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    5 reasons why your personal loan application could get rejected » Fincover

    The reasons for a personal loan rejection falls under any of these five reasons aside from the specific rejection criteria set by some banks. Make sure you avoid these mistakesInsure the right way
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    In a note to employees, Bosworth envisions Meta's deep compatibility with blockchain, says it could have "profound impacts on our industry over the ne

    Ryan Mac / New York Times: In a note to employees, Bosworth envisions Meta's deep compatibility with blockchain, says it could have “profound impacts on our industry over the next decade” — Meta, Facebook's parent company, is aiming for “deep compatibility” with blockchain technology...
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    Meta says it acquired ImagineOptix, a North Carolina-based startup specializing in liquid crystal lenses, which could help reduce the size of VR heads

    Mathew Olson / The Information: Meta says it acquired ImagineOptix, a North Carolina-based startup specializing in liquid crystal lenses, which could help reduce the size of VR headsets — It's time to add another company to the list of Meta's acquisitions in the AR/VR industry. Meta has...
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    A Bluetooth bug in a popular at-home COVID-19 test could falsify results

    A security researcher found a Bluetooth vulnerability in a popular at-home COVID-19 test allowing him to modify its results. F-Secure researcher Ken Gannon identified the since-fixed flaw in the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test, a self-administered antigen test that individuals can use to check to see...
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    Could This New York Festival Finally Convince Americans to Love Panettone?

    Shutterstock/Hans Geel A festival in Long Island City, Queens is on a mission to expose the U.S. to fresh, handcrafted versions of the Italian holiday favorite This winter, 250 made-in-Italy, naturally leavened panettoni got to partake in one of the birthrights of traveling to New York...
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    Could Supernova be an ‘ethical alternative’ to the social media giants?

    Supernova is a new app that has now gone live on the Apple and Android app stores billing itself as a new “ethical alternative” to Instagram and Facebook, where most of the ad revenues go to charities. Does it have a chance? It would be fair to say that after many years of either watching...
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    Yerba mate could modulate tumor progression and metastasis in breast cancer models.

    PMID: Front Pharmacol. 2021 ;12:750197. Epub 2021 Nov 11. PMID: 34858179 Abstract Title: Yerba Mate Modulates Tumor Cells Functions Involved in Metastasis in Breast Cancer Models. Abstract: Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer in women and tumor metastasis is a major cause of...
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    Hibiscus sabdariffa could be a treatment for uncontrolled hypertension.

    PMID: Plants (Basel). 2021 May 19 ;10(5). Epub 2021 May 19. PMID: 34069702 Abstract Title: , a Treatment for Uncontrolled Hypertension. Pilot Comparative Intervention. Abstract: In Iraq, in 2019, there were about 1.4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDP); medical treatments were often...
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    Honokiol could alleviate lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by reducing the oxidative stress and inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome.

    PMID: Chin Med. 2021 Nov 29 ;16(1):127. Epub 2021 Nov 29. PMID: 34844623 Abstract Title: Honokiol alleviates LPS-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis via Nrf2 activation in vitro and in vivo. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Honokiol (HKL) has been reported to...
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    The Biden administration is concerned with US investments in Chinese companies developing "dual use" tech that could have civilian and military applic

    Washington Post: The Biden administration is concerned with US investments in Chinese companies developing “dual use” tech that could have civilian and military applications — Last year, a fast-rising artificial intelligence company in China won a little-noticed contract from a Chinese...
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    Sources: Oracle is in talks to acquire electronic medical records company Cerner, in a deal that could be worth ~$30B (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: Sources: Oracle is in talks to acquire electronic medical records company Cerner, in a deal that could be worth ~$30B — An agreement, which could potentially be worth $30 billion, would rank as biggest ever for software giant — Oracle Corp. is in talks to buy...
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    Job listings show Apple is hiring engineers for a new office in Irvine, California to develop wireless chips that could replace Broadcom and Skyworks

    Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Job listings show Apple is hiring engineers for a new office in Irvine, California to develop wireless chips that could replace Broadcom and Skyworks components — - Company seeks engineers for location in Irvine, California — Apple is poised to attract employees from...
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    The era of ultra-rich software valuations could be behind us

    An analyst note from JP Morgan has thrown a wrench into the valuations market for technology shares. And while the impact of the missive is being felt most sharply among public companies, its impacts could show up in the valuations of yet-private technology firms as well. The Exchange...
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    Caffeic acid supplementation could effectively alleviate DSS-induced colitis.

    PMID: Front Microbiol. 2021 ;12:784211. Epub 2021 Nov 16. PMID: 34867926 Abstract Title: Caffeic Acid Supplement Alleviates Colonic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Potentially Through Improved Gut Microbiota Community in Mice. Abstract: Caffeic acid (CA) is one of the major phenolic acids...
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    UK's CMA opens an investigation into Microsoft's planned $16B acquisition of Nuance, announced in April, arguing it could reduce competition (Yadarisa

    Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters: UK's CMA opens an investigation into Microsoft's planned $16B acquisition of Nuance, announced in April, arguing it could reduce competition — Britain's antitrust regulator said on Monday it will look into Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $16 billion purchase of artificial...
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    Volvo Cars discloses a security breach that led to R&D data theft and could impact the company's operations; the Snatch ransomware gang claims respons

    Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Volvo Cars discloses a security breach that led to R&D data theft and could impact the company's operations; the Snatch ransomware gang claims responsibility — Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars has disclosed that unknown attackers have stolen research and...
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    Serotonergic hallucinogens/psychedelics could be promising treatments for depressive and anxiety disorders in end-stage cancer.

    PMID: BMC Psychiatry. 2019 10 28 ;19(1):321. Epub 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31660905 Abstract Title: Serotonergic hallucinogens/psychedelics could be promising treatments for depressive and anxiety disorders in end-stage cancer. Abstract: In a recent issue of the BMC Psychiatry, the evidence of...
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    Samsara could become a decacorn in upcoming IoT-themed IPO

    Samsara is a company that has raised lots of private capital at rather high prices. Back in 2018, for example, TechCrunch noted that the IoT platform company had raised $100 million at a $3.6 billion valuation. Now that Samsara is going public, we were curious whether it would manage to best...
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    These results indicate that saffron could be beneficial in glaucoma by helping to reduce the inflammatory process.

    PMID: J Clin Med. 2021 Oct 20 ;10(21). Epub 2021 Oct 20. PMID: 34768320 Abstract Title: Is Saffron Able to Prevent the Dysregulation of Retinal Cytokines Induced by Ocular Hypertension in Mice? Abstract: Cytokine- and chemokine-mediated signalling is involved in the neuroinflammatory process...
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    Biobran/MGN-3 could be a novel agent with prophylactic effects against a wide spectrum of respiratory viral infections.

    PMID: Nutrients. 2021 Nov 19 ;13(11). Epub 2021 Nov 19. PMID: 34836388 Abstract Title: Dietary Supplementation with Biobran/MGN-3 Increases Innate Resistance and Reduces the Incidence of Influenza-like Illnesses in Elderly Subjects: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Clinical...