The report said a protocol should be developed with costed plans for protecting students and staff, by offering options such as merging with another institution, restructuring or an orderly exit, where the university effectively closes but with arrangements in place for students, staff and courses. Source link
A cluster of hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has left three people dead and several others seriously ill, prompting an alert from the World Health Organization and raising questions about how a rare rodent-borne disease might spread in such an unusual setting. Source link
The US CLARITY Act, which aims to provide the US crypto industry with greater regulatory clarity, is set to be voted on by the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday. On Friday, Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott confirmed the legislation will go to a vote on Thursday, triggering a strong reaction across the crypto industry,…
SwitchBot is introducing a new version of the tiny button-pressing robot that helped launch the company a decade ago. The functionality of the new SwitchBot Bot is exactly the same as the original that the company will continue to sell, but comes with a rechargeable battery instead of a disposable one. The wirelessly controlled SwitchBot…
Key takeaways Mastercard is integrating stablecoins into its payment infrastructure to modernize the back-end settlement process, allowing banks and issuers to settle card transactions using regulated digital dollars such as SoFiUSD. The partnership with SoFi Technologies enables SoFi Bank to settle Mastercard transactions in SoFiUSD, while Galileo’s platform allows other banks and fintech issuers to…
A friendly map may not be enough for Republicans to hold the Senate Source link
In the juiciest speech in “The Devil Wears Prada,” Miranda Priestly, the frosty-haired, frosty-souled Runway magazine editrix played by Meryl Streep (in a performance that should have won her the Oscar), looks over Andy (Anne Hathaway), her dressed-down second assistant, and dresses her down all the more by explaining that Andy may think she has…
A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara. Source link
RZA’s new movie One Spoon of Chocolate got some unexpected promotion at an unlikely venue this week. Coffee shop customers at Quentin Tarantino’s establishment urged fellow moviegoers to catch the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s latest theatrical release. A social media user posted about the casual endorsement on X. The user wrote from Tarantino’s coffee shop: “At…
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the Season 22 finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” Doctors Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) have finally clocked out of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. In the Season 22 finale of the ABC medical drama, Owen survives a bridge collapse on…