Roku says hackers have stolen another 576,000 usernames and passwords
Hackers stole credentials for hundreds of thousands of Roku accounts, the company affirmed. (Computer-generate image by The Desk) Streaming TV company Roku says it is notifying more than a half-million customers about a data breach that may have affected their accounts. In a notice published on…#roku (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alerta cannabis: a tailored-computer web-based program for the prevention of cannabis use in adolescents: a cluster-randomized controlled trial protocol - Lima-Serrano M, Barrera-Villalba C, Mac-Fadden I, Mesters I, de Vries H.
BACKGROUND: The growing use of cannabis in adolescence is a public health problem that must be addressed through prevention. In Spain, the average age of initiation of cannabis use in the adolescent population is 14.8 years. At 14 years, the lifetime preva... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Your brain on genetics
There ’s nothing like seeing new perspectives through the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.Dr. Daniel Geschwind— without getting too philosophical, he promises — is ready to explain why.Geschwind, the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry at UCLA, has been a pioneering neurogeneticist for more than 25 years, during which time a genomics revolution has allowed research, much of which has come out of UCLA, to show that psychiatric disorders have pathology that ties t hem together.In the last 10 years, hundreds of genes that increase s...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
' Swag, Computers, And Travel': Fani In Hot Seat Again After DOJ Uncovers'Inconsistencies' With $480K Grant
'Swag, Computers, And Travel': Fani In Hot Seat Again After DOJ Uncovers 'Inconsistencies' With $480K Grant The Justice Department has uncovered "inconsistencies" in a $480,000 federal grant used by Fulton County DA Fani Willis, two years after she fired a whistleblower who warned against misusing…#fultoncountyda #faniwillis #washingtonfreebeacon #willis #fultoncounty #atlanta #jimjordan #amandatimpson #donaldtrump #michaelcuffee (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AWS told to pay $525M in cloud storage patent suit
Amazon Web Services has been ordered by a jury to pay $525 million for infringing distributed data storage patents in a case brought by a technology outfit called Kove IO. Kove, which styles itself as a pioneer in high-performance computer storage and data management technologies, filed its…#amazonwebservices #koveio #pdf #aws #amazon #method #johnoverton #dr #stephenbailey #overton (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Amazon adds AI expert Andrew Ng to board as GenAI race heats up
Amazon.com on Thursday added Andrew Ng, the computer scientist who led artificial intelligence projects at Alphabet's Google and China's Baidu, to its board amid rising competition among Big Techs to add users for their GenAI products. Amazon's cloud unit is facing pressure from Microsoft's early…#amazoncom #andrewng #alphabet #google #baidu #genai #amazon #openai #alexa #andyjassy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
12 Stocks' Insane Growth Is About To Blow The Doors Off
When the S&P 500 is up as much as it already is this year, investors demand growth. And some stocks are about to deliver — and then some. A dozen stocks in the S&P 500, including Nvidia (NVDA) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI) plus Micron Technology (MU), are expected to post 30% or higher revenue…#nvidia #nvda #supermicrocomputer #smci #microntechnology #johnbutters #kingpinnvidia #micron #extraspacestorage #lasvegassands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adolescents' methods for coping with cyberbullying - Gavcar EG, B über A, Şenol H.
Access to the internet and text messaging have affected social communication among young people in recent years. Most teenagers have a personal computer or cell phone. In this way, they can communicate with several people at the same time every day and are... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Embattled Harvard honesty professor accused of plagiarism
Harvard University honesty researcher Francesca Gino, whose work has come under fire for suspected data falsification, may also have plagiarized passages in some of her high-profile publications.
A book chapter co-authored by Gino, who was found by a 2023 Harvard Business School (HBS) investigation to have
committed research misconduct
, contains numerous passages of text with striking similarities to 10 earlier sources. The sources include published papers and student theses, according to an analysis shared with
Science
by University of Montreal psychologist Erinn Acland.
Science
ha...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
The mysteries of near-death experiences | Letters
Readers respond to Alex Blasdel ’s long read on the studies of brain activity immediately after deathAlex Blasdel ’s long read contains some fascinating facts and speculations (The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense, 2 April). However, it is odd to suggest that there are only three approaches to understanding so-called near-death experiences – physicalist, parapsychological and spiritualist.While the field of near-death studies is indeed full of “kooks and grifters”, many serious scientists and rational thinkers in this and other fields, who are neither parapsy...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Death and dying Health Society Philosophy Psychology Source Type: news
Quantum rush: Denver-Boulder area aims to be the Silicon Valley of the future
This story is part of CNBC's quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and employees. Imagine a world where computers solve problems billions of times faster than today's…#rockymountains #denver #atomcomputing #robhays #boulder #maybellquantum #antarctica #quantum #richardfeynman #colorado (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effects of immersive virtual reality training on balance, gait and mobility in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Lee J, Phu S, Lord SR, Okubo Y.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether immersive virtual reality (VR) can improve balance, gait, mobility and fear of falling in older people. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, ProQuest Central (Engineering and Computer Science) and reference lists o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
1 in 3 employees —including in-office workers
If you work an office job, perhaps it’s happened to you. You didn’t get enough sleep last night. You’ve powered through the morning, yet your to-do list stretches on. You’re moving a bit slower, sated from lunch. Your computer screen becomes hazy. You glance out the window to see the sun starting…#sleepdoctor #michaelbreus #phd #pollfish #rafaelpelayo #pelayo #smart #alainatiani #michaelgrandner #grandner (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Using your phone to pay is convenient, but it can also mean you spend more
These days, you don't even have to take your credit card out of your wallet in order to buy something. If you are shopping online, you can store your credit card numbers on your computer and just hit "click to pay." In a…#applepay #yuqianxu #chapelhill #appspresent (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From HS2 to the NHS, Britain doesn ’t cut costs. Disastrously, it just cuts corners
As governments across the world assess their responses to four years of successive economic calamities, it is clear the UK’s default reaction – to cut corners and adopt the cheapest route out of a malaise – has many hidden costs. Across the public sector, from warships to NHS computer systems and…#nhs #treasury #jeremyhunt #houseoflords #nationalauditoffice #duncanweldon #ippr #labour (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
