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Flavored vapes at the Supreme Court and crisis pregnancy centers
online
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The use of hormone therapy subsequently plummeted. In 1999, almost 27%
of menopausal women in the U.S. used estrogen. By 2020, less than 5%
did. In my latest story, I talked to doctors about the latest research
on the risks and benefits of hormone therapy, and about why patients
might still be hesitant. Read more.

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US-China Rivalry Enters a New Arena in Africa - Bloomberg (No paywall)
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With his visit to Angola today, Joe Biden becomes the first US
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Metas Mark Zuckerberg seeks active role in Donald Trumps tech policies
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Policy chief Nick Clegg says social media company overdid it on
content moderation, as it seeks to placate president-elect

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Oprah Launches Weekly Podcast, YouTube Channel - Forbes (No paywall)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: Oprah Winfrey attends the Los
Angeles Red Carpet Premiere ... [+] Event for Hulu's "The 1619
Project" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on January 26, 2023 in
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Pakistans reliance on Chinese-built power plants is strangling its
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ISLAMABAD, PakistanWhen Muhammad Imtiaz received an electricity bill
of over $120 last summer, he panicked. The bill, for June and July,
was all he earns in a month of ferrying passengers on his motorbike in
the scrappy suburbs outside Pakistans capital Islamabad.

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China tightens curbs on exports of materials with chip-making
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China will strengthen controls on U.S.-bound exports of some materials
that are used in chip making and can have military applications, a
move that comes amid rising trade tensions between the two countries.














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Biden pardon threatens his legacyand Democrats fight against Trump -
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WASHINGTONJoe Biden made the central purpose of his presidency clear
in his Inauguration Day address: We have learned again that democracy
is precious. Democracy is fragile," he said at the U.S. Capitol, where
a violent mob had tried that month to overturn his 2020 election
victory. Bidens aim would be to unify the nation and shore up its
democratic institutions.

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More workers feel stuck on the job - WSJ (No paywall)
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White-collar hiring continues to slow, but workers restlessness to
find new work is intensifying, new Gallup data show. More than half of
20,000 U.S. workers surveyed in November said they were watching for
or actively seeking a new job. Thats the largest share since 2015,
eclipsing the so-called Great Resignation of 2021 and 2022, when
millions of people quit jobs for better ones.














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Microsoft faces $1.27 billion antitrust lawsuit over cloud services in
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Microsoft faces a 1 billion pound ($1.27 billion) dispute in the U.K.
over how it charges customers who buy cloud software services that
rival its own Azure, the latest antitrust challenge to the U.S. tech
giants approach to licensing.

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Are Intels problems too big to fix? - WSJ (No paywall)
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Intel announced Monday that Gelsinger is retiring as chief executive
and stepping down from the board of directors. The move had the tone
of a peaceful transition, but the reality was still clear, with
Gelsinger calling the day bittersweet" and board chair Frank Yeary
noting the goal of restoring investor confidence" in the press
release. Intels stock lost 61% of its value between Gelsingers first
day on the job in early 2021 and Fridays close, making it the worst
performer on the PHLX Semiconductor Index over that time, according to
data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The S&P 500 has gained 53%
over the same period.














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Elon Musk Department Says Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayer $150.7
billion
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Shortly after his victory in the 2024 election, President-elect Donald
Trump appointed the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, alongside fellow billionaire
Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead the newly established department dedicated to
reducing unnecessary government bureaucracy and curbing wasteful
spending.

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Why Street Cats Are Taking Over Urban Neighborhoods
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Jane and her husband loved the house they bought in central Los
Angeles in 2022, until they noticed the cats. Lots and lots of cats.
At any given time, more than a dozen would be lounging in their yard,
peeing on their packages, leaving dead birds in the grass and fleas on
their outdoor furniture. The amount of cat feces were exposed to is
truly insane, says Jane, who asked that her real name or the name of
her neighborhood not be used because of the ensuing battle over
feeding the cats.

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Warmer winters are fuelling a growth in algal blooms across the Great
Lakes
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While commonly associated with the summer, algal blooms can also
persist into the fall. As of late October 2024, blooms were still
present along the southern shores of Lake Erie. In the warm weather,
people flock to Ontario's small lakes to swim, canoe or simply enjoy
the tranquil shores.














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How did the human brain evolve to be so large? The answer may be in
our guts
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The researchers also found that mice with microbes from humans and
squirrel monkeys exhibited similar biological characteristics, which
could be driven by their shared trait of large brains. The two
larger-brained primate species are not close evolutionary relatives of
one another.

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South Korea President Backs Down From Martial Law Order After MPs Vote
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President Yoon Suk Yeo's surprise late-night declaration of martial
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The chief people officer of Yahoo explains why they don't do
performance reviews: 'At the end of the day, we're grown ups'
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Yahoo ditched its twice-yearly employee evaluations in 2022, and
hasn't looked back since. Instead of forcing the formal sit-down
meetings on workers, the company decided to opt for more casual
assessments.

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The French Prime Minister Will Likely Fall This Week. Then What?
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Only a miracle can save Barnier. There doesn't seem to be one on the
horizon.

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New powder that captures carbon could be quantum leap for industry
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An innocuous yellow powder, created in a lab, could be a new way to
combat the climate crisis by absorbing carbon from the air. Just half
a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can,
according to early tests.

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Opinion | Alzheimer''s Can Be a World of Endless Second Chances - The
New York Times
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When Dad first started forgetting things, I thought Id lost him. I
didnt imagine

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Cyber Monday 2024: Shoppers expected to set a record | AP News
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Consumers in the U.S. are scouring the internet for online deals as
they look to make the most of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon
on Cyber Monday.

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Jaguar boss defends rebrand after backlash - as new electric car
revealed | UK News | Sky News
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Jaguar 039 s boss says 039 we want to be bold and disruptive 039 as
its new electric car, which is expected to cost more than ?100,000
when the production version hits the market, was unveiled at an event
in Miami.

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Millionaire Father Sets up Kids for Success With These 3 Accounts -
Business Insider
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brennan
Schlagbaum, a 32-year-old CPA and founder of Budgetdog, who lives in
the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The following has been edited for length
and clarity.

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How Is AI Changing the Science of Prediction? | Quanta Magazine
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With lots of data, a strong model and statistical thinking, scientists
can make predictions about all sorts of complex phenomena. Today, this
practice is evolving to harness the power of machine learning and
massive datasets. In this episode, co x2d host Steven Strogatz speaks
with statistician Emmanuel Candes about black boxes, uncertainty and
the power of inductive reasoning.

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It''s Time to Talk About Your Advance Care Directive - The New York
Times
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Talking about your advance care directive with your loved ones will
make life -- and death -- easier later on.

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Sex advice: The doctor revealed why we weren't getting pregnant. I
feel like a complete idiot.
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Those were the longest minutes of my life.

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7 Easy Ways to Stimulate Your Brain As You Age
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Doctors and memory experts share simple strategies for stimulating
your brain to promote better brain health as you get older.

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A Former Drinker Asks, Am I Addicted to Running? | Vogue
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I thought, I can just keep going. I

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LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers and the three-year search for a
''laser'' in Dalton Knecht - ESPN
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For years the Lakers have tried -- and failed -- to find a consistent
long-range threat to complement LeBron James and Anthony Davis. In
rookie Dalton Knecht, that search might be over.

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Selfies Don''t Kill People
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And no place has ever been ruined by an Instagram post, either. Its
time to stop blaming social media for the worlds troubles.

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How the "two-day rule" can make your daily work-life much easier - Big
Think
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We all want to establish good habits and break the bad ones. Here 039
s the hack you might just need to help you do so.

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Patagonia''s Restructuring Has Led to Employee Fallout - Business
Insider
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The sustainable brand is cutting jobs and expediting service to
survive. Employees say the company has lost its soul.

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How the bullet train transformed Japan
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Sixty years after the world x27 s first high-speed train launched,
rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what x27 s
been dubbed the New Golden Route .

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When Should You Retire and Take Social Security? Boomers Share
Regrets. - Business Insider
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At what age should you retire? When should you start collecting Social
Security? Will you need to work part time in retirement?

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Pfizer, Eli Lilly execs push back as senators scrutinize drugmakers'
telehealth moves
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In latest health tech news: Pharma vs pushes back as Senators look
into telehealth moves, startups using AI for small molecule drugs, and
more.

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Three climbers from the US and Canada missing on New Zealanda??s
highest mountain
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Over the past century, dozens of climbers have died on Mount Cook,
where rockfalls are common and avalanches often occur at higher
altitudes. Local media reported in 2014 that 78 people had died since
1907.

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Chinaa??s share of global electric car market rises to 76%
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Cui said that Chinese carmakers were "eager to export" to Russia, as
international rivals avoided the market because of "risks". The US and
the EU banned the export of cars to Russia after the invasion of
Ukraine in February 2022.

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Syrian insurgents advance on Hama city after capturing Aleppo
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Assad has remained a pariah figure in the west although there have
been recent attempts to reopen diplomatic channels. The US state
department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a briefing on Monday
that Assad was “a brutal dictator with blood on his hands, the blood
of innocent civilians”, and that Washington’s stance on his rule
had not changed.

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Amazon teams up with Orbital to remove CO2 from the air at one of its
data centers | TechCrunch
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But if the cost is low enough, on-site carbon capture is appealing for
several reasons. For one, there’s no middleman to take a cut, as is
often the case in carbon markets. Plus, the amount of captured carbon
is much easier to verify. And if data centers do end up capturing more
carbon dioxide than they generate, Amazon and other companies can sell
the credits themselves, turning the system into a profit center.

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Clarifai introduces vendor-agnostic orchestration capabilities |
TechCrunch
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The company has raised more than $100 million in VC funding. Clarifai
most recently raised $60 million in a 2021 round led by NEA that
valued the company at $775 million, according to PitchBook data. The
company is also backed by VCs, including USV, Menlo Ventures, and Lux
Capital, among others.

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ThredUp fashion marketplace offloads its European business, Remix |
TechCrunch
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“This is a mutually beneficial outcome for both ThredUp and
Remix,” ThredUp co-founder and CEO James Reinhart said in a
statement. “We are confident that Remix will thrive under Florin
Filote’s leadership and the team’s expertise. This transaction
will allow ThredUp to focus on our core U.S. business and continue to
innovate and evolve our marketplace.”

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Exclusive: SpinLaunch raises $11M but hoped to raise much more, source
says
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Aria Alamalhodaei covers the space and defense industries at
TechCrunch. Previously, she covered the public utilities and the power
grid for California Energy Markets. You can also find her work at
MIT’s Undark Magazine, The Verge, and Discover Magazine. She
received an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art in
London. Aria is based in Austin, Texas.

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AI comes to software reviews as Stackfix raises $3M | TechCrunch
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Marketplaces for software and services based on reviews are starting
to reach their sell-by date. The user-generated reviews on sites like
G2 and Capterra

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Yurts raises $40 million to be the DoD's AI chatbot | TechCrunch
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Van Roo believes that we’re just scratching the surface of the
potential for enterprise-ready AI. “I’m confident that in the next
10 years, we’re probably going to get a pretty big next step-jump in
the model space. And I’m not going to solve that,” he said. “But
I think that we have a long way to go to really achieve the value we
can in enterprises.”

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'Corporate America Got Lost With Idiot Management And Inability To
Read The Room,' Says Kevin O'Leary, Citing Target And Anheuser-Busch
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Inspired by Uber and Airbnb – Deloitte's fastest-growing software
company is transforming 7 billion smartphones into income-generating
assets – with $1,000 you can invest at just $0.26/share!

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In RFK Jr.'s promise to go after 'big food,' some public health
officials see a silver lining
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to
head the Department of Health and Human Services, might be an
“imperfect messenger,” Mande acknowledges. But his campaign
to “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) has already catapulted
the issue to the forefront of the national conversation.

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Pharmalittle: We're reading about menopause treatments, Novo plans for
Wegovy in India, and more
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Researchers presented new evidence that hormone therapy can be
beneficial to menopausal women's heart health

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Hope Can Be More Powerful Than Mindfulness | Scientific American
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In difficult times, a forward-looking mindset may be especially
helpful

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Is Contraception Under Attack? - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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This year, for the first time in the roughly sixty-year history of the
birth-control pill in the United States, it can be bought over the
counter. You might not know about this developmentmany people Ive
mentioned it to dontbut you can now find an F.D.A.-approved version of
the pill at your drugstore or online, without a prescription, at a
cost of about twenty dollars for a one-month supply, or less than
fifty dollars for a three-month one. At the CVS in my neighborhood in
Washington, D.C., its near the condoms, on an open shelf (unlike, for
example, the locked-up laundry detergents and air fresheners). The
effort to bring the product, sold under the brand name Opill, to the
market was more than two decades in the making. It involved numerous
studies of safety and effectiveness, investigating everything from the
pills optimal formulation to how well people could understand the
package insert, including the warnings about a few conditions, such as
a history of breast cancer, that would preclude taking it. (They could
understand them quite well, the studies showed.)

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In RFK Jr.s promise to go after big food, some public health officials
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In their long slog to tame the big food lobby, Jerold Mande often had
to assure his allies that the time would come when the grueling
campaign to liberate America from its ruinous addiction to the
cheaply-made, laboratory-engineered productsknown as ultraprocessed
foodswould finally catch fire.

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