As the 2024 election cycle nears, clinicians anticipate the election’s impact on healthcare. While clinical teams—doctors, nurses, pharmacists— are largely responsible for healthcare delivery, the financial structure, policies, and regulations of the field are largely controlled by non-medical, elected officials who lack a medical background. Despite the stakes, “physicians vote at rates nearly 20% lower than the general population, which is concerning given our unique role in influencing health policy,” says Dr. Alister Martin, emergency medicine physician and CEO of a Healthier Democracy. Though some argue that medicine and politics should remain separate, healthcare related issues consistently appear on ballots.…
I’ve never seen one word get so much traction on X in recent months. When President Trump appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently, it set the world of social media on fire. One example: If you type “rogan” on the X platform, you will see every possible opinion in the…
If April 8’s total solar eclipse across North America did anything it put a pair of solar filters — in the form of eclipse glasses — in millions of households. It’s time to go find them because there’s something to see on the sun this week that could soon produce…
Garmin has announced a new member in its luxury Marq family, and it is even more expensive than the rest. The Gen 2 Marq Adventurer Damascus Steel Edition is this new variant, and it costs an eye-opening $1000 more than the titanium model at $3100. It doesn’t appear to have…
Amid some pretty stiff competition, OpenAI appears to be moving the ball forward on its newest model, aptly called o1, which utilizes a new kind of skill set to show us what the next generation of AI models will look like. The tech world is buzzing with reports of use…
Rob McNutt is the Chief Strategy Officer at Forescout Technologies, responsible for innovation and company strategy. Operational technology (OT) has long been the backbone of critical infrastructure, spanning utilities, manufacturing plants and military systems. Historically, these environments were isolated, operating on the premise that limited access equated to inherent security.…
The digital age has revolutionized customer expectations. No longer content with limited options, today’s customers actively explore, compare, and demand exceptional experiences throughout their entire journey. Today, every interaction matters. Think of it like building a relationship – each touchpoint either strengthens the bond or weakens it. This puts immense…
It’s a tale as old as time. You farm for a drop you need in Destiny 2, you don’t get it for ages, you think that it must be bugged. Or, this has produced the theory for many years that some perks or perk combinations are weighted to drop less…
For decades, work was governed by an unspoken social contract. Employees would trade their time, loyalty, and often large chunks of their personal lives for financial stability and upward mobility. The classic metrics of success—long hours, climbing the corporate ladder, and devotion to a single employer—were considered badges of honor.…
I have not paid all that much attention to Destiny 2’s Xur in well, ages at this point, as outside of very rare spiky stat exotics, he mainly serves as a catch-up mechanism for new or lapsed players. But now he has something on offer that everyone wants, a new…
Pioneer in the telecommunications industry with over 25 years of experience. Jonathan Rosenberg is the CTO and Head of AI at Five9. I work as CTO and head of AI at Five9. We serve some of the largest enterprises in the world, and over the past few years, we’ve seen…
Nikon just announced the winners of the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, where scientific microscope images become art. This year’s top prize went to Bruno Cisterna, who (assisted by Eric Vitriol) captured a detailed image of the structural framework of neuronal cells. Thanks to microscopes, biologists are able to…
Chirag Shah is Global Information Security Officer & DPO of Model N, Inc. With the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), new opportunities and threats to cybersecurity have emerged in a relatively short period, and its capabilities can only expand. In this article, we will examine the dual role…
For over four decades, economist Bob Lerman has challenged the “college for all” mantra of America’s higher education establishment. During much of this time, Lerman’s alternative to college, workplace-based/skills-based training, made limited headway—as “college for all” dominated. But in 2024, Lerman’s training approaches are beginning to get traction, especially his…
Ever since it was announced that Doctor Doom would be played in the MCU by Robert Downey Jr, previously the lynchpin of the universe as the now-dead Tony Stark, I have been unable to wrap my head around what exactly is happening here. Yes, it’s stunt casting but…what is the…
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