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Night shifts worsen diabetes management
According to a study published in Diabetic Medicine, night shift workers, particularly nurses and midwives, face significant challenges in managing type 2 diabetes. Lead researcher Rachel Gibson, a registered dietitian at King’s College London, observed: “What struck me is that these are people who work in health care, yet they don’t have access [to] a…
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Anthropic says its new AI model is a cybersecurity ‘reckoning’
AI company Anthropic has built a new model that it claims is too powerful to be released to the public. Anthropic will instead make the Claude Mythos Preview available to a select 40 or so technology companies, including Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, which will use it to find and patch security vulnerabilities in critical software…
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Jones Day hit by cyber attack
Jones Day has confirmed a cyber attack linked to the Silent Ransom Group which accessed files related to 10 clients. The firm described the incident as a “phishing incident” where an “unauthorized third party accessed a limited number of dated files.” All affected clients have been informed, but the firm has not disclosed their identities….
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Trump proposes to cut 9,400 TSA workers
The Trump administration is proposing to ?cut more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5bn from the 60,000-employee Transportation ?Security Administration (TSA), according to a budget document for the Department of Homeland Security – which oversees the agency that handles airport security operations – that is part of the White House budget proposal ?for the…
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Starbucks shareholders back board, rejecting labor-focused challenge
Starbucks shareholders have overwhelmingly re-elected the full board, dismissing a campaign by labor-aligned investor groups that had urged votes against two directors over concerns about the company’s handling of labor relations. The challenge centered on the board’s decision to dissolve a dedicated committee overseeing workforce and union matters, with critics arguing this weakened oversight amid…
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Labor market shows signs of cooling as openings and hiring decline
U.S. job openings fell to 6.88m in February from an upwardly revised 7.24m in January, undershooting expectations and signalling a moderation in labor demand after a brief uptick at the start of the year. According to the Labor Department’s latest JOLTS report, hiring also slowed markedly, to its lowest level since April 2020, reflecting weaker…
