Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice with groundbreaking nanotech

A team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), in collaboration with partners in the UK, reports a nanotechnology approach that reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models. Rather than using nanoparticles as passive carriers, the researchers designed bioactive nanoparticles that function as “supramolecular drugs.” The treatment…

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How AGI became most consequential conspiracy theory of our time

That’s a compelling—even comforting—thought for many people. “We’re in an era where other paths to material improvement of human lives and our societies seem to have been exhausted,” Vallor says.  Technology once promised a route to a better future: Progress was a ladder that we would climb toward human and social flourishing. “We’ve passed the…

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Safilo makes offer for part of InSpecs as it attracts other takeover interest

Published October 30, 2025 There’s a lot of acquisition speculation swirling around UK-based eyewear business Inspecs at present. Italian eyewear giant Safilo has confirmed that it’s made a non-binding offer to the business. It doesn’t want to take over the whole company but is interested in Inspecs’ Eschenbach Group and BoDe businesses. Inspecs’ O’Neill eyewear…

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Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending

While Microsoft didn’t offer a specific forecast for its AI capital expenditures for the next quarter or coming year, the company’s chief financial officer, Amy Hood, said that the company’s total spend will “increase sequentially, and we now expect the fiscal year 2026 growth rate to be higher than fiscal year 2025.” Tech companies are…

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