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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has administered one million COVID-19 tests over the course of 2020, according to the school’s dashboard. This means that the school — which is located in Central Illinois, about 150 miles south of Chicago — has done more tests than the states of Wyoming, Vermont, South Dakota, Montana, Hawaii, Idaho, Delaware, Kansas, New Hampshire, and Maine. “This milestone is far more than an accumulation of lab results,” the school’s… Source link

President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, the president announced Sunday on Twitter. “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” Trump exclaimed while praising Giuliani’s record. The former New York City mayor was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center, the New York Times reported. Giuliani has been the face of Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the results of the November election, and he has appeared at recent events in Arizona, Michigan and… Source link

Ohio State’s game against Illinois has been called off less than 14 hours before kickoff. The Buckeyes announced shortly before 10:30 p.m. ET Friday that they wouldn’t travel to Illinois for a noon kickoff on Saturday because of COVID-19 cases within the program. One of the COVID-19 positives is coach Ryan Day. The school announced earlier Friday that Day tested positive and said that defensive line coach Larry Johnson would be the interim coach. The school said it had suspended all… Source link

Nine members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and one family member have tested positive for the coronavirus, county health officials said. The announcement comes barely more than a week after the team won the World Series. The number of Dodgers organization cases was initially five, according to a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health post on Thursday that was updated Friday. But a health department spokesperson said Saturday that there were four additional positive tests. The… Source link

Google is testing a new feature that could improve discovery for Android apps on Google Play. The company confirmed it’s experimenting with a “Compare Apps” option that would allow Google Play users to quickly and more easily understand the slight differences between otherwise similar apps by comparing specific features and metrics — like star ratings or total downloads, for example. The feature was first spotted by Android Police, which found it at the bottom of an individual… Source link

A new feature being internally tested at Google could remove the need to say “Hey Google” before voicing commands to Nest Hub smart displays, Android Central reports. Instead, the feature codenamed “Blue Steel” could allow the device to simply sense your presence, and proactively listen for commands without first needing to hear the wake word. The functionality has been shown off in a video posted to YouTube by Jan Boromeusz, who Android Central notes previously leaked features… Source link

Florida coach Dan Mullen has tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Mullen said he’s isolating from his family and he’s experiencing “mild to no symptoms.” Mullen’s positive test comes amid an outbreak of staff and players that’s amounted to more than 20 positive tests. Florida’s game against LSU scheduled for Saturday had already been postponed, as the school announced on Wednesday that it didn’t have enough players to play. Mullen’s positive… Source link

Alabama coach Nick Saban announced that he tested positive for COVID-19. The 68-year-old coach is tested daily as part of Alabama’s protocol, so this was a routine test. He said he currently has no symptoms. “I feel fine. I felt fine. I was surprised by this,” Saban said late Wednesday. “…So I am not really that concerned about my health, but you never know.” You don’t ever know. Saban is likely going to be OK, but COVID-19 is a cruel and unpredictable virus and word that it got… Source link

(Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Google is testing its earthquake and tsunami warning system with existing network of undersea fiber optic cables to detect disturbances on the seafloor. These cables are used to carry data, and internet, across continents. During transmission, light’s state of polarization (SOP) changes when it encounters mechanical disturbance along the cable. Seismic activity can be… Source link

William Marcus “Marc” Wilson believed he was standing his ground when he fired at a pickup truck he says was trying to run his car off the road as he drove home with his girlfriend one night last month. He had a licensed handgun with him, and he might have assumed that he was covered by Georgia’s “stand your ground” law, which reads, in part, “A person who uses threats or force … in defense of self or others … in defense of a habitation, or … in defense of property other… Source link