Monthly Archives: July 2021

Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record

Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record

Karsten Warholm made history on Thursday. (Photo by ANNIKA BYRDE/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) The men’s 400-meter hurdles officially has an Olympic favorite. And a new world record-holder. Karsten Warholm, a 25-year-old Norwegian hurdler, clocked a 46.70-second time in the 400m hurdles at a Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday to break a 29-year-world record, according to NBC Sports. The record was previously held by American Kevin Young, who ran a 46.78 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The… Source link

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Google reports soaring attrition among Black women

Google reports soaring attrition among Black women

The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo July 1 (Reuters) – Workers identifying as “Black+” or “Latinx+” left Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google at higher rates last year than in 2019, the company said on Thursday in its latest annual diversity report, highlighting a persistent challenge to growing representation. What Google calls an attrition index, with 100 as a baseline, registered at 121 last year for… Source link

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As Delta variant surges, Fauci and Walensky say vaccines, not masks, are the solution

As Delta variant surges, Fauci and Walensky say vaccines, not masks, are the solution

WASHINGTON — Top science officials in the Biden administration sought on Thursday to allay concerns about the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, which has prompted renewed calls for mask wearing in some places. Compounding the alarm was an announcement last week from the World Health Organization that even vaccinated people should continue to wear masks. “Vaccine alone won’t stop community transmission,” a top WHO deputy explained in justifying the move, which appeared… Source link

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The outrage factor in the Trump Organization indictments

The outrage factor in the Trump Organization indictments

Charges of larceny, tax fraud and other crimes come at inconvenient time for the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. Company attorneys say New York prosecutors politically hostile to Trump are chasing trivial matters no other prosecutor would bother with. Yet the details of the indictment reveal wealthy executives padding their bank accounts by exploiting privileges ordinary workers can only dream of. It’s exhibit 999 or maybe 1,001 in the recent parade… Source link

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Gettr, Social Network Launched by Trump’s Ex-Spokesman, Immediately Attracts Trump Imposters

Gettr, Social Network Launched by Trump’s Ex-Spokesman, Immediately Attracts Trump Imposters

UPDATED: Donald Trump may or may not be joining “Gettr,” a newly launched social app from the ex-president’s ex-spokesman. The twice-impeached Trump has been kicked off — or frozen out of — mainstream social media services over his role in the Jan. 6 assault on Capitol Hill. But after news broke Thursday about the app’s ties to the former U.S. president, it was quickly populated with fake accounts from people trying to make it look like Trump had joined the app. Gettr was founded… Source link

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New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year

New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year

New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year The massive COVID rescue package President Joe Biden signed back in March — the same law that included $1,400 stimulus and the upcoming monthly payments for families — is now offering free health insurance to millions of Americans, through the end of 2021. The benefit’s zero-premium health care plans just became available, as of July 1, and there are no income limits to qualify. But you must meet one big… Source link

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Krispy Kreme pops in 2nd IPO as CEO sees ‘transformed’ company

Krispy Kreme pops in 2nd IPO as CEO sees ‘transformed’ company

Krispy Kreme (DNUT) on Thursday began its second incarnation as a public company, listing on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “DNUT.”  Shares of the doughnut chain priced in at $17 on Wednesday, slightly below the expected range of $21 to $24. Yet the stock popped by nearly 10% in midday trading, after a lackluster debut at $16.30 per share. Analysts had initially seen Krispy Kreme’s valuation topping $3 billion, but the stock listing undermined some of the loftier estimates. Still, CEO… Source link

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Patrick Beverley to face suspension for Chris Paul shove

Patrick Beverley to face suspension for Chris Paul shove

LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul was feeling it. He couldn’t be stopped. The Phoenix Suns kept feeding him. Teammate Jae Crowder kept asking him in the fourth quarter if he could taste it yet, referring to sweet victory. Paul’s replies were no. That was bad news for the Los Angeles Clippers. Midway in that final frame with Los Angeles up 23, Clippers pesky guard Patrick Beverley was hounding the star guard defensively. Paul asked for a pick from Deandre Ayton and got the switch he wanted in… Source link

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Google Sold $2.5 Million In AI To The Pentagon For Its Covid-19 Recovery

Google Sold .5 Million In AI To The Pentagon For Its Covid-19 Recovery

Google is doing various deals with American defense agencies. One unreported contract from 2020 … [+] shows how its cloud and AI tools could prove useful to the Pentagon. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Amidst concerns over Big Tech sales of AI technology to the Pentagon, Google furnished the Department of Defense with cloud software and artificial intelligence tools to help the agency deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a previously undisclosed… Source link

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