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The finalists for the 2026 Franz Edelman Award innovate in supply-chain replenishment, food distribution, cloud fulfillment and carbon-aware high-performance computing.

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Spending lots of scrolling through social media videos is a habit that many people often fall into. While it can be entertaining, mental health experts say it also can be harmful.

In journal Information System Research, researchers posted a model they created that uses AI to detect which videos can affect mental health, or even spark suicidal thoughts.

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Zachary Collier, Assistant Professor of Management at Radford University, joins Shaye Ganam to talk about EVs in Canada and the inherent cybersecurity risk in operating them.

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Research aims to strengthen the security of in-person voting machines

Phys.org, December 8, 2025

Researchers at Towson University, including Natalie M. Scala, Ph.D., professor in the College of Business and Economics and co-director of the Empowering Secure Elections Lab at Towson University, have systematically analyzed thousands of ways that Precinct Count Optical Scanners (PCOS) machines could have process or security vulnerabilities—with the goal of helping local election officials identify and mitigate those risks.

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Social Media Marketing Falls Flat as a Signal of Quality, New Research Finds

News Release, December 1, 2025

A new study finds that social media marketing does little to help high-quality firms stand apart from competitors. Instead, it often pushes companies of all quality levels toward similar spending and pricing strategies, blurring the very signals firms hope will differentiate them in digital marketplaces.

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Is Black Friday Still a Thing?

iHeartMedia, November 25, 2025

Sunderesh Heragu from Oklahoma State University and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) discusses if Black Friday is coming early this year.

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