Science + Technology
Hadas Gold, CNN Business
Netflix urged to slow down streaming to stop the internet from breaking
The European Union is urging Netflix and other streaming platforms to stop showing video in high definition to prevent the internet from breaking under the strain of unprecedented usage due to the coronavirus pandemic.7 years ago
Forrest Brown, CNN
Spring equinox 2020: Earliest arrival in more than a century
This is the earliest arrival of spring equinox in 124 years.7 years ago
Brian Fung, CNN Business
The coronavirus is creating an ‘enormous stress test’ of America’s internet
The United States' internet and wireless networks are coming under immense pressure to deliver reliable connectivity as schools and businesses confronting the novel coronavirus have shifted their day-to-day operations out of the workplace and into homes, according to industry analysts and government officials.7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Salt Lake airport reopens hours after 5.7 magnitude earthquake
Salt Lake City International Airport evacuated passengers and closed for several hours in the wake of a 5.7 magnitude earthquake centered near Magna.7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Federal government steps in to assist small businesses and non-profits affected by coronavirus
Utah businesses and non-profits who are facing either dramatically reduced income or the prospect of having to find childcare should their kids’ school close, the potential impact of the coronavirus is dire.7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Salt Lake area restaurants launch website to keep business up
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT — Salt Lake restaurants have built a website to help their businesses stay afloat. Fred Boutwell, the Director of Operations for Market Street restaurants, says business is down 65% since Salt Lake County shut down dine-in options for restaurants and bars. Boutwell says they have refrigerators full of food they haven’t been […]7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Intermountain, University of Utah Health postponing surgeries because of COVID-19
Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health are postponing some non-urgent, elective medical procedures because of COVID-19.7 years ago
Cami Mondeaux
What else is happening in the news besides COVID-19?
With the spread of the coronavirus around the globe, it's hard to not get caught up in all the headlines. Here are a few things you may have missed.7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Utah universities switch to online classes to fight COVID-19
Utah colleges and universities are switching to online classes to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Utah lawmakers could spend over $16 million to fight Coronavirus
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah lawmakers could spend at least $16 million to fight the Coronavirus. Lt. Governor Spencer Cox, who heads the state’s Coronavirus task force, said during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol that lawmakers have already set aside that money. “The legislature has announced that they are going to be […]7 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Income tax cuts are uncertain as Coronavirus affects state budget
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah lawmakers had planned to give people an $80 million income tax cut. But now those cuts may not happen as Coronavirus starts impacting state budgets. Senate President Stuart Adams (R-Layton) said the Coronavirus has hurt the stock market and oil prices, and he urged lawmakers to be “prudent” with the […]7 years ago
Sandee LaMotte, CNN
CPR has improved, here’s what to do (and sing) to save a life
It only takes two hands to save a life. Your two hands, pushing strongly on the chest bone in a regular beat, can take the place of a heart that has stopped.7 years ago
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
SpaceX’s 20th station shipment arrives with candy, science
A SpaceX cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering experiments, candy and other goods.7 years ago
Ashley Strickland, CNN
Curiosity rover captures high-resolution panorama of its home on Mars
The Curiosity Rover is sending back some incredible photos from the surface of Mars containing more than 1.8 billion pixels and over 1000 photos.7 years ago
Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business
Apple will pay up to $500 million to settle lawsuit over slowing down older iPhones
Apple will pay up to half a billion dollars to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of slowing down older iPhone models.7 years ago
Cami Mondeaux
Call blockers warn robocalls will increase during election year
CPR Call Blocker is encouraging cell phone users to know and exercise their rights when it comes to these robocalls during the election year.7 years ago
Paul Nelson
Doctors say people are washing hands wrong and not enough
95% of the population said they washed their hands after using the toilet, but, when researchers went in to airport bathrooms and watched them come out of the stalls, only 78% of those people were actually washing their hands.7 years ago
Heather Kelly
Coronavirus concern: why it exists
Coronavirus concern exists because it mutated from animals to humans, and it is unknown if it will mutate again.7 years ago
Heather Kelly
Facebook bans phony coronavirus cure ads
The ban is aimed at ads saying face masks are 100-percent guaranteed to prevent the COVID-19 coronavirus or that drinking bleach will cure you if you already have the virus.7 years ago
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
Satellite almost on empty gets new life after space docking
A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space docking of its kind.7 years ago
Mary Richards
Study: Wearable heart sensor prevents hospitalization in heart patients
A wearable heart sensor could help heart patients catch a potential issue before a crisis occurs.7 years ago
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
Mars lander confirms quakes, even aftershocks on red planet
NASA's newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet.7 years ago
BEN FINLEY Associated Press
Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies
NASA says pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died. She worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures,” about black female aerospace workers.7 years ago
