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Narcan’s vending machine helps fight opioid overdoses
A crisp white vending machine was recently affixed to the east brick wall of the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center. It does exactly what Em Gray had hoped for – just much faster than she expected. “Some days it was nearly empty,” said Gray, who restocks it daily with life-saving drugs sealed in small brown packets. …
State subpoenas media texts and emails from critic of Georgia’s electronic voting system
A plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state’s electronic voting system is being subpoenaed by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the state’s Election Commission for information that would include her communication with reporters. A subpoena filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for North Georgia asks Marilyn Marks, executive director of the Coalition …
New book hopes to give men the chance to reach their true potential
The author urges men to ask themselves how they can create a fuller, happier life WALDWICK, NJ, August 30, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — According to Psychology Today, “many researchers have recently declared that there is a silent crisis in men’s mental health.” Many men struggle to take control of their lives, and they struggle to define …
Teens who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to be obese
Teens who don’t get enough sleep may be at risk for certain health problems, a new study reveals. Teens who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be at risk for obesity and high blood pressure. Lack of sleep can lead to an imbalance of hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism. …
Using AI to Predict COVID Surges – Harvard Gazette
GAZETTE: I think the number you’ve analyzed — 6 million genomes — would surprise most readers, if you’re talking about single genomes. How many are there? THE BEST : What we call a genome is a sequence typical of an individual patient. We tend to think of a genome representing a patient’s virus. That’s a …
The donation of Dell computers to TJJD brought electronic and human connections
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications Dell Computer Corp. reached out to help TJJD youth this summer, generously donating 40 laptops, but bringing an even more important and uniquely valuable resource: the time and energy of dozens of university interns. These interns put their ideas together to come up with fun life skills programs that they …
From robots to novels, Fernanda Contreras Gomez showcases talents beyond tennis
From electronic calls to live match stats, robots have taken over tennis over the past decade. And if the authorities want to go further, they could call on Fernanda Contreras Gomez. The No. 200-ranked Mexican player, who qualified for her third major of the year at the US Open this week and will face former …
Advice on self-publishing a book
By Michelle Talsma Everson, Next avenue Getty Cindy Kibbe, writing under her pseudonym CK Donnelly, is the author of “The Kinderra Series”, an award-winning series of young adult fantasy novels. Like many authors, she self-publishes her work – in her case after receiving more than 100 rejections from traditional publishers. It is increasingly common for …
West Virginia State will observe Katherine Johnson Day on Friday
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University will celebrate one of its most recognizable alumni on Friday. August 26 marks Katherine Johnson’s Day in West Virginia, the day NASA’s iconic pioneering mathematician was born in 1918. A 10-hour program at the site of her statue on the Virginia State campus -Occidental will include a wreath …
Life insurance and annuity issuers still need help to modernize: Genpact
What do you want to know A unified orchestration layer can help combine legacy in-house systems with new cloud-based systems. This type of technology upgrade could lead to increased sales of life insurance and annuity blocks. Genpact is trying to increase sales of information technology modernization services to US issuers of life insurance and annuities. …
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 review
A Galaxy Z Fold 4 foldable smartphone from Samsung Electronics is seen in this undated handout provided by Samsung Electronics. Samsung Electronics | via Reuters I’ve been testing Samsung’s new $1,800 Galaxy Z Fold 4 phone, which will launch on August 26, for the past two weeks. This is my first time using a phone …
Tips for getting along with your new flatmates – The GW Hatchet
Media credit: Sophia Goedert I Photographer Be sure to maintain open communication, healthy boundaries, and a willingness to compromise when approaching a potential new roommate situation this semester. Sharing a room with strangers brings a sudden change in lifestyle at the start of your freshman year, but getting along with your roommate will allow for …
K-boom! South Korean art and high culture come to Britain | South Korea
Kimchi, the fermented pickle, paved the way, establishing a taste for colorful Korean cuisine in Britain. It was followed by a wave of K-pop music hysteria among young people. Then came those two international screen hits, Bong Joon-ho’s astonishing 2020 Oscar winner Parasite and last year’s brutal tv series squid game. Today, South Korea’s influence …
AI-generated art illustrates another problem with technology | John Naughton
IIt all started with the title of an entry in Charlie Warzel’s book Galaxy Brain Newsletter in the Atlantic: “Where does Alex Jones go from here?” It’s an interesting question because Jones is such an extreme internet troll that he makes Donald Trump look like Spinoza. For many years, he turned a radio talk show …
The Tolino Epos 3 eReader is now available
Tolino has just announced a brand new e-reader called Epos 3. It features an 8-inch screen with a brand new E INK Carta 1200 display panel. This new technology will increase page turn speed by 25% and overall performance by 30%. The Epos 3 is the most expensive unit they offer and is now available …
Why you should go to the library on your next vacation
Comment this story Comment I just finished reading Daphne du Maurier’s suspense thriller “Not After Midnight”, sipping Cretan wine on the balcony of Airbnb I Booked for a five night stay in Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete. Reading is the result of a travel enhancement I stumbled upon many years ago. I …
Best-selling ‘Das Boot’ filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen has died
Placeholder while loading article actions NEW YORK — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II underwater epic “Das Boot” launched him into a successful Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm”, died. He was 81 years old. Petersen died Friday at his …
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Trump allies staged data copying from battleground states’ voting machines, report says
(CNN) – Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have hired computer experts to copy sensitive data from voting machines in several battleground states, including Georgia, Michigan and Nevada. That’s according to The Washington Post, which received emails and other documents that were gathered from a subpoena to the forensic company hired to obtain the information. …
NCAC and FIRE Send Joint Letter to Pennsylvania School District on Unconstitutional Policy Proposal
The National Coalition Against Censorship and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression co-wrote a letter to the Pennridge School District in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, demanding changes to a proposed policy that would unconstitutionally restrict the communications students can distribute both on and off school. The proposed policy is surprisingly broad and unduly vague. If implemented, …
“Skyscrapers”, by Alejandro Zambra | the new yorker
“So we understand each other?” I hadn’t heard what he said, or I had only heard the presumed music of his voice. “I wasn’t listening,” I said. “What?” “I got distracted.” He left with a few more words, badly feigning a remnant of patience. I started yelling at him; I don’t know what I shouted, …
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Smooth surface finish and connectivity included
Wire EDM EDM control system: Smooth surface finish and connectivity included 14.08.2022 Source: NCMT Related Suppliers With a wire machine, it’s all about producing clean radii and smooth surfaces, especially inside the ejector holes. For mold maker BM Injection, that’s exactly what Makino’s U32j did right from the start thanks to a combination of rigid …
Financial Comparison: Electronic Sensor Technology (OTCMKTS: ESNR) and Vertiv (NYSE: VRT)
Electronic sensor technology (OTCMKTS: ESNR – Get a rating) and Vertiv (NYSE: VRT – Get a rating) are both IT and technology companies, but what’s the best move? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership. Volatility and risk Electronic Sensor …
Online prices finally drop after 2 years of increases – but only for these selected items
By Zoe Han The online shopping experience was cheaper in July due to falling electronics prices, according to Adobe’s Digital Price Index Shopping online is finally getting cheaper after more than two years of steadily rising prices as the United States is plagued by record inflation. But the catch is that you have to buy …
DC suburban apps trying to cut emissions and increase equity get federal funding
Placeholder while loading article actions Qingbin Cui wants to change your ride – putting a dollar figure on acts of good conduct. Backed by a new federal transportation grant, the University of Maryland engineer is trying to put a price on the exhaust pollution not emitted when a passenger takes the subway or a bus …
A single flaw broke every layer of security in macOS
Every time you shut down your Mac, a pop-up appears: “Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?” Tucked under the prompt is another option that most of us probably overlook: the choice to reopen the apps and windows you have open now when your machine is turned back on. Researchers have …
Electronic data space software | Finance 101
The virtual data room application is an excellent program to manage the exchange of confidential and private information. With its advanced technology and AI-powered user interface, it offers various useful features. These features include a trade assistant portable app, AiQ bidder proposal, due diligence QUESTION AND ANSWER, and online wizard. Moreover, he https://dataroomother.com/how-to-value-your-business has a …
Fears over patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software provider | NHS
Patient data could have been stolen in a cyberattack on an NHS software provider, experts have warned, as an internal memo reveals the incident severely disrupted the functioning of several key health services. Areas of the health service affected include the 111 telephone advice service, medical practices and some specialist mental health trusts. The National …
Gabrielle Zevin believes games show people who they really are
So Sam and Sadie’s story comes from being part of this very specific generation? For me, it was just an interesting time. When you’re pursuing something in technology, it’s hard to get perspective on the very current moment. So I was really aware that I wanted the book to end with a space between the …
AI and why astronomers no longer look through a telescope
As a child, I had the opportunity to use the two-meter Faulkes telescope in Siding Spring, Australia. I remember it was a very exciting experience to see the telescope move through a live webcam. I entered the coordinates of the sky and, within a minute, the telescope was slowly tilting towards the object. I looked …
One day in 1950, the work of a North Adams-born Secret Service agent became much less secret | Columnists
North Adams native Frank J. Murray, Secret Service agent and White House Fleet Chief, holds an umbrella for President Harry S. Truman as the two walk through Washington National Airport in November 1948. ASSOCIATE PRESS KIT PHOTO VIA BERNARD A. DREW How close do Secret Service bodyguards get to the presidents they protect? Many have …
She’s at Brown. His heart is still in Kabul.
An unexpected escape presented itself: the university as a temporary refuge. In 2018, Arien Mack, then a professor of psychology at the New School for Social Research in New York, founded the New University in Exile Consortium, a group of nearly 60 universities around the world that have agreed to host displaced scholars. countries where …
Size of gaming market worth $504.29 billion by 2030: Grand View Research, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Global gambling market the size should reach $504.29 billion by 2030, showing a CAGR of 10.2% over the forecast period, according to a new report published by Grand View Research, Inc. the growth prospects can be attributed to the growing popularity of mobile games, e-sports and online …
Another reliable source just ‘confirmed’ Electronic Arts’ Iron Man game
These Marvel games are slated for release in the next few years: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine from Insomniac Games, Marvel’s Midnight Suns from Firaxis Games, and the as yet untitled game from Skydance New Media. We’d be pretty pissed if EA’s Iron Man game didn’t drop us on the Hulk Buster. If you …
Tech for Reading: New literacy tools are coming to classrooms
In a vision of classrooms of the near future, young children will don headsets and read sentences aloud while navigating through computer programs powered by voice recognition technology. Behind the scenes, this technology will listen to each student and spit out dozens of lines of code, assessing the pronunciation of each individual sound and word …
Find out if you’re eligible for part of Facebook’s $90 million data tracking settlement
Facebook agreed to a $90 million settlement following a lawsuit accusing it track users on other websitesand now users can file complaints if they believe they have been impacted. Plaintiffs in the Davis v. Facebook case say the social media giant knew it was violating privacy, communications and wiretapping laws by tracking logged out users, …
Digital newspapers can’t match their handwritten counterparts | News, Sports, Jobs
Editor’s Note: The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit source of news, analysis, and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is by Paula Vene Smith of Grinnell College. (THE CONVERSATION) — The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young Americans studying abroad in 2002, each student was left …
Meet the boy Jhajjar who enters the Guinness Book of World as the youngest app developer
A boy based in Jhajjar, who is a Class 8 student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, has developed three learning apps without any guidance and entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. In addition to this, he also traveled to Harvard University in America using his talent, according to information reported by Hindustan times. Boy …
Inventors must be human, federal circuit rules take a hit at AI (1)
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler has received another blow in his battle for artificial intelligence machines to be recognized as inventors on patents, after the nation’s top patent court ruled that inventors must be human. The term “individual” in patent law only refers to humans, meaning an AI does not count as an inventor on a …
Supreme Court Not Satisfied With Center’s Counter-Affidavit; Look for a better answer
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dissatisfaction with the counter affidavit filed by the Union government in response to a writ petition seeking guidelines for the seizure of personal electronic devices by investigative agencies. “We are not satisfied with the counter and we are looking for a new and appropriate answer”, a bench comprising Judges …
Ido Morali: “I would like to see more action and respect between colleagues”
Ido Morali is an Indie Dance and Electronica music DJ and producer based in Tel Aviv. Morali, one of Tel Aviv’s most esteemed DJs, started his career ten years ago as a resident of one of Tel Aviv’s leading underground clubs, the Bootleg. At the age of 22, he continued to hone his craft in …
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What exactly do we mean by spirit?
The Spirit Book: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to AI and Aliens Philippe Ball Picadorp. 512£20 Given the ingenuity of machine builders, Descartes said in the 17th century, machines might well be built that look exactly like humans. There would always be, however, a “reliable test” to tell them apart. “Even …
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Portland man has truck stolen days after brother’s death
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — A series of unfortunate events for Kenny Smith who had his truck stolen just days after his brother died. Kenny and his dog, Brynlie, arrived at Vera Apartments to stay with a friend at around 11pm on Sunday, but within hours his white F-150 was stolen. “I was in shock, then …
China’s tech ban in the US has not been enforced
In 2019, the White House said Chinese tech companies’ phone and internet equipment should be ripped up from all corners of the United States because it posed an unacceptable risk of espionage or sabotage by the Chinese government. More than three years later, most of this equipment is still there. Today, I’m going to look …
Downtown Dayton gears up for monthly art hop as Art in the City pre-party
Enjoy live music while you dine on your favorite downtown terrace! Parties will be held at the following locations from 6-8 p.m. Friday night. Sponsored by Miller Valentine Construction. Gulzar Indian Kitchen, 217 N. Patterson Boulevard The NEON, 130 E. Fifth St. Salar Restaurant & Lounge & Lily’s Dayton, between 400 and 329 E. Fifth …
What mushrooms can teach us
Mushrooms are having a moment. There’s mushroom coffee and mushroom documentaries. Some start-ups are using mushroom filaments to develop alternatives to leather and plastic. And then there are scientists who want to create an atlas of all the fungal networks underground beneath our feet, all over the world. Underground fungal networks, they say, can help …
Kathleen Siminyu, Machine Learning Fellow at Mozilla, on what it takes to become a data scientist
When you hear the term machine learning, what immediately comes to mind is something complicated and difficult to understand. We sat down with Kathleen Siminyu, a Machine Learning Fellow at the Mozilla Foundation to better understand what her background and what the job entails is what she had to say. Tell us about you? My …
Investigation into conduct of 2020 Coffee County election revives Georgia voting machine lawsuit
A longstanding federal lawsuit challenging the security of Georgia’s electoral system is now embroiled in a dispute over the handling of an investigation into allegations that 2020 election skeptics unlawfully violated a county’s electoral system. Lawyers representing the Coalition for Good Governance and other election security advocates will attempt to wrap up depositions in the …
What to do if the sellers don’t give you all the keys to the house at closing
Comment this story Comment Q: I found Ilyce’s book, “100 Questions Every First-Time Homebuyer Should Ask,” to be extremely helpful. However, there was one section that I felt had been overlooked, and that was the section on receiving the keys from the owner after closing. Specifically, what options does the buyer have if some of …
This musician runs two seven-figure businesses – as the number of million-dollar one-man businesses continues to rise
Graham Cochrane grew up wanting to be a rock star. Today, the father of two girls, ages 10 and 12, is a million-dollar business rock star. He owns two seven-figure businesses in Tampa, Florida, where he lives: Recording Revolution, built around a blog and YouTube channel he started to help others learn more about music …