Coronavirus UK: Government secures up to 20m 15-minute test kits

Boost for Boris’s testing ‘moonshot’ as government secures 20 million ‘game-changing’ 15-minute swab kits and starts rolling them out to hospital staff Government secured 20million antigen tests validated by Public Health England  The ‘game changing’ swab kit said to provide 100% specificity in 15 minutes Tests to be used regularly on hospital staff to help … Read more

Bella Hadid looks chic as she battles the rain on her way to get a COVID-19 test in NYC

Bella Hadid looks chic in a burgundy turtleneck as she dodges the rain on her way to get a COVID-19 test in NYC By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 18:10 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 18:33 BST, 17 October 2020 Bella Hadid looked effortlessly chic on Friday, as she battled heavy rain on her … Read more

Serco announces £25m profits boost after landing contract extensions to provide Test and Trace sites

Serco announces £25m profits boost after landing contract extensions to provide Test and Trace sites and call handlers – a day after anti-Covid system’s worst ever week Outsourcing giant Serco said it expects a trading profit of £160m to £165m Bosses said this was ‘an indication of customer’s satisfaction with quality work’ Before the extension to … Read more

Donald Trump says he CAN’T REMEMBER when his last negative test was before COVID diagnosis

Donald Trump said Thursday he can’t remember when he last tested negative for the coronavirus before he was diagnosed with it last week. Pressed repeatedly by NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, Trump couldn’t say if he was tested for the disease on the day of the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  The Commission on … Read more

Donald Trump says he CAN’T REMEMBER when his last negative test was before COVID diagnosis

Donald Trump said Thursday he can’t remember when he last tested negative for the coronavirus before he was diagnosed with it last week. Pressed repeatedly by NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, Trump couldn’t say if he was tested for the disease on the day of the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  The Commission on … Read more

Test and Trace records another worst-ever performance as just 63% of contacts reached

Britain’s Test and Trace system is being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections after it only reached 63 per cent of close contacts of people who had tested positive for the virus, the lowest weekly percentage ever recorded. Damning figures published by the Department for Health show the beleaguered system failed to speak to … Read more

Oxford University scientists create a five-minute coronavirus test

Oxford University scientists create a five-minute coronavirus test which could be used in airports and offices Team behind the device hope it will be ready to be rolled out by mid-2021 Works using nasal swab inserted into a cartridge that scans for antigens Device is three times faster than current rapid antigen tests on the … Read more

OnePlus 8T survives the Scratch, Burn, and Bend Durability Test

OnePlus 8T has reached the hands of many tech guys including Zack Nelson. That is somehow expected because JerryRigEverything has access to some of the newest gadgets in town. Our friends over at SlashGear already published a quick review so this Durability Test is interesting. The OnePlus 8T is the Chinese OEM’s flagship offering for … Read more

CIA asks budding spies to spot the difference between two photos to test their tradecraft

Eagle-eyed Twitter users beat the CIA at its own game AGAIN – spotting as many as 16 differences between two images used to test their tradecraft CIA challenged Twitter followers to find 11 differences between photos Tuesday  On Wednesday people said they’d found more with one social media user saying there were 13 differences and … Read more

CIA asks budding spies to spot the difference between two photos to test their tradecraft

Eagle-eyed Twitter users beat the CIA at its own game AGAIN – spotting as many as 16 differences between two images used to test their tradecraft CIA challenged Twitter followers to find 11 differences between photos Tuesday  On Wednesday people said they’d found more with one social media user saying there were 13 differences and … Read more