Phone-Snubbing Friends Can Be a Sign of Mental Illness

Aug. 25, 2021 — Phone snubbing: You may have done it, or someone you know is guilty of it. It happens when one person ignores another to pay attention to their phone. Phubbing is rude, but according to a new study, there may be another reason it’s happening. “Some people who have high social … Read more

Linux turns 30: ​Linus Torvalds on his

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Linux Foundation In 1991, Unix was an important but secondary x86 operating system. That year, on August 25, a mild-mannered Finnish graduate student named Linus Benedict Torvalds announced on the Usenet group comp.os.minix that he was working on “a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.” … Read more

Climate change be damned. More Americans are moving to high-risk areas

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But today, as she looks to move again with her husband, her requirements have changed. “It is profoundly a different wish list. A place where we have [running] water, where we are not… having bags packed in case fires evacuate us,” said Nichols. In the last few years, Nichols says the California wildfires and poor … Read more

Bank of India approves Rs 3,000 cr QIP, sets floor price at Rs 66.19 per share

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New Delhi: State-owned on Wednesday approved the launch of QIP, aimed at raising Rs 3,000 crore equity capital to fund business growth and meet regulatory compliance. The capital issue committee of the bank at its meeting approved and adopted the preliminary placement document cum application form for the issue and authorised the opening of the … Read more

Johnson & Johnson touts Covid booster shot as US grapples with rise in hospitalizations – live

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5.29pm BST17:29 Joanna Walters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to make public remarks at any moment, to update us on the latest situation with Afghanistan and US evacuations. People evacuated from Kabul wait to board a bus that will take them to a refugee processing center at the Dulles International Airport in … Read more

Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All births are not created equal, new U.S. research reveals: Differences in the quality of hospital care contribute to a higher chance of complications among Black and Hispanic newborns compared to white and Asian infants. The analysis of more than 480,000 live births at term (at least … Read more