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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close January 1 – January 8, 2021 192 stories · Vol. 21 · Catalogue 01 · Issue 8 Get it by email ↓
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Sanjay Gupta's prescription for fighting off dementia

The neurosurgeon, CNN commentator and author of "Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age" has long studied the brain and the onset of Alzheimer's. He talks with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about the recommended steps to a healthier brain, from diet and exercise to the value of sleep and soc…

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Business 5 stories

  1. Ticketmaster admits it hacked Songkick before it went out of business

  2. Simple Bank Is Closing

  3. Jim Keller moves to AI chip startup

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  1. F# for fun and profit: Terms and Conditions

  2. Insurrectionists’ social media presence gives feds an easy way to ID them

Sports 8 stories

  1. Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach

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  1. Epic acquires RAD Game Tools

  2. SolarWinds: The more we learn, the worse it looks

  3. DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows 3.x and 9x emulation

Technology 158 stories

  1. Apple reverses stance on Amphetamine App

  2. DOJ fines Boeing over $2.5B, charges it with fraud conspiracy

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  1. Slack is down

  2. Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach

  3. How WhatsApp works with other Facebook products

  4. U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

  5. Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend

Entertainment 8 stories

  1. Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

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  1. Show HN: I shot high-res stitched panoramas in Iceland using a thermal camera

  2. Show HN: OpenScan – open-source document scanner app

  3. Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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