<div dir="ltr"><div>"A new XPrize competition calls on the "world's brightest minds" to develop faster and cheaper <a href="https://www.livescience.com/pooled-testing-us-coronavirus.html" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed"><u>COVID-19 tests</u></a>, with a $5 million reward for the winner.<p>The
competition was launched Tuesday (July 28) by XPrize, the nonprofit
organization that runs public competitions to encourage tech innovations
that benefit humanity. Dubbed "XPrize Rapid COVID Testing," the
competition will last six months, with winners announced in early 2021,
according to a <a href="https://xprize.org/articles/rapid-covid-testing-announcement" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed"><u>statement from XPrize</u></a>."</p>
</div><div><a href="https://www.livescience.com/xprize-covid-19-testing.html">https://www.livescience.com/xprize-covid-19-testing.html</a></div></div>