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They Recycle Electronics – And People’s Lives – By Giving Ex-Felons Good Jobs to Imagine a Better World

June 22, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

A San Francisco company on a mission to “re-imagine waste” is now providing meaningful work to ex-convicts, making them partners in building a more sustainable world. Brightmark’s main projects have included an innovative plastics recycling program, and developing “renewable natural gas” from food and agricultural waste. But now, Brightmark has partnered with the social enterprise […]

Durant joins ownership group of MLS’ Philadelphia Union

June 21, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union. Durant, a 10-time NBA All-Star, has a 5% ownership stake, with an option for 5% more in the near future, the Union announced Monday. “I’ve always been a soccer fan and have wanted to get into it in a […]

Indigenous ICU patients suffer in long term

June 21, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Rigorous follow-up of Indigenous patients recovering from critical illness, particularly those who have discharged themselves from hospital, is essential, a new Medical Journal of Australia paper says. Researchers from Melbourne, Adelaide, and the U.S. analyzed 2007 to 2016 intensive care unit patient data measuring mortality collected from the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society […]

Recovery rally has further to run, so buy stocks: Morgan Stanley

June 21, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Stock market gains have further to run and investors are still under-pricing the scale of the world’s coronavirus recovery, investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS.N) said in an outlook note. “While the last four months have been exceptional, we think that this cycle has been, and will be, more ‘normal’ than appreciated,” said Andrew Sheets, the […]

Telehealth app Babylon Health allowed users to view other patients’ video consultations

June 21, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Babylon Health, one of the biggest players in the growing telehealth market, has admitted that a data breach in its app allowed a small number of users in the UK to view recordings of other patients’ video consultations with doctors. The firm says that only three users in the UK were affected and that the […]

New Website “Pandemic of Love” Connects 132,000 People in Need of Aid With Those Who Can Help

June 21, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

In times of crisis, we often don’t hear about the many quiet, compassionate responses made in those moments. Quietly in South Florida, a woman started an online grassroots effort originally meant to make a modest impact in her community. Now, it has raised millions of dollars for hundreds of thousands of people around the world. […]

Wilder would love to keep Dean Henderson next season

June 20, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Sheffield United would welcome the opportunity to keep goalkeeper Dean Henderson for a third-straight season but are respectful of Manchester United’s plans for the young backstop. Henderson, 23, will stay with Blades through the Premier League season as the club aims to finish in a European place just one year after being promoted from the […]

People born small for gestational age have a lower IQ throughout development from infancy to adulthood

June 20, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

People born small for gestational age (SGA) have a lower IQ throughout development, however the differences in IQ to those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) reduce by adulthood. The effects of SGA on IQ are nearly as large as being born into lower socio-economic status or receiving poor parenting in infancy. It has been […]

Dutch Tata Steel employees hold further strike actions

June 20, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Dutch Tata Steel (TISC.NS) employees held further strike actions on Monday to protest against job cuts planned as part of a broader restructuring, the FNV union said. A strike by workers on the nightshift, which started on Sunday at 2000 GMT, caused the entire production of packaging steel at Tata’s IJmuiden plant to come to […]

Google removes TikTok clone Zynn from Play Store after reports of plagiarism

June 20, 2020June 17, 2020laserlinecutscom

Chinese video app Zynn, a clone of the hugely popular Chinese video app TikTok, has been removed from Google’s Play Store following accusations of plagiarism. As reported by Wired this week, a number of high-profile TikTok users say their content has been uploaded to Zynn without consent. Some say their accounts have been cloned entirely, […]