Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data July 12-16, 2021 Free Registration Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Intel launched its latest datacenter platform in the form of the 3rd Gen …
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When Peter Goldin, a 44-year-old communications director, and his husband decided to start a family through in vitro fertilization, they faced mounds of paperwork at the fertility clinic. What should happen to any remaining embryos if one partner dies or becomes mentally incapacitated? Who would decide whether remaining embryos should …
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The company defended its claims of 79 percent efficacy for its coronavirus shot and said it would release more up-to-date trial results within 48 hours. LONDON — The announcement this week that the AstraZeneca shot, the workhorse of global vaccine rollouts, had achieved nearly 80 percent efficacy in a gold-standard …
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Sam Wordley / Shutterstock.com The most widely known provision of the $ 1.9 trillion relief package before Congress might be a third round of stimulus payments, but that measure is hardly alone. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, as it’s currently known, is hundreds of pages long. The stimulus …
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Lions and tigers had already contracted the virus, but have recovered. Snow leopards at the Louisville Zoo are the latest animals to be infected with the coronavirus. One female cat, NeeCee, has tested positive and two males, Kimti and Meru, are presumed positive, based on tests at a regional veterinary …
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As coronavirus cases increase across the country, the Smithsonian will once again temporarily close eight of its Washington-area institutions on Monday. “The Institution’s top priority is to protect the health and safety of its visitors and staff,” the Smithsonian said in a statement. “We will use this time to reassess, …
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Wellness war on gluten notwithstanding, bread is wonderful. The toasty, crunchy outside, the soft, pillowy inside—if you’ve mastered making it yourself I salute you, as I still regularly think about a fresh-from-the-oven loaf I was served (mind you, I paid extra for it) at a farm-to-table restaurant about nine months …
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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 …
Read More »Nicole Glass Photography / Shutterstock.com Following weeks of impasse in Congress over continuing coronavirus-related financial aid, President Donald Trump took several executive actions on Saturday. The three new executive memoranda and a new executive order issued over the weekend cover a variety of relief measures, including continuing — but reducing …
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