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Vikings waive Jaylen Twyman
Rookie defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman reported to Vikings training camp over the weekend, but he won’t be playing for the team this season. Twyman was shot four times while in…
High percentage of positive portrayals of vaping on TikTok
Positive portrayals of e-cigarettes and vaping are freely available without any age restrictions on TikTok—the video sharing platform—and have been viewed many times, finds research published online in the journal…
Troubled Caribbean refinery seeks bankruptcy as lenders balk at injecting more cash
The owners of Limetree Bay, a refinery on the U.S. Virgin Islands that was once the largest in the Western Hemisphere, filed for bankruptcy on Monday after lenders balked at…
China’s new Loongson CPU is almost as fast as the first Ryzen
The new Loongson 3A5000 is a quad-core processor clocked at around 2.3 - 2.5 GHz. It uses Loongson’s 64-bit GS464V microarchitecture, which features four ALUs (arithmetic logic units) and two…
A Desi In New York Was Heavily In Debt, Battling Cancer. Then…
A fundraiser to help out an Indian woman in New York, who was left heavily in debt and battling breast cancer alone after her husband's death, has surpassed its goal…
Chris Hogan working out for Saints
Chris Hogan made the move from football to lacrosse earlier this year, but it appears he isn’t ready to give up the gridiron altogether. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports…
Distinctive gut microbiome unrelated to diet may characterize children with autism
Children with autism seem to have a distinctive and underdeveloped range and volume of gut bacteria (microbiome) that isn't related to their diet, suggests a small study published online in…
Dollar waits on inflation data, Aussie gets China lift
The dollar barely budged against the euro, yen and pound on Tuesday ahead of U.S. inflation data, while the Australian dollar and Chinese yuan ticked higher after reassuring export numbers…
Intel’s planned comeback: 10nm production now surpassing 14nm, 7nm remains a work in progress
It looks like Intel is making steady progress on 10nm production and 7nm development. Component and substrate shortages may lead to fewer processors being made in the coming months, but…