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You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles
Like a lot of people, Ann Garner thought that shingles was a “mild” illness—until 2024, when she became sick with it herself. If she had known at the time that Norwegians call shingles helvetesild, literally meaning “hell’s fire,” or...
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The Internet’s Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
This month, USA Today published an excellent report that revealed how US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement delayed disclosing key information about the impacts of its detainment policies. The authors used the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to compile and analyze...
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Neuroscientist’ AI-Powered Startup AIms To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory – Slashdot
Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience." "For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," ...
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Neuroscientist’s AI-Powered Startup Aims To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory – Slashdot
Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience." "For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," ...
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DNA-Level Encryption Developed by Researchers to Protect the Secrets of Bioengineered Cells – Slashdot
The biotech industry's engineered cells could become an $8 trillion market by 2035, notes Phys.org. But how do you keep them from being stolen? Their article notes "an uptick in the theft and smuggling of high-value...
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From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms | TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence is a deep and convoluted world. The scientists who work in this field often rely on jargon and lingo to explain what they’re working on. As a result, we frequently have to use those technical terms in...
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The Screenmaxxers Who Spend Every Waking Hour on Their Phones
Morgan Dreiss, a copy editor in Orlando, has severe ADHD that they say requires them to always be “doing at least three things at once.” The result? A daily average screen time of 18 hours and 55 minutes.“I'm reading...
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Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India’s quick commerce startups | TechCrunch
India’s quick commerce market is booming, with demand more than doubling for some players. But the fast-delivery push by Flipkart and Amazon is raising the stakes in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure.Flipkart, one of India’s...
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Judge Pauses Arizona’s Prosecution of Kalshi, Bars Arizona from Regulating Prediction Markets – Slashdot
Arizona state prosecutors allege Kalshi is running an illegal gambling operation, charging the prediction market with 20 "wagering" misdemeanors. But Friday a federal judge "temporarily barred Arizona from enforcing its gambling laws against predictive market operators," reports...
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Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI
Amid horrific threats from United States president Donald Trump as the US and Iran negotiated a ceasefire, the US government warned this week that Iran-linked hackers were carrying out attacks against US energy and water infrastructure targets. With nearly...
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Meet Péter Magyar, the man replacing Viktor Orbán as Hungary’s prime minister
Hungary's Viktor Orbán was one of President Trump's favorites. During his 16-year term in office,...