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Lewis Hamilton will race on in Formula One this season but it may yet be the swansong to an extraordinary career. The world champion has agreed a new deal with his Mercedes team but only for this year, leaving the 36-year-old still to consider whether to bring the curtain down after securing seven titles and […]
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For the first time in humans, investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified the neurons responsible for canceling planned behaviors or actions—a highly adaptive skill that when lost, can lead to unwanted movements. Known as “stop signal neurons,” these neurons are critical in powering someone to stop or abort an action they have already put in process. […]
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief Andy Jassy will replace billionaire founder Jeff Bezos as Amazon.com’s next chief executive officer. Here’s what we know about the incoming CEO: ** Jassy, 53, joined Amazon in 1997 and has a MBA from Harvard Business School. ** “I took my last final exam at HBS, the first Friday of […]
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Apex Legends is coming to the Nintendo Switch very soon. Today, EA announced that the portable version of its sci-fi battle royale will debut on Nintendo’s tablet on March 9th. Chad Grenier, Apex’s game director, says the new version will include “cross-platform play, our latest seasonal content, and full feature parity with the other versions […]
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Tenants in rented accommodation have been left stunned after finding their landlord’s list of eight house rules they describe as “patronising beyond belief”. A picture of the piece of paper headed ‘Simple house rules’ was shared on Reddit, racking up hundreds of comments as others advised the occupants to “get out ASAP”. One of the […]
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Time is quickly running out for Fulham. Needing nothing less than victory to revive their survival hopes, Scott Parker’s side passed up a series of opportunities that will only have increased their manager’s feeling of frustration. Up against a team that were hoping to match a club record of four successivestraight Premier League away wins, […]
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A study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in Kidney International Reports finds that immune checkpoint inhibitors, may have negative consequences in some patients, including acute kidney inflammation, known as interstitial nephritis. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system to attack cancerous cells. “Immune checkpoint inhibitors have improved the prognosis […]
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Citigroup Inc’s incoming chief executive officer Jane Fraser said on Tuesday she has decided to form a new global operating team to build accountability among its top leaders. “A key element of our Transformation work is to hold our business leaders accountable not only for the performance of their own teams, but for how we […]
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It can be difficult to figure out how you’re coming across in a videoconference, especially if you want to make sure everything works before you start the meeting. How is your lighting? Are you sitting too close or too far from the camera? Is your audio okay, are you accidentally muted, or do you sound […]
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It’s almost the end of the week, we’re in what feels like the 17th months of lockdown, and the brain cells may be feeling frazzled but, if you can – try and fire them up to figure this out. Once again, people on the internet are divided. They’ve been left scratching their heads and debating […]
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