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Nobody knows how bad the opioid crisis is in Canada's biggest province

Edit Business Insider 25 Jun 2016
But the latest data in Ontario is currently two years old ... But public health experts say this is likely the tip of the iceberg as these numbers - the most recent data available in the province - are from 2014 and obviously way out of date ... The office has been releasing monthly data, based on preliminary results from investigations, and this could go up to weekly in the near future ... "I haven't seen any data fresher than 2014," he said....

Amex and Discover ease EMV hurdles

Edit Business Insider 25 Jun 2016
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Payments Briefing" subscribers ... This makes it difficult for fraudsters to harvest the payments data for use in future transactions ... In this scheme, sensitive payment data is encrypted from the point of capture at the payments terminal all the way through to the gateway or acquirer. This makes it much more difficult for fraudsters to harvest usable data from transactions in stores and online....

The 'Internet of Things' may not be all its cracked up to be

Edit Business Insider 25 Jun 2016
Research firm Gartner estimates that 25% of IT security threats will come from Internet of Things connections by 2020, yet just 10% of security spending in this area will be devoted to IoT ... As just one example, Amazon would likely prefer not to interface with iOS or Android, because doing so means ceding some control at the operating-system level, and sharing valuable data with its competitors....

Daily drug TB treatment to begin in September

Edit The Hindu 25 Jun 2016
The government is set to roll out the daily drug treatment for tuberculosis in Mumbai from September this year, replacing the three-times-a-week treatment schedule ... The new protocol is likely to push up compliance because the earlier treatment stretched for up to two years, and people often dropped out of it, that was leading to relapse and building up of resistance to TB drugs....

Best cell phone plans for your usage

Edit WPTV 25 Jun 2016
The big carriers make their money in data consumption ... the Boost Mobile Data Boost 2GB ... We’ve posted more details on these options...just go to my Facebook page ,click like and you’ll see the cell phone link near the top....

1.2.1 Update

Edit Game Jolt 25 Jun 2016
"login.true", "fetch user.false", "data set.true", etc. This has replaced the "parse" foreach loop, although "parse" can still be used generally ... GameJolt Objects ( User, Trophy, Score, Table, Data, Key ) now update if you fetch them again. Data Objects are also affected by the Data Store Commands. GameJolt Get Objects now store parameters of your commands, so you can check what Get had this and that in a command....

Hacking Foster Care at Box (Box Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
If you are like me and know very little about our national foster care system, here are some background statistics (sorry- I'm a data guy) ... This slows down decisions affecting kids' lives down to a trickle ... Our involvement in this important area of work has only just begun ... If you would like to help out, the following are a few of the great nonprofit organizations doing great work in this space.....

Teixeira set for return; corresponding move TBD

Edit MLB 25 Jun 2016
Despite Teixeira's well-documented struggles this season -- the veteran slugger is hitting just .180 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 48 games this season -- a roster spot that currently belongs to an active Yankee will be his on Saturday ... Davis, meanwhile, is just 2-for-14 this season and has not had an at-bat since Sunday ... But it's nice having them play me and have confidence in me, it seems like."....

CONSUMER CREDIT DEFAULTS SHOW SLIGHT DECREASE ACCORDING TO THE S&P;/... (Experian plc)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
New York, June 21, 2016 - Data through May 2016, released today by S&P; Dow Jones Indices and Experian for the S&P;/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, shows a composite rate of 0.81% in May, down five basis points from the previous month ... This database is populated with individual consumer loan and payment data submitted by lenders to Experian every month....

CONSUMER CREDIT DEFAULTS SHOW SLIGHT DECREASE ACCORDING TO THE S&P;/... (Experian Information Services SpA)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
New York, June 21, 2016 - Data through May 2016, released today by S&P; Dow Jones Indices and Experian for the S&P;/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, shows a composite rate of 0.81% in May, down five basis points from the previous month ... This database is populated with individual consumer loan and payment data submitted by lenders to Experian every month....

EgyptAir recorders to go to France for repairs

Edit Arabnews 25 Jun 2016
Initial attempts to download information from the flight data and voice recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month have failed, and key parts of the recorders are being sent to France for repairs, according to Egyptian and US officials....

Police determined to unravel fake vaccine syndicate case

Edit The Jakarta Post 25 Jun 2016
“These illicit activities have been going on since 2003 in those three regions and are likely to have been happening in many other regions in the country,” Agung told a press conference at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta ... Agung said investigators had collected data on distributors that sold vaccines in those regions, from which they could determine which stores were selling illegal vaccines....

U.S., EU Agree Adjustments to Data 'Privacy Shield'

Edit Wall Street Journal 25 Jun 2016
The U.S. and the European Union have agreed the final changes to a new trans-Atlantic data transfer framework, paving the way for the formal unveiling in early July of the scheme which should restore a straightforward way for companies to transfer data to American soil ... ....
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