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(CNN)A coronavirus outbreak has spread through a federal law enforcement training facility in South Carolina prompting the national employees union to call for a halt to training. At least 23 students and faculty have tested positive at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Charleston, where Customs and Border Protection personnel were training, according to the…

The most recent quarterly report from specialist investor Space Capital shows that despite obvious impacts stemming from the current coronavirus pandemic, investment in general in space startups didn’t suffer as much as some predicted — and interest surged specifically in the “Applications” category they track, which monitors companies building software on the data layer enabled…

Photo: CNK02 (Shutterstock)I told you all in January: if you’re worried about the coronavirus—at that point it wasn’t in the US yet, but people were already freaking out—use that nervous energy to get off your butt and get your damn flu shot. Now that COVID-19 is here to stay, I repeat: get your damn flu…

Image copyright Jeff Kravitz/Getty Image caption US comedian Ayo Edebiri has seen live performances cease For comedian Ayo Edebiri the coronavirus pandemic has been no laughing matter – in more ways than one.People losing their lives to a deadly virus – or Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the shocking death of George…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption India still denies it’s seeing community transmission even as cases surge Rajesh Kumar, 45, started coughing in early June. Within days, he was running a high fever.He didn’t get tested for coronavirus. Instead he took anti-fever medication for five days. But the fever persisted, and soon he had difficulty…

Google is amping up its fight against coronavirus—related misinformation by banning ads that “[contradict] authoritative scientific consensus” about the pandemic. That means websites and apps can no longer make money from running advertisements promoting debunked conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Those include claims that the virus was created in a Chinese lab, that the pandemic is…

The UK, US, and Canada have discovered hackers working on behalf of the Russian state launching attacks against coronavirus vaccine-development projects. WIRED UKThis story originally appeared on WIRED UK.Criminals working for the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat 29 (APT29), also known as Cozy Bear, have been caught attacking pharmaceutical businesses and academic institutions involved in…