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This week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story | Flynn Coleman

Monday at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

We send the voice of the dead across space as an act of continuity and care, while on Earth we tally the bodies. Which do we choose to become?

Four people are sleeping 19,000 miles from the moon when the voice of Apollo 13’s commander arrives.

“Hello, Artemis II. This is Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. Welcome to my old neighborhood.”

Flynn Coleman is an international human rights lawyer,...

Kratom poisonings soar in US as experts blame synthetic versions and caution against bans

Monday at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Experts say natural kratom may offer benefits and blame synthetic derivatives for surge in poisonings noted by CDC

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows that kratom poisonings have soared in the US, but experts say this is probably due to synthetic derivatives like 7-OH, and that blanket kratom bans could harm people using natural kratom to aid pain management...

Thyspunt Recommended For Eskom’s New Nuclear Power Station

Monday at 13:58 PM, via Tech Financials

A draft environmental scoping report has recommended Thyspunt, between Oyster Bay and Cape St Francis, as the preferred site for Eskom’s proposed 5,200MW nuclear plant. Thyspunt is already owned by Eskom and has better access to the power grid than rival site Bantamsklip, partly because wind farms have already brought new powerlines to the area. […]

Will Some Programmers Become ‘AI Babysitters’?

Monday at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

Will some programmers become “AI babysitters”? asks long-time Slashdot readertheodp. They share some thoughts from a founding member of Code.org and former Director of Education at Google: “AI may allow anyone to generate code, but only a computer scientist can maintain a system,” explained Google.org Global Head Maggie Johnson in a LinkedIn post. So “As AI-generated code becomes more accurate...

5 Game-Changing Advantages of Moving to Autonomous Threat Defense

Monday at 12:49 PM, via Tech Financials

Introduction The digital world is growing at an unprecedented pace, and so are the threats that target it. Every day, organizations face new risks from increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. Traditional security approaches, while helpful in the past, now struggle to keep up with the speed and complexity of modern attacks. As a result, many businesses are […]

AI Agents Are Coming for Your Dating Life

Monday at 12:00 PM, via Wired

The developers of Pixel Societies are using AI agents to simulate social interactions. It’s an attempt optimize the process of choosing new colleagues, friends, and even romantic partners.

Tech personality Masie leaves ABC board

Monday at 11:19 AM, via ITWeb

Stafford Masie steps down as African Bitcoin Company chairman, but stays on as executive director amid a broader board reshuffle.

AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug

Monday at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

PhenMap tool could spare thousands of patients from treatment that would be ineffective for them

A new AI-driven way of identifying how patients with advanced bowel cancer will respond to a drug that was recently introduced by the NHS has been announced.

Researchers at London’s Institute of Cancer Research and the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin have developed the...

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