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A 62-year-old New York visitor was swept out to sea Tuesday and died at Kauapea Beach on the North Shore of Kauai. He was found unconscious in the sea, and this marks the third Hawaiian visitor to be killed in the ocean in as short a week. The Kauai Police Department reported that around 11:15…
As a means of minimizing congestion at boarding gates and eliminating the conditions commonly referred to as “gate lice”-passengers crowding the gate before their group is announced American Airlines has been experimenting with a new concept on the way passengers are supposed to go about boarding an aircraft. The program is aimed at bettering customer…
At least one person has died and eleven others have been hospitalized following a deadly E. coli outbreak that has been linked to contaminated beef patties or onions used to make McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers. Throughout the investigation, ingredients are changed in other states for suspected contamination by beef patties or onions. The Centers for…
According to new research, possibly less in evidence than those staring eyes, head shaking might be an unseen sign of concussion. Researchers believe that by adequately recognizing this movement, called SHAAKE, within concussion protocols, many untreated injuries-particularly in sports-might be avoided. There’s a subtle but potent concussion signal found by researchers from the Concussion Legacy…
Apple is said to be preparing a MacBook Air update featuring the M4 chip, a refresh likely to begin entering stores at the early stages of spring 2025 and only a few months following the launch of the M3 MacBook Air models during the first half of 2024. The released models so far contain the…
In a world where cybersecurity threats are growing at an unprecedented rate, the prospect of a password-less future is no longer only some pipe dream—it is reality. For decades, passwords have been the accepted guardians to our digital lives, but data breaches, hacking attempts, and phishing scams all grow more sophisticated while their weaknesses become…
Global finance is changing at a fast rate, and in the midst of this change is the effort to make cross-border payments speedier, safer, and cheaper. The demand for real-time payments augments the need to modernize infrastructure, and thus financial institutions face pretty stiff pressure. These financial institutions utilize state-of-the-art technology like blockchain, AI, and…
The U.S. Pentagon, in collaboration with the Small Business Administration (SBA), is set to inject billions of dollars into small businesses after all new investor licensing from the SBA, especially under the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative (SBICCT). This exciting move further seeks to strengthen national security, which is achieved in tandem with…
The year 2024 ushered in an unprecedented wave of concern about the risk of cardiovascular disease from long-term exposure to arsenic in community water supplies. Scientific studies, environmental health reports, and public policy debates are pushing this increasingly significant public health problem. Considering several studies and news outlets have viewed this aspect at length, the…
Quantum entanglement is one of the most interesting phenomena in quantum physics, whereby two or more particles become so entangled that the condition of one instantly affects the condition of the other, no matter how great the distance between them is. While traditionally described, entanglement has been considered instantaneous; recent experiments give new light to…
