May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity?
Whenever a new virus emerges—be it HIV or SARS-CoV-2—a few lucky people put up a potent natural defense. Monoclonal antibody drugs let them share the health.
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When used here Coronavirus-Covid19 is in reference to technological aspects of the disease, such as technologies used to counteract it.
Technology can help us feed the world, if we look beyond profit
Technology has completely transformed the global food supply system, yet still hasn’t brought an end to hunger. For that to happen, the choices we need to make are political, not technological.
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The Vulnerable Can Wait. Vaccinate the Super-Spreaders First
Why, Vespignani wondered, were computer networks still susceptible to viruses even though millions of individual users had antivirus software? The answer, he discovered, was that if you didn’t inoculate the nodes, malicious code could still zip around the internet with relative ease.
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Coalition of the Willing Takes Aim at COVID-19
Though privacy concerns limit the quantity of information they will be able to use, as the pandemic gradually clears, researchers will have data from the most closely tracked outbreak of its kind to gauge the effectiveness of the many strategies countries have used to tackle Covid-19. But the pandemic has reinforced the notion that there are limits to what data science can achieve, despite the clear cost-savings and efficiency that technology promises.
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Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Coverup
To be sure, China did eventually take extraordinary and painful steps to quell its domestic outbreak. But it has also taken extreme measures to curate the information that has emerged from ground zero of the pandemic.
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The Covid-19 Pandemic Reveals Ransomware’s Long Game
Hackers laid the groundwork months ago for attacks. Now they’re flipping the switch.
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The US Says Chinese Hackers Went Too Far During the Covid-19 Crisis
The FBI and DHS say that Beijing’s hacking “jeopardizes” the delivery of much-needed Covid-19 treatment options.
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Google Sees State-Sponsored Hackers Ramping Up Coronavirus Attacks
More than 12 government-backed groups are using the pandemic as cover for digital reconnaissance and espionage, according to a new report.
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The Nigerian Fraudsters Ripping Off the Unemployment System
Security researchers have spotted the “Scattered Canary” group scamming vital benefits programs amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus Sets the Stage for Hacking Mayhem
As more people work from home and anxiety mounts, expect cyberattacks of all sorts to take advantage.
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