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Police “marched” into a golf pro’s home after he had returned there having played in a tournament in Dubai. Oliver Pantoja followed government rules when he dashed back to the UK after less than 24 hours in the Middle Eastern country, where he had teed off at the Trump International resort. Despite abiding by the […]
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Sports journalism has lost some good people over the past several days: ESPN baseball writer Pedro Gomez died unexpectedly Sunday at the age of 58, and NFL.com writer Chris Wesseling died Friday at the age of 46 after a long battle with cancer. On Tuesday came more terrible news: Long-time NFL writer Terez Paylor died […]
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Auditory pathways in the brainstem do not fully mature without microglia clearing away extra cell connections. This crucial function occurs even when pruning by microglia is delayed, according to new research published in eNeuro. Sensitive hearing requires precise connections between neurons in the auditory brainstem. Early in development, support cells called microglia prune away unnecessary […]
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Mastercard is bringing bitcoin to the checkout counter. The company announced late Wednesday that it will support “select cryptocurrencies” directly on its network at some point later this year. “Our philosophy on cryptocurrencies is straightforward: It’s about choice,” Raj Dhamodharan, an executive vice president at Mastercard, wrote in a post late Wednesday. “Mastercard isn’t here […]
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Microsoft has released its monthly batch of security-update that addresses 56 security vulnerabilities, including a Windows bug that was out in the wild, without any detection. The zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2021-1732 is said to be a ‘Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability,’ meaning it allows an attacker or malicious programme to elevate their privileges […]
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Two teenage girls who murdered a vulnerable alcoholic in her own home will remain anonymous for life. The pair were aged 13 and 14 when they put 39-year-old Hartlepool woman Angela Wrightson through a five-hour ordeal while posing for Snapchat selfies. The horrific crime saw the victim hit with a shovel, a TV, a coffee […]
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LeBron James tweeted several times after the Buccaneers’ 31-9 victory over the Chiefs that gave Tom Brady his seventh Super Bowl ring. “IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!! GOAT TALK,” was the last of James’ tweets. Brady is 43 and just completed his 21st NFL season. James, 36, is in his 18th season and has four […]
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In a new study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Chen-Yu Zhang’s group and Antonio Vidal-Puig’s group at University of Cambridge report that pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 family members (miR-29a, miR-29b and miR-29c) in response to high levels of free fatty acids (FFAs). These β cell-derived miR-29s are delivered to the liver, promoting insulin […]
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Tesla revealed in a securities filing this week that it will soon begin accepting bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles. But does it make sense to buy a Tesla using the often volatile cryptocurrency? The simple answer is, that it depends a lot on what happens with bitcoin’s price. And that’s a hard thing […]
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Lego is announcing a new video game-themed set featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and characters from Sonic Mania. (If you could have told six-year-old me that someday there would be a Sonic-themed Lego set, he’d cry tears of joy.) You can get a look at a concept design for the set, which is themed around Sonic’s […]
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