The long-term effects of the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on minority communities has yet to play out, but one silver lining has emerged. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Black medical student enrollment has increased by 21% in the past year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Currently, African-Americans account for just 5% of the entire physician population nationally, though about 14% of the general U.S. population. Michellene Davis, CEO of National Medical… Source link

  A new research study from JCMR with title Global Shared Mobility Market Research Report 2021 provides an in-depth assessment of the Shared Mobility including key market trends, upcoming technologies, industry drivers, challenges, regulatory policies & strategies. The research study provides forecasts for Shared Mobility investments till 2029. The report does include most recent post-pandemic market survey on Shared Mobility Market. Competition Analysis : Uber, DiDi… Source link

One year after Google shuttered the internal game development studio for its struggling cloud gaming service Google Stadia, a report from Business Insider gives a clear idea of what’s next for the tech giant’s gaming efforts. It’s reportedly moving away from making a cloud gaming platform where subscribers buy and play games. Instead, Google will use the technology in partnerships with major third-party companies under the moniker Google Stream. As someone who has actively played… Source link

Team USA speed skating believed it just punched its ticket to the short-track speed skating mixed team relay finals … until the semifinal race went under review. The United States was eventually penalized and disqualified, paving the way for China to win its first medal at the Beijing Olympics. At the conclusion of the semifinal race, Team USA appeared to be in. The team finished second, behind Hungary. The top two teams advance to the finals. It was enough to knock China — the favorite,… Source link

PALO ALTO — Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to add to her expansive estate by demolishing three adjacent homes she owns to build a swimming pool and pool house that could cost almost $1.6 million. But so far, Palo Alto planning officials have said no, pointing out that a pool doesn’t warrant removing homes from the city’s housing stock. Like other cities in the Bay Area, Palo Alto is under intense pressure by the state to produce thousands of additional homes to chip away at a… Source link

Appointment Slots, the corporate offering, looks dated compared to Appointment Schedule. It’s also much less configurable—you can’t add custom question fields, for example, and there’s no way to automatically add a video call. So, to review: Individual Google users, basically anyone with an @gmail.com email address, can pay to upgrade to Google Workspace Individual. This includes the Appointment Schedule feature, which compares reasonably well with Calendly. Business Google users,… Source link

ZHANGJIAKOU — There comes a moment in the life of every gunslinger when the competition’s just too young and too fast. They come for your crown and your name, and if you stick around too long, you’ll lose both. For Shaun White, the moment he realized his time was done came last November in Austria. He watched younger snowboarders pulling off tricks that were beyond the reach of his 35-year-old body. His knee hurt, his ankle hurt, his back hurt. Exhausted and defeated, sore all over, he… Source link

I went to interview Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her headquarters in the Bronx last week, and to be honest I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would she and her people have an attitude? Would her office be a disorganized mess? And then I wondered, why did I have those preconceptions? The answer to the latter question says something about me no doubt, and maybe something about our current political environment as well. As it turns out AOC’s people were polite and professional, and… Source link

With Apple setting the tone, the stock market rose until Wednesday, buoyed by a series of fairly upbeat earnings reports. They included: Exxon Mobil’s disclosure that, thanks to soaring oil and gas prices, it had earned the most profit in seven years. The declaration by Starbucks that it had raised prices and would keep doing so. “We have additional pricing actions planned through the balance of this year, which play an important role to mitigate cost pressures including inflation,”… Source link

Nigeria is looking to Europe for funding to complete infrastructure projects such as railways, with a senior official in the West African nation saying Chinese loans are drying up. Analysts say Nigeria’s situation reflects a broader Chinese move away from funding these expensive projects in Africa, where China has provided hundreds of billions of dollars in loans to develop infrastructure as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. Last weekend, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi told Nigerian… Source link