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UNC basketball legend Walter Davis dies at 69
Walter Davis, a University of North Carolina basketball legend and an Olympic gold medalist for the United States, died of “natural causes” Thursday, the school announced. He was 69. Davis — the uncle of current UNC coach Hubert Davis — was a two-time All-ACC honoree (1976 and 1977) with the Tar Heels, leading the team…
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ICE Completes Rebuild of NYSE Technology Stack
ICE has completed rebuilding the technology stack for the New Stock York Exchange, which it acquired in 2013. Jeffrey Sprecher, chair & chief executive of ICE, said on the third quarter results call on 2 November that the New York Stock Exchange had been built on a technology stack that was overly complicated, hard to…
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Holiday gift preview with lifestyle contributor Limor Suss
(MASS APPEAL) – We’re officially heading into the holiday season, so let’s check in with lifestyle contributor Limor Suss to see how she’s getting ready for all the festive fun. Lifestyle contributor Limor Suss helps us start getting ready for the holidays! Starting November 2 – 4, shop RetailMeNot’s fifth annual Cash Back Day, now extended…
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Escaping the November rain: The Ubyssey’s arts and culture calendar
Recovering from your Halloweekend hangover? Us too. Though you may now be forced back into the sobering reality of writing papers and studying for midterms, there are still opportunities to step away from the classroom and have some fun. Here are some local events this month that are perfect for the tired, broke student. Saturday…
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NIST seeks participants for new artificial intelligence consortium
NIST seeks participants for new artificial intelligence consortium | FedScoop Skip to main content Advertisement Advertisement Close Emerging Tech The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking to collaborate with nonprofits, academia, tech companies and other government entities to help promote the responsible use of AI. (NIST photo) The Department of Commerce’s National Institute…
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BestReviews: Money-saving viral TikTok beauty trends
(MASS APPEAL) – You may see a viral TikTok video that raves about a particular product, but how do you know if that item is actually good? Olivia Horton is standing by with the money-saving viral TikTok beauty products you need to know about form consumer resource, BestReviews. Viral TikTok beauty products that Amazon users…
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FDA proposes ban on food additive found in fruity sports drinks and sodas
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning the use of brominated vegetable oil, a food ingredient once widely used in popular drinks like Gatorade and Mountain Dew that has been slowly phased out due to its link to potential health risks, including damage to the liver, heart and brain. Brominated vegetable oil is…
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Uber and Lyft agree to pay $328m to New York drivers
By Sam Gruet Business reporter, BBC News Ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft will pay $328m (£269m) to settle claims they “systematically cheated” New York drivers out of pay and benefits. It resolves a long investigation by the New York attorney general, who called it the largest wage theft settlement in her office’s history. The agreement…
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Men’s Tennis set to host Bonita Bay Classic
Story Links FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s tennis team concludes its fall season by hosting the Bonita Bay Classic this weekend from the Bonita Bay Club in Bonita Springs. The Classic starts on Friday and runs through Sunday. FGCU is one of four programs that will participate this weekend, with Wichita State University, Virginia…
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SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern conducts space research during suborbital spaceflight aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity
image: Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and associate vice president of Southwest Research Institute’s Space Sector, flew aboard the Virgin Galactic commercial spaceship Unity on a suborbital space mission. During the flight, Stern tested equipment monitoring his vital signs in preparation for a NASA-funded experiment he will perform in space aboard…
