Collaborate Disseminate
“The publication of a long-awaited report from Imperial College London that models the impact of coming out of lockdown has been delayed for several weeks, following criticism of the team’s methods, as the debate around the UK’s coronavirus restriction… Continue reading Public Release of Newest Imperial College Report for the UK Delayed By ‘Politicized Nature’ of Lockdown Debate
New research from Imperial College London suggests the coronavirus “may still be spreading at epidemic rates” in 24 different states in America, reports the Washington Post:
Some states have had little viral spread or “crushed the curve” to a great d… Continue reading New Imperial College Research Estimates Coronavirus Still Spreading Uncontrolled in 24 US States
Long-time Slashdot reader gollum123 quotes CNBC:
Nearly 43% of full-time American employees say they want to work remotely more often even after the economy has reopened, according to a survey released by business publishing company getAbstract. Of the… Continue reading Even After the Pandemic, 43% Say They’ll Want to Work Remotely More Often
“Data from connected scale users suggests Americans, on average, are not gaining weight during lockdowns,” writes long-time Slashdot reader pfhlick.
The Washington Post reports:
Withings, the maker of popular Internet-connected scales and other body-m… Continue reading Aggregate Data From Connected Scales Shows Minimal Weight Gains During Lockdowns
An anonymous reader quotes Reuters:
U.S. deaths due to the coronavirus surpassed 20,000 on Saturday, the highest reported number in the world, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the pandemic might be nearing a peak. Italy has the se… Continue reading America Now Has Most COVID-19 Deaths in the World — 20% of All Fatalities
An anonymous reader quotes Slate:
Separating out the meaningful threats from the noise is hard. Is Facebook really the danger to democracy it looks like? Is Uber really worse than the system it replaced? Isn’t Amazon’s same-day delivery worth it? Whic… Continue reading Slate Announces List of The 30 Most Evil Tech Companies
Which programming language saw the biggest jump on TIOBE’s index of language popularity over the last year?
Unlike last year — it’s not Python. An anonymous reader quotes TIOBE.com:
It is good old language C that wins the award this time with an ye… Continue reading 2019’s Fastest Growing Programming Language Was C, Says TIOBE
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes Science Alert:
Among the 100,000 most cited scientists between 1996 to 2017, there’s a stealthy pocket of researchers who represent “extreme self-citations and ‘citation farms’ (relatively small clusters of aut… Continue reading Some of the World’s Most-Cited Scientists Have a Secret That’s Just Been Exposed
One 2016 human resources study found that 48% of American businesses — and 57% of U.K. businesses — used personality questionnaires for hiring decisions, a new article reports. They add that the personality test industry may now be bringing in up to … Continue reading Do Personality Tests Give Companies Too Much Power?
One of America’s top foodservice distributor’s recently surveyed 1,518 customers of food-delivery services — and then also surveyed 500 delivery drivers. Restaurant Business magazine shares one surprising result:
About 21% of delivery customers worry… Continue reading 28% of Delivery Drivers Have Tasted Your Food, Survey Finds