1 hour ago Influencers Call These Medical Tests Lifesaving. Here’s What You May Not Know.

New research examined nearly 1,000 posts on tests for fertility, testosterone levels and cancer risk.

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2 h. ago Victim's family 'confident' Oklahoma's Richard Glossip will be convicted after Supreme Court orders new trial

Barry Van Treese's family is "confident" Oklahoma's Richard Glossip will be found guilty after the Supreme Court tossed his conviction and ordered a new trial.

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2 h. ago How federal layoffs are impacting national parks, from reduced hours to safety fears

Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.

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2 h. ago National parks already feel the effects of layoffs, even before the busy season starts

Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.

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2 h. ago Idaho prosecutors want to block Bryan Kohberger from arguing an 'alternative perpetrator' left blood at scene

Idaho prosecutors are asking a Boise judge to block Bryan Kohberger's defense from arguing an "alternative perpetrator" in their latest court filings.

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3 h. ago Owner of Stash’s Pizza pleads guilty to defrauding SBA for COVID

Stavros Papantoniadis is already serving 8.5 years in prison for mistreating employees. The post Owner of Stash’s Pizza pleads guilty to defrauding SBA for COVID-19 relief loan appeared first on Boston.com.

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5 h. ago Anagram takes a gamified approach to employee cybersecurity training

Despite employers requiring their employees to complete yearly cybersecurity training courses, human-driven cybersecurity breaches still happen. The problem could even get substantially worse as generative AI increases the scale and personalization of social engineering campaigns. Anagram, formerly known as Cipher, is taking a new approach to employee cybersecurity training that the company hopes can keep […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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5 h. ago San Francisco Goes DOGE: Mayor Demands Employees Show Up to Work

Newly-installed San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is taking a page from Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and requiring city employees to show up to work rather than working from home. The post San Francisco Goes DOGE: Mayor Demands Employees Show Up to Work appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 h. ago Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You

Warehouse-style employee tracking tech has expanded into job after job. Now, as millions are called back to the workplace, it’s finally coming for the American office worker.

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8 h. ago Hackers publish sensitive patient data allegedly stolen from Australian IVF provider Genea

Genea gets a court injunction after ransomware gang Termite claims to have leaked patient information © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 h. ago Thousands of exposed GitHub repos, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot

Data exposed even briefly can live on in generative AI chatbots long after the data is made private. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 h. ago When This Stanford Professor Got Cancer, He Decided to Teach a Class About It

Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine.

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8 h. ago A protein from tiny tardigrades may help cancer patients tolerate radiation therapy

When scientists stimulated cells to produce a protein that helps “water bears” survive extreme environments, the tissue showed much less DNA damage after radiation treatment.

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10 h. ago USAID instructions for fired employees gives them 15 minutes to gather belongings from shuttered DC building

Thousands of employees fired from USAID will have 15 minutes to retrieve personal belongings from their offices during designated time slots on Thursday and Friday.

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11 h. ago Prosecutors abandon effort to reverse Adnan Syed’s conviction

Prosecutors abandon effort to reverse Adnan Syed’s conviction  The Washington Post

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11 h. ago San Francisco Unified School District board unanimously votes to send preliminary layoff notices to hundreds of employees

San Francisco Unified School District board unanimously votes to send preliminary layoff notices to hundreds of employees  ABC7 Bay Area

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14 h. ago SJC denies new trial for Philip Chism, upholds conviction for murder of Danvers teacher

The Supreme Judicial Court upheld sentences against Philip Chism, who raped and murdered Danvers High School math teacher Colleen E. Ritzer in 2013. The post SJC denies new trial for Philip Chism, upholds conviction for murder of Danvers teacher appeared first on Boston.com.

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14 h. ago Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages

The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters. But a group of employees used it for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.

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15 h. ago ICE Seattle nabs five illegal immigrants with DUI convictions

ICE Seattle nabs five illegal immigrants with DUI convictions  MyNorthwest

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15 h. ago Federal board orders government to reinstate six workers fired by Trump

The Merit Systems Protection Board, the quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in federal employee labor disputes, has ordered a stay in the firing of six probationary employees.

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