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IIM Ahmedabad and Bank of America partner to set up a Centre for Digital Transformation

Bank of America, August 26, 2021

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), the premier global management institution, has partnered with Bank of America to launch a Centre for Digital Transformation (CDT). The Centre aspires to become a vibrant knowledge hub for academia, policymaking and the private sector by facilitating cutting-edge research on digital transformation and innovation.

As kids head back to school, battles over masks are pitting parents against governors

National Geographic, August 26, 2021

Eight-year-old Bobby Campbell wanted more than anything to go back to school in person this year. But he’s acutely aware of the importance of masks in reducing COVID’s spread, as his second grade science project last year showed.

FDA’s Pfizer Vaccine Approval Adds Fuel to Biden Booster Plan

Bloomberg Law, August 25, 2021

Full FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine may ease the path to booster shots in the U.S., a plan that’s received mixed reactions amid spiking infections from the delta variant and global inequity in immunization access.

Vaccination mandates are symptomatic of bigger problems in America

The Hill, August 25, 2021

Our nation should not need COVID-19 vaccine mandates, yet conflicting attitudes, perspectives and political leanings are making them necessary.

Op-Ed: Want to keep college students safer from COVID this fall? Think like the TSA.

IndyStar, August 25, 2021

Legal battles, like those over vaccination mandates at Indiana University and mask mandates in Texas, Arizona and Utah, are not helping make colleges safer for students as they return to campus.

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Artificial Intelligence

America must act to secure its ‘legacy chips’ from China and other competitors

The Hill, January 12, 2025

Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called “legacy” chips are just as important — if not more — to our daily lives.

AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

Computer World, December 28, 2024

A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

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Healthcare

The health care industry is girding for Trump’s tariffs —and pushing hard for carveouts

STAT News, November 21, 2024

Tariffs could raise the cost of medical care and prescription drugs for people in the U.S.

Transparency and rigorous oversight urged for U.S. Medicare Advantage program

News-Medical.net, October 8, 2024

New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States' largest healthcare capitation program.

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Supply Chain

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Marketplace, January 2, 2025

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts could go on strike again in less than two weeks if they don’t reach a contract agreement with ports and shippers. Talks are set to resume next week, according to Bloomberg. The main sticking point between the two sides? Automation.

Exclusive: The Russian billionaires whose chemical factories fuel Russia's war machine

Reuters, December 30, 2024

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia's wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow's military during the war in Ukraine, an analysis of railway and financial data shows.

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Climate

Mark Cuban's Question to Matt Gaetz on Energy Costs Takes Off Online

Newsweek, September 14, 2024

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban's question to Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on energy costs took off on social media on Saturday.

Florida advances bill to ban offshore wind turbines despite not having any — here’s why that matters

Dredge Wire, April 3, 2024

Florida lawmakers have banned wind turbines off its shores and near the coast, saying the bill is meant to protect wildlife and prevent noise.

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