World’s fastest supercomputer to help find treatments for COVID-19

Tokyo: The world’s fastest supercomputer, Japan’s $1.2 billion Fugaku, is to use its enormous power to try to identify treatments for COVID-19. Crowned the world’s fastest supercomputer in June, the Fugaku supercomputer is already being deployed in the fight against coronavirus, even though it will not be fully operational until 2021. Image Credit: Graphic NewsThe […]

COVID-19: Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group filed for bankruptcy protection after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close shows around the world, bringing one of the best-known brands in live performance to its knees. The Montreal-based company, controlled by private equity giant TPG Capital, requested court protection through the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada. Application […]