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1 year ago+17 17 0First-of-its-kind mRNA treatment could wipe out a peanut allergy
Peanut and tree nut allergies affect around three million Americans, yet there’s only one approved treatment and it only tackles its severity. And despite the amount of research behind finding a way to counter, or cure, this often deadly condition, t ...
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1 year ago+10 10 0Update: Cash App founder, MobileCoin CPO Bob Lee stabbed to death in San Francisco's Rincon Hill neighborhood
A 43-year-old man stabbed to death early Tuesday morning near downtown San Francisco was well-known tech executive Bob Lee, sources told KPIX.
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1 year ago+27 27 0 x 1New software can verify how much information AI really knows
With a growing interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems worldwide, researchers at the University of Surrey have created software that is able to verify how much information an AI data system has farmed from an organization's d ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0‘Much less stressful’: London City airport ends 100ml liquid rule
Upgraded scanners allow travellers to bring containers of up to 2 litres in hand luggage
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1 year ago+19 19 0OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy
No, it’s not an April Fools’ joke: OpenAI has started geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy. The move follows an order by the local data protection authority Friday that it must stop processing Italians’ data for the Chat ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0How to Protect American Democracy
The 2016 presidential election made clear that American democracy is vulnerable to interference by foreign adversaries. In response, officials at all levels of government moved quickly to strengthen protections for the vote. In 2020, the danger of do ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0 x 1Exclusive: Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive
Alphabet's Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with several European cloud vendors, saying these do not solve broader concerns about its licensing terms.
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1 year ago+12 12 0Russia Postpones CBDC Pilot, Waiting for Legislation to Pass
Russia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot rollout, initially scheduled for April 1, has been delayed as the country’s central bank awaits approval for a specific law. The legislation on CBDC could be approved by the Russian State Duma next ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Berlin votes on tighter climate goals in test of Germans commitment to change
Berlin votes on Sunday on making the city climate neutral by 2030, in a binding referendum that will force the new conservative local government to invest heavily in renewable energy, building efficiency and public transportation.
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1 year ago+26 26 0From brain waves, this AI can sketch what you're picturing
Zijiao Chen can read your mind, with a little help from powerful artificial intelligence and an fMRI machine. Chen, a doctoral student at the National University of Singapore, is part of a team of researchers that has shown they can decode human brai ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0External display size could be the next battleground for foldable flip phones
Upcoming foldable flip phones from Samsung and Motorola could have much larger cover displays than the current generation, if a series of leaks about the unannounced devices are to be believed. First there’s the Galaxy Z Flip 5, which Samsung is anti ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0The Weeknd Named the World’s ‘Most Popular Artist’ by Guinness World Records
The singer’s record-breaking streaming statistics helped him land the title.
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1 year ago+14 14 0‘Not going to beg’: why entrepreneurs of color are increasingly self-funding
Rechelle Balanzat, an Asian-American founder, has led her startup Juliette, a self-funded, app-enabled dry-cleaning startup since 2014. As a double minority in tech, Balanzat said she faced gender bias with investors, and also encountered investors w ...
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1 year ago+10 10 0Copenhagen Burger King ditches meat for ENTIRE month and cleans whole store to avoid cross contamination
A Burger King in Denmark is ditching meat from its restaurant for an entire month.The fast-food chain’s store in Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen, will turn predominantly plant-based* starting tomorrow (March 15).According to reports, staff will ‘thoroughly ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Scientists sound the alarm as plastic waste forms rocks off coast of Brazil: ‘New and terrifying’
‘Pollution has reached geology’ says a scientist
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1 year ago+13 13 0NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030
NASA aims to develop a spacecraft capable of steering the International Space Station (ISS) to a controlled destruction in Earth's atmosphere when its time in orbit is up. We first learned about this plan on Thursday (March 9), when the White Ho ...
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1 year ago+26 26 0 x 1So, are robots really coming for our jobs? A conversation with futurist Gary Bolles
Fears of an AI apocalypse loom large, but what are experts saying about the future?
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1 year ago+15 15 0The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.
The framers never wanted members to represent such large districts — and with good reason.
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1 year ago+15 15 0How high-altitude balloons help unlock the cosmos
The recent episodes of jet fighters shooting down spy balloons has everyone talking about how they can be used for surveillance. But if anyone had bothered to ask an astronomer, they would know we’ve been attaching telescopes to balloons for decades ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0Tom Sizemore, 'Heat' and 'Saving Private Ryan' Actor, Dead at 61
Talented, but troubled, actor starred in films like Natural Born Killers, True Romance and Pearl Harbor before domestic violence convictions