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After months of hearing about the service, we’re on the cusp of getting access to HBO Max, the new on-demand streaming service coming from WarnerMedia. The service is scheduled to launch on May 27 with a large catalog of shows, including some originals made specifically for the service. The company has taken the wraps off its second slate of originals … Continue reading

The singer’s duet with Justin Bieber, “Stuck With U,” debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Face masks are recommended to be worn while out in public. This is because face masks helps reduce the chance of the coronavirus spreading further, especially if you’re sick or if there are people who are sick around you. However, this is only prevention, but thanks to the work of researchers, they are working on a more permanent solution.

According to reports, researchers from the University of Kentucky are working on a face mask that could actually kill/neutralize the virus upon contact. How face masks prevent the virus from spreading is that it creates a filter between your nose and mouth and the outside air where the virus could be in.

The filters in the mask, assuming they’re the correct type, will have holes too small for the virus to get inside your respiratory system. However, with these masks that are being developed, not only will they prevent the virus from getting it, but it will also be able to kill it when it touches the mask itself.

According to Dibakar Bhattacharyya, a chemical engineering professor who is the director of the university’s Center of Membrane Sciences, “The novel coronavirus is covered in club-shaped ‘s-protein’ spikes, which give it its crownlike, or coronal, appearance. The protein spikes are also what allows the virus to enter host cells once in the body. This new membrane will include proteolytic enzymes that will attach to the protein spikes of the coronavirus and separate them, killing the virus.”

The mask is currently in development where according to Bhattacharyya, he estimates that it will probably take about six months to complete its development before it moves onto manufacturing.

Researchers Working On Face Mask That Kills The Coronavirus On Contact

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Last week, a rumor had suggested that the price of Google’s upcoming Pixel 4a could be set at $349. This not only makes it cheaper than its predecessor, but it also makes it cheaper than Apple’s iPhone SE. Of course given that this is a rumor, it was hard to tell how accurate this price is.

However, the good news is that it looks like there could be some truth to these claims. According to a post on Reddit by u/Pop-Quiz_Kid, it seems that Google has sent out a survey to some of its customers as part of its Google Opinion Rewards app. In the survey, the company asks which of these two theoretical smartphones would customers be interested in purchasing.

One of the phones is a “Google Pixel Phone” that features a durable plastic body, is “radically helpful”, and includes a 3.5mm headphone jack, and is priced starting at $349. Presumably this would be the rumored Pixel 4a smartphone, which was followed by a “Premium Google Pixel Phone” with it being “the best flagship” Google phone and offers features like “first access” to the latest Google features and innovation, along with a “best in class” camera, wireless charging, and water-resistance.

This particular handset is set at a hypothetical price of $699, which many (including ourselves) are assuming it is the Pixel 5. This also seems to hint that like the Pixel 4a, the Pixel 5 could be priced cheaper than its predecessor,  the Pixel 4, which launched last year at a starting price of $799.

Now, there’s no way to guarantee that these will be the actual prices of the Pixel 4a or Pixel 5, but the survey is rather telling and hopefully these lowered prices are the real deal.

Google Survey Seemingly Confirms The Pixel 4a, Pixel 5’s Prices

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In a new video titled ‘Our Pitch to Investors,’ smart home company Wyze has teased some of the hardware and features that it has in the pipeline. Wyze says that it has more than 30 “pieces of hardware in the works,” hinting at a huge expansion of its product offerings in the future. The company is hoping to raise funds … Continue reading