A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a study hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus. Researchers tested the pill used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder because it was known to reduce inflammation and looked promising in smaller studies. Read more…
Mark Cuban’s basketball team, the Dallas Mavericks, announced a five-year partnership with Voyager Digital yesterday that makes the company the team’s first cryptocurrency brokerage. A report adds: The agreement also includes free Bitcoin for fans that sign up in the initial two days of the partnership, as explained by the Read more…
The operators of the Grief ransomware have listed today the US National Rifle Association (NRA) as a victim of one of their attacks. The organization’s name was listed on a dark web portal, often called a “leak site,” where the Grief gang typically lists companies they infected and which haven’t Read more…
Sophie Fornairon’s independent bookshop has survived the rise of Amazon thanks to a French law that prohibits price discounting on new books, but she says the e-commerce giant’s ability to undercut on shipping still skews the market against stores like hers. Fornairon, who owns the Canal Bookstore in central Paris, Read more…
Apple’s privacy rules are “negatively affecting” Facebook, and its business, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed during its most recent earnings call. MacRumors reports: As a quick refresher, starting with iOS 14.5 and all newer versions of iOS and iPadOS, Apple requires that apps ask for users’ permission to track them Read more…
A top U.S. bank regulator said U.S. officials are looking to provide a clearer path for banks and their clients that are looking to hold cryptocurrencies, in order to keep control over the fast-developing asset. Reuters reports: Jelena McWilliams, who chairs the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, told Reuters in an Read more…
The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death rate has reached its highest rate since just after the peak of the last lockdown in March. This has been happening as the new AY.4.2 variant of the Delta strain of the SARS-COV-2 virus has begun to dominate in the UK. Coming into winter, the Read more…