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☆ Daytime sleepiness may be linked with pre-dementia syndrome, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Among participants who experienced excessive daytime sleepiness and a lack of enthusiasm, 35.5% developed motoric cognitive risk syndrome compared with 6.7% of people without those problems, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology. “Establishing the relationship between sleep dysfunction and MCR risk is important because early intervention may offer the best hope for preventing dementia,” the authors said. Over a follow-up period of roughly three years on average, 36 participants developed motoric cognitive risk syndrome. But when the authors considered the seven sleep components separately, only daytime dysfunction was associated with 3.3 times higher risk of MCR. Spires-Jones pointed out that for the potential link between daytime dysfunction and MCR, reverse causation is also possible.

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☆ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces independent run for president, ending Democratic primary challenge to Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Environmental lawyer and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday his independent candidacy for president, officially ending his effort to defeat President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary in favor of a long-shot general election bid. Kennedy’s campaign as an independent could further complicate a general election race that’s already expected to be closely contested. A Reuters/Ipsos poll of a hypothetical three-way race between Biden, Trump and Kennedy conducted last week among likely voters found 14% of voters supported Kennedy, with 40% supporting Trump and 38% supporting Biden. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country, ” Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P Kennedy II and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said in a statement. He said he supported Trump in 2016 and 2020, but said he plans to support Kennedy in 2024.

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By Ian ParmeterIn hindsight, the drivers of Hamas’s startlingly well-planned, land-sea-air attack on Israel on Saturday were in plain sight. The operation reflects a pattern of four wars and regular outbreaks of violence between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza since 2005, when Israel withdrew its military posts and forcibly removed 9,000 Israeli settlers from the territory. Each time Hamas has launched rockets at Israel or engaged in similar provocations, it has drawn heavy retaliation from Israel in the form of major bombings on the Gaza Strip. Hamas does not recognize Israel, but has said it would observe a truce if Israel withdrew to its 1967 borders. The significance of a Palestinian entity being able to surprise Israel in the same way would not be lost on Hamas.

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Details of how the Taliban intend to expand and manage mass surveillance, including obtaining the U.S. plan, have not been previously reported. "At the present we are working on a Kabul security map, which is (being completed) by security experts and (is taking) lots of time," he said. The Taliban strongly denies that an upgraded surveillance system would breach the rights of Afghans. A July U.N. monitoring report said there were up to 6,000 Islamic State fighters and their family members in Afghanistan. The Afghan "home base" locations of Islamic State fighters are in the eastern mountainous areas, said Schroden.

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☆ Bitcoin rallies 10% to highest level in over a month as traders get bullish on ETF news
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bitcoin rose to its highest level in more than a month on Wednesday, as traders got excited about the prospects of a spot bitcoin ETF following a series of recent applications from companies including BlackRock . The price of bitcoin jumped 10% to $29,405.22 at about 11 a.m. ET, the highest point since May 6, according to CoinGecko data, extending gains from earlier in the day. Investors are growing bullish about the prospects of BlackRock and other major institutional names getting involved in digital assets. "The slate of spot bitcoin ETF application announcements by larger institutions has definitely brought back bullishness into the crypto markets," Vijay Ayyar, head of international markets at CoinDCX, India's largest crypto exchange, told CNBC.

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☆ Bitcoin hits new high for June as more financial incumbents signal commitment to crypto
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The application came a week after the Securities and Exchange Commission sued two of the biggest crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase. The price of bitcoin climbed on Monday as financial institutions continued to give their bitcoin blessing. Then Tuesday morning, a new crypto exchange backed by financial giants Charles Schwab, Fidelity Digital Assets and Citadel Securities announced that it has been live for several weeks trading bitcoin and ether. Many financial incumbents are keen to show enthusiasm for blockchain technology and the ways it can advance old financial infrastructure. Bitcoin has struggled to break out of a narrow trading range this quarter but has yet to fall meaningfully under $25,000.

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☆ Ukraine reports small gains in early stages of counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It does not provide similar detail about fighting on the southern front where the main counteroffensive is expected. However, some prominent Russian military bloggers indicated that Ukrainian forces had taken Blahodatne and Neskuchne, although they said fighting for Makarivka was continuing. It is almost certainly far too early to draw conclusions about the fate of the counteroffensive from early skirmishes that may be more about testing Russian defences than pursuing a major advance. "When we see large, armoured formations join the assault, then I think we’ll know the main attack has really begun." But Yevgeny Prigozhin, the increasing recalcitrant and voluble leader of the Wagner militia, which captured Bakhmut from Ukrainian forces after almost a year of attritional fighting, said on Sunday he would refuse to sign.

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☆ China plans to revamp finance, tech oversight
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China plans to overhaul its financial regulatory system by consolidating aspects of the central bank and securities regulator under a new entity, while doing away with the existing banking regulator. The moves also come as Beijing has increased regulation on parts of the economy that had developed quickly, with little oversight. The latest plan calls for the establishment of a National Financial Regulatory Administration, which replaces the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and expands its role. watch nowThe China Securities Regulatory Commission's investor protection responsibilities are set to shift to the new financial regulator. "China's consolidated financial regulatory body is [a] paradigm shift to ramp up oversight of its vast financial system," said Winston Ma, adjunct professor of law at New York University.

☆ Former Apple and Cisco engineers are 'sneaking' cheaper, energy-saving tech into buildings. See the pitch deck they used to raise $4 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Domatic's founders walked Insider through the pitch deck they used to raise seed capital. When smart home products began to take off in the early 2010's, Baldwin became obsessed with Nest cameras and security systems. "There's a parallel universe where I had gone to Nest," to help develop its products, Baldwin said. "This is sneaking the smart system into the building" through the wiring, Baldwin said. Wong and Baldwin walked Insider through the pitch deck they used to raise the round.

☆ G20 watchdog homes in on decentralised finance after FTX crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

FSB member countries will now "proactively" analyse vulnerabilities from DeFi as part of regular monitoring of crypto markets, the report said. The collapse of FTX last November exposed vulnerabilities in intermediaries and DeFi, the report said. FSB DeFi Graphic 1SUPERVISION GAPSThe most worrying vulnerability in DeFi relates to "mismatches" in liquidity from different maturities in liabilities and assets, the report said. Until the sharp retreat in bitcoin prices and the FTX crash, regulators had largely focused on cryptoassets rather than related technology. FSB DeFi Graphic 2Reporting by Huw Jones Editing by Helen PopperOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A 26-story pig skyscraper in China will slaughter 1 million animals a year, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Hannah Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China's skyscraper pig farm aims to tackle the country's growing pork demands, The Guardian reports. The Guardian reported the new tower in China is the largest "single-building pig farm in the world." Statements on the company's WeChat account analyzed by The Guardian reveal the farm-in-the-sky will house more than 600,000 animals. Animals are automatically fed via buttons in a central control room, and the pigs' waste is used to generate heating and power. Hubei Zhongxin Kaiwei Modern Farming, the company behind the development, has already sent 3,700 sows to the farm, The Guardian reported.

☆ The untold story of how Amazon siphoned FedEx talent, setting Amazon Logistics up to soar while FedEx flounders
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-29 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Insider spoke with seven former FedEx executives who went to work for Amazon from 2012 to 2018 and five more who worked at either FedEx or Amazon at the same time. You are executing someone's playbook," one former FedEx executive who went to Amazon said. Amazon Logistics leaders would study the intricacies of FedEx and UPS operations, take the best elements, and act like they were homegrown, former leaders said. The strategy — which FedEx used to great effect with its SmartPost service — "printed money for Amazon," one former Amazon Logistics leader said. And in 2020, less than a decade after getting serious about logistics, Amazon hit a milestone: It delivered more packages than FedEx.

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