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Baby Food Sold at Target Recalled Due to High Levels of Lead
As a naturally occurring element, lead is present throughout our food supply from both natural and human-made sources. Recently, there’s been increased focus on identifying and removing it from baby food and infant formula. CR’s recent examination of contaminants in infant formula found lead in many—but crucially, not all—of the 41 infant formulas tested. Lead in baby food and formula…
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Windows CLFS Vulnerability Could Lead to ‘Widespread Deployment and Detonation of Ransomware’
Image: nicescene/Adobe Stock Microsoft has detected a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) being exploited in the wild to deploy ransomware. Target industries include IT, real estate, finance, software, and retail, with companies based in the US, Spain, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29824 and rated “important,” is present in the CLFS kernel…
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Will Musk’s Ties to Trump & DOGE Lead to Long-Term Problems for Tesla?
President Donald Trump getting out of the Tesla he purchased. He is accompanied by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Image: Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump On March 10, Tesla shares dropped more than 15%, hitting their lowest point since late October. On March 11, Trump gave a speech on the White House driveway to declare his support for the “great patriot” Tesla CEO…
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UK enterprises lead the way on containerization, but skills gaps could hinder progress
The UK risks fumbling its lead on cloud native deployments due to skills issues, according to Nutanix’s Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey. As it stands, firms in the UK lead the way in containerization, a foundational element of cloud native application development. UK-specific figures from the report revealed that more than 90% of firms are at least in the process…
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Westcon-Comstor promotes Rene Klein to lead unified European business
Westcon-Comstor has announced the appointment of Rene Klein as executive vice president for EMEA, tasked with leading the company’s new unified leadership structure for the region. Klein has been promoted to the role having most recently served as head of Westcon Europe, where he oversaw significant growth along with the launch of the firm’s specialist Next-Generation Solutions (NGS) go-to-market offering…
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FDA Proposes New Limits for Lead in Baby Foods
Action levels are not mandatory limits, but the FDA may consider a food to be adulterated if it exceeds those levels, which could lead it to take various enforcement actions. “The FDA estimates that these action levels could result in as much as a 24 to 27 percent reduction in exposure to lead from these foods,” said the agency’s commissioner, Robert…
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Ciri Takes the Lead Role in ‘The Witcher 4’
Following up on its neo-noir sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt RED is going back to its roots with The Witcher IV, its first full mainline game in the grim fairy tale-inspired fantasy series since 2015. The sequel’s reveal marked the start of the 10th annual Game Awards, the combination trailer fest/award show (more of the former, to be honest)…
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Salesforce thinks the UK is ready to lead the next wave of AI
The UK is leading other G7 nations in terms of its private and government sectors’ readiness to adopt, deploy, and integrate AI, according to a new study commissioned by Salesforce. Salesforce’s UK AI Readiness Index found that both public and private sectors in the UK have embraced AI, citing a strong innovation culture, robust tech investments, and pragmatic regulations putting…
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Trump says Elon Musk will lead ‘DOGE’ office to cut ‘wasteful’ government spending
I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement. “This…
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Samsung in the lead as the smartphone market grows – Computerworld
Smartphone deliveries worldwide increased by 5% during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period a year ago, according to a new survey from analysis firm Canalys. That equates to about 310 million units and is the best performing third quarter for the smartphone market since 2021. Canalys traces the growth to increased demand and an aggressive launch of…
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