Pentagon asks AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle to bid for new cloud contract | ZDNet

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The US Defense Department on Friday asked Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and Oracle to submit bids for a new, multi-billion dollar cloud contract. The solicitation comes months after the Pentagon scrapped the plans for its controversial, $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, which was slated to go to Microsoft.  The new Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability … Read more

Pandemic Curbed Kids’ Efforts to Lose Excess Weight

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new study is highlighting yet another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: It has likely made it even harder for kids with obesity to manage their weight. The findings, researchers said, are no surprise. Many adults, faced with normal life being upended during … Read more

Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts after shooting dead two people during Kenosha unrest

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A jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on charges related to his shooting dead two people at an anti-racism protest and injuring a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year, after a tumultuous trial that gripped America. Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, when he shot … Read more

Beware of Private Equity-Owned Nursing Homes: Study

Nov. 19, 2021 — When you have to help a parent choose a nursing home or you need nursing home care yourself, you can consult a healthcare professional, talk to friends, or look at the Nursing Home Compare website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS website includes star ratings for … Read more

Cardiologists Share Tips to Improve Life With Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Can you walk more? That may be the last question that you want to hear when you have a blood vessel condition called peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. Even walking short distances, as you likely know, may cause your legs to cramp up. But doctors say that if you push yourself to move more often … Read more

Hyundai and Kia are going big with upcoming electric vehicles

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The Hyundai Seven concept has no steering wheel but a steering stick instead, which folds away for autonomous driving. Its back seats are arranged like a sectional sofa, bending in an L shape around the rear corner of the SUV. The Kia EV9 is less fanciful. It has a rectangular steering wheel — concept vehicles … Read more

‘Still no direct contact with Peng’

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Peng Shuai is a former world number one doubles player and reached 14th in the singles rankings in 2011 Chinese player Peng Shuai has still not directly been in contact with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), which says “no amount of money” would stop the tour pulling events out of China. Peng has not been … Read more

WTA threat to quit China over Peng Shuai’s disappearance puts Porsche and SAP in a bind

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Peng, a two-time former Grand Slam doubles champion, has vanished from the public eye since she accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex in a social media post on November 2 that was deleted within minutes. Concerns for her safety have grown after Chinese state media released a screenshot of … Read more