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Tropical storm Ophelia could slam mid-Atlantic states on Friday
A tropical storm off the mid-Atlantic coast began dumping rain on parts of North Carolina on Friday and will likely bring more precipitation along with high winds and storm surges to parts of Virginia and Delaware, the National Weather Service said. In Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a…#northcarolina #virginia #delaware #glennyoungkin #ophelia #chesapeakebay #potomacriver #airforcereserve #airforce #newjersey
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More than 75000 Kaiser workers in California and elsewhere plan to strike next month
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees in California and elsewhere plan to go on strike in early October after the healthcare giant and unions that represent a huge swath of the Kaiser workforce failed to reach an agreement this week that resolves concerns about pay, staffing and other…#kaiserpermanente #kaiser #daveregan #oregon #colorado #virginia #healthcare #kentwong #uclalaborcenter #hawaii
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

$2,000,000 in Free Money To Be Handed Out in US County ’s New Guaranteed Income Pilot
A US county is preparing to hand out $2 million with no strings attached in a new basic income pilot. A total of 180 families will receive $750 per month over the course of 15 months in Fairfax County, Virginia. The sign up process for the Fairfax County Economic Mobility Pilot (FCEMP) runs from…#fairfaxcounty #virginia #fpl #fcemp #twitter #dailyhodl #uscountys
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Facial-Recognition Company Clearview Settles Privacy Class-Action
Facial-recognition company Clearview AI has agreed to settle a class-action privacy lawsuit, according to court records posted Friday. Details of the proposed settlement are not yet available. If approved by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman in the Northern District of Illinois, the…#clearviewai #sharonjohnsoncoleman #illinois #clearview #virginia #twitter #macy #vermont #hoanton #aclu
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

McDonald ' s to raise royalty fees for new franchise restaurants in US, Canada
The logo for McDonald's restaurant is seen as McDonald's Corp. reports fourth quarter earnings, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 22 (Reuters) - McDonald's (MCD.N) is raising royalty fees for new franchise restaurants in the U.S.…#mcdonald #mcdonaldcorp #arlington #virginia #northcoastresearch #jimsanderson
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Long-duration storage gets big boost with $325M from DOE
The remote community of Healy, Alaska will transition from coal power to renewables with the help of a ​ pumped thermal energy storage” system from legacy company Westinghouse and Echogen. Lastly, Form Energy won the only award for storage that can discharge for multiple days straight. The…#healy #alaska #westinghouse #formenergy #xcelenergy #colorado #minnesota #xcel #argonnenationallab #virginia
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bill Gates: ' Republicans for climate change action are gold '
Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks onstage at The New York Times Climate Forward Summit 2023 at The Times Center on September 21, 2023 in New York City. "Republicans for climate change action are gold," said Bill Gates, the…#billgates #timescenter #newyorkcity #republicans #climateforward #gates #capitolhill #pewresearchcenter #democrats #washingtondc
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Peak Mining Signs $150M Deal for Microbt Bitcoin Miners, Eyes Large-Scale Liquid-Cooling Tech
According to Peak Mining, a subsidiary of Northern Data Group, the company has signed a contract with bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Microbt worth $150 million. This agreement will equip Peak Mining with 7 exahash per second (EH/s) of the latest next-generation BTC mining devices. Microbt and…#peakmining #northerndatagroup #microbt #microbtwhatsminer #m53s #northdakota #niekbeudeker #peakminings #m60 #peak
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

75,000 Kaiser healthcare workers are set to strike in October, accusing management of bad-faith negotiations
More than 75,000 healthcare workers are set to strike for three days in October over what they say are bad-faith negotiations by Kaiser Permanente executives regarding staffing issues, their unions said Friday. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions issued a 10-day unfair-labor-practice strike…#kaiserpermanente #kaiser #daveregan #henryperez #modesto #steveshivinsky #reneesaldaña #colorado #oregon #virginia
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers threaten strike if labor agreement not reached
Thousands of healthcare workers march down Vermont to call for the urgent need for improved working conditions, better support systems and increased investment in the healthcare workforce at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Hollywood on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. More…#healthcare #vermont #hollywood #kaiserpermanente #colorado #oregon #virginia #washingtondc #districtofcolumbia
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More than 75,000 Kaiser workers in California and elsewhere plan to strike next month
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees in California and elsewhere plan to go on strike in early October after the healthcare giant and unions that represent a huge swath of the Kaiser workforce failed to reach an agreement this week that resolves concerns about pay, staffing and other…#kaiserpermanente #kaiser #daveregan #oregon #colorado #virginia #healthcare #hawaii #maryland #oakland
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

McDonald ' s to raise royalty fees for new US restaurant operators
The logo for McDonald's restaurant is seen as McDonald's Corp. reports fourth quarter earnings, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 22 (Reuters) - McDonald's (MCD.N) is raising royalty fees for new U.S. franchise operators for the…#mcdonald #mcdonaldcorp #arlington #virginia
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Could Virginia Become the Next Florida? It May Come Down to 20 Legislative Races
It is exceedingly rare—as in, it basically never happens—that a first-time candidate for Virginia’s House of Delegates becomes internationally famous. Yet last week, Susanna Gibson—nurse practitioner, mother of two, and Democrat from suburban Richmond—made headlines around the world after The…#virginia #houseofdelegates #susannagibson #democrat #richmond #davidowen #davidmills #republicans #glennyoungkin #jesseferguson
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Irony of Automation
The audio version of this article is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and beyond. We keep waiting for A.I. to liberate us from mundane, repetitive tasks or just plain old busywork. Then, we tell ourselves, we'll finally be able to focus on what we do best — showing empathy, being creative,…#spotify #applepodcasts #foundationonappletv #demerzel #foundation #isaacasimov #saudiarabia #jimohaughnessy
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

20VC: Are Foundation Models Becoming Commoditised? Do OpenAI and Anthropic of the World Have a Sustaining Moat? Why Smaller Models May Work Better? Why …
Christian Kleinerman is the SVP of Product @ Snowflake. Before Snowflake, Christian spent close to 5 years at Google as a Senior Director of Product Management @ YouTube working on their infrastructure and data systems. Before YouTube, Christian spent over 13 years at Microsoft serving as General…#christiankleinerman #productsnowflake #christian #google #productmanagement #datawarehousing #satyanadella #frankslootman #gpt #alex
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news