Google Joins UNICEF Against Zika; African Tech Goes Global

Posted March 3rd, 2016 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
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Today’s Tech Sightings:

A Brazilian Army soldier shows pamphlets during the National Day of Mobilization Zika Zero in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 13, 2016. The pamphlet reads, 'A mosquito is not stronger than an entire country.' (Reuters)

A Brazilian Army soldier shows pamphlets during the National Day of Mobilization Zika Zero in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 13, 2016. The pamphlet reads, ‘A mosquito is not stronger than an entire country.’ (Reuters)

Google Combats Zika Virus With Expanded Search Results, Mapping Tool

Partnering with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Google Thursday announced a grant of $1 million to help the agency fight the Zika virus in Brazil. Google is also launching new initiatives to enhance Zika search results and maps to provide more detailed information about the disease.

African Tech Is Going Global

Africa’s technology sector has been booming, and international tech companies have been paying attention. Now, three of the continent’s startups from Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria are teaming up with major U.S. accelerators to help grow their business abroad.

Therapists Create Virtual ‘Heroin Cave’ to Help Addicts

Doctors at the University of Houston’s Graduate College of Social Work in Texas have come up with a new way to help heroin and opioid abusers deal with addiction. Researchers hope that using virtual reality (VR) for immersion therapy could help. To do that, they created a virtual ‘heroin cave’ that patients can navigate with the help of therapists to identify and deal with their addiction triggers.

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Aida Akl
Aida Akl is a journalist working on VOA's English Webdesk. She has written on a wide range of topics, although her more recent contributions have focused on technology. She has covered both domestic and international events since the mid-1980s as a VOA reporter and international broadcaster.

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