Pandemic

China-owned streamer iQiyi has been ramping up its use of artificial intelligence across productions as a result of the lasting impact of the pandemic. Kelvin Yau, head of southeast Asia for iQiyi International, told delegates at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum on Thursday that the Baidu-owned streaming service has explored “new…

The Biden administration told a Washington federal court Wednesday that it will appeal a ruling that struck down pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42. The government, in a move that underscores the complicated legal and political currents of U.S-Mexico border policy, also said it will seek to delay that…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has become increasingly common, but is it productive? New research in Management Science finds proximity to senior managers at corporate headquarters makes inventors in companies' research and development (R&D) functions more productive. Moreover, it makes them more…

Homeland Security DELAYS nationwide rollout of Real ID for another two years because of the 'lingering effects of COVID'Real ID regulations were supposed to go into effect nationwide in May 2023 States now have until 2025  'to address the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability to obtain a…

Synopsis The tour was supposed to take place in 2020, but because of the pandemic, it was postponed.AgenciesTo commemorate the 20th anniversary of her album ‘Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds’, Vol. 1, Jill Scott went on tour in the early months of 2020. But because of the Covid…

The number of students at public schools in Nova Scotia is on the rise following decades of declining enrolment as the province has welcomed a record number of immigrants and seen a substantial increase in Canadians from other parts of the country moving to the province. New figures released by the Education Department show…

Malaysia’s maritime industry had a mixed development this year with the shipping business slowly steaming in rough waters, attempting to recover from the hard knocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, and rebuilding it amid a lack of directional stability, but the ports have started gaining momentum. The Malaysian ports, especially those…

THOUSANDS GATHER FOR AFRICA LARGEST RELIGIOUS CONCERT IN LAGOS Africa’s largest religious concert, The Experience, has taken place in Lagos, Nigeria after a two year hiatus - which saw it stage virtual and a hybrid version - due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert in its 17th edition featured an…

Drops in HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions early on in the pandemic quickly stabilized by the third quarter of 2020, according to a CDC report. The number of HIV tests performed nationally exceeded 2.4 million in the first quarter of 2020 and was reduced by 32% in the…

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