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Jun 05 2024
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UM receives its largest federal research grant ever
"Alzheimer's disease and dementia will affect a growing number of older adults in the decades ahead, with huge implications for family caregivers and the cost of government support programs," Kenneth Langa, co-director of the study and professor of medicine at UM, said in a press release. “Our expanded data collection on cognition and disability in later life will be especially valuable to
Crain's Detroit BusinessFeb 11 2020
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FTC demands data about acquisitions from Google, Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission has issued special orders to five big tech companies — Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Facebook (FB.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) — to provide information about mergers that were too small to report to antitrust agencies, the agency said on Tuesday.
The orders were issued as part of a study that the agency
ReutersJun 06 2024
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As Hillcrest Plaza auction looms, outlook positive on strip mall investment, experts say
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The state of strip malls and shopping centers isn’t all doom and gloom, experts say. “Open-air shopping centers are in a pretty good spot into the future,” said David Caputo, a data scientist with Moody’s Analytics. “There was a lot of concern with the pandemic, but that hasn’
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewJun 07 2024
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Community rallies to provide backpacks and school supplies to students in need
Volunteers spent Friday morning stuffing backpacks full of free school supplies to support children in homeless or near homeless conditions. The fundraising for the 14th annual Stuff the Bus fundraising drive kicked off at the same time, accepting donations to provide children with the necessary school supplies for the upcoming school year. School data indicates there were around 11,500 local
Monterey County HeraldJun 06 2024
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TikTok ban fuels anxiety among Georgia entrepreneurs
Some of Georgia's small business owners are speaking out against a federal law that might ban TikTok nationwide. Why it matters: President Biden signed a bill in April to force TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its stake in the U.S. version of the app, or else it'll be banned in the country on Jan. 19, 2025. • Federal officials say China's government can use TikTok to harvest
AxiosJun 06 2024
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Homelessness down 28%: Officials credit increases in funding for services, affordable housing
It appears the number of homeless individuals on Hawaii Island has reached its lowest point in the last six years. It appears the number of homeless individuals on Hawaii Island has reached its lowest point in the last six years. That’s according to the Homeless Point-in-Time Count — a federally mandated annual snapshot of a day in the life of those without permanent shelter — conducted by the
Hawaii Tribune-HeraldJun 07 2024
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United Airlines is launching its own advertising network
United Airlines is trying to break into another business. The company announced Friday that it will launch an advertising network, called Kinective Media, meant to reach customers through its mobile app and in-flight entertainment system. The airline claimed the ad network is the first of its kind in the industry. Kinective will use insights gained from data collected on travel behaviors to
QuartzJun 06 2024
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The biggest changes Tigers starters have made to their arsenals this season
DETROIT — Modern pitching is a constant quest to find the perfect equilibrium, to stay one step ahead in baseball’s cat-and-mouse game in an age in which data rules everything. Discovering which pitches are most effective, and how often they can be used before the returns begin to diminish, is a tricky ordeal at the heart of everything in today’s game. The Detroit Tigers, under the tutelage of
New York Times (News)Jun 07 2024
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Adobe Promises That It Hasn’t Gone Full Big Brother
In the age of artificial intelligence, every internet user is reduced to their lowest form. In the eyes of the most powerful machine learning companies, we’re little more than training data. It’s a morbid existence, knowing that whenever you post to Reddit, review a restaurant online, or upload a photo of yourself, that could be scraped and used to train generative A.I. models to make the next
SlateJun 07 2024
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Map shows states with biggest decrease in prisoners
While some states saw more people enter the criminal justice system, other states actually saw a decline in incarceration, according to a new report from H&P Law. The report from H&P Law, a Nevada-based personal injury law firm, looked at data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) based on incarceration rates from each state from 2021 to 2022. Virginia was at the top of the list
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