Our Scans · (ZY.4.18) Media Studies · Weekly Summary

• [New] Beyond the healthcare industry, Cognizant and Microsoft will prioritize applications across industries such as retail and consumer goods, financial services, life sciences, manufacturing and communications and media. News | Cognizant Technology Solutions
• [New] Social media platforms have the potential to enhance global collaboration and facilitate the dissemination of surgical knowledge and expertise. MDPI
• [New] The House of Representatives voted 360 to 58 on the updated divest-or-ban bill that could lead to the first time ever that the US government has passed a law to shut down an entire social media platform. The Guardian
• [New] By leveraging renewable energy and community-driven approaches, there is the potential for clean water to catalyze positive change and create a brighter future for generations to come in rural Africa and beyond. The Borgen Project
• [New] Partly because of the Murdoch media's promotion of nuclear power and its push-polling, the federal Liberal-National Coalition opposition has pledged to introduce nuclear power to Australia by the mid-2030s if it wins and forms a government at the election to be held no later than May in 2025. The Ecologist
• [New] By providing Indigenous communities with the tools and resources they need to succeed, the Indigenous Guaranteed Loan Program will play a crucial role in advancing economic reconciliation in Canada. Indigenous Resource Network
• [New] Supporting the next generation of First Nations university, college, and post-secondary students will help build a brighter future for Indigenous communities and a Canada where everyone has a fair chance at success. Indigenous Watchdog
• [New] The government of Canada missed an opportunity to support Canadian communities and improve affordability in the 2024 budget. Mass Transit
• [New] In Homa Bay, Stable Foods hopes to positively impact local communities and play a transformative role in Kenya's quest to tackle food insecurity and rural poverty. AgFunderNews
• [New] The US-built vessel will not only contribute towards reliable, affordable and clean energy, but also benefit local communities in creating a significant local know-how and job opportunities, paving the way for future growth in the US offshore wind industry. ONT
• [New] Green finance has the potential to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and the global community is gradually shifting from an industrial economy to a new era of digital economy. MDPI
• [New] Power Up presents an opportunity for a transformational investment in New England's clean energy transition while improving grid reliability, reducing energy burdens for customers, uplifting local communities, and creating high-quality jobs. What's Up Newp
• [New] A failure to protect domestic production would leave the UK reliant on more expensive and greater-polluting imports, and threaten thousands of jobs, particularly in small communities. Kent Online
• [New] Micron is in mass production of a 232-layer QLC NAND which is shipping in select Crucial SSDs, in volume production to enterprise storage customers and sampling to OEM PC manufacturers in the Micron 2500 NMVe SSD. Electronics Weekly
• [New] The tokenization of cultural assets offers immense potential to revolutionize business models for creators and reshape media consumption globally. IQWiki
• [New] Settlers reportedly established at least two new illegal outposts this week near Palestinian communities which have been repeatedly attacked by settlers in the past months and are at imminent risk of being forcibly transferred from their homes and land. HuffPost
• [New] Settlers established at least two new outposts in the past two days in the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills, near Palestinian communities that have been attacked repeatedly by settlers in the past months and are at imminent risk of being forcibly transferred from their homes and land. The Guardian
• [New] Health authorities have recently warned local communities and travelers heading to the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia to be vigilant to the risk of one particular mosquito-borne infection - Murray Valley encephalitis. The Conversation
• [New] A promise kept to rebuild all of America, reconnecting Black communities that had been cut in half by interstate highway systems with jobs and opportunities as well, to ensure that every community has access to clean water and high-speed Internet. The White House
• [New] New environmentally-friendly growing media made from waste materials will be developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield's Institute for Sustainable Food, for use when growing crops in controlled environments. The University of Sheffield
• [New] The ALL4LIVER Grant program aims to support projects initiated by local communities in Africa, South America, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and North America (excluding the United States) to work towards the WHO goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. PharmiWeb.com
• [New] World leaders and NGOs are warning that an Israeli ground invasion would lead to mass casualties and bring an end to even the limited aid operations currently taking place. The New Humanitarian
• [New] Supporting Canada's growing population of older adults looking to live in their own homes and communities for as long as possible will require new ways of thinking about how to efficiently deliver home and community care services. National Institute on Ageing

Last updated: 25 April 2024