HEADS UP: How Does GrabFood Know What You Want to Eat? (March 4)

Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to know today, March 4:

EXPLAINERS

• Yes, GrabFood knows what you want even before you open the app. Here's how its algorithm works.
• No kidding, Bluetooth, the tech we all use to connect devices, was named after a Viking-era king with a bad tooth. The story of its origins takes us back to the 1990s when Nokia phones ruled the world.
• Food thieves love cheese the most, according to a study. It's pocketable and easy to run away with. (via Esquire Philippines)

TOP STORIES

• Six in 10 Filipinos want to be with family in their first trip since the lockdown, according to an Airbnb poll.
• AstraZeneca vaccines are arriving today courtesy of the COVAX alliance that includes the WHO. They're cheaper and more efficacious than the Sinovac jabs.
• When will the general public be vaccinated? By the end of April at the earliest and global supply permitting, said the country's vaccine czar.
• Vice President Leni Robredo said she was not the woman getting vaccinated in a viral photo and asked supporters to report it to Facebook.
• Century Tuna wants to be know in the U.S. for plant-based meats, not canned fish. It's UnMEAT burger patties are headed stateside.
• Used face masks were recovered from a Metro beach cleanup, proof that some Filipinos have not been disposing them properly.
• The Philippines has joined calls in Southeast Asia for Myanmar's junta to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Victory Liner buses have resumed trips to Baguio. Here are the schedue and fares.
• Quezon City reimposed a ban on single use plastic and to further encourage residents to go green, it is offering a points-based trash-for-groceries program.
• Step-by-step, St.Lukes Medical Center previewed its COVID vaccination process as it innoculated its staff using the Sinovac jab.
• DepEd has adjusted the 2020-2021 school calendar, extending it up to July.
• Six Dr. Seuss Titles have been killed off due to their racist portrayal of Blacks and Asians.

Here's an update on COVID-19 cases as of 4 p.m. of March 3: