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Washington University in St. Louis announced today that Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, one of the world’s most influential public health leaders, will become the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the university’s planned School of Public Health, effective Jan. 1. Galea In this critical leadership role, Galea will help shape and launch WashU’s first new school in 100 years. The school is part of WashU’s 10-year strategic plan to make both the university and St. Louis a global hub for solving society’s deepest challenges.“Sandro Galea’s choice to come to WashU is an endorsement of the strengths, opportunities and potential offered…
A new study analyzing downloads of productivity tools on Google Play shows that the overwhelming majority of mobile users turn to their smartphones to lead their work lives and schedule their daily tasks. Ta.According to a SplitMetrics report, the top apps in the business and productivity categories have amassed a staggering 4.7 billion and 55 billion downloads, respectively. Microsoft's LinkedIn leads the business category with a whopping 1.5 billion lifetime downloads, followed by video conferencing giants Zoom (1.1 billion) and Microsoft Teams (426 million), followed by OfficeSuite (195 million). followed by Indeed (188 million).Google is leading the way in the…
At last week's annual IAB Newfronts, major ad-funded platforms were busy announcing a range of new content, ad formats and measurement tools. While major social platforms announced new AI upgrades for users and advertisers, streaming TV startups also announced new ways to use visual AI and machine learning for targeting and measurement. Meta talked about using AI to predict his creator content organically for paid partners, using ML to suggest creators for brands, and tools to resize videos for Reels. . Hours later, TikTok announced it would add generated AI to its Pulse Lineups ad product and also vowed to…
A line is drawn in the sand. urban and rural, small and large, conservative and liberal. These lines will be erased and redrawn several times over the coming months.Uncertainty abounds as the nation's largest and most expensive full-time state legislature descends on Harrisburg for serious budget deliberations.Gov. Josh Shapiro touts unprecedented spending levels in his annual winter budget address, while conservative lawmakers argue for fiscal restraint during a period of fiscal turmoil. Education funding will once again be at the forefront of the debate as Congress debates how to divide the roughly $48 billion pie.With an unusually large number of…
Written by Jennifer RigbyLONDON (Reuters) – Three of the world's biggest health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.The Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced a research partnership in Denmark focused on finding affordable solutions, especially for people in low- and middle-income countries.Each will commit $100 million to the three-year effort.Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, said the main aim was to “break down the barriers between often…
Share this article After hitting a low of about $56,800 on Wednesday, Bitcoin rose more than 10% over the weekend, reversing early losses and topping the benchmark $64,000 mark.New inflows into US physical Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) during Friday's trading session, particularly the first inflow into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, acted as a positive catalyst for Bitcoin's price movement.The tragedy early in the week took much of the confidence out of the crypto market. However, similar to Bitcoin's recovery, investor confidence appears to have returned over the weekend.Market sentiment changed from “greed” last week to “fear” on Wednesday, remained…
Tom Brady attends Netflix Is A Joke Fest’s “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” at The Kia Forum on May 5 in Inglewood, California. Monica Schipper/Getty Images Tom Brady was a good, um, sport on Sunday night, where he was roasted about all aspects of his life, from his former marriage to Gisele Bündchen to his role in deflategate. Host Kevin Hart kicked off The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady by noting that the event would be focusing on the “greatest quarterback of all time.” “Wait, Joe Montana’s here?” he quipped. He went on to joke…
In a sports market that can sometimes seem cursed, fans are soaking up the buzz of their local teams' recent successes. MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins' winning streak came to an end Sunday, but local sports fans are still buzzing about the recent trends of most local professional sports franchises. Good news appears to be coming from a number of venues, including Target Field, Target Center, Allianz Stadium, and U.S. Bank Stadium. The Timberwolves defeated the Suns in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and have already taken their first game against the Nuggets in the second round. As Twins…
Tom Brady attends 'The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady' held at the Kia Forum on May 5, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lisa O'Connor/Variety via Getty Images)NFL fans are used to seeing Tom Brady attend big events on Sunday nights. But after retiring two years ago, the seven-time Super Bowl champion no longer plays in prime time.Previously, Brady was targeted by opposing defenders on Sunday night. However, in Netflix's live event “The Roast of Tom Brady, aka The Greatest Roast of All Time,” the quarterback was interviewed by Rob Gronkowski, host Kevin Hart, Julian Edelman, Bert…
5:00 ▪ 3 Minimum read time ▪ up to Fenelon L. Cryptocurrency exchange BitFinex has been the target of a major cyber attack by the notorious hacker group FSOCIETY. However, it has been a week since the panic erupted among users, and it turns out that the threat has been greatly exaggerated. BitFinex Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino provided an important clarification on the situation. FSOCIETY hackers spread panic On April 25th, the famous hacker group FSOCIETY, named after the Mr. Robot series, declared on the dark web that it had compromised over 400,000 BitFinex accounts and exposed 2.5 TB…