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Top News Stories for Friday, April 26th 2024
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Donald Trump has suggested that the hush money case against him has "fallen apart" following the trial's first witness testimony. In a post on Truth Social late on Thursday, the former president wrote: "BIG DAY IN COURT(S) TODAY. The Soros backed Alvin Bragg case, presided over by a highly conflicted Judge, has completely fallen apart. "Virtually every Legal Scholar and Expert has stated that there is no Crime, ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
As the University of Southern California in Los Angeles canceled its main commencement ceremony because of safety concerns over student protests, students at Columbia University in New York, where anti-war demonstrations led to dozens of arrests, said they feared theirs could be disrupted. Schools across the country where protests have flared up are keeping mum about whether they will adjust or outright cancel ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
After Arizona became the fourth state to bring charges against fake electors involved in the Trump campaign's alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election Wednesday night , eyes turned to the three remaining states where the effort took place: New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Officials in New Mexico and Pennsylvania have said they are unlikely to prosecute Trump allies who sent documents to ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review the products and services we cover. If you buy through our links, we may get paid. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review the products and services we cover. If you buy through our links, we may get paid. Today's rates Today's average mortgage rates on Apr. 26, 2024, compared ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Congress passed a bill this week that forces TikTok to be sold or face a nationwide ban . President Biden signed it into law Wednesday, starting a 270-day timer for TikTok to decide its future in the United States. There's been talk about a ban like this for years, but now it's actually happening. Bytedance, the owner of the app, has three paths available: It can fight the bill in court, and if it wins, then ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Arizona's 1864 abortion law has local party leaders flailing to avoid alienating voters. With abortion now at the forefront of the election campaign, Arizona Republicans spent the week tying themselves in knots in an effort to appease both those who want a total abortion ban, of the kind recently reinstated by the state's Supreme Court, and those who want a "moderate" 15-week ban. The result, all too predictably, ...
Source: thenation.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Hollywood actress Ashley Judd says the overturning of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction is a "hard day for survivors". "But we live in our truth," Ms Judd told BBC News in an interview. The case against Weinstein was a landmark moment in the #MeToo movement. The New York Court of Appeals ordered a new trial, saying the original had been prejudiced by witnesses with claims unrelated to ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
The Atlanta Falcons provided the shock of the first round of the NFL draft by selecting quarterback Michael Penix Jr with the No 8 overall pick on Thursday night. The Falcons extended their recent trend of selecting offensive skill players in the first round by drafting Penix one month after signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180m contract with $100m guaranteed. Using a draft slot normally targeted for players ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
For weeks, the dairy industry has been gripped by a highly contagious virus that is threatening to only get worse. Federal regulators announced this week that samples of pasteurized milk tested positive for H5N1, the strain of bird flu that has jumped from poultry to cows with one recent infection in an American. At the moment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that the country's milk supply is ...
Source: salon.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
The company made $26.7 billion in revenue this quarter from cloud products, including Azure. Microsoft isn't slowing down its artificial-intelligence spending spree anytime soon. In its third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, the tech giant said it would continue to invest in AI and cloud services because of growing demand and a rise in average spending on its cloud platform, Azure. Amy Hood, Microsoft's chief ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Investors just got a sneak peek at what the fruits of massive AI investments could look like. On Thursday, just off the heels of Meta's mixed first-quarter results that caused a dip on Wall Street, Microsoft and Alphabet just proved that there's money to be made off of artificial intelligence. Microsoft reported $21.9 billion in profits for its quarter ending on March 31, a 20% increase from the last fiscal year of ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Artificial intelligence's (AI) influence on society has never been more pronounced. Since ChatGPT became a ubiquitous feature on computer desktops in late 2022, the rapid development and deployment of generative AI and large language model (LLM) tools have started to transform industries and show the potential to touch many aspects of modern life. AI has even surpassed human-level performance on several benchmark ...
Source: weforum.org
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
April 26 (UPI) -- The Pentagon said U.S. troops have begun construction of a pier in Gaza to be used to bring much needed humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave as famine looms. "I can confirm that U.S. military vessels, to include the USNS Benavidez, have begun to construct the initial stages of the temporary pier and causeway at sea," Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Thursday. A senior ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Palestinian group Hamas has said it remains committed to achieving an agreement with Israel to end the war on Gaza , but only if its conditions including a lasting ceasefire are met. Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the group's political bureau, said that Hamas "is serious about releasing Israeli captives within the framework of an agreement" that also ensures the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
HONG KONG — Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday as he wrapped up a three-day visit to China dominated by contentious issues and warnings from his hosts of another "downward spiral" in relations. The two men met Friday afternoon local time at the Great Hall of the People, an ornate and cavernous building next to Tiananmen Square. Xi noted that this year ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Around 160 long-finned pilot whales have washed up on the coast at Dunsborough, 285 kilometres (177 miles) south of Perth in western Australia. According to Parks and Wildlife Service South West (PWS), 28 whales have died. Pia Courtis, from PWS said in a statement that a number of rescue agencies were trying to help but "unfortunately the outcome for our pilot whales once they strand on the beach is generally not ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
(AP) — A high school athletic director in Maryland has been accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said Thursday. Authorities said the case appears to be among the first of its kind in the country and called for new laws to guard against the technology. Experts also warned that artificial intelligence ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Elon Musk © Angela Weiss, AFP Ministers from four major economies on Thursday called for a 2% wealth tax targeting the world's billionaires—who currently only pay up to 0.5% of their wealth in personal income tax—to "invest in public goods such as health, education, the environment, and infrastructure." Fernando Haddad, Brazil's finance minister; Svenja Schulze, Germany's minister for economic ...
Source: rawstory.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will send a total of $5.6m in refunds to customers of Ring, a home camera provider, as the result of a settlement with Ring over security and privacy failings. Ring, which was bought by tech giant Amazon in 2018, reached the settlement with the FTC in 2023 over charges the company allowed employees and contractors to access consumers' private videos and failed to implement ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
TOPICS: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for a historic launch on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft scheduled for May 6, aiming for a week-long mission at the International Space Station . NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams landed on April 25, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a short flight from Ellington Field near NASA's ...
Source: scitechdaily.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Haley is not campaigning, but she just won almost 158,000 GOP primary votes in the critical state of Pennsylvania. Democrats think they can swing many of them to Biden. Nikki Haley suspended her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on March 6, with passive-aggressive congratulations for Donald Trump that pointedly stopped short of endorsing the former president. "In all likelihood Donald Trump will ...
Source: thenation.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Democrats Call on DEA to Act on Marijuana Reclassification as Inaction Persists. While the Department of Health and Human Services recommended last summer that cannabis no longer be considered a Schedule I controlled substance, the DEA historically has demurred from taking that step. Members of Congress on Wednesday once again pushed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to follow through on guidance to remove ...
Source: 420intel.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Almost a decade ago, pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha took to a podium in Flint, Mich. and demanded that the world pay attention to an unfolding water crisis. The city of Flint was near bankruptcy and controlled by emergency financial managers. To save money, officials decided to switch the municipal water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River on April 25th, 2014. Flint is a majority-Black city, and at the time, ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing's space program that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030. The crew took off in a capsule atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwest at 8:59 pm local time !1259 GMT) Thursday. By early Friday ...
Source: phys.org
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Toledo, Ohio — An Ohio man who was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club last week died in police custody, and the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. Police body-camera footage released Wednesday shows a Canton police officer responding to a report of a crash and finding Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident, by the bar in a nearby American ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Adding rat stem cells to a mouse embryo resulted in a 'hybrid brain' in which the rat cells stepped in to restore function when the mouse's sense of smell was removed, new research has shown. It's the first time one animal's cells have been used to rescue another's senses, and it represents a step forward in regenerative medicine. What even is a hybrid brain? It sounds like something lifted from the plot of a ...
Source: newatlas.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Editor's Note: A version of this story appears in CNN's Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region's biggest stories. Some Hamas officials are signaling that the militant group could give up armed struggle against Israel if the Palestinians get an independent state in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 war. The messaging suggests a softening of Hamas' position as ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Apr 26th, 2024 -
Detroit — The government's auto safety agency is investigating whether last year's recall of Tesla's Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers pay attention to the road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website Friday that it has concerns about the December recall of more than 2 million vehicles, nearly all the vehicles that Tesla had sold at ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
By now, everyone knows that the FTC issued a final rule that would ban all noncompete agreements entered into after the effective date. Effective Date of FTC Ban The FTC's noncompete ban is not in effect yet. It does not become effective until 120 days after the date the final rule is published in the Federal Register. The Federal Register is expected to publish the final rule next week, likely making the effective ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The US government on Thursday banned internet service providers (ISPs) from meddling in the speeds their customers receive when browsing the web and downloading files, restoring tough rules rescinded during the Trump administration and setting the stage for a major legal battle with the broadband industry. The net neutrality regulations adopted Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission prohibit providers ...
Source: cnn.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to release a group of long-awaited power plant standards on Thursday, aiming to further reduce air pollution that makes people sick and the greenhouse gases emissions warming the planet. Federal officials said in a news briefing Wednesday that the rules will deliver on the Biden Administration's commitment to provide health protections for communities, including those ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
JERUSALEM — The last glimpse they had of their son was a shaky video showing him in the back of a pick-up truck with part of his left arm blown off by a Hamas grenade. Now Rachel Goldberg-Polin , 54, and Jon Polin, 53, have the relief and distress of seeing him in a new video released by the militant group — proof of life they waited 201 days to see. "Initially, we were just crying," Goldberg-Polin told ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
A new set of rules announced on Wednesday by the Department of Transportation are focused on righting some wrongs in the airline industry and providing extra consumer protection. Previously, federal policies allowed airlines to compensate customers for delayed or cancelled flights with vouchers or credits. They also allowed carriers to set their own rules regarding when passengers should be compensated - i.e., it ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Ukraine has already used fresh long-range missiles secretly provided by the U.S. in Russian-controlled Crimea, according to a U.S. official, raising questions about the fate of the key Crimean Bridge that has long been in Kyiv's sights. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Wednesday that President Joe Biden had authorized sending a "significant number of ATACMS missiles" to Ukraine in February. ...
Source: newsweek.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
VENICE, Italy — Ancient and beautiful, this city is sometimes referred to as an open air museum — and now visitors to Venice will have to pay an entry fee after the tourist hub on Thursday became the first in the world to introduce a charging system for day-trippers. In a bid to thin out the crowds that throng to see the canals, bridges and striking architecture during vacation season, day-trippers will ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Tupac Shakur's estate is none too happy about Drake cloning the late hip-hop legend's voice in a Kendrick Lamar diss track. Billboard reported Wednesday that attorney Howard King, representing Mr. Shakur's estate, sent a cease-and-desist letter calling Drake's use of Shakur's voice "a flagrant violation of Tupac's publicity and the estate's legal rights." Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) dropped the diss track "Taylor ...
Source: engadget.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
CAMERON PARISH, Louisiana — A dolphin that was found dead on a beach last month was shot by a firearm, federal authorities say, and they're now offering a reward of up to $20,000 to find out who is responsible. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says in a news release officials with the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline were notified about the juvenile bottlenose dolphin on March 13. ...
Source: cleveland.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The pace of babies born each year in the U.S. has slowed to a new record low, according to an analysis of 2023 birth certificate data published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year's slowdown marks an official end to the uptick in new babies that began during the pandemic. At least 3,591,328 babies were born in the U.S. in 2023, down 2% from the 3,667,758 born in ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Horses and soldiers from the Household Cavalry were taking part in an exercise in Belgravia in central London when chaos erupted. The two horses most seriously injured have been named as Vida and Trojan. Two military horses which bolted and charged through central London are in a "serious condition" and have undergone operations. The Household Cavalry said the animals - which were taking part in what the Army ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The Campaign Legal Center said in a complaint that Trump political committees had used an intermediary firm "as a conduit to conceal payments" totaling $7.2 million. A campaign watchdog group filed a formal complaint to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday accusing Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign and related political committees of concealing payments of $7.2 million in legal fees by paying them ...
Source: nytimes.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry. In a complaint filed in Texas federal court, the nation's largest business lobby argued that the antitrust and consumer protection agency lacks the authority to issue rules that define unfair methods of competition. The FTC Act, which ...
Source: abajournal.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
It must use it wisely S ince late February Russia's army has been creeping across eastern Ukraine. First the town of Avdiivka fell—Russia's biggest advance in almost a year. Next its soldiers occupied a series of villages farther west. Russia's progress is a reflection of its overwhelming advantage in firepower: on some parts of the front line, for every shell the Ukrainians have shot at Russian lines, the ...
Source: economist.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The draft resolution, put forward by the US and Japan, sought to reaffirm a principle already set out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. The US has warned that Russia is believed to be developing a space-based, anti-satellite nuclear weapon. Russia said it was "firmly committed" to the existing treaty. The draft, put forward on Wednesday, called on "all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to ...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
TikTok said Wednesday it would suspend a controversial program in the European Union that has prompted growing alarm among EU regulators. The program at issue appears within TikTok Lite, a less data-intensive version of TikTok's main app, and which contains a feature that rewards users with cash for engaging with TikTok content and app features. TikTok said it was "voluntarily" suspending the rewards program after ...
Source: cnn.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that he planned to sign a bill state legislators sent to his desk this week that would allow school staff members to carry concealed handguns on school grounds. "What's important to me is that we give districts tools and the option to use a tool that will keep their children safe in their schools," Lee said at a news conference Thursday after he shared his plans to sign the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Why it matters: Their actions, along with the recent flurry of union activity and a still-tight labor market, are helping swing the balance of power between capital and labor in the U.S. closer to workers Yes, but: Big legal hurdles could keep these new rules from taking effect. The big picture: There's an inherent imbalance of power between employers and the individual workers who serve at their discretion — ...
Source: axios.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Meta's decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google. Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta's decision last week to release Llama 3 , a powerful open source large language model that anyone can download, run, and build on. Pesenti used to be vice president of artificial intelligence at Meta and says he often pushed the company to consider ...
Source: wired.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
April 25 (UPI) -- University of Pennsylvania scientists are predicting an estimated 33 named storms for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Scientists Michael Mann and, Shannon Christiansen and alumnus Michael Kozar made the forecast for the approaching hurricane season, which begins June 1 and runs until Nov. 30. While their target is 33 named storms, their prediction ranges between 27 and 39 this year. "We've ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
BOSTON — There has been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad, two African countries that are integral to the military's efforts to counter violent extremist organizations across the Sahel region, a top U.S. military official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Niger's ruling junta ended an agreement last month that allows U.S. troops to operate in the West African ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bounced back from an absolutely dreadful day for tech shares, as its stock surged Thursday after the closing bell. All it had to do was to hand out billions of dollars to investors. The tech giant announced its first quarterly cash dividend, saying it will pay $0.20 per share on June 17 to shareholders of record as of June 10, as well as a $70 billion share buyback. Buybacks ...
Source: cnn.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Gateway Pundit's founder Jim Hoft said the site will continue publishing despite its legal and financial troubles Popular MAGA conspiracy blog Gateway Pundit is filing for bankruptcy amid a string of defamation lawsuits it is facing. The blog, which was launched in 2004, has been a hotbed of conspiracy ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Donald Trump 's latest effort to reverse his court-ordered $83.3 million payout to the writer E. Jean Carroll was rejected Thursday, leaving him on the hook for the damages she won in her defamation trial against him. The ruling comes in response to Trump's requests for a new trial and a reduced judgment against him in Carroll's defamation case, which she brought after Trump lied about sexually assaulting her. "Mr. ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The popular physics sandbox game Garry's Mod is pulling all of its Nintendo-related add-ons following copyright takedown requests from the gaming giant. On Wednesday, the developers of Garry's Mod made a post on Steam saying users "may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been taken down," adding that "this is not a mistake," as the takedowns came from Nintendo. "Honestly, this is ...
Source: theverge.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
The man who shot and killed former New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Will Smith following a traffic altercation in 2016 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The sentence was handed down Thursday in New Orleans after a jury in January found Cardell Hayes, 36, guilty of manslaughter in a retrial of the case from more than seven years ago. A previous jury voted 10-2 to convict ...
Source: usatoday.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
A previously unidentified hacking group — believed to be a nation-state threat actor — has attacked Cisco firewall appliances in what cybersecurity agencies believe is an espionage campaign targeting government networks and critical infrastructure. Cisco has dubbed the campaign "ArcaneDoor" and warned that it is targeting devices running its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense ...
Source: scmagazine.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Artificial sweeteners are appealing to those who want a sweet taste without the calories or health concerns associated with sugar. Yet, emerging research continues to uncover potential gut harm caused by sugar substitutes, such as neotame. A new study from Anglia Ruskin University ( ARU ) sheds light on neotame, a relatively newer artificial sweetener, and its shocking effects on the gut. How neotame wrecks havoc ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. That is more than double the number of deaths reported two weeks ago as the amount of rainfall increases, especially in the coastal region and the capital, Dar es Salaam. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament that the El Niño climate pattern has worsened ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Macron warned that military, economic and other pressures could weaken EU has warned that 'Europe could die' and said the continent must form closer ties with Brexit Britain and not become 'a vassal of the US' dependent on American military back-up in the wake of Russian aggression With just three years left of his second and final term in office, the French president, 46, wants to show his critics that he retains ...
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris' detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found "distressing," the agency said. The incident occurred about 9 a.m. ET Monday at Joint Base Andrews, the agency said, ahead of a planned visit by the vice president to Wisconsin. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement that the agent began ...
Source: cnn.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Having apparently learned that former attorney general William Barr has endorsed his candidacy, after having previously described him as childlike and unfit for office, Donald Trump accepted Barr's submission with characteristic grace. For Trump, this meant a social-media post ridiculing Barr: Wow! Former A.G. Bill Barr, who let a lot of great people down by not investigating Voter Fraud in our Country, has just ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
NASA's interstellar spacecraft, Voyager 1, is coming back online, the space agency announced on April 22. After months of troubleshooting a glitch on Voyager 1 that caused the spacecraft to send home unusable data, the probe is working again and returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step, NASA said, is to enable the probe to begin returning science data. NASA ...
Source: meritalk.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Of all plastic waste pollution that can be traced back to its producer, almost a quarter can be traced back to just five major corporations, a new study has found. An international team of researchers analyzed some 1.87 million environmental plastic waste items logged between 2018 and 2022, finding more than half of the items couldn't be connected to a specific company. Of the rest, 24 percent could be traced to ...
Source: sciencealert.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Surgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the second time, a hospital said Wednesday , celebrating an advance in animal-to-human organ transplants. The procedure at NYU Langone Health in New York was carried out in April on Lisa Pisano, 54, who had suffered heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, with doctors giving her just weeks to live barring some kind of ...
Source: sciencealert.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
HashiCorp is known for its Terraform product, an infrastructure automation tool, which is considered an industry standard for infrastructure provisioning in hybrid and multicloud environments. In a move that significantly bolsters its position in the cloud services market, IBM has announced it is acquiring HashiCorp , a multicloud infrastructure automation company, for $6.4 billion. HashiCorp is known for its ...
Source: cio.com
Thursday, Apr 25th, 2024 -
Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across the globe, and particularly in Europe , due to climate breakdown, an expert has said. The insects spread illnesses such as malaria and dengue fever, the prevalences of which have hugely increased over the past 80 years as global heating has ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 24th, 2024 -
The CEO of Trump Media filed a letter on Tuesday urging House Republican committee heads to look into the possibility of illegal manipulation of the company's stock, which has plunged since it went public at the end of March. Devin Nunes said in the letter that the firm has identified a "strong indication" of shady trading, and the committee should swiftly investigate its scope, including "whether any laws, ...
Source: markets.businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Apr 24th, 2024 -
Did you know that the gender of your doctor could influence your health outcomes? That's right, a new study has uncovered some fascinating – and potentially life-altering – differences between how male and female physicians practice medicine. This intriguing finding opens up a conversation about the subtle differences in how male and female doctors practice medicine and their impact on patient care ...
Source: earth.com