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Can the internet handle the strain of everyone working from home? Or will it buckle under pressure?
•On top of that, home networks — such as the Wi-Fi routers that residents set up — can be finicky.
Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate crisis through new Bezos Earth Fund
•He said the grant will fund scientists, activists and NGO's to explore new ways of fighting the impact of climate change.
Sue Finely, NASA's human computer, has no plans to stop working at the age of 82
•She is a math whizz and one of NASA's longest-serving women employees who has worked on many missions.
These five innovations put humans on the Moon and changed our way of life on Earth
•The race to put a human being on the Moon culminated with the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong.
AI tool predicts extreme weather correctly from cloud patterns 99 percent of the time
Tech2 News Staff •The AI outperforms other weather-detecting methods by accurately predicting 64% of severe weather events.
Machines No Threat to Mathematicians
Abhijnan Rej •Computers can check every proof provided by mathematicians in asserting a theory but they can’t be trained to imagine like humans to build analogies between subdisciplines
Huawei is reportedly releasing its own Android alternative called indeoenOS this Fall
Tech2 News Staff •indeoenOS is said to come to devices this Fall or early next year on phones, computers, tablets, TVs.
TikTok: We don't laugh at the material on the app, we mourn what we have lost in the process of becoming 'appropriate'
Kartik Maini •Far from the sedate 'appropriateness' of Facebook and Twitter, TikTok provides users with an outlet for creativity and idiosyncrasy
Technology has adversely impacted the life of the elderly: Study
•The 23 city report by HelpAge India states, 65 per cent elderly found their families paying a lot of attention to phones and computers disrespectful.
People addicted to smartphones are more likely to feel depressed, anxious and lonely: Study
Ians •Study said loneliness is partly a consequence of replacing face-to-face interaction with a form of communication where body language cannot be interpreted.