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ForkLog 10 03.10.2022

Pfizer acquires cough-based COVID-19 detection technology for $115 million

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer bought the Australian startup ResApp for $115 million, which developed an app to identify COVID-19 from a cough.

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ForkLog 36 13.01.2022

BioNTech and InstaDeep have developed an AI early-warning system to detect dangerous coronavirus variants

BioNTech and InstaDeep have developed an AI early-warning system that analyzes SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing data and forecasts high-risk variants.

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ForkLog 15 13.12.2021

Bucheon to pilot facial-recognition system to track COVID-19 cases

The Bucheon authorities will test a facial-recognition system to track the movements of people infected with the coronavirus. The project is due to start in January 2022.

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ForkLog 6 29.11.2021

Omicron token surges tenfold after the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant

The Omicron (OMIC) token price rose by more than 900% after the detection of the new COVID-19 variant. The World Health Organization (WHO) gave it the name 'Omicron'.

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ForkLog 12 01.11.2021

Experts uncover dark web sale of European-style COVID certificates for cryptocurrency

Experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered on the dark web advertisements for the sale of European-style COVID vaccination certificates.

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ForkLog 6 28.07.2021

Buterin-backed anti-COVID fund faces hurdles converting funds to fiat

The fund, backed by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, for COVID-19 relief in India, has managed to convert only $20 million of the 50 trillion SHIB it received (~$313.5 million at the time of writing). Bloomberg reports.

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ForkLog 13 14.07.2021

China deploys facial-recognition technology to fight COVID-19

In the Chinese city of Ruili, Yunnan Province, facial-recognition technology was linked to citizens' health codes to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

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ForkLog 13 02.07.2021

Experts identify a number of Bitcoin addresses whose owners are selling counterfeit COVID certificates

Advertisements for the sale of counterfeit COVID certificates, stolen vaccines and forged doctor signatures for cryptocurrency have spread widely on the dark web.

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ForkLog 8 04.06.2021

US pharmacies begin selling COVID-19 tests for Bitcoin

The American company Progressive Care began accepting Bitcoin as payment for rapid COVID-19 testing.

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ForkLog 9 13.05.2021

Vitalik Buterin Dumps Dogecoin Clone Tokens

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold off large amounts of Shiba Inu (SHIB), AKITA (AKITA) and Dogelon Mars (ELON) that were gifted to him, and donated the proceeds to charitable organisations.

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ForkLog 8 10.05.2021

In Ukraine, proposals to move COVID-19 certificates onto the blockchain

The public union ‘Virtual Assets of Ukraine’ proposed to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal to implement blockchain in the issuance and verification procedure of COVID-19 immunity certificates.

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ForkLog 9 26.04.2021

Vitalik Buterin donates over $600,000 to COVID-19 relief fund

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 100 ETH and 100 MKR for a total of over $600,000 to a COVID-19 relief fund in India.

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