Since it first began in 1981, the HIV epidemic has killed more than 44 million people. For a generation, a diagnosis was essentially a death sentence, and for much of the world it remains a daily threat, with some 1.3 million people newly infected in 2024 alone. But something remarkable has happened. Deaths from HIV-caused […]

On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a brief, clinical report in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report about five young men in Los Angeles who had developed a rare and deadly form of pneumonia.  The write-up, barely a page long, ran in between a report on dengue infections among […]

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How a small German state's bid to replace Microsoft with open-source alternatives like Linux and Kamailio faces issues, as the EU pushes “digital sovereignty”  —  Schleswig-Holstein's radical tech overhaul offers Europe a live experiment in ending dependence on US Big Tech

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Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions  —  The energy shock sparked by the Iran war is increasingly coming up in conversations about data center deals for Asian bankers …

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