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Know Your Fake Reviews: State AGs Signal Enforcement
Reviews Can Drive Business Reviews matter. In a survey conducted by Yelp, 83% of consumers who read reviews say they trust online reviews about local businesses. However, fake reviews may mislead consumers. Recently, there was media attention around a one-night-only restaurant in New York City that arose from fake reviews. The idea for a restaurant…
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Restaurant Mr. Barbecue damaged after a car crashes into its entrance in North Carolina
By JD Franklin III North Carolina restaurant Mr. Barbecue damaged after a car crashes into its entrance in Winston-Salem Updated: 11:02 AM EST Nov 7, 2023 BY A COOL ONE. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THAT COMING UP SOON. THANK YOU, BRIAN. TODAY WILL MARK DAY SEVEN OF THE SENTENCING HEARING FOR MOLLY CORBETT AND…
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UCLA: A Space Odyssey
It wasn’t the night sky that sparked the explorer spirit in Megan McArthur ’93. “I only made the connection between it and its possibilities when I first saw astronauts,” she says. “I realized that’s a real job that real people do.” Courtesy of NASA McArthur inside the cupola at the International Space Station as it…
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Quantum technology and its main applications
Quantum computers Quantum computers are one of the most prominent applications of quantum technology. These devices differ markedly from traditional computers in the way they store and process information. Whereas conventional computers use bits to represent data, which can exist in two different states (0 or 1), quantum computers use qubits. The most intriguing feature…
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Innovating The Oldest Technology—Dialogue For Growth
Companies are constantly seeking new ways to innovate and grow. While emerging technologies have undoubtedly been a driving force behind many of these advancements, it’s essential not to overlook the oldest technology of all: conversation. Effective dialogue within organizations is the foundation upon which innovation and growth are built. Too many companies today find themselves…
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Driving Automotive Technology Into the Future
How many iPhones would it take to store a petabyte of data? Roughly 4,000, Gabriel Flores estimates. For the layperson, a petabyte is 1,000 terabytes. That’s the amount of data a self-driving vehicle terminal server needs to collect and move through cloud storage on a consistent basis—a process that’s vastly expensive, super technical, and critical…
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National Diabetes Month: Keeping Nutrition and Food Safety in Mind
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Did you know November is National Diabetes Month? Diabetes is a disease that happens when the level of glucose in your blood (blood sugar) is too high. It is important that people with diabetes keep nutrition and safe food handling in mind to help with their health…
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‘Rogue’ star won’t collide with our solar system in 29,000 years after all
The solar system of the far future is safe from a run-in with a runaway dead star. Last year, researchers looked at the trajectory of a rogue white dwarf star called WD 0810–353 with the Gaia space telescope and predicted that it was due for an encounter with our solar system in around 29,000 years.…
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Longtime UT men’s tennis coach Dave Snyder dies at 88
AUSTIN, Texas — Dave Snyder, head coach of the University of Texas at Austin’s men’s tennis program for three decades, died Saturday in Austin, the university said. He was 88. In addition to being head coach, Snyder was a Longhorn tennis letterwinner. Snyder ran the program from 1973 to 2000. When he stepped down, he did so…
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A mission to expand health access for Black men in Wisconsin
Editor’s note: If you have watched this or any other Wisconsin in Black & White report, please share your feed back in a survey at pbswisconsin.org/wibw-survey. Thank you. Nathan Denzin:In the summer of 2004, Aaron Perry watched an Ironman competition in Madison and it changed his life. Aaron Perry:I remember looking and watching and I…
