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Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Gray Matter – Slashdot
"According to a new study, wearing the right kind of perfume or cologne can enlarge your brain's gray matter," writes ScienceAlertResearchers from Kyoto University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific...
Technology
Tech Founders Must Prioritize the Problem Before Their Solution
When I left Los Alamos National Laboratory to start a company 11 years ago, I thought my team was ready. We had developed a new class of quantum dots—nanoscale particles of light-emitting semiconductor material that can be used in...
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Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment – Slashdot
At the moment, the Spotify exodus of 2025 is a trickle rather than a flood, writes the Guardian, citing the departure of five notable bands "liked in indie circles," but not "the sorts to rack up billions of...
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Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record? – Slashdot
Remember those Harvard dropouts who built smart glasses for covert facial recognition — and then raised $1 million to develop AI-powered glasses to continuously listen to conversations and display its insights?"People Are REALLY Mad," writes Futurism, noting that...
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I’ve Built 3 Multimillion-Dollar Businesses — and Here’s My Simple Secret to Success | Entrepreneur
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When I started out, the goal was pretty straightforward: Make lots of money. Like most new entrepreneurs, I figured once I'd "made it," then...
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Your Body Ages Faster Because of Extreme Heat
It is well known that heat causes exhaustion in the body due to dehydration. But aging?A recent study concluded that extreme heat accelerates the aging of the human body, a worrying fact given the increasing frequency of heat waves...
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Ride1Up’s First Electric Mountain Bike Does Not Disappoint
Buying a direct-to-consumer bike can be almost as big a gamble as investing in cryptocurrency. While a customer is not likely to lose their shirt investing in a new electric bike, buying a poorly made one may result in...
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Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI | TechCrunch
It’s only been since June that Meta invested $14.3 billion in the data-labeling vendor Scale AI, bringing on CEO Alexandr Wang and several of the startup’s top executives to run Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). But the relationship between the...
Innovation
Lessons from Macmillan’s CEO on Leading Through Change Without Losing Your Why | Entrepreneur
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As someone who regularly speaks with CEOs about their industries, paths and philosophies, my conversation with Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan, stood out. It...
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Childhood obesity: South Africa’s campaigners for healthy food
BBCThe South African government introduced higher taxes on sugary drinks in 2018. But it hasn't stopped the growing obesity...