Author: KnowledgeHippo
The name above the Haas Formula 1 team door remains unchanged. But, heading into the 2024 Formula 1 season, there has been a major change of leadership.Ginder Steiner, the founding team leader of the only American Formula 1 team, has left. In his place, Haas has promoted Ayao Komatsu, who was the team’s engineering director. Like Steiner, Komatsu had worked with Haas since joining Formula 1 in 2016. But it was his boss who had a high profile among Formula 1 fans due to Steiner’s popularity in the Netflix series Drive to Survive .Steiner’s contract was set to expire at…
Long-term Covid can lead to measurable cognitive decline, especially in the ability to remember, reason and plan, a major new study suggests.Cognitive tests of nearly 113,000 people in England found that those with persistent post-Covid symptoms scored the equivalent of 6 IQ points lower than people who had never been infected with the coronavirus, according to the study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine. .People who had been infected and no longer had symptoms also scored slightly lower than people who had never been infected, by 3 IQ points, even if they had been ill for a…
Earlier this month, American Airlines announced that starting May 1, it will require travelers to book directly with the airline, partner airlines or “preferred travel agencies” in order to receive points in the rewards program.The unprecedented move confused many travelers who wanted to protect their currency in miles, prompting posts like this to X: “@AmericanAir your news about earning miles/reward points is a bit concerning — we’re loyal to you no matter who we book!”In an email, a spokesman for the airline said the approved list of travel agents would not be published until April.While much remains to be determined…
The parties negotiating a possible ceasefire in Gaza gave mixed messages on Wednesday, with Hamas’ political leader saying the group was ready to continue fighting Israel, while Egypt’s president said a truce could be reached. “The next days”.Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a televised address that the group was open to mediated talks with Israel, but that “any flexibility we show in the negotiation process is a commitment to protect the blood of our people, combined with a readiness to defend them”.Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is brokering the talks along with Qatar and the United States, offered…
When a 22-year-old nursing student was found dead in a wooded path at the University of Georgia, in what is believed to be the first homicide committed on campus in almost 30 years, waves of motion were unleashed at the university.But when a 26-year-old Venezuelan migrant was accused on Friday of kidnapping and killing a student, Laken Riley, about 110 alo east Atlanta, is the new epicenter of the political struggle over the immigration laws of the United States.On Monday, in a publication on social networks, ex-president Donald Trump said that the suspect, José Antonio Ibarra, was a “monster” and…
Divisions among the world’s top financial officials over how to use Russia’s central bank assets to support Ukraine spilled into public view on Wednesday when Bruno LeMaire, France’s finance minister, said the seizure of frozen assets data would be a violation of international law.The comments, made on the sidelines of a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers in Brazil, came a day after Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said asset freezes were a possibility and suggested there was legal justification. So.Officials from the Group of 7 advanced economies have been debating for months whether they could legally seize more…
WilmerHale, a prominent U.S. law firm, is close to completing a thorough review of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his ouster from the artificial intelligence start-up late last year, two people with knowledge of the process said. .The investigation, when completed, could provide insight into what went on behind the scenes with Mr Altman and OpenAI’s former board, which fired him on November 17 before bringing him back five days later. OpenAI, which is valued at more than $80 billion, has sparked a frenzy about artificial intelligence and could help set the direction of the transformative technology.Mr. Altman, 38, has…
For Red Bull’s nine rivals in Formula 1, there is a mixture of hope and realism that the sport’s dominant team can be beaten this season.Last year, Red Bull and its pioneering driver Max Verstappen rewrote the record books by defending the constructors’ and drivers’ titles.Ahead of the new season, which starts with the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, Verstappen said his achievements would be “very difficult for the top, but that’s not our aim. It’s about trying to deliver another very competitive car.”Since the introduction of new aerodynamic regulations in 2022, designed to help one car follow another more…
The newsA growing share of abortions are now being administered via telemedicine, with clinicians prescribing abortion pills by mail after online consultations, according to the first nationwide count of telemedicine abortions in the US medical system. At least one in six abortions, about 14,000 a month, were performed via telehealth from July to September, the most recent months for which data are available.How does it workThe pills are prescribed by virtual-only providers and by clinics that also offer in-person services. Patients fill out an online questionnaire or meet with a clinician via video or text chat. This method began nationwide…
GROWING UP in Stockton, California in the 1970s and 80s, there were only two special occasion restaurants acceptable to my family. They were both located on the south side of town, in the barrio. My Mexican ancestry abuelo I liked Mi Ranchito and for my dad it was Arroyo’s Cafe. No matter where we went, my order was always the same: rib steak ranchero with rice, refried beans and iceberg lettuce wilted in salsa soup. I rub torn pieces of machine-pressed flour tortillas around the steak slices and stir on all sides. It was a celebratory meal if ever there…