Azalia King moved into an upstate New York home surrounded by sprawling cattle pastures around 1965, about the time that mass production of the world’s first microchips began. Now, 60 years later, the 91-year-old is on the verge of losing her home to make way for what could become the largest chipmaking complex in the…
Ruth CleggHealth and Wellbeing reporter BBC In my many years as a journalist, I never thought I would be asking someone how it feels to have trout sperm injected into their face. And yet, here I am. Abby is lying on a large, black padded chair at a small aesthetics clinic in south Manchester. She…
An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her departure from the company internally last month, WIRED has learned. Andrea Vallone, the head of a safety research team known as model policy, is slated to leave OpenAI at the end of the year. OpenAI spokesperson Kayla…
The third stage of the Covid-19 Inquiry begins hearing evidence on Monday focusing on the measures taken to support workers’ incomes and keep businesses afloat when the pandemic struck. It will focus on what action the UK government, devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and local authorities took, how well schemes were designed…
The toddler has astounded doctors with his progress, nine months after the ground-breaking treatment. Source link
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 24th November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The notorious “Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters” group claimed responsibility for a supply-chain attack involving the Salesforce-integrated platform Gainsight. The group stated that data from 300 organizations was compromised, including Verizon, GitLab and Atlassian….
Three-year-old Oliver Chu has amazed doctors and his parents after he became the world’s first patient of a pioneering gene therapy to treat Hunter syndrome. Hunter syndrome – or MPSII – is a rare, inherited condition that causes progressive damage to the body and brain. The effects are sometimes described as a type of childhood…
Fergus WalshMedical editor Chu family A three-year-old boy has astounded doctors with his progress after becoming the first person in the world with his devastating disease to receive a ground-breaking gene therapy. Oliver Chu has a rare, inherited condition called Hunter syndrome – or MPSII – which causes progressive damage to the body and brain….
Noor NanjiCulture reporter PA Media The Princess of Wales has called for an end to the “stigma” surrounding addiction, and urged people to offer “empathy and support” to those dependent on alcohol, drugs or gambling. Catherine, who sent the message to mark Addiction Awareness Week, said “significant progress” has been made to better understand addiction,…
Almost everything is on hiatus. The EU AI Act, Digital Services Act, and Digital Markets Act are all at risk. The European Commission is preparing to end the year with virtually no movement on its most important tech policy initiatives. Many measures may even be reversed. In particular, a series of changes threatens to weaken…
