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Jan 24 2025BUSINESS

How a Lost USB Drive Led to a Multi-Billion Dollar Company

Ever lost important files? Drew Houston, now 41, faced this problem repeatedly as a student at MIT. He found himself constantly misplacing USB drives with crucial data. Frustrated, he decided to create a solution for himself in 2007 — a cloud storage platform. Little did he know, this personal proje

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Jan 23 2025ENTERTAINMENT

East Meets West: Louis Vuitton and Kenzo Team Up for Streetwear

So, what happens when two fashion powerhouses join forces? A stylish blend of East and West, that's what! Louis Vuitton and Kenzo showed off their new collection during Paris Fashion Week, and it was quite the show. Celebrities like Bradley Cooper and Adrien Brody rubbed shoulders with K-pop stars a

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Jan 22 2025WEATHER

Discovering Louisiana: WBRZ News Teams' Journey in the Historic Snowstorm

On Tuesday, January 21st, WBRZ's news, weather, and even sports teams hit the road. Their mission? To explore how residents were dealing with the first significant snowfall since 2018 in southeastern Louisiana. It was quite the show, with several inches of snow blanketing the region. Destiny Beasle

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Jan 07 2025HEALTH

Bird Flu Death: Louisiana's First Case

Imagine this: the first time someone in the United States has died from bird flu. It happened in Louisiana to someone over 65 with health issues and exposure to sick birds. This wasn't just any bird flu case; the virus may have changed inside the person, making them very sick. Since March, 66 infec

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Jan 07 2025TECHNOLOGY

Cloud Power: Boosting Static Analysis with Microsoft Azure

Have you ever wondered how cloud computing can supercharge static analysis? Well, let's dive into how Microsoft Azure is making a significant difference in this field. Researchers have been exploring the use of Azure to run the Static Driver Verifier (SDV), a tool designed to check the safety of dev

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Jan 06 2025LIFESTYLE

Black and Mixed Women: Beauty, Desirability, and Skin Tone

Colourism, where people face disadvantages due to darker skin and features less associated with whiteness, divides communities and affects relationships. This exploration delves into how beauty and desirability standards based on skin shade can set Black and mixed Black-White women apart. Within ra

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Jan 06 2025HEALTH

The Surprising Health Benefits of Millet and Banana Peel

Have you ever thought about turning food scraps into something useful? That's exactly what scientists did with banana peels and millet flour. They mixed these ingredients and fed them to rats on a high-fat diet. The results were fascinating! The rats showed improvements in their health, including be

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Jan 06 2025TECHNOLOGY

Russia's Gaming Consoles: A New Tale of Homegrown Tech

Let's take a look at what's happening in the world of Russian gaming tech. The country is working on creating its own game consoles, but it seems they might not be collectors' items just yet. One of these devices uses the Elbrus processor, which isn't exactly a powerhouse like the CPUs from Intel or

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Jan 05 2025WEATHER

Stay Indoors, Louisville! Ice and Snow Cause Road Chaos

Louisville woke up to a winter wonderland on Sunday, but it wasn't all fun and games. A winter storm hit the area, leaving roads covered in snow and ice, making driving conditions pretty unsafe. Officials even asked people to avoid the roads if they could. Things started to get real at around 9 a.

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Jan 03 2025HEALTH

Boosting Pyrazinamide: Could It Be a Game-Changer for Tuberculous Meningitis?

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) leaves more than a third of its victims with serious disabilities. While a lot of recent focus has been on adjusting the dosage of rifampicin, another drug, pyrazinamide, is often ignored. Pyrazinamide has the advantage of better penetration into the central nervous syst

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