OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial
The Phase 2 trial is not definitive, but it comes as vaccine access is severely restricted.
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The new Dolby Vision 2 HDR standard is probably going to be controversial
It addresses two scourges of modern TV viewing—but maybe not in the way we want.
Alation and Immuta in Data Access Hookup
Sometimes you compete, and sometimes you cooperate. In the case of Alation and Immuta, the two companies today are celebrating a new partnership that will see them cooperating to help Read more… The post Alation and Immuta in Data Access Hookup appeared first on BigDATAwire.
Ousted Democratic FTC commissioner can return (again) for now
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This happened once before when Slaughter briefly returned to her office months after Trump claimed to fire her, when US District Court Judge Loren AliKhan found her dismissal […]
Implementing the Caesar Cipher in Python
Julius Caesar was a Roman ruler known for his military strategies and excellent leadership. Named after him, the Caesar Cipher is a fascinating cryptographic technique that Julius Caesar employed to send secret signals and messages to his military personnel. The Caesar Cipher is quite basic in its working. It works by shifting all the letters […] The post Implementing the Caesar Cipher in Python appeared first on Towards Data Science.
Amazon’s Lens Live AI shops for anything you can see
Amazon will now let you shop for products by pointing your camera at them. On Thursday, the company announced Lens Live, a new feature that uses your camera to scan things in the environment around you, while surfacing matching product listings. This feature, which is only rolling out to the Amazon Shopping app on iOS […]
Google and Apple’s $20 billion search deal survives
Google will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in the US v. Google antitrust case on Tuesday. Executives from both Apple and Firefox-made Mozilla have defended their search deals with Google, with Mozilla’s CFO […]
The best deals on MacBooks right now
Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for newer models, but some retailers are still selling the 2020 laptop starting at $599 ($50 off) at Walmart — a far cry from the $2,499 starting […]
US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdown
On August 5th, 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in the case of United States of America v. Google, saying, “…the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.” Nearly a year later, the judge has […]
New gift expands mental illness studies at Poitras Center for Psychiatric Disorders Research
A commitment from longtime supporters Patricia and James Poitras ’63 initiates multidisciplinary efforts to understand and treat complex psychiatric disorders.