Exposure

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain During 2020, the use of terms like the "China virus" by public officials and in the media negatively connected COVID-19 to China, where the virus originated, causing a detrimental impact. New research from scholars of the hospitality industry at Penn State and the University of Houston found that this type of virus naming contributed to hostility toward and boycotting of Chinese restaurants and…

Crypto hedge fund Galois Capital confirmed that it had up to $45 mn in exposure to the now collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Crypto hedge fund Galois Capital, known as an early critic of the now failed Terra blockchain and its TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin, confirmed that it had up to $45 million in exposure to the now collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange.The firm told Bloomberg News in a Twitter direct message that its exposure was in the range of $40 million to $45 million, after it said on Twitter on Friday…

Elon Musk’s car company, Tesla, once reached out to game designer Sam Barlow about possibly putting his game Her Story into its cars. According to Barlow, Tesla didn’t offer money, but instead said it would be good exposure for the game. Tesla has run video games within its cars before, most notably Cuphead. It can only be played while the car is parked. Tesla has also been working on Steam integration with its vehicles and a demo is apparently coming soon. Barlow suggests, though, that some developers weren’t…

The received wisdom directed at musicians was simple: streaming means you’re not earning from recordings any more? Make it up on the road! Get out there and tour, like musicians used to, then you’ll be fine! That has proven to be a myth. In recent months, an increasing number of acts have announced that they are cancelling tours, or scaling down their live commitments because they simply can’t afford to play.Animal Collective recently put the kibosh on their November tour of the UK and Europe. “From inflation, to currency…

The conversation surrounding Don't Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde's second directorial outing, has been less focused on the film and more on the rumored drama behind the scenes. The creator of the hilariously weird animated teen comedy Big Mouth, Nick Kroll -- who also starred in Wilde's film -- has spoke out about his "first exposure" to the alleged drama and all the attention around it.In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the League actor touched on everything from working with Mel Brooks to his return to…

In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, “pop-up” bike lanes in Berlin contributed to an increase in bike traffic and a reduction in exposure to pollutants for cyclists, according to a new study. At the start of the ongoing pandemic, many cities around Europe rushed to implement temporary bike lanes which would allow increased bike usage as the public avoided shared transport options. These temporary bike lanes were built much faster than traditional infrastructure projects, which can take years. As a result,…

The CIA had multiple directors that oversaw the U.S.’ reportedly disastrous use of fake websites for overseas operations from at least 2004 to 2013, but none could see just how easily identifiable any of these websites really were.Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP (Getty Images)Security researchers from Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said on Thursday they found fatal flaws in a massive network of 885 fake websites that they have “high confidence” were previously used by the Central Intelligence Agency for covert…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Helping children become more "digitally resilient" must be a collective effort if they are to learn how to thrive online, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia. The work is published in Education and Information Technologies. …

Exposure to fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke during the school day affects average test scores. In this map of the predicted effect on average test scores by district in a relatively high-smoke year, 2016, darker shades indicate a stronger impact. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-022-00956-y When wildfire smoke pollutes the air in schoolyards and classrooms, as it does with increasing…

Example trial for the matching object “anvil.” The text in the speech bubble was presented auditorily in German. Credit: Language Learning (2022). DOI: 10.1111/lang.12520 If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from other children who speak with unfamiliar accents. This is…