St. Jude Hospital and Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, selected Hayley Arceneaux for a trip to orbit in a SpaceX capsule. Hayley Arceneaux, 29, had hoped this would be the year that she would complete her aim of visiting all seven continents before she turned 30. She will not have …
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HONG KONG — First, it was travelers and university students bringing the coronavirus back to Hong Kong from Europe and the United States. Then, sea crews and bar patrons were the ones spreading infections. In the latest wave, a large cluster appears to have started in ballroom dancing halls that …
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Maintain your employer brand in a pandemic Read the VentureBeat Jobs guide to employer branding Download eBook When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, educational institutions shifted so rapidly to remote learning that students and teachers were barely prepared: Some schools asked parents to use paper instructions and workbooks, …
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Credit card interest can be unrelenting. Even if you don’t charge a single thing on the credit card for a full month, the balance can still go up. Credit cards are designed from the ground up to keep extracting money from your pocket as efficiently as possible and for as …
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GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now I’ve long embraced humor in my role-playing games. The Bard Tale’s IV is among my favorite RPGs of the past few years, and I’m always up for Dragon Quest’s puns. And right now, Wasteland 3 is still …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Smartwatches have become a huge business over the past several years, evolving past the “why do people need these” phase into trusted health monitors and secondary communication devices for millions of people. Apple currently dominates the global market with watchOS-powered …
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