Bonnie Addario, 77, Dies; Survivor of Lung Cancer Made Fighting It a Cause
admin After climbing in the business world, she received a dire diagnosis, spurring her to found leading nonprofit groups to promote early detection and research. Source link
Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Drug Advertiser
Regulators sent about 100 warning letters this week to drug advertisers, including to Hims & Hers, a major online provider of weight-loss drugs. Source link
Overlooked No More: Eglantyne Jebb, Who Started a Movement With Save the Children
She co-founded the organization after she was outraged to learn that children were starving after World War I, when the British blocked aid to several countries. Source link
Marilyn Diamond, Who Wrote a Blockbuster Diet Book, Dies at 81
“Fit for Life,” which she wrote with her husband, was a best seller in the 1980s promoting good health ahead of weight loss. But doctors were critical. Source link
GenAI in banking: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
There are plenty of opportunities to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to boost business productivity. But in regulated sectors like financial services, the output from the AI needs to be…
Michel Odent, Pioneer of Natural Birthing, Dies at 95
His innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, were based on his belief that “human birth cannot work as long as a woman is thinking.” Source link
Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away
Fujitsu’s Horizon system continues to produce erratic figures in branch accounts, which the Post Office can’t explain, with millions of pounds being written off. As the publication of an…
Ministry of Defence signs £400m sovereign cloud deal with Google
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Google Cloud to provide it with sovereign cloud capabilities in a deal worth £400m. The agreement will see Google Cloud tasked with…
GDS publishes guidance on AI coding assistants
The government has published guidance for software engineers working in government departments on how they should use artificial intelligence (AI)-based coding assistants. The Government Digital Service (GDS) AI coding…
Proton transfer during reduction of the catalytic metallo-cofactors of the three nitrogenase isozymes
Nitrogenase catalyzes biological nitrogen fixation, the conversion of atmospheric N2 into bioavailable ammonia. The three nitrogenase isozymes—Mo-nitrogenase, V-nitrogenase, and Fe-nitrogenase—utilize catalytic cofactors distinguished by their metal composition (Fe7M, M =…