone all-in on grocery delivery, Apple made iOS betas available for public testing, and CNET kicked off a series on how China aims to dominate everything from 5G to AI.<\/p>\n
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Here are week's stories you don't want to miss.<\/p>\n
It's the stuff of science fiction: chilling your body inside a stainless steel chamber for years on end. But is cryonics a way to reverse death? Or is it just a pipe dream?<\/p>\n
China isn't the only country jockeying for control. The US dominated 4G's expansion and expects to do the same with 5G.<\/p>\n
The coronavirus pandemic hasn't slowed China's adoption of 5G.<\/p>\n
Exclusive: Several emergency services in the US and Canada are embracing the What3words service. One tap on a text message lets you tell them exactly where you are.<\/p>\n
In a massive warehouse in New Jersey, Bowery Farming is trying to change the future of agriculture (all while using 90% less water).<\/p>\n
The reality is that US and China efforts to develop AI are entwined, even if the tensions of coronavirus and trade disagreements may spur a separation.<\/p>\n
Wars aren't fought only on battlefields. Here's the little-known story of the gang of Americans who searched for black gold in the heart of besieged Britain.<\/p>\n
Kevin Valdez draws on personal experience to play a neurodiverse character on a new Apple TV Plus show. <\/p>\n
Commentary: Today's services are primed to help you figure out where you come from.<\/p>\n
Old phones and Star Wars toys aren't the only valuable items people will pay for on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and more.<\/p>\n
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