Two People Die After Paid Plasma Donation at Clinics in Canada
Grifols, a Spanish health care company, operates clinics in Canada that collect blood plasma from donors in exchange for an honorarium. Source link
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China's biggest political meeting is ending – what have we learned?
BBC correspondents give us their biggest takeaways from China’s National People’s Congress. Source link
Atlassian slashes 10% of workforce to ‘self-fund’ investments in AI
Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian Corp., in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 6, 2023. Lisa Maree Williams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Atlassian said on Wednesday that it’s eliminating 10% of its workforce, or about 1,600 jobs, as the company restructures following a plunge in its stock price driven by developments in artificial intelligence. “We are…
6 hands-on jobs surprisingly safe from AI, according to Anthropic’s report
On the flip side, the report confirms that the more “digital” your job is, the more exposed you are. The data shows that computer programmers face a staggering 75% exposure rate, followed closely by data entry keyers (67%) and financial analysts. Interestingly, the report flipped the old “automation replaces blue-collar” narrative on its head. Today’s…
Old intel may be to blame for U.S. strike on Iranian school, sources say
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Old intel may be to blame for U.S. strike on Iranian school, sources say 04:41 UP NEXT Trump describes conflict with Iran as ‘a little excursion’ 01:32 ‘We could do a lot worse’: Trump on what else needs…
New US ambassador to South Africa summoned over 'undiplomatic remarks'
Leo Brent Bozell apologises after weighing in on a dispute rooted in the country’s apartheid past. Source link
The memory stock cycle of boom-bust-repeat is over, executives say
The artificial intelligence spending blitz has the memory industry dancing to a new tune. Shares of Micron are up more than 370% over the past year, while Sandisk, which only listed in February of last year, is up more than 1100%. For decades, memory stocks were stuck in a trader’s game, a boom-bust-repeat pattern, but…
Why aeroplanes make a ‘ding’ sound during flights and what it actually signals |
Anyone who has travelled by air has heard it at least once. The calm cabin suddenly fills with a short “ding” sound that seems to come from nowhere. Sometimes it happens just after take-off, sometimes in the middle of the journey, and sometimes just before landing.For many passengers, the sound feels mysterious. Some travellers assume…
Outdated intel likely led to deadly U.S. strike on Iranian elementary school, sources say
The ongoing investigation has so far proven that the munition did not go off target, but rather hit the school because old intelligence showed it to be a military target, according to a U.S. official and three sources familiar with the preliminary findings. Witnesses and an Iranian Education Ministry official said previously that the school…
Ukraine says it has hit Russian ‘missile component’ plant
“In order to prevent such barbaric actions by the Kyiv regime from continuing, the special military operation is being conducted,” Dmitry Peskov said, using the Russian description for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Putin ordered on 24 February 2022. Source link