US economic growth slows more than expected in first quarter
The Straits Times Business News GDP grew by 1.6 per cent, lower than the 2.4 per cent that analysts were expecting. Go to Source 25/04/2024 – 15:03 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
The Polysubstance Use Epidemic Has Arrived
Psychology Today: The Latest People are frequently using more than one drug at a time, and they’re more powerful than ever. That’s a deadly combination. Go to Source 25/04/2024 – 00:03 /Lantie Elisabeth Jorandby M.D. Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
LGBT adults in the US are twice as likely to experience disrespect or unfair treatment at the doctor’s office
PsycPORT™: Psychology Newswire More than a third of LGBT adults say they have become less likely to seek health care because of a negative experience with a provider in recent years. Go to Source 04/04/2024 – 15:03 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Guns rise to leading cause of death among US children
PsycPORT™: Psychology Newswire More children die from guns than anything else in the United States, but relatively little funding is available to study how to prevent these tragedies. Go to Source 14/02/2024 – 00:02 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Microsoft’s AI growth is helping cloud business chip away at Amazon’s lead
US Top News and Analysis Microsoft’s cloud is growing significantly faster than Amazon Web Services of late, thanks in part to its cozy OpenAI relationship. Go to Source 12/02/2024 – 15:05 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Fewer Canadians working from home: StatCan
A report shows fewer Canadians are working from home than at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also found working from home had potentially important implications for society. Go to Source 19/01/2024 – 18:04 /Nathaniel Dove Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Older people urged to get Covid jab as UK study shows avoidable deaths
Coronavirus | The Guardian More than 7,000 hospital admissions and deaths could have been avoided if people had been fully vaccinatedOlder people are being urged to become fully vaccinated against Covid as a world-first study shows thousands of hospital admissions and deaths in the UK could have been avoided if everyone had had all of […]Continue reading
Covid infections rise in Sydney as JN.1 variant drives cases across Australia
Coronavirus | The Guardian Case numbers were higher in the fortnight ending 6 January than during the 2023 winter peak, NSW Health data showsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCovid-19 infections in the greater Sydney area are approaching levels not seen […]Continue reading
A computer scientist pushes the boundaries of geometry
MIT News – Artificial intelligence More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid, known to many as the father of geometry, changed the way we think about shapes. Building off those ancient foundations and millennia of mathematical progress since, Justin Solomon is using modern geometric techniques to solve thorny problems that often seem to […]Continue reading
Alibaba sheds $20 billion in market value after scrapping plans to list its cloud business
US Top News and Analysis Alibaba lost more than $21 billion in market cap off the back of its ill-fated cloud spinoff plans, according to CNBC calculations of data from FactSet. Go to Source 17/11/2023 – 12:03 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom