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Science/Tech

SpaceX lines up Wall Street banks as Musk eyes blockbuster IPO

Yesterday at 13:54 PM, via The Guardian

US aerospace tech company reportedly held talks last year over private share sale that values business at $800bn

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly lining up four Wall Street banks to help the company list on the stock market as investors prepare for an expected rush of US tech listings.

SpaceX is considering Bank of America, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for leading roles in an...

‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns

US health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. At the heart of the controversy is the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau – one of the poorest countries in the world and the proposed site of a hotly debated US-funded study on vaccines.

The...

Plan to fix free electricity in South Africa

Yesterday at 12:59 PM, via MyBroadband

By providing free basic electricity to more households, Eskom hopes to curb electricity theft and illegal connections in South Africa.

Five Ways People Are Using Claude Code

Yesterday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

The artificial intelligence tool generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.

‘Active’ Sitting Is Better For Brain Health

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A systematic review of 85 studies has now found good reason to differentiate between ‘active’ sitting, like playing cards or reading, and ‘passive’ sitting, like watching TV. […] “Total sitting time has been shown to be related to brain health; however, sitting is often treated as a single entity, without considering the specific type of...

AI ‘stars’ threaten humanity’s soul

Yesterday at 11:27 AM, via ITWeb

Hollywood warns AI celebrities risk flattening culture and eroding accountability, as virtual influencers race to a $112 billion market by 2030.

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