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A Fourth Person Is Effectively ‘Cured’ of HIV, And It’s The Oldest Patient Yet

AIDS researchers announced on Wednesday that a fourth person has been "cured" of HIV, but the dangerous procedure for patients also battling cancer may be little comfort for the tens of millions living with the virus worldwide.  The 66-year-old man, named the "City of Hope" patient after the Californian center where he was treated, was declared in remission in the lead-up to the International AIDS Conference, which begins in Montreal, Canada on Friday.He is the second person to be announced cured this year, after…

NASA Reveals Ambitious New Plan to Detect Signs of Life on Distant Planets

NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts is famous for supporting outlandish ideas in the astronomy and space exploration fields. Since being re-established in 2011, the institute has supported a wide variety of projects as part of its three-phase program.  However, so far, only three projects have gone on to receive Phase III funding. And one of those just released a white paper describing a mission to get a telescope that could effectively see biosignatures on nearby exoplanets by utilizing the gravitational lens of our…

Study: as the war persists, Meta has responded fairly effectively to Russian propaganda flagged by Ukrainian officials, while YouTube,…

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Study: as the war persists, Meta has responded fairly effectively to Russian propaganda flagged by Ukrainian officials, while YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn lag — As the war rages on, a new report finds that YouTube and Twitter are ignoring requests to take down hate and disinformation targeting Ukrainians Will Oremus / Washington Post: Study: as the war persists, Meta has responded fairly effectively to Russian propaganda flagged by Ukrainian officials, while…

How to Google more effectively to get the results you need

Image: Getty ImagesGoogle search is as ubiquitous as it gets. In fact, according to Statcounter, Google search currently has an 87.71% stranglehold on the search engine market share (with the next being Bing at 6.72%). That means a vast majority of people use Google as their default way of googling.Yeah, Google is so prevalent the name of the platform has been officially verbed. There's even an entry in Merriam Webster for google, which is: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (someone or

How to Effectively Reuse Your Old Code in a New Project | by François St-Amant | May, 2022

Writing your very own personal Python packageSource: https://unsplash.com/photos/H424WdcQN4YWhen you have been working with data for a while, you quickly realize that big parts of your code could be reused from one project to the next.In the following article, I will show you a very easy and efficient way to create your personal python “package”, allow you to reuse potentially huge chunks of code with just a couple lines as long as you are on-premise (same computer and using personal files).Steps to creating your personal…

10 Tips for Effectively Marketing Your Brand on Instagram

Grow with your Instagram as there are some new tricks that can put your brand’s name on the map. Reaching ahead of the competitors in business has never been easier. Some latest strategies are specially designed for marketing a brand along with plans to buy active instagram followers. Bring your business to Instagram as this is the place of all the attention.  Tips for Effective Brand Marketing With so many new additions to Instagram, the ways of branding have changed in 2021. Since most part of the business…

FIRS seeks collaboration within African countries to effectively tax digital businesses

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has called for improved collaboration among countries with the aim of exploring alternative rules that will enable market jurisdictions, particularly African countries, to effectively tax digital businesses. This was stated during a presentation by the Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Muhammad Nami last Friday at a Technical Assistance Programme organized by African Tax Administrators’ Forum’s (ATAF) with the theme “Member’s Needs and How To…

Cable companies to offer effectively free internet to low-income homes

Vice President Kamala Harris during an event on high-speed internet access.Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration said it secured commitments from 20 internet service providers to either reduce prices or increase speeds to serve low-income households, according to a White House press release published Monday.The news means that tens of millions of households could receive high-speed internet at no cost, according to the White House. Low-income households qualifying for the Affordable…