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Dancing cells show how the brain awakens from anesthesia

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Neurosciences March 1, 2024 According to a Mayo Clinic study published in Nature Neuroscience, the cells that act as the central nervous system’s first line of defense against harm also play a role in helping the brain awaken from anesthesia. This discovery could help pave the way for innovative methods that address post-anesthesia complications. When coming out of anesthesia, more than one-third of patients can experience either extreme drowsiness or hyperactivity, a side effect called delirium. Mayo researchers found that special immune cells in the brain called microglia can act to shield neurons from the aftereffects of anesthesia to awaken…
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The Latest Tech News in Crypto and Blockchain

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Feb. 28: Fleek Network Testnet concluded the network’s edge computing features, establishing a foundation for future services, according to the team: “Developers tested the capabilities and performance through the deployment of edge-optimized JavaScript Functions. The results collected show that Fleek Network deployed edge functions can be significantly more performant than traditional cloud platforms like AWS Lambdas and Vercel Serverless. Deployed edge functions saw an average global TTFB of 37.02ms including the TLS handshake, 7x faster than AWS Lambdas and 2.7x faster than Vercel Serverless in global testing.” Screengrab from Fleek Network blog post. (Fleek Network) Babylon Announces Launch of ‘Trustless…
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bp boosts EV charging network with $100 million order of Tesla ultra-fast chargers | News and insights

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Today bp (NYSE: bp) announced a deal in which bp pulse, bp’s EV charging business, will acquire ultra-fast charging hardware units from Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) for $100 million. The investment will facilitate the expansion of the bp pulse public network across the US, while also enabling support for EV fleet customers by deploying chargers at their private depots. The introduction of Tesla’s chargers to the bp pulse network is the first time the hardware will be purchased for an independent EV charging network. The roll-out is planned to begin in 2024 and locations will include key sites across the bp…
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Here Are Cable News Network Ratings for October 2023

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More Americans than usual watched cable news this month, with month-to-month growth in October primarily driven by live, breaking news coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. Below are October 2023 Nielsen ratings for Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, followed by a duo of complete Nielsen-measured basic cable network rankers. Fox News Channel: Fox News marked yet another month as the most-watched basic cable network in total day, and finished No. 2 in primetime in October, just -54,000 total viewers behind ESPN, which continues to be anchored by the return of college football and NFL Monday Night Football. According to Nielsen live…
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Network issues – NHS Ayrshire & Arran

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On the morning of Monday 20 May 2024, NHS Ayrshire & Arran experienced disruption to its digital network, affecting the majority of our digital systems, including our digital telephone system. The disruption was caused by an electrical wiring fault, causing loss of power to the computer room at University Hospital Crosshouse. Resilience and business continuity arrangements were enacted, including the use of the analogue telephone system. While our engineers detected and rectified the issue quickly, the digital network required a few hours to reboot, with the majority of clinical systems back up and running by 1.30pm. Unfortunately, this meant that…
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Fox News Dominates, But Only MSNBC Grows

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Fox News dominated the ratings for 2023, but only MSNBC showed slight growth in audience compared to a year earlier. Fox News, for an eighth year in a row, was also the top-rated cable network overall. In seven-day primetime, Fox News averaged 1.85 million viewers, down 20% from a year earlier. MSNBC averaged 1.22 million, up 2%, and CNN posted 582,000, down 19%. In the adults 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 212,000, down 38%, while CNN posted 125,000, down 27% and MSNBC had 124,000, down 6%. In total day, Fox News averaged 1.22 million, down 18%, compared to MSNBC with…
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Trinsic Launches First Identity Acceptance Network | Georgia

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Augment Identity Verification Today With the Acceptance of 60+ Million Pre-Verified Users SALT LAKE CITY, UT / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2024 / Trinsic, a pioneering digital identity startup, launches the world’s first identity acceptance network in partnership with dozens of world-class identity providers. Starting today, businesses can use Trinsic to verify 60,800,000 people 10x faster than scratch identity verification, while also reducing fraud. trinsic logo In a world of pervasive deepfakes and AI-generated media, the demand for identity verification is skyrocketing. But statistics show that asking users to verify themselves using a photograph of a plastic ID card results…
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PCRIC & WTW sell parametric quake insurance for submarine cable networks

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The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) alongside broker WTW has designed a parametric trigger to provide a responsive disaster insurance policy to a Papua New Guinea operator of a submarine fiber optic cable network.The parametric insurance policy will provide rapid payouts after earthquakes that are expected to result in damage to the submarine fiber optic cable network surrounding Papua New Guinea (PNG), which is operated by state-owned enterprise PNG Data Co. With suitable coverage from the private insurance sector seen as unavailable, PNG Data approached PCRIC to explore the possibility of creating a bespoke insurance product to meet its…