Election 2020: Outcome
A striking surge in mail-in ballots had caused vote tallies in various swing states to slow down, raising anticipation and anxiety throughout the United States as to which candidate would win the election.
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2020
What We Know About Coronavirus Vaccine
Today, Friday the 20th at 6:45 am both Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced a joint submission request to the U.S Drug and Food Administration for an Emergency Use Authorization of their vaccine in hopes to distribute their vaccines to high-risk locations by the middle to end of December 2020.
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Why You Should Consider Writing
“Writing is a quintessential skill in today’s workforce, and you should definitely consider writing for the Stillman Exchange. Thanks for reading the Opinion Section and farewell!” – Bryan
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A Team of Her Own – Marlins Hire Kim Ng as GM
Kim Ng, a longtime baseball executive with nearly three-decades of experience in the league, was tabbed by franchise CEO Derek Jeter as the new chief baseball figure in the Marlins’ front office. She will be the first woman to hold such a role in any of the four major North American professional sports leagues.
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NCAA Looking to Consolidate March Madness into Single Location for 2021
With the NCAA Men’s Division One basketball league resuming play amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, some changes had to be put in place. The biggest of those proposed changes is to confine the NCAA March Madness Tournament into one neutral location.
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How to Prepare for the Second Wave of Lockdowns
With the second wave of lockdowns steadily approaching, it is paramount to remain mentally and physically prepared throughout the upcoming months.
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Largest Trade Deal In The World Signed By Asian Pacific Nations
As of November 15th, 2020, Asia Pacific nations including China, Japan, and South Korea have officially signed the world’s largest free-trade agreement.
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Multi-Level Marketing: If It Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is
It is not uncommon for young girls with a decent following on Instagram to receive direct messages from strangers hoping to interest you in joining their business. In exchange, you become a “boss babe.” Often, these messages on various social media platforms do not even disclose the name of the business. These little indications are one of the many red flags multi-level marketing companies use that all social media users should be aware of.
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Quibi: A Failure Not Caused by the Pandemic
Former eBay CEO Meg Whiteman and TV mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg founded Quibi, a streaming platform that sought to revolutionize entertainment using short videos and films designed exclusively for mobile phones.
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Could Facial Recognition Be Perpetuating Society’s Biases?
Research has found that certain facial-recognition software perpetuates society’s existing inequities based on race, class, and gender. Joy Buolamwini, an M.I.T. Media Lab researcher, discovered that the facial-recognition algorithm she was working on could not detect her face – until she put on a white mask. She soon realized that many artificial-intelligence programs are trained to identify patterns using data sets that skew light-skinned and male results. Buolamwini stated, “When you think of A.I, it’s forward-looking, but A.I. is based on data, and data is a reflection of our history.”
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