Summary List Placement YouTube’s propensity to push people down rabbit holes has been repeatedly probed by journalists and academics alike, and a new research paper shows the filter bubble in action. Tanushree Mitra and colleagues at Virginia Tech University’s department of computer science analyzed the way YouTube’s algorithmic recommendations pushed videos on lightning rod topics […]
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MORGAN STANLEY: Buy these 4 undervalued aerospace stocks that will each surge at least 20% in 2021
Summary List Placement Aerospace stocks have been some of the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which brought air travel to a standstill earlier this year and even though there has been a pick-up, it’s a long way off where it was a year ago. The shunning of this sector has been exacerbated by a […]
10 things in tech you need to know today
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An anonymous senior Trump campaign advisor reportedly said Trump ‘basically just conceded’ after he tweeted that he was ‘recommending’ the GSA start the Biden-Harris transition
Summary List Placement An anonymous senior Trump campaign advisor said they think Trump “basically just conceded” after the president tweeted he recommended the start of the Biden-Harris transition, The Washington Post reported. Emily Murphy, the Trump-appointed head of the General Services Administration, sent a letter earlier Monday to President-elect Joe Biden allowing him to access […]
One third of parents said gathering with family members at Thanksgiving is ‘worth the risk of’ coronavirus, according to a poll
Summary List Placement For one in three parents, the risk of coronavirus does not weigh down the benefits of a family gathering at Thanksgiving, according to a poll. In a report from CS Mott Children’s Hospital at Michigan Medicine, based on answers received in August from parents with at least one child below the age […]
AI IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION: How digital health firms and big tech are using AI to ease doctors’ administrative burden
Summary List Placement Insider Intelligence publishes thousands of research reports, charts, and forecasts on the Digital Health industry. You can learn more about becoming a client here. The following is a preview of one Digital Health report, the AI in Healthcare Administration report. You can purchase this report here. Physician burnout has permeated the healthcare […]
Pope Francis met with 5 players from the NBA to discuss social and economic injustice
Summary List Placement The holiest man in Catholicism met with a delegation of professional basketball players on Monday to discuss their efforts to combat injustice in the United States. “We are extremely honored to have had this opportunity,” Kyle Korver, a three-point specialist with the Milwaukee Bucks, said in a statement following a meeting with […]
Moderna’s chief medical officer says that vaccine trial results only show that they prevent people from getting severely sick — not necessarily that recipients won’t still be able to transmit the virus
Summary List Placement Moderna Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks told Axios that the public should not “over-interpret” the vaccine trial results to assume life could go back to normal after adults are vaccinated. Zaks warned that the trial results show that the vaccine can prevent someone from getting sick or “severely sick,” as Zaks puts […]
Feinstein steps down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was recently criticized by some Democrats for not being aggressive enough in Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.
Summary List Placement Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she would step down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. She recently faced backlash from progressives for not being aggressive enough in the hearings to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. “After serving as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee for four […]
What can we learn from South Florida Hispanics and their support of President Trump in 2020?
Orlando Bacallao waves a banner with the face of President Donald Trump outside of an early voting location at the John F. Kennedy Library, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Hialeah, Fla. A significant number of south Florida voters jumped on the Trump train in 2020. | Lynne Sladky, Associated Press President Trump carried Florida in […]
Grateful in a pandemic? Here are 14 lessons we’ve learned
A health worker prays as a Catholic priest blesses the COVID-19 swab test area of a hospital in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. | Aaron Favila, Associated Press As we approach Thanksgiving, let’s begin with gratitude and reflect on ways to be thankful despite a global health crisis In a year marked by […]
Should an educator and police officer get a vaccine before your grandmother? A look inside the decision-making process
In this undated photo issued by the University of Oxford, a researcher in a laboratory at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, England, works on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday Nov. 23, 2020, that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public […]