Face masks helped tame Covid in Asia. Why is the West in hysterics over masking up?
While Asia is united in masking up, US and Europe remain fractured over face mask use. A viral immunologist and face mask expert explains the deadly consequences.
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Coronavirus prevention tips for the long haul: face masks, social distancing, hand wipes and more
Coronavirus fears spread panic as well as infection. Face masks, hand washing and social isolation are best practices.
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Mask Hysteria: Face mask do’s and don’ts for the coronavirus
What are the best face masks to wear to protect against Covid-19, and how to wear them? Which masks are the worst and could increase your risk of illness? A medical doctor and face mask researcher explains all.
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Students Create Canada’s First Blockchain Diplomas
Calgary — The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) will be the first post-secondary institution in Canada to issue digital diplomas through blockchain. More than 4,800 graduating students in SAIT’s Class of 2019 will receive blockchain-based documents along with their traditional parchments. Fittingly, the idea was inspired by a group of students. “Last year we…
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US Government’s Massive Archive Explores Blockchain
Washington, DC — The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the agency tasked with preserving the U.S. government’s colossal archive of historical records, wants to use more blockchain. Of immediate interest to NARA, verifying tamper-free versions of documents to guard against deep-fake videos, which are created by machine-learning algorithms that can manipulate images and audio…
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The Hardware Ceiling: ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent Bet $35B on the RTX PRO 5500
ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have collectively placed orders for over 3 million export-compliant NVIDIA workstation GPUs, hitting a structural bottleneck where list-price demand doubles the global production cap. A Reuters report from October 20 reveals that at a combined list price exceeding $35 billion, this demand represents a massive capital commitment from China’s tech giants…
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The Softened Moat: OCC Drops the Enforcement Tooth Behind Stablecoin Yield Ban
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has officially softened its stance on the yield-ban enforcement strategy for stablecoins. In Bulletin 2026-50, the regulator’s final rule on third-party reward programs, the OCC dropped its proposed \”rebuttable presumption\” that would have effectively banned banks from offering interest-like rewards on stablecoin deposits through third-party partners.…
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The Broken Stamp: Why a Giant of the Web Just Shut Its Doors
Digital security firm eMudhra is officially exiting the global SSL/TLS certificate business. These certificates act as the digital equivalent of a passport for websites, verifying that a site is legitimate and encrypting the data sent between a user and the server. This decision follows a major security failure that left thousands of websites vulnerable to…
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SoFi Just Shipped the Two-Tier Dollar: 4.40% Inside the Bank, Free Movement Outside It
The most interesting thing about SoFi Earn is not that it exists. It is where it stops. SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) announced the product, ticker SOFIE, on Oct. 22 via the Business Wire release, billing it as the first and only national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers. Those are company claims, like the 15.8 million…
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OpenAI Models Land on Google Cloud: Frontier Distribution Goes Multi-Cloud While the Watts Stay Exclusive
OpenAI’s frontier models are coming to Google Cloud. Announced October 21, the deal puts GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna into Google Cloud’s Model Garden, with Codex agentic workflows connecting to Google’s Gemini platform for inference. Enterprises transact through Google Cloud Marketplace: one invoice, existing spend commitments drawn down, usage counting toward Flexible Savings…