Myanmar health authorities struggle to prepare for Zika outbreak and other top stories.

• Myanmar health authorities struggle to prepare for Zika outbreak

  

  YANGON Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds, overworked doctors skipping check-ups and pregnant women saying they are in the dark about the dangers.Zika has spread to some 60 countries and territories since the current outbreak was identified last year in Brazil, raising alarm over the rare birth defect microcephaly, as well as other neurological disorders it can cause in infants and adult..

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• US, Russian and French Crew Arrives at Space Station for 6-Month Stay

  

  Russia’s Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft approaches a docking with the Rassvet module at the International Space Station on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. In the foreground is Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo freighter. Credit: NASA TV HOUSTON — The International Space Station (ISS) received three new crewmembers today (Nov. 19), with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, astronaut Peggy Whitson of NASA and French astronaut Thoma..

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• PSN Rewarding Users With $10 Reportedly for Buying PS4 Pro

  

  PSN Rewarding Users With $10 Reportedly for Buying PS4 ProAlthough this isn’t the first time Sony has rewarded PlayStation users with $10 credit to splash on the PS Store, the latest wave of rewards being reported online seems to be a thank you for purchasing the PS4 Pro. If you recently purchased Sony’s new hardware, you might have received the following notification:Here’s $10 to spend on your next purchase at PlayStation Store! Save on the latest games, movies, and TV shows. Your voucher code..

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• What's the outlook for electric vehicles under Trump?

  

  Chevrolet's new Bolt EV can go 238 miles on a single charge, according to the EPA. Is that enough to get a Californian from Monterey to Santa Barbara?(Photo: Charles Fleming, TNS)The Chevrolet Bolt EV, Tesla Model 3 and electric vehicles in general face a radically new regulatory and political playing field as a professed climate change denier prepares to occupy the White House and gas prices continue to fall.First there is the $7,500 federal tax credit for consumers buying or leasing an electri..

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• How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars

  

  In a recent op-ed to CNN, President Obama re-affirmed America’s commitment to sending a manned mission to Mars. Think your data science challenges are too complicated? Imagine the difficulties involved in mining data to understand the health impacts of an expedition to Mars. What happens to astronauts’ muscle tone or lung capacities after several years in space? How much weight can they safely lose? How much CO2 should be in the crew vehicle? How many sensors are needed to calculate joint fl..

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• Zuckerberg reveals plans to address misinformation on Facebook

  

  Facebook’s fake news problem persists, CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged last night. He’d been dismissive about the reach of misinformation on Facebook, saying that false news accounted for less than one percent of all the posts on the social media network. But a slew of media reports this week have demonstrated that, although fake posts may not make up the bulk of the content on Facebook, they spread like wildfire — and Facebook has a responsibility to address it. “We’ve made significant progr..

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• Microsoft Has Plans To Tie Executive Bonuses To Diversity Goals

  

  Microsoft thinks it is failing on workforce diversity year on year. In a bid to change this narrative, the company is now mulling to tie executive bonuses to employee diversity goals. Satya Nadella's Plan Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, is leading the initiative himself. He was reportedly the one who introduced the plan, which involves the use of diversity goals as factors in determining whether executives would get their full bonuses every year. "Diversity and inclusion is something you've got t..

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