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Easton Oliverson: Family of Little Leaguer who suffered severe injuries after falling from bunk bed is suing the league and bed manufacturer
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The family of a 12-year-old Little League World Series player who was critically injured after falling from a bunk bed is suing the league and the company that made the bed, according to court documents.
Easton Oliverson of Utah’s Snow Canyon Little League suffered a fractured skull after falling from a bunk bed at the players’ dormitory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, while he was sleeping on August 15. He was placed in a medically induced coma and underwent multiple surgeries.
The suit was filed Friday in state court in Pennsylvania by Easton’s parents, Jace and Nancy Oliverson, and it seeks at least $50,000 in compensatory and punitive damages on counts of negligence and liability.
According to the suit, bed maker Savoy Contract Furniture and the Little League were negligent for “failing to have rails on the bed,” allowing Easton to fall.
“Savoy designed, manufactured, distributed, marketed, and/or sold the bunk beds in a dangerous and defective condition in that they did not contain every element necessary to make them safe for their intended use,” the court filing reads.
The parents also allege their son suffered “significant and permanent injuries” as a result, according to the lawsuit.
Little League Baseball Inc. declined to comment on pending legal proceedings. CNN has been unable to reach Savoy for comment.
On August 17, shortly after the fall, Little League released a statement to CNN, saying the bunk beds at the players’ dorms did not have safety rails.
“Since 1992, Little League has used institutional-style bunk beds to offer the most space for the players to enjoy their time in the dorms. While these beds do not have guard rails, Little League is unaware of any serious injuries ever occurring during that period of time,” the league’s statement read. “Out of an abundance of caution, Little League has made the decision to remove all bunks from within the dorms and have each bed frame individually on the floor.”
Oliverson whose nickname is “Tank,” was hospitalized in Pennsylvania for two weeks before transferring to a children’s hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. On September 19, an Instagram account set up to provide updates on his recovery announced he had returned home.
Support for Oliverson came flooding in after news of his injury made national headlines.
The Brigham Young University football team and Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts submitted supportive videos through Instagram for Easton.
Oliverson thanked people for their prayers in a video posted to social media August 30.
Execs at COVID vaccine manufacturer Moderna triggered property boom near Boston HQ
As Moderna’s profits soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, their executives and even their employees have been reaping the benefits in the form of pricey real estate close to the company’s headquarters in the Boston-area.
According to a new feature in the Wall Street Journal, one unnamed Moderna executive put in an offer to buy a unit on the 17th floor of the St. Regis building overlooking Boston’s harbor for $4.9 million on the same day a Pfizer exec bought a condo in the same building on the 16th floor for $4.8 million.
The sales director for the building, Cathy Angelini, told the Journal the Moderna executive told her that he wanted his home to be one floor higher than the Pfizer exec. She said: ‘He just looked at me, completely serious and said, “I want the same home, but I need to be one floor higher than Pfizer.”‘
She added: ‘I don’t think he was concerned about the price.’ The executive told her: ‘Just get me higher.’
Other executives have snapped up multi-million dollar homes in Boston’s most desirable neighborhoods, as well as in tony suburbs, and the stunning Cape Cod holiday resort Provincetown.
Further heating up the Massachusetts city’s property market was Moderna executives’ demands for property purchases at short notice, which local real estate agents have dubbed the ‘Moderna halo effect.’
Manny Sarkis of real estate firm Douglas Elliman said the boom began in mid-2021, with Moderna staffers happy to pay over-the-odds for a fast purchase.
He told the Journal: ‘These aren’t buyers who are going to be browsing for two to three months .These are buyers who are flying in to buy a home.’
The St. Regis building overlooking Boston’s harbor where two pharmaceutical executives from two different companies bought nearly two nearly $5 million condos on the same day in 2021
The sales director for the building, Cathy Angelini, told the Wall Street Journal the Moderna executive told her that he wanted his home to be one floor higher than the Pfizer exec.
According to the St. Regis’ website: ‘The St. Regis Residences, Boston offers 114 extraordinary homes including majestic views and spacious surroundings’
The company’s chief human resource officer Tracey Franklin, and her husband, William, bought a house in Boston for around $6 million in April 2021. The couple have two children together.
Franklin made the move to Moderna in October 2019, just months before the Covid-19 pandemic changed the world.
This month, her role in building a team that helped to develop the coronavirus vaccine was covered by Forbes Magazine.
In a separate interview with Fortune Magazine, Franklin described joining Moderna as saying: ‘We essentially had to build the company overnight.
‘We had to build out a whole arm of the company that hadn’t existed before, cross-functionally, globally, in all different parts of the world.
‘That rapid scaling is pretty unprecedented.’
The company’s chief human resource officer Tracey Franklin and her husband, William, bought this house in Boston for around $6 million in April 2021
Tracey Franklin is credited with developing the team that led to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough
In November 2021, Allyson Nicholson and her husband, Michael, purchased a $2.5 million home in Westwood, Massachusetts
Moderna’s vice president of supply chain design, Allyson Nicholson, who was previously based in Thousand Oaks, California with Amgen, joined Moderna in September 2021
Moderna’s vice president of supply chain design, Allyson Nicholson, who was previously based in Thousand Oaks, California, with Amgen, joined Moderna in September 2021.
In November 2021, she and her husband, Michael, purchased a $2.5 million home in Westwood, Massachusetts.
The stunning New England clapboard property sits on a huge manicured lawn, and comes complete with a spacious triple-garage.
Another of those who made big purchases is the chief scientific officer of Moderna Genomics, Eric Huang, who paid $3.9 million for a condo in Boston.
Less than a year later, Huang expanded his portfolio further, purchasing a $8.1 million, 3,586-square-foot unit at the Soori High Line in New York City.
That apartment sits in one of Manhattan’s highly sought-after Chelsea neighborhood.
The Soori High Line in New York City where Moderna’s chief researcher in the genome field Eric Huang bought an $8.1 million condo in 2021
Eric Huang, pictured above’s, New York City pad had an original asking price of $8.5 million. The owner paid $8.8 million for it in 2018
According to his LinkedIn page, Huang is still based in Massachusetts at Moderna’s headquarters, suggesting he uses his Manhattan pad as a second home.
He has been with the company since 2013.
The seller of Huang’s home was seeking $8.5 million for the five bedroom home.
In 2018, the seller paid a pricey $8.8million for the pad.
Huang is head of Moderna’s gene-modifying wing, Moderna Genomics, which was set up in 2021.
Scientist Paolo Martini splurged $2.5 million on this stunning Provincetown property in April 2021, as Moderna’s profits began to soar
The gorgeous home, in one of the United States’ most desirable vacation resorts, includes a serene living room with breathtaking views out over Cape Cod
Moderna scientist Paolo Martini and his partner Jonathan Hawkin became the owners of Provincetown’s entertainment complex, Crown & Anchor, for $7.3 million
Paolo Martini, pictured here, spent over $11 million on property less than 12 months after joining Moderna in 2021
Martino, on the left, his partner, Jonathan Hawkins on the right, pictured with former President Bill Clinton in Provincetown in 2022
Just six months after joining Moderna, scientist Paolo Martini and his partner, artist Jonathan Hawkins, bought a beach house, peaceful and picturesque Provincetown in Cape Cod for $2.5 million in April 2021.
But they didn’t stop there, and later decided to invest in the famed LGBT summer resort’s community itself.
A few months later, the couple became the owners of the area’s entertainment complex, Crown & Anchor, for $7.3 million.
Another splurge came for the pair in December 2021, when they purchased a $1.9 million condo in Boston. That brought their real estate spending in 2021 to over $11 million.
Melissa J. Moore, who led a team of researchers who made significant breakthroughs en route to developing the vaccine, paid $4.95 million for a home in Provincetown in October 2021
In 2007 and 2013, Melissa Moore, pictured here, received a grants for her research in pre-eclampsia, a blood pressure related condition found in pregnant women, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Melissa Moore has three children with her former CEO wife, Janet Kosloff
Melissa J. Moore, who led a team of researchers who made significant breakthroughs en route to developing the vaccine, paid $4.95 million for a home also in Provincetown in Cape Cod in October 2021.
Moore, and her wife, Janet Kosloff have three children – and plenty of highly desirable space to raise them in.
In 2007 and 2013, Moore received grants for her research in pre-eclampsia, a blood pressure-related condition found in pregnant women, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The company’s head of litigation, Neal Dahiya, bought a home in the Boston suburb of Cambridge for a cool $3.45 million.
On his LinkedIn page, Dahiya says that he joined the company in January 2021 following eight years at New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb.
The WSJ article mentioned other employees lower down on the Moderna food chain such as a married couple who both worked for the pharma giant who began looking for a home in September 2020 with a budget of $1.9 million. They paid $4.3 million for their home in March 2021.
The company’s head of litigation, Neal Dahiya, who bought a home in the Boston suburb of Cambridge for a cool $3.45 million
On his LinkedIn page, Dahiya says that he joined the company in January 2021 following eight years at New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb
Moderna told the Journal in a statement: ‘As a major employer in Massachusetts, and as we grow our global footprint, we are proud to continue to attract the best and brightest talent in the biotech industry and beyond
Moderna told the Journal in a statement: ‘As a major employer in Massachusetts, and as we grow our global footprint, we are proud to continue to attract the best and brightest talent in the biotech industry and beyond.’
Moderna enjoyed its first profitable year in 2021, 11 years after it was founded in 2010. The Boston-headquartered firm has tripled its staff as a result of its successful vaccine.
It had around 830 workers at the end of 2019, and added another 470 during 2020.
By the end of 2021, Moderna had 2,700 employees – earning an average salary of $133,074 each, and the firm has since expanded again, to more than 3,200 workers.
That expansion has come amid rocketing profits. In 2019 – the year before COVID hit – Moderna made just $60 million in revenue, and reported a $514 million loss.
But in 2020, it saw its revenue rocket to $18.5 billion, with profits soaring to $12 billion.
The firm’s stock enjoyed a huge bump too, from $28-a-share in March 2020, to a peak of $497.49 in August 2021 – equivalent to a 345 per cent increase.
Moderna’s shares closed at $163.52 on July 23, with the firm’s co-founder Noubar Afeyan and its CEO Stephane Bancel among billionaires minted by its COVID windfall.
Earlier this year, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel issued a pledge to donate the proceeds from his stock options, estimated around $355 million to charity.
Which manufacturer updates its phones the fastest? (Android 12 edition)
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Google Pixel 6 Pro
Google rolled out the stable version of Android 12 on October 4, 2021. The software arrived a month later than its predecessor — Android 11 — which launched in September the year before. At the time of writing, we’ve just crossed the six-month anniversary of Android 12. Several smartphone OEMs have already updated their phones to the latest version of Android. But which one did it first? Well, that’s what we are here to find out.
Major Android updates that arrive on time are an important measure of a brand’s competence. Delayed updates almost always put off buyers, as they rightfully should. Update speed and frequency should definitely be crucial deciding factors for your smartphone purchase. To help you make that choice, we have ranked all the major Android phone makers based on the time they took to update their phones to Android 12.
Read more: Android 12 review — It really is all about you
Before we list the fastest OEMs to roll out the Android 12 update, there are some factors to note about our ranking system:
- This article is based on information found in our Android 12 update tracker.
- We’ve ranked the OEMs purely based on the time to first update (excluding betas and early access programs). Some models and carrier variants may have to wait longer for updates.
- Updates go out at different times in different regions for different users, so view the dates below as estimates.
- We haven’t included Google’s Pixel phones as they’re always first to get the latest Android updates by default. If you want a phone that’s guaranteed to be updated on time, a Google Pixel is your best bet.
1. Samsung
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- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Samsung Galaxy S21 series
- Date of first stable rollout: November 15, 2021
- Days passed since official OS launch: 41 days
When it comes to software updates, Samsung is undoubtedly the fastest in business this year. It also offers the longest major OS upgrades in the market. The South Korean manufacturer rolled out the Android 12 update to its phones a month after Google pushed it out to the Pixels. By comparison, Samsung released its Android 11 update three months after launch, so it’s great to see the company come out with even faster updates this time around.
Also read: Samsung One UI 4 hands-on — Trying out all the new features
The Galaxy S21 series was the first in Samsung’s portfolio to receive the Android 12 update, which also introduced Samsung’s One UI 4 skin. The next Samsung phones to see Android 12 updates were the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. Samsung has been nearly as quick to update its popular mid-range phones like the Galaxy A51, Galaxy A52, and others with the latest software.
Meanwhile, Samsung’s reigning flagship, the Galaxy S22 series, launched with Android 12 out of the box. However, it introduced version 4.1 of One UI with some cosmetic changes and a handful of new features, like the ability to choose virtual RAM.
2. Oppo
- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Oppo Find X3 Pro
- Date of first stable rollout: December 1, 2021
- Days passed since official OS launch: 57 days
Oppo was the second-fastest OEM to update its phones with Android 12 this year. It was fairly quick in pushing out Color OS 12 based on Android 12 at the start of December, which landed for the flagship Find X3 Pro first. The Find X2 series, Reno 6, and Reno 5 Pro were some of the first Oppo phones to receive the latest software that same month. So a really solid effort from Oppo here.
Later in January, Oppo started updating a bunch of other phones, including the A73, A74, F19 Pro, Reno 5Z, and more. The company has also released a roadmap detailing all the Oppo devices getting Android 12 in the coming months.
3. OnePlus
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- First device(s) with stable Android 12: OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro
- Date of first stable rollout: December 7, 2021
- Days passed since official OS launch: 63 days
OnePlus was next in line to update its phones with Android 12. The flagship OnePlus 9 series received the software on December 7, 2021. The update also carried a new version of Oxygen OS, predictably called Oxygen OS 12. However, OnePlus’ rollout was not without its issues. The company was forced to pull the Android 12 update from the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro just days after pushing it out. It quickly fixed the bugs and restarted the update cycle by mid-December.
If you’re using the older OnePlus 8 series, you had to wait a lot longer for the Android 12 update. It started rolling out on March 21.
Notably, OnePlus was faster than Samsung in rolling out the Android 11 update in 2020 but has fallen behind this year. Perhaps the brand’s now-junked plans to launch an integrated OS with Oppo may have interfered with its rollout of Android 12?
4. HMD
- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Nokia X20
- Date of first stable rollout: December 16, 2021
- Days passed since official OS launch: 70 days
HMD has not been the best at pushing out prompt Android updates recently. In fact, the company admitted that it didn’t do the best job of rolling out Android 11 to its devices. However, it was the fourth in line to roll out its Android 12 update, which hit the Nokia X20 in December 2021.
HMD ranked 10th for its Android 11 update speed in our rundown in early 2021, a considerable decline from its fourth position in 2020. Its comeback this year is hopefully a sign of improvement for the brand. However, only a handful of Nokia handsets have received the Android 12 update so far, and the company is yet to share an official list of devices that will receive it.
5. Vivo
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Vivo X60 and Vivo X60 Pro
- Date of first stable rollout: December 22, 2021
- Days passed since official OS launch: 76 days
This year, Vivo was a bit faster to the Android 12 party than its Android 11 rollout. Just like its stablemate Oppo, the BBK group company started pushing out Android 12-based FunTouch OS 12 to its X60 series in December. Overall, Vivo plans on upgrading 31 phones to Android 12 by April 2022. Other Vivo phones may also get the software, but the company hasn’t revealed any details.
6. Sony
Robert Triggs / Android Authority
- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Sony Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III
- Date of first stable rollout: January 10, 2022
- Days passed since official OS launch: 96 days
The sixth smartphone vendor to disburse a stable Android 12 update was Sony. The company landed in the exact same spot last year.
Sony hasn’t shared an Android 12 rollout roster, but most Xperia handsets that launched with Android 10 or 11 onboard should get the update.
In January, the company started seeding out Android 12 to the Xperia 1 III and 5 III. However, the update was released only in a few markets. Later in March 2022, the Xperia 1 II and Xperia Pro also picked up the update in Europe, Asia, and the US. Sony also confirmed on its Instagram account that the Xperia 10 II and 10 III would get Android 12 soon.
7. Xiaomi
Luke Pollack / Android Authority
- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Mi 11 Pro and Mi 11 Ultra
- Date of first stable rollout: January 18, 2022
- Days passed since official OS launch: 104 days
Xiaomi was one of the first smartphone OEMs to put out the Android 11 beta last year. The stable Android 11 update also landed around November for devices like the Mi 10 and 10 Pro. Sadly, that wasn’t the case with Android 12. It took 104 days for the company to give its phones the first taste of Android 12.
Xiaomi’s stable Android 12-based MIUI 13 build arrived in January, when it began rolling out the software for the Mi 11 series. Days later, several Redmi Note devices and Poco phones started receiving the update. Xiaomi has confirmed a list of 18 devices in line to get MIUI 13 in the first quarter of 2022. Most of these devices have already received the update or are about to get it.
8. Motorola
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- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Moto G Pro
- Date of first stable rollout: February 9, 2022
- Days passed since official OS launch: 125 days
Motorola took 144 days to roll out Android 11 to its phones. That was bad compared to the 98 days it took to seed Android 10. This year, Moto clocked 125 days till Android 12. It’s a slight improvement from last year but nothing to brag about.
The first Android 12 update for Moto phones landed in the UK in February. Moto, now owned by a Chinese company, releases Android updates in Brazil before other markets like the US and Europe. So if you have a Motorola phone and hear about an Android 12 update for it, you may have to wait a while before it actually lands in your country.
That said, the company has a plan in place. It has listed 30 devices, ranging from the high-end Edge and foldable phones to its G series handsets, that will get the Android 12 treatment.
9. LG
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- First device(s) with stable Android 12: LG Velvet
- Date of first stable rollout: March 22, 2022
- Days passed since official OS launch: 162 days
LG has wrapped up its smartphone business, but it’s good to see that the company is still updating some phones to Android 12. The Velvet was the first device to get Android 12 from LG, and the company has released a brief list of phones that will get the update over the course of Q2 2022. However, these updates may take considerably longer to arrive outside of Korea.
10. Realme
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- First device(s) with stable Android 12: Realme GT Master Edition
- Date of first stable rollout: March 22, 2022
- Days passed since official OS launch: 168 days
We are down to the slowest OEM on our list to release Android 12, and Realme has made the cut. The brand made a surprisingly slow switch to the new OS compared to last year, when it took 87 days to get Android 11 out. Even with its connection to Oppo, OnePlus, and Vivo, the company only announced an Android 12 update schedule in January 2022. Even then, is an early access program and most Realme phones have yet to get the Android 12 update.
Only a few devices have received stable Android 12 so far, including the Realme GT Master Edition, Realme X7 Max, GT Neo 2, Realme 8, Realme X7 Pro, and Realme X50 Pro.
What about the other OEMs?
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Honor has announced Magic UI 6.0 based on Android 12, but the company will only start rolling it out in the second quarter of this year, starting with the Honor 50. Meanwhile, Huawei’s latest EMUI version is still based on Android 11, likely due to the ongoing US trade dispute.
That’s a wrap on our Android 12 rollout roundup. If you’re keen to look ahead to what’s coming up with the next iteration of Android, check out our Android 13 coverage below.
Major phone manufacturer leaks the specs for one of its upcoming phones
Xiaomi accidentally leaks the specs for the Redmi 10
The phone is supposed to be unveiled this Wednesday, August 18th and everything about the handset will be revealed then. But why should you have to wait? According to Xiaomi itself, the Redmi 10 will sport a 6.5-inch display with an FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz variable refresh rate. By changing the refresh rate depending on the content being shown on the display, the phone’s battery gets a reprieve every now and then.
Specs for the upcoming Redmi 10 were accidentally leaked by Xiaomi itself
Updating a handset’s screen every 90 seconds can put a serious dent in its battery life. But by dropping the refresh rate down when the content on the screen is static (when emails and texts are displayed, for example) and hiking it to make scrolling and animations buttery smooth, users should get plenty of life from the 5000mAh battery that powers the phone. While the battery supports 18W fast charging, the Redmi 10 will ship with a 22.5W charger.
The phone will have MediaTek’s new Helio G88 SoC under the hood along with 6GB of memory and 128GB of storage. A quad-camera setup graces the back of the phone and includes a 50MP primary camera, an 8MP Ultra-wide camera, a 2MP Macro for closeups, and a 2MP depth sensor. There is also an 8MP selfie snapper in front which appears as a centered hole-punch cutout on the screen.
The device is equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and Android 11 based MIUI 12.5 is pre-installed out of the box. About the only thing that Xiaomi failed to share was the pricing of the new phone. It does have a premium look compared to the predecessor model and anything that Xiaomi didn’t blab about should be revealed by them this coming week.
Xiaomi has managed to become the world’s top smartphone manufacturer, at least for the moment, thanks to its value for money pricing that has made the brand a huge seller in India. It’s growth worldwide soared during the second quarter of 2021to 53 million units shipped from 26 million during the same quarter last year. And Xiaomi has managed to take the crown for the period from April through June even though it does not sell its handsets in the world’s third largest market, the United States.
During the quarter, Xiaomi was responsible for a leading 17.1% of handsets shipped globally while Samsung and Apple’s market shares were 15.7% and 14.3% respectively. The last time neither Samsung or Apple topped the smartphone shipping standings, the crown belonged to Huawei just before the company’s fall from grace.
Xiaomi was temporarily blacklisted by the U.S. Department of Defense
Had it not been for the U.S. placing Huawei on the Entity List banning the firm from accessing its U.S. suppliers and blocking it from buying cutting-edge chips, the manufacturer would be the top smartphone vendor in the world. Instead, after jettisoning its Honor sub-brand for reportedly $15 billion, Huawei is expected to finish seventh in the league standings this year with Honor right behind it.
Not that Xiaomi wasn’t targeted by the Trump administration earlier this year. Just a week before Donald Trump left office, Xiaomi was one of nine Chinese firms blacklisted by the U.S. because of an award that Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun received from China’s MIIT; this is the government agency that oversees the country’s policies related to technology and industrial policy.
Because of the blacklisting, U.S. investors in Xiaomi would have been forced to sell their holdings in the company by this November. However, in May the U.S. Department of Defense agreed to remove the company from the blacklist and would no longer be “designated a Communist Chinese Military Company.”
Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Production Pace to Increase at Contract Manufacturer Catalent
Contract drug manufacturer Catalent Inc. is expanding its U.S. production of the Covid-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc., a development that could ensure the U.S. has ample supply as it ramps up vaccinations.
Catalent has reached an agreement with Moderna that will increase the speed of vaccine output at the contract manufacturer’s Bloomington, Ind., plant this month to about 400 vials a minute, according to people familiar with the matter.
Catalent will shift manufacturing of the shot to one faster production line from two slower ones. New doses will be ready for shipping starting next month, the people said, and the upgraded plant will be able fill an additional 80 million vials a year.
The expansion will help Moderna reach its goal of supplying an additional 100 million doses to the U.S. by the end of May and another 100 million doses by the end of July.
Production in the U.S. of several authorized vaccines has picked up speed in recent weeks, as manufacturers have scaled up production lines and taken other steps to increase output.