The city of Midland has made resident experience a priority and in recent months has launched a pair of applications aimed at making customer service easier on residents. The city is also taking action on increasing transparency. In July, the city formally announced the addition of SeeClickFix and Ask Jacky to its services. There’s also…
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heavy-duty endurance exercise can cause body fat levels to drop without any accompanying weight loss, a new small-scale study indicates. A group of eleven middle-aged men who cycled 710 miles in seven days lost only about 1% of their total weight, because they ate and drank enough to…
Ryan Routh’s former business headquarters in Greesboro, N.C., was also the scene of one of his most serious crimes. After an officer spotted a machine gun in Routh’s car during a traffic stop, Routh sped away and barricaded himself inside this building with explosives. Hours later, police special teams managed to diffuse the situation. Routh…
Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The stock market rally had a solid week, building on the prior week’s strong gains. With the Federal Reserve opting for a big rate cut, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones set record highs, while the Nasdaq and Russell 2000…
China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups are looking to chase down new opportunities in their field, following the preview of an advanced new series of large language models (LLMs) – the technology underpinning generative AI services – by ChatGPT creator OpenAI, according to executives at Alibaba Cloud‘s Apsara Conference in Hangzhou. OpenAI o1, previewed earlier…
For the better part of two years, the bulls have been firmly in control on Wall Street. A resilient U.S. economy, coupled with excitement surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), have helped lift the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-focused Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) to multiple…
If a treatment were available, a significant majority of people would get tested for dementia, says charity Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI). ADI, based in London in the UK, works with dementia and Alzheimer’s associations in more than 100 countries. It asked a lot of people the testing question: 40,000 in 166 countries. Hamid Sohrabi is…
It’s time to pour one out for the iPhone 13, as with the launch of the iPhone 16 series, Apple has consigned its 2021 iPhone to the tech bone orchard. But I’m here to tell you to buy one while you still can. That’s because the iPhone 13 was, until Apple officially retired it, our…
Congressional Republicans are demanding an 11th-hour change to Nebraska’s presidential voting system in a move that could transform the electoral calculus and tip the race to Donald Trump in the event of a photo finish. With polls showing Trump neck-and-neck with Kamala Harris both nationally and in battleground states, senior GOP congressional figures are pressing…
The Federal Reserve kicked off its campaign to lower interest rates with a larger-than-typical half percentage-point cut, while the Bank of England decided against a second consecutive reduction. The Fed’s rate cut, which was larger than forecasters had generally anticipated, is Chair Jerome Powell’s attempt at ensuring a soft landing for the economy. In the…