Woodstock Wire: News Tidbits
Think - Gartner Blog Network - Starwood emailed me a couple days ago telling me my data was part of their 500 million record customer data breach. The...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:13:32 - #cybersecurity #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - Use of two episodic memory tests help in predicting brain atrophy and Alzheimer's disease, as indicated by a study carried out at...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:13:19 - #alzheimer #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have identified in live human brains new radioactive 'tracer' molecules that bind to and 'light...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:13:18 - #alzheimer #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - How does cancer spread? While studying human brain tumour cells, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:13:17 - #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - Compared with skipping a flu shot, getting a flu shot was associated with an 18 percent reduced risk of premature death among newly-diagnosed...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:38:10 - #newstidbits
Tech - Mashable - If you've ever wondered what a Fast & Furious franchise film would look like if shot using a child's toy train, you're in luck....
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:38:07 - #newstidbits
Distribution - Industrial Distribution - According to the November jobs report, the U.S. added 155,000 jobs last month, which was under the 198,000 expectation....
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:38:05 - #newstidbits #outlook
Life - Gallup Headlines - Gallup's Migration Research Center houses the latest and best discoveries on migration, based on more than a decade of Gallup...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:13:38 - #newstidbits
Life - Gallup Headlines - Fifteen percent of the world's adults -- or more than 750 million people -- say they would like to move to another country...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:13:37 - #newstidbits
Life - Gallup Headlines - Gallup's latest Potential Net Migration Index shows that in most of the countries that are refusing to sign the U.N. migration...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:13:36 - #newstidbits
Life - ESA-Hubble POW - This stunning spiral galaxy is Messier 100 in the constellation Coma Berenices, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:13:35 - #newstidbits
FOX News - Health - A Marine veteran is crediting the Siberian husky she inherited from her Air Force son in 2011 with helping to save her life after the dog sniffed...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:08:46 - #newstidbits
gizmag - A large team of researchers has developed a new way to classify patients with Alzheimer's disease suggesting we should think of the disease as...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:08:45 - #alzheimer #newstidbits
gizmag - Open brain surgery is about as dangerous as it sounds, but for sufferers of conditions like Parkinson's and epilepsy it can be the only way to...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:08:44 - #parkinsons #newstidbits
gizmag - As promising as a drug candidate may be, the unfortunate truth is that not all of them end up performing as hoped - but that doesn't mean they're...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:08:43 - #parkinsons #newstidbits
Slashdot - Twenty-four Amazon workers in New Jersey have been hospitalized after a robot accidentally tore a can...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:08:36 - #newstidbits
Silicon Republic - The workforce is more excited to embrace new technologies than their leaders think, according to Accenture's Tara Levins.
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:08:31 - #accenture #newstidbits
HR Bartender - Retirement strategies are quickly becoming a key part of business. Retaining senior workers is crucial. So is planning for knowledge transfer...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:38:37 - #retirement #newstidbits
USATODAY.com Technology News - From the marathon runner to 5k enthusiast-a gift for every runner in your life
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:38:34 - #newstidbits
CNBC-Top Business - A large snowstorm that struck the Carolinas, Virginia and other parts of the southeastern U.S. over the weekend prompted airlines to cancel more...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:38:33 - #newstidbits
CNBC-Top Business - How to cope with sparse retirement savings when you hit your 50s and beyond
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:13:48 - #retirement #newstidbits
CNBC-Top Business - A new survey from retirement community firm Provision Living finds that while most Americans think about retirement a lot, their goals and plans...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:13:47 - #retirement #newstidbits
U.S. News - Insurance companies do not need any help marketing Medicare Advantage plans - just ask anyone over age 65 about...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:13:42 - #retirement #newstidbits
U.S. News - Retirees in their 50s are more likely to have retired sooner than planned, one study shows.
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:13:41 - #retirement #newstidbits
U.S. News - The Boston Red Sox have accepted an invitation to the White House to celebrate their World Series championship.
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:13:39 - #redsox #newstidbits
U.S. News - Minnesota health officials are adding Alzheimer's disease as a qualifying condition to get medical marijuana.
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:13:38 - #alzheimer #newstidbits
Think - Big Think - The deal includes the option for Altria Group to take a 55 percent stake in the Cronos Group over the next five years.It marks a...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 19:38:06 - #newstidbits
Think - Big Think - The service will cost $4.99 per drop-off.Same-day delivery will be available in some markets.As the population ages and rates of...
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 19:38:04 - #acquisition #newstidbits
Life - Neuroscience News - Machine learning algorithms were able to distinguish, with 73% accuracy, neurobiological differences between those with dissociative...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:37:30 - #machinelearning #newstidbits
Life - The Penny Hoarder - The big 4-0.
That's right. You're old enough to remember the VHS versus Betamax war, and you kept your...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:37:29 - #retirement #robotics #chatbot #newstidbits
Life - Gallup Headlines - Majorities of Americans rate the coverage (69%) and quality (80%) of the healthcare they personally receive as "excellent"...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:37:28 - #newstidbits
Life - The Penny Hoarder - Pondering retirement is daunting. According to that online calculator you plugged some numbers into, you'll be...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:37:25 - #retirement #newstidbits
Electronics - IEEE Spectrum - First, the stent electrode listened for brain signals. Now, it talks backIn 2016, Australian scientists announced a matchstick-size...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:13:21 - #parkinsons #newstidbits
Tech - TechCrunch - The internet is a community, but can it be a nation-state? It's a question that I have been pondering on and off this year, what...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:13:17 - #wordpress #blockchain #newstidbits
Tech - GeekWire - A raw image from NASA's InSight lander shows the spacecraft's robotic arm in the foreground, hanging over a solar panel. The terrain...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:13:13 - #nasa #robotics #newstidbits
Tech - TechCrunch - Walmart's acquisition spree continues. Only a couple of months after picking up apparel and lingerie brands, ELOQUII and Bare Necessities,...
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 22:37:22 - #acquisition #newstidbits
Life - Gallup Headlines - Given six choices, Americans say they would ideally live in a rural area, followed by a suburb of a big city and a small city....
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:13:15 - #newstidbits
Life - Lifehacker - When Apple pushed iOS version 12.1.1 on Wednesday, AT&T users gained the ability to use the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max's in a dual-SIM...
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:13:14 - #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - New NASA research has found that increases in the rate at which Arctic sea ice grows in the winter may have partially slowed down...
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:13:13 - #nasa #newstidbits
Tech - GeekWire - A photo snapped by the camera on the InSight lander's robotic arm shows instruments on the spacecraft's deck with Martian terrain...
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:13:22 - #nasa #robotics #newstidbits
Tech - The Verge - Verizon has announced a new discount for emergency first responders. The carrier already offers special plans for government agencies,...
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:13:21 - #retirement #verizon #newstidbits
Denver Post - Saving $1 million for retirement is a goal many people try to reach. But even if they hit that mark, a study from SmartAsset suggests, it might...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:13:52 - #retirement #newstidbits
Think - Big Think - Learning is a mental and physical pursuit, says retired astronaut Leland Melvin.
Recalling his childhood, Melvin explains how working...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:13:50 - #newstidbits
Infosec - Schneier on Security - In an excellent blog post, Brian Krebs makes clear something I have been saying for a while:
Likewise for individuals,...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:13:40 - #newstidbits
Infosec - Office of Inadequate Security - Another phishing incident where an employee's email account was storing a lot of patient information. And because...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:13:27 - #phishing #newstidbits
Infosec - Krebs on Security - The parent firm of bling retailers Jared and Kay Jewelers has fixed a bug in the Web sites of both companies that exposed...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:37:44 - #phishing #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - Investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital are working to develop a blood test to accurately diagnose or even predict Alzheimer's...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:38:34 - #alzheimer #newstidbits
Life - The Positivity Blog - "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."Sydney J. Harris
The stress is rising. You're starting to feel...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:38:32 - #newstidbits
Life - EurekAlert - Performance on an exercise test predicts the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other causes, reports a study...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:38:31 - #newstidbits
Web Marketing - Digital Commerce 360 - For more than a decade, the latest Apple products have been...
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:38:32 - #afib #boomer #wearables #newstidbits