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NewsFlash
Computers will not be perfected until they can compute how much more than the estimate the job will cost.
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Five Hours’ Sleep Is Tipping Point For Bad Health
At least five hours sleep a night may cut the over-50s’ chances of multiple chronic health problems, researchers say. The PLoS Medicine study tracked the health and sleep of UK civil servants. All of the about 8,000 participants were asked: How many hours of sleep do you have on an Read more…
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NewsFlash
According to all the latest reports, there was no truth in any of the earlier reports.
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Memory Study Induces Sleeping People To Forget Word Associations
Playing sounds while you slumber might help to strengthen some memories while weakening others, research suggests, with experts noting the approach might one day help people living with traumatic recollections. Previous work has shown that when a sound is played as a person learns an association between two words, the Read more…
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Amazon’s Attrition Costs $8 Billion Annually – Leaked Documents
Amazon churns through workers at an astonishing rate, well above industry averages. From a report: According to a tranche of documents marked “Amazon Confidential”, that staggering attrition now has an associated cost. “[Worldwide] Consumer Field Operations is experiencing high levels of attrition (regretted and unregretted) across all levels, totaling an Read more…
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Germany Fires Cybersecurity Chief ‘Over Russia Ties’
Germany’s cybersecurity chief has been fired after allegations of being excessively close to Russia through an association he helped set up. Arne Schonbohm had led the Federal Cyber Security Authority (BSI) — charged with protecting government communications — since 2016. German media have accused him of having had links with Read more…
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China Dumps Dud Chips On Russia, Moscow Media Moans
The failure rate of semiconductors shipped from China to Russia has increased by 1,900 percent in recent months, according to Russian national business daily Kommersant. The Register reports: Quoting an anonymous source, Kommersant states that before Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine the defect rate in imported silicon was two percent. Read more…