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Advocates say the bill signed by Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday creates the nation’s strongest protections for consumers with broken tech devices. Companies like Apple that make cellphones and other consumer electronics are required to provide the tools and know-how to repair those devices to people in Oregon. It’s a way to empower consumers, in an age where some manufacturers have begun limiting who can perform repairs. At least three other states have passed similar laws, but proponents say Oregon’s stands out.
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2 years ago Read more at Oregon Public Broadcasting

A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8, putting on quite a show for roughly 44 million people who live within the totality. But there are more than a few people on platforms like YouTube and TikTok who believe April 8 might literally be the end of the world. Advertisement In reality, the path of totality isn’t going over six, seven, or eight towns named Nineveh, in Ohio and Indiana, which certainly makes the claim that this is a sign from God sound less o
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2 years ago Read more at Gizmodo

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has continued its incredible success at the World Car Awards. The EV9 was also named 2024 World Electric Vehicle, while the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N was crowned the 2024 world Performance Car. These 2024 victories underscore Hyundai’s success in recent years. In 2020, the Kia Telluride won the overall World Car of the Year title.
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2 years ago Read more at Hyundai Motor Group

Public Services International (PSI) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) raise the alarm, based on the concerns of health and care professionals and workers worldwide at the lack of commitment by Member States to recognize, value and protect the healthcare workforce in the Pandemic Agreement. Poorly compensated, unprotected, demoralized, depressed and completely exhausted, our members. This same spirit inspired the 2nd Special Session of the World Health Assembly’s resolution for the formulation of a pandemic accord
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2 years ago Read more at Public Services International

Chronic diseases have emerged as major public health challenges in modern society [26, 27]. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a large random sample to investigate the self-reported prevalence of common chronic diseases among adults in Ganzhou, a city in southern China. This data is even higher than other studies reporting the prevalence of chronic diseases in the middle-aged and elderly (44.27%) Most residents reported that their health was relatively good (44.6%) or moderate (42.1%)
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2 years ago Read more at BMC Public Health

Michelle Nijhuis, author of Lost Women of Science Conversations, is a podcast. Catherine McNeur: It was so frustrating to see all these erasures and how they were eventually forgotten. She was a real entomologist, and she was an expert on wheat flies and other insects. Michelle McNeur says she stumbled on a book about the ferns that she had found.
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2 years ago Read more at Scientific American

A high repetition of words and lots of paragraphs starting with “however” have been identified as two tell-tale signs that an essay has been written using ChatGPT. That’s according to researchers from Cambridge University Press and Assessment who’ve called the AI chatbot’s writing style “bland” and “journalistic” Since its release to the public, there have been concerns about school pupils using it to do their work for them. The team compared essays written by three first-year university students, with the aid of Chat
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News Australia

DIY Electronics & Robotics Diving into DIY electronics and robotics can be an exhilarating hobby. The drill of soldering your circuit board or programming your first robot offers a sense of achievement unmatched by scoring a goal. This hobby is a pursuit that combines the art of photography with the science of astronomy, making it an ideal pastime for those who gaze at the stars and wonder.
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2 years ago Read more at BBN Times

The National Football League Chiefs are reportedly signing Louis Rees-Zammit, a 23-year-old former rugby star in Wales who stunned fans back home when he announced in January that he was quitting the sport in order to join the NFL's International Player Pathway program. The Chiefs have produced 37 signees with teams and 18 players currently on NFL rosters.
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2 years ago Read more at FOX Sports

Jayson Tatum said he feels for fans when he doesn't hit their parlays. When money is on the line, fans don't have an issue reminding the player they've betted on what they must accomplish for a big payday.
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2 years ago Read more at ESPN