THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITIES: Residency Malta invests €85,000 in social robots to serve as learning companions for children with learning challenges, including those on the autism spectrum
Residency Malta is financing a University of Malta Centre for Literacy initiative – EduRoboKids. The two-year project will study how verbal and multimodal interaction takes place between humans and robots, how children on the autism spectrum respond ve…
China Imposes Local Lockdowns as COVID-19 Cases Surge
China tightened lockdowns and increased orders for mass testing in cities along its coast Wednesday amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.Checks have been set up in toll stations around the city of Putian in Fujian province, with a dozen of them clos…
FDA Says Third Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Boosts Immunity
A review issued Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says a third dose of Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine boosts a person’s immunity against the virus, but said the current regimen still provides enough protection against severe illnes…