Obama’s first college is latest to end legacy admissions
A California college where President Barack Obama started his undergraduate studies will no longer give special treatment to the children of alumni.
Day: July 28, 2023
RapidAI, which develops AI-powered software to help diagnose neurovascular, cardiac, and vascular diseases, raised a $75M Series C led by Vista Credit Partners (PYMNTS.com)
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RapidAI, which develops AI-powered software to help diagnose neurovascular, cardiac, and vascular diseases, raised a $75M Series C led by Vista Credit Partners — RapidAI has secured $75 million in Series C funding to con…
Senate Panel Advances Bill To Childproof the Internet
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Congress is closer than ever to passing a pair of bills to childproof the internet after lawmakers voted to send them to the floor Thursday. The bills — the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and COPPA 2….
Ukraine steps up pace of counteroffensive against Russian occupiers
Intense fighting in Ukraine’s western Zaporizhia Oblast this week may be a sign that Kyiv has reached a turning point in its counteroffensive against Russian occupiers. The country’s military commanders appear to be pouring thousands of Western-trained…
Ex-Mississippi prison guard pleads guilty to federal charge in 2019 inmate beating
Federal prosecutors says a former Mississippi prison guard has pleaded guilty in the 2019 beating of an inmate.
Former Twitter Executive Says A Mercurial Elon Musk Rules By “Gut”
A fired Twitter product manager said Elon Musk ran the company newly renamed X by instinct not data, surrounded by sycophants with his mood changing unpredictably.
Wake Forest’s Dave Clawson says multiple players returned despite tampering by other schools
Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson says roughly six to eight of his players returned despite tampering efforts by other schools hoping to persuade them to transfer.
U.S. expects to begin delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine in September
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Biden welcomes Italy’s Giorgia Meloni to talk China, Ukraine
US President Joe Biden on Thursday praised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for strongly backing Western efforts to help Ukraine fight off Russian invasion — while setting aside any qualms about her far-right government