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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive the biggest stories as soon as they're published. When Congress held hearings to investigate allegations of anti-Semitism on campuses in December 2023, the presidents of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania attended. At the same time, ProPublica's nonprofit Explorer saw a surge in visits to the three universities' pages. When the same congressional committee held further hearings in April, featuring former Columbia University president Nemat Shafik, visits to the universities' pages on the site peaked. When The New York Times ran…

Photo source: MEGAMeghan Markle's brand cannot maintain a stable workforce. Published on August 28, 2024 at 11:07 amMeghan Markle has been unable to find and keep a CEO for her 6-month-old lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, even with help from Prince Harry. “I think the Queen is going to continue to struggle to find people who want to work for her,” royal commentator Kinsey Schofield told GBN. “It's scary to think about.”Article continues below adPhoto source: MEGASix months after launching her lifestyle brand, the Duchess of Sussex has revealed “almost nothing” about it.”The rumor is that if she can't find…

What is going on here?Tough European Union rules are driving tech companies away, meaning we won't be seeing any cool new products from Apple or Meta in the region.What does this mean?Europe's Digital Markets Act has been unpopular with tech giants, mainly because it could force compromises on security measures. That has led some companies to put their money-making tools in their pockets instead of just their words. Apple has been keeping its iPhone's flashy features out of Europe since it halted the European rollout of Apple Intelligence in June. Meta has also pulled out of Europe with its shiny…

I live in Los Angeles and enjoyed visiting Victoria, Canada. The locals I met in the capital of British Columbia were very happy and friendly. Victoria felt like a unique mix of England and Portland. I would love to return in the future. Thank you for subscribing! Access your favorite topics on the go with your personalized feed. Download the App By clicking “Sign Up”, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at any time by visiting your settings page or clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of our emails. Photos of Victoria make it…

CEO Michael Slupecki sees the integration of AI as a key strategy to differentiate Griswold from traditional home care providers by bridging the gap between non-medical home care and healthcare. Griswold is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the quality of its non-medical home care services. “Our number one strategy has been to differentiate ourselves from traditional non-medical home care and bridge the gap between non-medical home care and healthcare,” CEO Michael Slupcki recently told McKnight's HomeCare Daily Pulse. “How can we provide tools in a non-medical setting to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and improve our clients' ability to live longer,…

So far, 19 cases have been reported in Europe, all involving travellers who had visited the same two countries. advertisementThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned about an increase in cases of Oropauche virus infection in the Americas, and cases have also been reported in Europe.In June and July this year, 19 cases of Oropouche virus disease, also known as “sloth fever,” were reported for the first time in European countries. All of the symptomatic travellers who returned to Europe had been to Cuba or Brazil.Read on for what travelers need to know about this deadly…

From prehistoric cave paintings to Swiss glaciers, these European World Heritage sites are at risk of floods and drought. advertisementSome of the world's most iconic UNESCO World Heritage sites, from the Swiss Alps to the Sydney Opera House, could disappear due to climate change, according to a new analysis.Floods, coastal erosion, landslides, high winds, extreme heat, storms and cyclones are just some of the climate-related disasters that will hit iconic places around the world.Climate risk data analytics company Climate-X modeled how these would affect 500 landmarks, identifying the top 50 landmarks most at risk by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions…

As businesses race to adopt generative AI and bring new services to market, demands on data center infrastructure are at an all-time high. Training large language models is one challenge, but delivering real-time services that leverage LLMs is another. In the latest round of MLPerf industry benchmarks, Inference v4.1, the NVIDIA platform was the top performer in all data center tests. The first submission for the upcoming NVIDIA Blackwell platform revealed that using the second-generation Transformer Engine and FP4 Tensor Cores, it delivered up to 4x performance over NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs on MLPerf's largest LLM workload, Llama 2…

Payments companies MoneyGram International and Adyen both announced top technology hires this week, highlighting the importance of all things digital as the industry rapidly evolves. International money transfer company MoneyGram has appointed Josh Gordon-Blake as chief digital officer, the company said in a press release Monday, saying he will spearhead the Dallas-based company's digital strategy, including the global expansion of its mobile apps and online services. Dutch digital payments processor Adyen has appointed Tom Adams as its new chief technology officer, replacing Alexander Massey, who is set to leave the company at the end of the year, it said in…

According to EastFruit, Southeast Asia may soon become a new export market for one of Egypt's most surprising fruits: mangoes. This seems unrealistic, given that the region has at least five well-known mango producers and net exporters (Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia), the latter being the second-largest mango producer in the world. However, some markets in Southeast Asia could become promising destinations for Egyptian mango exports, which are currently being actively developed in other regions such as Europe and the Middle East. “Despite Southeast Asia being the leading exporter of mangoes, the region also imports a significant amount…