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One of my university courses taught us about uncertainty reduction theory. Basically it says that people have an inherent need to acquire basic information to facilitate a new situation. Once this information is obtained, it becomes much easier to predict future behavior, which is critical to building and maintaining a …

Apple will give its employees in the United States up to four hours of paid time off to volunteer or vote in the US election. A new Bloomberg The report says the announcement was made to Apple employees this week through an internal memo. The decision applies to retail employees …

Dr. Grant Lashley contracted the coronavirus in April and suffered a stroke. July 25, 2020, 12:09 am 7 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article After more than three grueling months fighting and recovering from COVID-19, an emergency room doctor reunited with his wife and three children on …

Housing appears to be on the way to a V-shaped recovery after the pandemic closings in April. New home sales peaked at nearly 13 years in June when 776,000 new single-family homes were sold, according to the Census Bureau. That marked the most since July 2007 on a seasonally-adjusted basis. …

More than 1,000 Twitter employees had access to tools that allowed hackers to gain access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others during a massive security breach last week. The attack, which Twitter said over the weekend was possible when the attackers “manipulated a small …