Windsor/Essex Humane Society names Lynnette Bain as new executive director
A new executive director has been hired to oversee the operations at the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. Lynnette Bain, who has served as the vice-president of Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island for 12 years, will take over the position on November 11. “I am really excited for the opportunity to work with such a passionate…
A New Blockchain Player Emerges: Inside World Chain’s Ambitious Plans
The World Foundation has introduced World Chain, a new blockchain network that claims to focus on verified human users instead of bots. With 15 million verified participants already, the project aims to tackle blockchain issues like congestion and costly transaction fees. How World Chain Plans to Change Blockchain In a statement shared with Bitcoin.com News…
Sam Altman Rebrands Biometric ID Project Worldcoin to World as Mainnet Launches
At an event in San Francisco, co-inventors Alex Blania and Sam Altman unveiled significant updates to their project, now known as the World Network. Among the five key announcements was the introduction of a new generation Orb, designed to enhance the efficiency of World ID proof of human verifications…
UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
Sustainability is an empty word if you don’t respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands…
Why do we love carbs? The origins predate agriculture and maybe even our split from Neanderthals
A new study reveals how the duplication of the salivary amylase gene may not only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have occurred as far back as more than 800,000 years ago, long before the advent of farming…
California Continues Progressive Policies, With Restraint, in Divisive Election Year
This legislative cycle, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills affirming reproductive rights and mandating insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization, but the Democrat was reluctant to impose new regulations and frequently cited costs for vetoing bills…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election
The Affordable Care Act has not been a major issue in the 2024 campaign, but abortion and reproductive rights have been front and center. Those are just two of the dozens of health issues that could be profoundly affected by who is elected president and which party controls Congress in 2025…Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software under investigation by federal safety regulator
The U.S. automotive safety regulator has opened a new investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software after four reported crashes in low-visibility situations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Xinhua Headlines: Indonesian development gets boost as Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway marks one year
As Indonesia marches toward its Golden Indonesia 2045 Vision, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway has not only made rail transport more efficient and comfortable, but also plays a pivotal role in boosting the local economy, tourism, human resources and people’s livelihood. JAKARTA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Indonesia on Thursday grandly celebrated the first anniversary of the…