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Shuteye and Sleep Hygiene: The Truth About Why You Keep Waking up at 3 a.m.
 You eschew caffeine after lunch, have stopped drinking alcohol and eat healthily. But you’re still staring at the ceiling in the small hours. Here’s why.
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Editor's Note: "It's a misconception that we sleep the night through - nobody ever does," says the sleep coach Katie Fischer. Waking as much as five or seven times a night is not necessarily a cause for concern - the most important thing is how you feel when you get up. "In the morning, do you feel refreshed, or groggy and unable to function, 30 minutes after waking?"
WorkWorkRationing by inconvenience: Health insurers count on customers not appealing denials - STAT (No paywall) When Jessica (not her real name) learned in her 20s that she had severe immunodeficiency, she was prescribed subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy (SCIg), a very expensive type of injection treatment that can protect against infection and prevent long-term damage from infections. She had no idea the challenges that would lie ahead when her physician submitted the request for prior authorization, or pre-approval from her private insurer.
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WorkTech Takes the Pareto Principle Too Far - Bobby Lockhart There's a reason video games build what's called a 'vertical slice'. If you're not familiar, a vertical slice is a single playable area, with all mechanics, final art, vfx, sfx, music, etc. Basically, a little piece of exactly how the finished game will look and feel and play. Work
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WorkWork WorkWork'The Brutalist' Director Speaks Out After AI Controversy Erupts The Brutalist director Brady Corbet is addressing the backlash caused by the revelation that AI was used in parts of the film's creation. Corbet issued a statement following revelations by the film's editor, David Jancso, in a Jan. 11 interview with tech publication Red Shark News. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWill Europe send troops to postwar Ukraine? Suddenly, a loud boom is heard and what looks like a Russian drone comes crashing into one of the many coalition miradors built along the de facto border. One soldier is killed and another wounded. In the hours following the incident, Russia blames Ukraine for shooting down one of its surveillance drones. How Europe responds could plunge the continent back into the throes of war. WorkWorkHow Trump can counter Irans nuclear ambitions | Mint - WSJ (No paywall) Will Irans Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei agree to nuclear negotiations with President Trump? According to the Justice Department, the clerics minions tried to assassinate Mr. Trump during the campaign. But given the Islamic Republics precarious standing in the Middle East, its ever-worsening economy tied to a collapsing currency and shortages of energy and gas, and a foreboding among many regime loyalists about their grip on Iranian society, Mr. Khamenei might be willing to make compromises in his nuclear aspirations in return for softened U.S. sanctions. After all, he has already made Iran a nuclear-threshold state. WorkWorkWhy William McKinley, the 25th President, Is Trump's New Hero It is an unlikely restoration for an American president whose little-noted but highly consequential time in office was sandwiched between Grover Cleveland and the swashbuckling Theodore Roosevelt. But the new attention says much about Mr. Trump’s ambitions for his second term. His prescription for curing whatever ails America includes expanding its physical footprint — to Greenland, to Panama and even to the surface of Mars. WorkHow Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With OpenAI and Google And it was created on the cheap, challenging the prevailing idea that only the tech industry’s biggest companies — all of them based in the United States — could afford to make the most advanced A.I. systems. The Chinese engineers said they needed only about $6 million in raw computing power to build their new system. That is about 10 times less than the tech giant Meta spent building its latest A.I. technology. WorkWhy Is It So Cold in the South If the Planet Is Warming Here's What We Know. This week’s Arctic blast highlights the escalating dangers of plunging temperatures, especially in areas unaccustomed to them. Deaths related to cold weather have more than doubled in the United States over the last two decades. In 2022, more than 3,500 people died from causes linked to cold exposure, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WorkOpinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America's Green Economy Then, other countries started poaching our technology. They lured companies abroad with free capital and cheap labor. Back in America, policymakers stuck to their laissez-faire guns. If employers wanted to move production offshore, who were we to question the free market? But our economic competitors weren’t playing by the same rules. The free market didn’t take our jobs; China and Mexico did, by tempting companies with financial incentives. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkEU trade chief says it acould considera UK joining pan-Europe customs deal Earlier this month, the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey used a speech in London to say that a customs union with the EU would be "the single biggest thing we can do to turbocharge our economy in the medium and long term". He also argued that closer links with the EU in both trade and defence could help the UK "Trump-proof" itself against the US president's second term. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkA $500bn investment plan says a lot about Trumps AI priorities - The Economist (No paywall) When President Donald Trump announced a half-trillion-dollar of private-sector investment in American artificial-intelligence (AI) infrastructure on January 21st, his second day in office, he basked in the accolades of the three men backing the Stargate project: OpenAIs Sam Altman, Masayoshi Son, a Japanese tech mogul, and Larry Ellison of Oracle, an IT firm. He called it the largest AI investment in history. Then came the kicker. This is money that normally would have gone to China. WorkScientific Americans 10 Most Anticipated MicrohistoriesComing Out in 2025 - Scientific American (No paywall) The new year can be a clean slate, giving us an opportunity to reinvent ourselves as someone who reads more. While were trying to predict what this year will bring, its important to keep one thing in mind: there are some great books coming out this year. Diving into microhistory, nonfiction books that seek to address larger questions by diligently focusing on a narrow or micro subject, can help cut through the noise. They can be a fun and easy way to become an at-home expert while checking at least one thing off your resolutions list. WorkTrump's call with Saudi Crown Prince results in $600B pledge to US Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince announced Thursday that the kingdom is set to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years. The announcement follows recent remarks by President Donald Trump, who hinted that his first international trip, if reelected, would be to the kingdom. WorkHughes Fire Burns 10,000 Acres Near L.A. The Weather Service said that warm and dry conditions were expected on Thursday, with another round of Santa Ana desert winds peaking around 9 a.m. Pacific time. Cooler conditions were forecast for Friday and through the weekend, with intermittent showers expected starting Monday morning, which could ease the fire threat. WorkAfter Snow and Frigid Temperatures, the Southeast Now Faces Icy Roads The storm was already extremely disruptive in the region earlier this week, with scores of schools canceling classes, airports delaying or canceling flights and travel made nearly impossible. Fueled by a whirling mass of Arctic air, the storm has also killed at least 10 people in Texas, Alabama and Georgia. WorkResidents Return to See What the Fire Left Behind, and to Say Goodbye A bonsai tree that had sat atop the urn was gone, and the ceramic vessel cracked when Ms. Miller picked it up. But the ashes of her daughter, Allison, who died four years ago at age 20 of congenital heart failure, were still there. Ms. Miller placed the urn in a cardboard box and prepared to load it into her car. WorkWhat Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More Many of the G.O.P.’s anti-spending members have said they cannot support a bill that adds significantly to the nation’s debt. But most of the major policies Mr. Trump wants included in the legislation are extremely expensive. Extending the tax cuts he signed into law in 2017 alone is expected to cost $5 trillion. Work TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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