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Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith and his family are safe after a scary situation in Los Angeles. Smith and his family were robbed at gunpoint at a hotel after flying to the city. Jeff Zrebiec of TheAthletic.com reports that no one was hurt. Smith was followed from Los Angeles International Airport by the assailant and that […]
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Keeping track of your heart rate is probably a good thing. Obsessing about it probably isn’t. That’s one drawback of the increasing popularity of wearable devices that constantly monitor heart rates, said Dr. Tracy Stevens, a cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. “I’ve had people suffer significant injuries when […]
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Cryptocurrencies extended gains in Asia on Tuesday, with bitcoin and ethereum reaching record highs, in the wake of a Tesla Inc investment in bitcoin. Bitcoin posted its largest daily percentage gain in more than three years overnight, after Tesla made the announcement in its 2020 annual report. Bitcoin added as much as 2.5% to hit […]
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You could have been forgiven for missing Reddit’s Super Bowl ad tonight — it was only five seconds long. The ad mostly consisted of a text message that would’ve been pretty difficult to read in the moment, claiming that the company spent its “entire marketing budget on five seconds of airtime.” “One thing we learned […]
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Shocking police footage shows a lorry driver holding mobile phones to each ear while behind the wheel on a motorway. The unnamed motorist was caught by officers while travelling in the inside lane of the M4 in a 44 tonne HGV, released video shows. Avon and Somerset Constabulary spotted the driver as part of a […]
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The Eagles announced Jay Valai as their assistant defensive backs coach Thursday. Adam Rittenberg of ESPN reports that Valai is leaving Philadelphia after only a few days for the University of Alabama. That means Valai will have had jobs with four teams in 2021. He left Texas, where he spent last season as cornerbacks coach, […]
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Individual choices in medicine carry a certain amount of uncertainty. An innovative partnership at The University of Texas at Austin takes aim at medicine down to the individual level by applying state-of-the-art computation to medical care. “Medicine in its essence is decision-making under uncertainty, decisions about tests and treatments,” said Radek Bukowski, MD, Ph.D., professor […]
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Nestle said on Tuesday its Gerber baby cereal products made and sold in China are safe and it had reported to authorities an association that advised its members, in a post on social media, to stop selling the products. “All Gerber products produced in China comply with China’s food safety standards on complementary foods for […]
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Elon Musk is putting up $100 million as part of a new X Prize Foundation competition focused on carbon removal technology. The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe. Fifteen teams will be selected for the competition within 18 months. They will each get $1 […]
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A teenager has been arrested after a man who went to the same prep school as Princes William and Harry was killed. Sven Badzak, 22, was repeatedly knifed in an attack in Kilburn, north west London, on Saturday. Police say a 17-year-old youth was arrested earlier today on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody. […]
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