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The Godmother of AI Wants Everyone to Be a World Builder

Stanford computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is unveiling a startup that aims to teach AI systems deep knowledge of physical reality. Investors are throwing money at it. ...

‘Girls Will Be Girls’ review: A sublime coming-of-age tale that deeply understands girlhood

Girlhood, in all its pain, wonder, and perplexity, is a complicated business to accurately capture on screen. It’s so confusing some times. Relationships between mothers and daughters during ...

United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes

Image: The Verge United Airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade on all its jets thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. After teasing “something big” for the skies, United says that it will ...

Howbout raises $8M from Goodwater to build a calendar that you can share with your friends

There are plenty of calendar and scheduling apps that take care of your professional life and help you slot in meetings with your teammates and work collaborators. Howbout is all about finding time ...

How to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Dumb Phone

There’s such a thing as too much phone. Use these methods to silence notifications, eliminate distractions, and collar time-wasting apps. ...

European iPad users can download from third-party app stores starting next week

Fortnite maker Epic has already committed to supporting its iOS app store on iPads. | Image: Epic Games Apple will let iPad users in the European Union download apps from alternative app marketplaces ...

Election Deniers Want AI Cameras to Stream Footage of Ballot Dropboxes

An election conspiracy group has announced plans to livestream footage from ballot dropboxes and recruit sheriffs to help. Local officials are concerned about potential voter intimidation. ...

‘Three Women’ review: An odyssey through the complexities of female desire

This review discusses sexual violence, abuse, and mentions eating disorders.  Five years after the publication of Lisa Taddeo’s bestselling non-fiction book, Three Women, its TV treatment has ...

‘Daily Show’ slams Republicans’ hypocritical reaction to Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement

“Daily Show” host Jordan Klepper has broken down the hypocrisy of Republican reactions to Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. ...

Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI

This week, Reddit solved the long-running Celebrity Number Six mystery, but it almost got derailed thanks to accusations that the missing piece was made with AI. ...

The Coast Guard’s OceanGate Hearings Start Next Week—but Key Witnesses Won’t Appear

Because, according to sources, they’d plead the Fifth, the witness list is missing key executives and staff with knowledge of the fatal Titanic expedition, raising questions about just how much can be ...

Laverne Cox, Joey King and the cast of ‘Uglies’ hope people know they have choice in who they are

Laverne Cox, Joey King, Brianne Tju, Keith Powers and Chase Stokes break down the themes of privilege and choice presented in their new film, ‘Uglies.’ ...

Injury & Law

Midlevel Biglaw Associates Want Market Compensation, And They Want It Now

It’s time to show midlevels the money! The post Midlevel Biglaw Associates Want Market Compensation, And They Want It Now appeared first on Above the Law. ...

The State Of Knowledge Management And Innovation In Legal, With Patrick DiDomenico And Joshua Fireman

On Oct. 17 and 18, 2024, two of the legal industry’s leading experts on knowledge management and innovation will present the second-annual KM&I for Legal Conference in New York City. The post The ...

Folks Are Big Mad Over Biglaw Firm’s Recent Cuts

A&O Shearman is being slammed for ‘distasteful’ office closure. The post Folks Are Big Mad Over Biglaw Firm’s Recent Cuts appeared first on Above the Law. ...

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s new memoir, a snapshot of relentless optimism and grit

Share At her swearing-in ceremony to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2013, Ketanji Brown Jackson quipped to the group assembled, “It takes a village to raise a judge.” ...

Mesothelioma

Isolation and whole genomic analysis of mesophilic bacterium Pseudoglutamicibacter cumminsii in epithelial mesothelioma

Heliyon 2024 August 2 Nan Xu, Kunyi Wu, Ting La, Bo Cao Abstract The relationship between bacteria and tumors has been the hot spot of clinical research in recent years. Pseudoglutamicibacter ...

Survivor Praises Family and Friends Following Her Recovery

Carla Fasolo was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2021. Today, she says her family, friends and especially her husband positively impacted her recovery. “It wasn’t just family,” Carla recalls. “It was ...

Unleashing precision: A review of targeted approaches in pleural mesothelioma

Critical Reviews in Oncology and Hematology 2024 August 17 Mario Occhipinti, Marta Brambilla, Raimondo Di Liello, Paolo Ambrosini, Lorenzo Lobianco, Rita Leporati, Maria Salvarezza, Fabiana Vitiello, ...

Case report: ATM A1159T mutation in malignant peritoneal mesothelioma may be associated with tumor recurrence

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports 2024 August 16 Ying Li, Jintao Yang, Bei Zheng, Na Yan, Wenjuan Yang, Xinling Xie, Guoshu Xu, Meiling Zhang Abstract Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is an exceedingly ...

Insurance

Allstate to sell Employer Voluntary Benefits business to The Standard

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 13, 2024 – The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) announced a definitive agreement to sell the Employer Voluntary The post Allstate to sell Employer Voluntary Benefits business to ...

Crimes Against Customers: Part 1 – Financial Crimes

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance compliance is serious business. Falling out of compliance can have real consequences for everyone from insurance agencies, carriers, ...

The Future is Uninsurable? Hardly

In recent months the dynamic markings for voices asserting the insurance industry is not up to challenges posed by climate change have gone from mezzo-piano to mezzo-forte. In his endorsement of a ...

Become an Attractive Risk for Underwriters

This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB. Insurance Carriers are reducing their appetite for risk and increasing premiums. This means they are being much more selective in what they are willing ...

PCF Transportation Unwraps MVR Monitoring for Truck Drivers and Motor Carriers

This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services. PCF Transportation Practice Leader, Todd Lykke discusses what MVR monitoring is and how it can make a big difference in the trucking ...

Stay alert & keep your information safe

Be careful of people who may try to steal your personal information, trick you into paying them, or enroll you in coverage without your consent.   Never give out personal information, like your Social ...

Navigating the Healthcare Data Landscape for Human Capital Risk Enhancement

This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services. PCF Health & Benefits Practice Leader, Al Marino, teamed up with Hugh O’Toole, CEO of Innovu, to discuss ways to navigate ...

Defining Your Risk When Considering a Wrap-Up: Part 2

This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB. We continue where we left off in Part 1, looking to answer, is a Wrap-Up right for every project? Now that we have previously identified the 2 main ...

Innovating Insurance Distribution: The Role of Managing General Agents, Managing General Underwriters and Program Administrators

This post is part of a series sponsored by Dyad. In the insurance industry, managing general agents (MGAs), managing general underwriters (MGUs), and program administrators (PAs) fill a critical role ...

Insurance 101: Understanding Insurance Carrier Terminations

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. In the insurance industry, the term “termination” can refer to a few different things. First, there are policy terminations. These occur when an ...

Choosing Your Medicare Plan: Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage

This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services. PCF Senior Benefits Practice Leader Jason Milz offers a helpful guide to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. When it comes to ...

Defining Your Risk When Considering a Wrap-Up – Part 1

This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB. A Wrap-Up is an incredible tool that manages the risk presented by a construction project. This tool also returns a significant part of the project ...

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