In total, the commonwealth has reported 807,867 cases of the virus and 20,664 deaths statewide, but the positivity rate has begun dropping substantially: last week, positive results came back from only 10.5% of COVID-19 tests, down from 12.7% the week prior.
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Vuzix Smart Glasses leverage augmented-reality (AR) technology to free the user’s hands and increase productivity of maintenance technicians. KDDI has already started to deploy the devices internally and will also resell the Smart Glasses to other customers.
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Melba Wilson sugarcoats her eggnog waffles, but not her words: “The restaurant industry is in a fight for our lives,” she says. “We’re at the brink of becoming extinct, in the hospitality capital of the world.” So for her iconic New York restaurant Melba’s, 2021’s …
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On Monday, Palihapitiya, the former Facebook Inc. executive and venture capitalist, invested in two companies going public via a special purpose acquisition company — smart lockmaker Latch Inc. and solar lender Sunlight Financial LLC — through the equity …
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CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health officials announced new initiatives Monday to ensure racial equity in distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, after initial data shows low vaccination rates in Black and Latinx communities.
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