VSC Ventures adds $14 million to its storytelling-meets-checkbook investment pitch It’s a hard time to be building in public. Which means that it’s a hard time to tell your story as an entrepreneur. Which means that for a new venture firm like VSC, which offers public relations support and storytelling advice in exchange for equity in start…
Is Oxygen the Answer to Long Covid? Treatment options for lasting Covid symptoms are limited, but initial studies suggest hyperbaric oxygen could help.
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Opening up a physics simulator for robotics As part of DeepMind's mission of advancing science, we have acquired the MuJoCo physics simulator and are making it freely available for everyone, to support research everywhere.
My Framework for Building Side Projects as a Solo Developer – Rauno Metsa When you work full-time, it's certain that you'll get paid.
When you freelance, it's almost certain that you'll get paid.
When you start a side project, it's uncertain if you'll ever get paid.
And this can make it hard to start a side project. But what if yo…
What =delete means In my C++ training classes, I often explain the meaning of =delete as
The library author is saying, “I know what you’re trying to do,
and what you’re trying to do is wrong.”
Cheney's defeat end of an era for GOP; Trump's party now WASHINGTON (AP) — Liz Cheney’s resounding primary defeat marks the end of an era for the Republican Party as well as her own family legacy, the most high-profile political casualty yet as the party of Lincoln transforms into the party of Trump.
Wisconsin school board votes in favor of pride flag ban WALES, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature.
Bank of America's overdraft fees down 90% under new policy NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and eliminated fees for bounced checks.
WHO chief: Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin color NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization described the persistent crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” and wondered aloud Wednesday if the reason global leaders have not responded was due to “the color of …
Pence tells GOP to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president's allies to defund the FBI, say…
Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S.
Blasts in Crimea underscore Russian forces' vulnerability KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians' vulnerability and the Ukrainians' capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines.
Article on 'fat' Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line.“Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,” it read in bold, above a photograph of the Iraqi actress waving onstage at an arts festival.
Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline.
Prosecutor: R. Kelly trial about singer's 'hidden' side CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly's federal trial on allegations that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial and enticed girls for sex is about the R&B singer's “dark” and “hidden” side, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday, while Kelly's attorney said not …