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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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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...
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Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain
A brain implant that detects when someone is in pain and responds with deep brain stimulation has helped relieve...
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Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain
A single dose of the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be enough to remodel connections of specific brain networks, which...
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Musk files to dismiss lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares
Elon Musk is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by US regulators alleging he wrongly saved money by revealing he increased his initial investment in Twitter too late.The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a January complaint that...
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Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?
If you hung out laundry, visited a beach or fired up the barbecue this week, you will almost certainly...
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Macron under pressure to name new PM as France simmers ahead of protests
Getty ImagesAuthorities are bracing for nationwide disruption on Wednesday, with the Bloquons Tout movement urging citizens to bring the...