Hard-hit Central America in crosshairs of another hurricane

Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua announced evacuations Friday as a second major hurricane in days closed in on Central America with the region still reeling from deadly storm Eta last week.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-11-hard-hit-central-america-crosshairs-hurricane.html

Belgium announces measures for bird flu outbreak

Belgium has detected an outbreak of bird flu, leading authorities to order all poultry farmers and individual bird owners to keep the animals confined, the country's food safety agency AFSCA said Saturday.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-11-belgium-bird-flu-outbreak.html

Egypt unveils ancient coffins, statues found in Saqqara

Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-11-egypt-unveils-ancient-coffins-statues.html

SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-11-spacex-crew-flight-musk-covid-.html

Facebook is using AI to stem dangerous and false posts

Facebook has come under withering criticism this past year from folks who say the company is not doing enough to stem hate speech, online harassment and the spread of false news stories.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-facebook-ai-stem-dangerous-false.html

US airlines to end year with 90,000 fewer workers

Hit with a collapse of demand, US airlines will end the year with the lowest number of workers since at least 1987, 90,000 fewer than when Covid-19 hit, an industry federation said Thursday.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-airlines-year-workers.html

Twitter says flagged 300,000 'misleading' election tweets

Twitter labeled 300,000 tweets related to the US presidential election as "potentially misleading" in the two weeks surrounding the vote, making up 0.2 percent of election-related posts, the company said Thursday.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-twitter-flagged-election-tweets.html

Nissan's $95 million suit against Ghosn begins in Japan

Proceedings in a $95 million lawsuit brought by Japanese car giant Nissan against its former chairman Carlos Ghosn began Friday in a court near Tokyo.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-nissan-million-ghosn-japan.html

TikTok gets reprieve as US holds off on enforcing ban

The US government announced Thursday it would delay enforcement of a ban on TikTok, saying it would comply with a court order in favor of the Chinese-owned social media sensation.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-tiktok-reprieve.html

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max has superb camera, but differences will be hard to notice

The world's biggest and most expensive iPhone goes on sale Friday, along with the cute, compact Mini, but the big news is the advanced camera system on the iPhone 12 Pro Max, with features not found on any other iPhone.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-apple-iphone-pro-max-superb.html

Google Photos to drop free unlimited storage on images and videos. Here are your other options.

After five years of enticing consumers with offers of free photo and video storage, albeit it with a hitch (lower resolution), Google turned its back on consumers Wednesday and says we'll all have to start paying as of June 1st.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-google-photos-free-unlimited-storage.html

Stretchable 'skin' sensor gives robots human sensation

It's not a stretch to say that stretchable sensors could change the way soft robots function and feel. In fact, they will be able to feel quite a lot.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-stretchable-skin-sensor-robots-human.html

As virus cases rise, Southwest sees slower travel recovery

Southwest Airlines cautioned Thursday that the tenuous recovery in air travel could be fading as coronavirus cases spike across the United States.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-southwest-virus-cases.html