Why the Power May Not Go Out Until After the Storm Has Passed
The steady accumulation of snow and freezing rain and a rise in demand for electricity can cause problems long after the sky clears, energy experts said.
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U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada
U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.
Fake weight-loss medication in tablet form could flood Britain, experts warn
Better regulation and enforcement urged before launch of oral treatments, which criminals are likely to try to exploit
Experts are warning that fake weight-loss treatments could become more prevalent as tablet forms of the medications, currently available only via injections in the UK, are launched.
They say stronger regulation and enforcement are needed to prevent fraudsters from cashing in on...
Lajuana is 89, with the body and mind of someone decades younger. What are the secrets of the superagers?
Why do some people age better than others? Five extraordinary individuals – who scientists are studying – share their tips
Lajuana Weathers is determined to be the healthiest version of herself. She starts each day with a celery juice, is always trying to increase her step count, and meditates daily. Weathers is also 89 years old. And she has no plans to slow down. “I wake up in the...
S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins
The agency says that victims of an investment offering involving Gemini Trust got their money back, though after a regulatory action brought by the New York attorney general.
Is China quietly winning the AI race?
The BBC’s Lily Jamali looks into why big US firms and start-ups alike are turning to Chinese tech.
New filtration technology could be game-changer in removal of Pfas ‘forever chemicals’
Researchers found a new way to filter and destroy Pfas chemicals at 100 times the rate of current systems
New filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas “forever chemicals” at 100 times the rate than previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediations.
Researchers also say they have also found a way to destroy Pfas, though...
Will ChatGPT Ads Change OpenAI? + Amanda Askell Explains Claude’s New Constitution
“The question is not are these first couple of ads that we’re seeing from OpenAI going to be good or not? It’s whether two or three years from now, ChatGPT is being steered toward ad-friendly topics.”
SpaceX lines up Wall Street banks as Musk eyes blockbuster IPO
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
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.
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Five Ways People Are Using Claude Code
The artificial intelligence tool generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.
Will I Have to Download a New TikTok App? And Other Big Questions About The Deal.
The popular short form video app has a new corporate structure in the United States, which could result in some changes for the 200 million Americans who use TikTok.
Here’s Who Just Bought TikTok
Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.
TikTok Strikes Deal To Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga
The Chinese parent company for the popular video app said it had sold a majority stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations to avoid a ban in the United States.
NIH ends funding of research that uses human fetal tissue from abortions
Fetal tissue has been used to advance research into diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility and vaccines
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical research announced on Thursday.
The ban marks the latest, and most dramatic, effort by Donald Trump’s...
Why Your Weather App Is Freaking Out About the Snow
A foot of snow in New York? Two feet? Well, it’s complicated.
The Drama at Thinking Machines, a New A.I. Start-Up, Is Riveting Silicon Valley
Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.
‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds
Researcher points to ‘medicalisation of masculinity’ after investigating how men’s health is being monetised online
“If you’re not waking up in the morning with a boner, there’s a large possibility that you have low testosterone levels,” an influencer on TikTok with more than 100,000 followers warns his viewers.
Despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most young...
Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios
The studio, known for Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance, is also delaying seven titles in a restructure.
How to Deal With That Drawer Full of Old Gadgets
This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices.
Elon Musk’s Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions of Sexualized Images, New Estimates Show
Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.