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Enlarge / Oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. There are nearly 5,000 functioning oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and 27,000 abandoned wells. (credit: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images) This week, New Jersey’s attorney general sued the US Department of the Interior (DOI) for failing to comply with a Freedom of Information […]
DEMENTIA is associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. According to Alzheimer’s Society 850,000 people in the UK live with the condition, but did you know anyone with a ‘severe mental impairment’ can receive a council tax discount or even an exemption? Daily Express :: Health Feed
Dementia is a term for a set of symptoms caused when the brain is damaged by diseases, and these can include memory loss, understanding, movement and difficulties carrying out daily activities. Having or knowing someone with the condition can be devastating, but their are things in place to make life a little easier. Certain council […]
Enlarge / Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin. (credit: Techcrunch) The DAO, a blockchain-based organization created last year, was supposed to demonstrate the potential of Bitcoin competitor Ethereum. Investors pumped $ 150 million of virtual currency into the project. But then in June 2016, hackers found a bug in the DAO’s code that allowed them to steal $ 50 million […]
REUTERS/Kate Munsch (Reuters) – A US judge on Thursday granted the state of Hawaii’s bid to exempt grandparents and other relatives from President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on residents from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees. US District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu had been asked to narrowly interpret a US Supreme Court ruling that […]
Enlarge / The FCC was asked to decide whether this ringless voicemail technology should be subject to anti-robocall rules. (credit: Stratics Networks) A petition to exempt ringless voicemails from anti-robocall rules has been withdrawn after heavy opposition. In March, a marketing company called All About the Message petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for a ruling that […]
Enlarge (credit: Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Microsoft has formally asked the US Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to grant it and other companies an exemption to the Trump administration’s executive order that restricts entry or re-entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. The order, which was signed last Friday, affects immigrants […]
