Oxford Nanopore Speed

UK health agencies join with Oxford Nanopore to speed up pathogen screening

Initiative is part of growing international efforts to give early warning of pandemic threats

World - Financial Times - 10 hours ago

My love letter to Oxford

Graduate and model Grace Clover swaps subfusc for second-hand, as she takes us on a tour of her alma mater

Business - Financial Times - October 18

Watch: Oxford Street Christmas lights switched on

The famous shopping street becomes the first major London display to switch on for Christmas.

Chanel dips oar into sport with Oxford-Cambridge boat race tie-up

Rowing contest to be renamed after fashion house’s designer watch in latest luxury move into sponsorship

Business - Financial Times - October 21

SpaceX Wants Starlink Data Speeds to be 10X Faster

The internet satellite network wants FCC permission to tweak some technical specs to achieve broadband-fast data speeds, which could change how remote businesses use the internet.

Business - Inc. - October 16

SpaceX Has a Plan for Starlink to Hit Gigabit Speeds

Elon Musk's satellite internet company told the FCC that a few tweaks to its “orbital configuration and operational parameters” could result in nearly 10 times faster downloads.

Tech - Wired - October 17

Tokyo Metro is not offering a high-speed ride

With longer-run growth prospects limited, investors should not count on a long-term rally

Business - Financial Times - October 23

Zumba Teacher? ‘Anti-Woke’ Cleric? 38 Candidates Line Up to Head Oxford University

The role of chancellor at the University of Oxford has been around for 800 years. This year, a particularly broad range of people have applied.

World - The New York Times - October 20

How to Beat Elden Ring in Under 5 Minutes | Speed Break

Elden Ring Speedrunner Mitchriz joined Dave Klein (DaveControl) to breakdown some of the ways speed runners break Elden Ring in order to achieve their world record times.

Tech - GameSpot - October 13

As IV shortage continues, U.S. invokes wartime power to speed recovery

Hospitals nationwide are postponing procedures after Hurricane Helene wrecked a major IV fluids factory in North Carolina.

iPhone 16 review: more buttons and speed for Apple’s standard phone

Smallest and cheapest new model plays catchup to Pro iPhones with strong battery life but familiar design. Apple’s latest iPhone bucks the trend of buttons vanishing from phones, gaining not one ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Cancer Research chief urges ministers to speed up UK tobacco bill

Further delay would cast doubt on commitment to shift NHS to a more preventive health system, says Michelle Mitchell

World - Financial Times - October 18

Video shows high-speed train passing through tunnels in China, not India

World - Yahoo News - October 18

Dotmatics aims to speed drug development, break data silos with Geneious Luma

It leverages AI and machine learning to automate workflows, enabling scientists to manage complex biological data with greater accuracy.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 22

OpenAI researchers develop new model that speeds up media generation by 50X

A pair of researchers at OpenAI has published a paper describing a new type of model — specifically, a new type of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) — that increases the speed at which ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 23

4 large asteroids, including 1 the size of a skyscraper, speed past Earth

Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.

In New Delhi, Germany's Scholz urges speed in EU-India trade deal

World - Yahoo News - October 25

VPS hosting for e-commerce: Handle high traffic with speed and stability

CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: E-commerce websites must handle high traffic volumes to support growing customer bases. Virtual private servers (VPS) host the hardware needed for high-traffic stores. ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 28

Aaron Rodgers hopes to be "back to my faster-than-Godchaux speed"

Patriots defensive tackle Davon Godchaux said after Sunday's game that Rodgers has lost his mobility.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago

North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme

Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’. North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear ...

World - The Guardian - 22 hours ago

One year after 4 Pepperdine students were killed in high-speed crash, sorority sisters push for change

Thursday marks one year since four Pepperdine University students were struck and killed in a high-speed crash along Pacific Coast Highway.

SambaNova and Gradio are making high-speed AI accessible to everyone—here’s how it works

SambaNova and Gradio partner to simplify AI development, offering faster inference and improved energy efficiency, challenging Nvidia's dominance in the evolving AI chip market.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 17

Some states make major changes to speed up Election Day vote count

As Election Day approaches, states like Michigan are changing their laws to speed up the process of counting ballots so that election results are available sooner. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster ...

Politics - NBC News - October 19

Japan, UK and Italy to expedite next-generation fighter jet to replace F-2s and Eurofighter Typhoons

The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy have agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet

Tech - ABC News - October 20

Qatar Airways partners with Elon Musk’s Starlink for high-speed Wi-Fi milestone

Qatar Airways launched Tuesday its inaugural Boeing 777 flight equipped with Elon Musk's Starlink internet, paving the way for a new era of in-flight connectivity across its entire fleet by next year.

Business - CNBC - October 22

Early 2025 Bust Candidates: Brice Turang's speed and power put him on the fringes of Fantasy relevance

Plus find out if Chris Towers believes Matt Chapman's play in 2024 is sustainable

Sports - CBS Sports - October 22

Could poor sleep speed up brain aging? Expert weighs in on new study.

Have difficulty falling or staying asleep? New research shows it's associated with signs of sped-up brain aging. Experts explain the risks.

Trump's economic plan could speed up Social Security insolvency, analysis suggests

A new analysis suggests former President Donald Trump's economic proposals, should he win the election, could speed up when the Social Security trust fund runs out of money. This is according to a ...

Lions' Gibbs races 70 yards for TD, Montgomery throws TD to LaPorta

The Detroit running back hit 22.03 mph on the run.

Sports - ESPN - October 27

Speeding delivery e-bikes are a menace – but the solution isn't to push all cyclists into the road | Peter Walker

Birmingham’s plan to ban bikes from pedestrianised streets ignores the real problem of food couriers’ illegally souped-up cycles. Are cyclists a menace on a similar scale to street drinking and ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

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