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Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers(2024-12-28 03:00:02)

Accidental missile attacks on commercial airliners have become the leading cause of aviation fatalities in recent years (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), driven by rising global conflicts and the proliferation of advanced antiaircraft weaponry. Despite improvements in aviation safety ...
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Taxi Drivers Offer a Clue to Lowering Alzheimer's Risk(2024-12-28 00:00:10)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: The two professions associated with the lowest levels of death due to Alzheimer's disease may be surprising. Taxi and ambulance drivers were found to have the lowest proportion of deaths of more than 440 occupations that were considered in a ...
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Valve Makes More Money Per Employee Than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix Combined(2024-12-27 21:00:03)

jjslash shares a report from TechSpot: A Valve employee recently provided PC Gamer with a rough calculation of the company's per-employee income, revealing that Valve generates more money per person than several of the world's largest companies. While the data is a few years old and doesn't account ...
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C-suite Goes Gig as Demand For Fractional Work Rises(2024-12-27 18:00:06)

There's been an explosion of interest among senior executives -- including C-suite leaders -- in going gig, or "fractional." From a report: "People don't want to go back to pre-COVID -- [they] want control, more work-life-balance, and a say over who they work with and how they work," Karina Mikhli, ...
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Chinese Hackers Breach Ninth US Telecoms Group in Espionage Campaign(2024-12-27 15:00:03)

A ninth U.S. telecommunications company has been compromised in a Chinese espionage campaign that targeted private communications, particularly around Washington D.C., White House Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger said Friday. The intrusion, part of the "Salt Typhoon" operation that ...
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