Monthly Archives: September 2022

Flawed Scheme to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Would Do the Opposite

The waning days of summer signal the approaching midterm election season. Amid inflation, recession and voter discontent, it’s understandable that a group of congress members are anxious to put points on the board with a price-control scheme that they wrongly believe will lower prescription drug prices. Though the goal is laudable, their approach would prove…

Federato raises $15M to help insurance customers manage risk

Will Ross and William Steenbergen were AI researchers at Stanford working on climate and atmospheric modeling and reinforcement learning, respectively, when they began to collaborate on wildfire modeling and hurricane modeling initiatives for the insurance industry. They were surprised to learn how big of a difference there was between what the data told insurers to…

All the best sex toys for women

If Instagram is to be believed, self care for women basically amounts to face masks and daily affirmation apps. Hot take: Sex toys are the ultimate self-care purchase. Orgasms release oxytocin, the anti-stress hormone that gets you warm and fuzzy when cuddling, while dopamine, a neurotransmitter that regulates sleep, also makes an appearance. It stands…

Thousands of gas stations across the UK are the latest businesses to say they will close for the Queen’s funeral

A row of fuel pumps of a fuel distributor at Shell gas station. Vito Corleone/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Britain’s major supermarkets are closing their gas stations on September 19 to mark the Queen’s funeral. Supermarkets operate around a quarter of all gas stations in the UK, but sell the majority of fuel. Drivers are…