Google plans to fund 100,000 need-based professional certification scholarships to help workers find jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Monday. Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president of global affairs, said in a launch The tech giant’s new set of Google Career Certificates includes the fields of data analysis, …
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Brexit border bureaucracy looms for truckers, pet owners, and travelers
LONDON – No more hassle-free access to healthcare. An increase in cell phone bills. And months of preparation if you are going to bring the dog. For the British who have become complacent about crossing the English Channel in the four years since they voted for Brexit, the situation will …
Read More »Four charged with murder for murder of rapper Pop Smoke
Two adults and two teens were charged with murder on Monday in the shooting death of rapper Pop Smoke inside a Hollywood Hills home earlier this year. Prosecutors said Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, killed the rapper in the course of a burglary at a multi-million dollar home …
Read More »Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Linked to Fewer Deaths in COVID Patients
Two new studies have revealed that rheumatoid arthritis medication tocilizumab is associated with lower death rates in COVID-19 patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Tocilizumab blocks interleukin-6 (IL-6), an inflammatory protein involved in a potential “cytokine storm” that can lead to respiratory failure in patients with coronavirus. In the first single-center observational …
Read More »Astronomers stumped by “Odd Radio Circles”, a newly discovered and very rare space phenomenon
Astronomers believe they have discovered a strange new type of cosmic object that is invisible to all wavelengths of light except radio. The strange circular objects in question have been unofficially named “Odd Radio Circles” (ORC); three of them were discovered in recent data accumulated during a preliminary survey by …
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