just now (513+ words) MicroStrategy CEO Phong Le has, for the first time, acknowledged that the company could sell its 649,870 BTC holdings under specific crisis conditions. This marks a significant shift from Chairman Michael Saylor's long-standing "never sell" philosophy and signals a new chapter for the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder. MicroStrategy has confirmed a scenario almost no one thought possible: the potential to sell Bitcoin, its core treasury asset. Speaking on What Bitcoin Did, CEO Phong Le outlined the precise trigger that would force a Bitcoin sale: Le clarified that the board has not planned near-term sales, but confirmed that this option "is in the toolkit" if financial conditions deteriorate. This is the first explicit acknowledgement, after years of Michael Saylor's absolutist claim that "we will never sell Bitcoin." It shows that MicroStrategy does, in fact, have a kill-switch tied directly to liquidity…...

just now (309+ words) Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, announced the planned retirement of Moorhead-based correspondent Dan Gunderson, after 38 years with the organization. The American Petroleum Institute announced Julian Cavin, CEO of Low Fuel in Brooklyn Park, and Jeff Anderson, co-owner and president of ATEK Distribution'in Minneapolis, completed its six-month Blue Wave Supplier Development Program, a national initiative that helps small businesses meet industry safety and compliance. Hormel Foods Corp., an Austin, Minn.-based provider of grocery store prepared food brands, announced the planned retirement of PJ Connor, group vice president of Retail sales. Natosha Walsh, a 26-year company veteran and vice president of Retail sales " West, will succeed Connor upon his retirement. Conner's retirement will coincide with his 30-year anniversary with the company this spring. Arctic Cat, a Thief River Falls-based snowmobile maker, announced the hire of Tony Henningson as chief financial officer....

just now (455+ words) Arne Slot played down the significance of his decision to leave Mohamed Salah out of Liverpool's 2-0 victory at West Ham on Sunday. Salah had been selected for every league game for which was available since a 2-2 draw at the London Stadium in April 2024, when J'rgen Klopp was still manager, but Slot was keen to stress that this does not mean that the Egyptian's time at the club is coming to an end. "I get this question a lot," Slot said, referring to occasions when he's omitted Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak " who scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool on Sunday " or Hugo Ekitik" and suggesting that one of his vaunted forwards is always going to be left out. "Mo has had an unbelievable career and will have a very good future at this club because he's such a special…...

just now (672+ words) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has revolutionized how we manage cloud resources, and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) takes it to the next level by letting you define infrastructure using familiar programming languages. In this guide, I'll walk you through setting up AWS CDK on Linux, from installation to deploying your first stack. AWS CDK is an open-source software development framework that allows you to define cloud infrastructure using programming languages like TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#. Unlike traditional CloudFormation templates written in JSON or YAML, CDK lets you leverage the full power of programming languages'including loops, conditionals, and object-oriented design patterns. Before we dive in, make sure you have: AWS CDK requires Node.js version 14.15.0 or higher. Pro Tip: If you need to manage multiple Node.js versions, consider using nvm (Node Version Manager). The AWS Command Line Interface is…...

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just now (367+ words) Research out of Harvard offers a clue as to why colorectal cancer rates are rising in younger adults. Right now, colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in U.S., according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). While this type of cancer has traditionally affected older adults, those rates have declined over the past several decades for people 65 and older and the rates in people under the age of 50 have risen. In fact, individuals who were born in the 1990s are two times as likely to develop colorectal cancer than people born in the 1950s, the American College of Surgeons says. As a result of this concerning trend, in 2018, the ACS lowered its recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer from age 50 to age 45. Ultra-processed foods may be a contributor to chronic inflammation, metabolic syndrome (which includes diabetes), and…...

just now (600+ words) The Biggest Games Releasing in December 2025 Once upon a time, December was an incredibly dead month for games'an opportunity to catch up on your backlog, since all of the year's big games had already come and gone. Well, that's no longer the case. There are a bunch of killer games releasing this December. December brings us strong options across a bunch of genres, from psychological and survival horror to side-scrolling beat-'em-ups, a classic RPG, a long-awaited sequel to a legendary franchise, and even an abstract art game about skateboarding. Most of these games are indie affairs, with only one game from a big publisher, so we're expecting most of these to be pretty affordable as well'a nice bonus when the holidays are slamming your wallet. You can afford a little treat for yourself, or make all of your friends…...

just now (418+ words) Sir David Suchet has said that playing an oil company shareholder in a short film was "really terrific" and "so different from anything I've ever done". Best known for playing hero detective Hercule Poirot in a long-running ITV series, Sir David said his character in The Last Gasp was instead the "villain". It was inspired by the true story of an Iraqi villager who launched legal action against oil company BP following the loss of his son to leukemia. It won two awards at the Phoenix Rising International Film Festival in London earlier this month. Mr Cholmondeley said he was also inspired by BBC documentary Under Poisoned Skies, which revealed high levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals in areas near oil fields. He said: "[The film] is trying to highlight a problem called [gas] flaring. When oil comes out of the…...

just now (808+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Behind every success is a great support system, especially if someone is going through the rigorous process of earning a PhD. More so if they do not have the same capabilities as everyone else. Dr Noorilham Ismail, 35, who is visually impaired, said it was thanks to the help he got that he had managed to complete his PhD. While he could manage writing a big part of his thesis on his own, he said his wife, Zarifah Arsani, 31, helped him with the technical parts, including the footnotes and bibliography. She also followed him on his research trips to the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom in 2023 to scour the archives there for information on his thesis. Noorilham had become visually impaired about eight years ago when a severe fever damaged his eyes. He was conferred…...