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☆ A fungus pandemic is unlikely, but not impossible. There's real science behind the mushroom zombies in HBO's new series 'The Last of Us.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new HBO Max series "The Last of Us" depicts a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungus pandemic. Here's the science fact and fiction behind the show, and the possibility of a fungal pandemic. The new scenario, first realized in the video game that the show is based on, is making viewers wonder whether a fungus pandemic can happen in real life. "A fungal pandemic is definitely possible," Norman Van Rhijn, a mycologist researching fungal infections at the University of Manchester, told Insider in an email. Still, fungal infections are on the rise worldwide, and researchers are concerned that more and more people are at risk.

☆ Here’s what will happen to the economy as the debt ceiling drama deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Minneapolis CNN —After the United States hit its debt ceiling on Thursday, the Treasury Department is now undertaking “extraordinary measures” to keep paying the government’s bills. And Americans — many people — would lose their jobs and certainly their borrowing costs would rise.”Dire warnings of debt ceiling trouble aren’t new. “2011 was the first time in a long time that we came close to a debt ceiling breach,” he said. “I think you would be hard pressed to say [the debt ceiling debacle] was a positive thing,” he said. Considering the potential consequences in the United States and abroad, Sheiner believes the debt ceiling will be lifted or suspended — eventually.

Summary Griner faces penal colony after losing drugs appealIn Russian system, inmates made to work long hours for scant payThreat of harsh punishment for breaking trivial rulesLanguage barrier makes ordeal even harder for foreignersLONDON, Nov 3, (Reuters) - Tedious manual work, poor hygiene and lack of access to medical care - such are the conditions awaiting U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian penal colony after she lost her appeal last week against a nine-year drug sentence. The first thing to understand, Alyokhina said in an interview, is that a penal colony is no ordinary prison. The quite cynical thing about this work is that prisoners usually sew police uniforms and uniforms for the Russian army, almost without salary." A more recent penal colony detainee, Yelena, described a similar regime to that experienced by Alyokhina a decade ago. LANGUAGE BARRIERFor a foreigner with little or no Russian, it's harder to navigate the system and deal with the isolation.

☆ Australia's Medibank drops after ransomware attack in IT network
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Shares of Medibank Private Ltd (MPL.AX) dived nearly 5% on Monday even after the Australian health insurer assured clients that normal business operations have resumed following an attempted ransomware attack on its network. Shares of Medibank fell as much as 4.8% to A$3.350, their lowest level since July 19. read more read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMedibank said last Thursday it would isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems after it detected unusual activity on its network. read moreThe company said its investigation indicated that its cyber security systems had detected activity "consistent with the precursor to a ransomware event" but that its systems were not encrypted by ransomware. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Shashwat Awasthi and Roushni Nair; editing by Diane Craft, Will Dunham and Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Australia's Medibank says normal operations resume after ransomware attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Australian health insurer Medibank Private Ltd (MPL.AX) said on Monday normal business operations had resumed after an attempted ransomware attack and reaffirmed that there was no evidence that customer data had been removed from the network. Medibank said last Thursday it would isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems after it detected unusual activity on its network. There was no indication that the incident was caused by a "state-based threat actor", the company said, adding that an investigation into the incident would continue. It said its business was tracking in line with its fiscal 2023 forecast and would be unaffected by the incident. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Shashwat Awasthi; editing by Diane Craft and Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Death toll rises to 41 in Turkey coal mine explosion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

BARTIN, TURKIYE - OCTOBER 15: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks with mine workers at the explosion site of a coal mine in Turkiye's northern Bartin province on October 15, 2022. Number of miners killed in blast rises to 41. (Photo by Turkish Presidency / Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey began Saturday as officials raised the death toll to at least 41 people. There were 110 miners working several hundred meters below ground at the time of the explosion on Friday evening. Five months later, 18 miners were killed in central Karaman province after a flood in a coal mine.

☆ Australia's Medibank reports cyber incident
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Australian health insurer Medibank Private (MPL.AX) said on Thursday it would isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems as it detected unusual activity on its network. The company said there was no evidence that any sensitive data, including customer data, had been accessed, at this stage. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Riya Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu SahuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Bio-Rad Laboratories in Talks to Combine With Qiagen
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Miriam Gottfried | Ben Dummett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Qiagen has developed technologies that isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Bio-Rad Laboratories is in talks to combine with fellow life-sciences company Qiagen NV in a deal that would be worth more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The talks have been going on for a while but any agreement isn’t likely for another few weeks or more—and there may not be one.

☆ Take-Two confirms GTA VI leak, says game development unaffected
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Nivedita Balu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoSept 19 (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) on Monday confirmed that a hacker had leaked the early footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the next installment of the best-selling videogame. The company, however, said it did not expect the incident to affect the game's development, helping its shares pare some of their losses from a 6% drop in premarket trading. We have already taken steps to isolate and contain this incident," Take-Two said in a statement. "The leaked footage simply confirms existing market rumors on the game's development that have been circulating for years," Benchmark analyst Mike Hickey said. "We are incrementally more confident the game can release in FY25 and provide a significant catalyst for revenue and profit growth."

☆ Take-Two sinks after a hacker leaks hours of highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Take-Two Interactive stock tumbled 3% on Monday following a weekend leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage. A hacker released hours of early development footage of the highly anticipated open world game. More than 90 gameplay videos of the game were posted to an online Grand Theft Auto forum on Saturday night by a hacker that used the screen name "teapotuberhacker." Grand Theft Auto 6 is a a follow up to Grand Theft Auto 5, which was released nearly a decade ago in 2013. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold more than 160 million copies and has seen renewed life via its online gaming mode.

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▼ + stars: | 2020-06-30 | by ( ) noutati.md time to read: +1 min

Directorul Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a avertizat că, în ceea ce priveşte pandemia de coronavirus, ceea ce este „mai rău urmează să vină”. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a spus virusul va infecta mult mai multă lume, dacă Guvernele lumii nu vor lua măsurile necesare. Peste 10 milioane de infectări s-au înregistrat în întreaga lume din decembrie, iar peste 500.000 de persoane au murit. Deşi în multe ţări s-au făcut progrese, adevărul este că pandemia se răspândeşte la nivel global”, a declarat şeful OMS. El a cerut guvernelor să urmeze exemplul Germaniei, Coreei de Sud şi Japoniei, care au luat măsuri riguroase în ceea ce priveşte pandemia, mai ales prin efectuare unui număr mare de teste.

Persons: Tedros, Ghebreyesus, Toţi, OMS, El Organizations: OMS, Directorul Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS) Locations: Isolate and, Germaniei, Coreei de Sud, Japoniei

Freelancers and small business owners are smart to look ahead and get their accounting in shape well before Tax Day 2020. To make filing taxes easier, accountants recommend building smart bookkeeping practices into your everyday processes, and putting aside money for taxes sooner rather than later. If you're new to the freelancing world or you're just looking for some expert tips on improving your financial well-being come tax season, we asked accountants for the best tax advice they can give freelancers to make life a little easier. "A simple spreadsheet detailing your monthly income and expenses is perfect for freelancers," says CPA Alexis Krystina of Advance Accounting. Set aside self-employment taxes in a separate accountBrendan Willman, a CPA with Granada Tax, says self-employment taxes are the biggest surprise for new freelancers.

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