Technology
Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again
A faecal microbiome transplant (FMT) could make an aged brain as adaptable as a young one. Our gut microbiome...
Technology
Meta Lobbies Congress For Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits – Slashdot
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: Meta has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users...
Technology
The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf for 15 Years
“We thought that’s probably the one that’s least likely to pop up,” Geisbert says. “We guessed wrong.”Concerned by that knowledge gap, in 2011 he decided to modify a vaccine, which led to the crab-eating macaque study. In the same...
Technology
The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time
It’s been nearly a week since the Trump administration sent an export control directive to Anthropic, forcing one of the world’s leading AI labs to pull its most advanced models offline. After days of negotiations between Anthropic and the...
Social Media
Influencer Ads: How to Run Creator Content as a Performance Channel
Influencer ads are now the single ad format buyers most want to grow. Creator and influencer ads or partnerships are the type of advertising the most buyers (57%) plan to put increased focus on in 2026, up from 48%...