August 6, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Think twice before you ask Google’s Gemini AI assistant to summarize your schedule for you, because it could lead to you losing control of all of your smart devices. At a presentation at Black Hat USA, the annual … Read More
August 6, 2025
(NPR) – China imprisoned the scientist, He Jiankui, for three years for violating medical regulations. Fast forward to today: Mainstream scientific organizations are encouraging very careful basic research to explore gene-editing and human reproduction. But they still warn any attempts … Read More
August 6, 2025
(UPI) – A group of scientists, primarily from South Korean universities, has confirmed the efficacy of an oral anti-viral treatment, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, against COVID-19 after a clinical trial. If a later-stage trial is successful and the medication is … Read More
August 6, 2025
(Axios) – Concerns over Americans turning to AI chatbots to solve mental health problems are prompting new guardrails so people don’t become too dependent on unvetted technology. Why it matters: AI’s booming popularity, the bots’ reputation for delivering emotionally validating … Read More
August 6, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – A couple with ties to China say they wanted a big family. Surrogates who carried the children say they were deceived. Local authorities removed the children from the homes, placed them in foster care, and called … Read More
August 6, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Thaddeus has taken the title of “world’s oldest baby” from the previous record-holders: twins Lydia Ann and Timothy Ronald Ridgeway, born in 2022, who developed from embryos that were created 30 years earlier, in 1992. Before … Read More
August 5, 2025
(New York Times) – In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors. The Department of Agriculture has said that the virus spreads primarily from milking equipment or is carried … Read More
August 5, 2025
(New York Times) – A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. For years, whistle-blowers have warned that fake results are sneaking into the … Read More
August 5, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Artificial intelligence tools are not just reshaping how we work, learn and live. They’re also changing what happens after we die, as families and funeral homes seek help in creating tributes and eulogies to define … Read More
August 5, 2025
(Ars Technica) – A federal jury found on Friday that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the state’s wiretap law, by collecting data from a period-tracker app without user consent. Plaintiffs in a class-action case proved by a … Read More
August 5, 2025
(Techradar) – A global network of more than 5,000 fake pharmacy websites has been uncovered by security experts. Designed to mimic legitimate drug retailers, the platforms sell counterfeit or unregulated medications while harvesting sensitive personal and financial data. In many … Read More
August 5, 2025
(CBS News) – As more people aged 45-49 are getting screened for colon cancer, more early stage diagnoses are being made, according to new research from the American Cancer Society. The research, published in two studies Monday in the Journal of … Read More
August 4, 2025
(New York Times) – Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying. Colombia has allowed physician-assisted death — known there as euthanasia — for a decade. … Read More
August 4, 2025
(BBC) – Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from Monday in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly gay … Read More
August 4, 2025
(USA Today) – The White House has no current plans to mandate insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization, despite President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to expand access to fertility treatments, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. Trump signed an executive … Read More
August 4, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is costing a fortune, straining companies and capital markets In the past two weeks one big tech company after another reported blowout earnings amid a wholesale embrace of artificial intelligence. Look … Read More
August 4, 2025
(NPR) – At 57, two-time Super Bowl champion Deion Sanders, has a brand-new bladder. The University of Colorado coach recently underwent reconstructive surgery to treat an aggressive form of bladder cancer after doctors discovered a tumor this spring. The procedure, … Read More
August 1, 2025
(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink said on Thursday it will launch a clinical study in Great Britain to test how its chips can enable patients with severe paralysis to control digital and physical tools with their thoughts. … Read More
August 1, 2025
(CNBC) – Until recently, stories of human-AI companionship were mostly confined to the realms of Hollywood and science fiction. But the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 and the generative AI boom that quickly followed ushered in a new era … Read More
August 1, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Hundreds of thousands of veterans with PTSD have been prescribed simultaneous doses of powerful psychiatric drugs. The practice, known as “polypharmacy,” can tranquilize patients to the point of numbness, cause weight gain and increase suicidal thoughts … Read More
August 1, 2025
(Gizmodo) – The federal government may not have closed the window on paying for GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound after all. The Trump administration is reportedly planning to conduct an experiment that will allow some people to … Read More
August 1, 2025
(Wired) – Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. After putting the children on antiretroviral drugs early … Read More
August 1, 2025
(NPR) – Nearly one in five pregnant women and new moms in this country suffers from anxiety and depression. And 6-8% of pregnant women are prescribed a group of antidepressants called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). But a recent expert … Read More
July 31, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – OpenAI is launching Study Mode, a version of ChatGPT for college students that it promises will act less like a lookup tool and more like a friendly, always-available tutor. It’s part of a wider push by … Read More
July 31, 2025
(Ars Technica) – On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to The Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture … Read More
