Stories about Shaquille O’Neal from his playing days — and even now — describe a guy who could swing between childlike joy and ruthlessness, who loved a prank and had…
Month: October 2020
Journal calls for use of objective data in root cause analyses of adverse medical events
Wrong-site surgery, medication errors, and fires in operating rooms can be devastating for patients, providers, hospitals, and insurance companies alike. In risk management, these are referred to as sentinel adverse…
Huawei ekes out third-quarter revenue growth as U.S. restrictions bite
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd eked out a gain in third-quarter revenue as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic added to supply-chain difficulties brought about by U.S. restrictions on doing business…
eBay launches sneaker authentication service to combat counterfeit sales
eBay is launching a new sneaker authentication service to verify that shoes sold on the platform match what their listings claim. According to CNN, the service will start the week…
School steps in to help hungry children after cruel Tory meals snub
A school has stepped in to offer £15 to families of pupils who receive free school meals after the Tory government's shameful decision not to help over half-term. A Northumberland…
Seven-year NBA veteran Kevin Seraphin retires from basketball at age 30
Kevin Seraphin, the French big man who spent seven seasons in the NBA (five with the Washington Wizards), has decided to retire from the game at age 30 due to…
Genome archeologists discover path to activate immune response against cancer
Ancient embedded elements in our DNA from generations past can activate a powerful immune response to kill cancer cells like an infection. The work builds on Princess Margaret Senior Scientist…
Take Five: U.S. election countdown, a Chinese plenum and the ECB
The last week of the 2020 U.S. presidential election race will test the durability of the Biden trade -- assets viewed as sensitive to the political fortunes of Democratic challenger…
Here’s Doom running on a Samsung fridge thanks to xCloud
I’m fairly sure cars were supposed to be flying by now, but instead we’ve managed something else that would have felt like science fiction a decade ago: playing Xbox games…
Pitbull mauled four people weeks after police deemed it safe to return to family home
A pitbull mauled four people after it learned to open a back door just weeks after police deemed it safe to return to the family home. Dangerous dog Hugo was…