Cortical Labs offers weekly access to real neuron computing for under the cost of a Nintendo Switch 2

Cortical Labs offers cloud access to neuron-powered computing for just $300 a week CL1 fuses human brain cells and silicon and can run real code System enables real-time neural processing for research in AI and neuroscience Cortical Labs, an Australian startup we’ve covered previously, has launched what it describes as the world’s first commercially available…

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Should we be letting flies eat our food waste?

MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Reporting fromVilnius, Lithuania Energesman Fly larvae are excellent at converting food waste into protein Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone’s stomach turn. But a handful of city councils have embraced maggots – more formally…

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Why giant planets might form faster than we thought

An international team of astronomers including researchers at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has unveiled groundbreaking findings about the disks of gas and dust surrounding nearby young stars, using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA. The findings, published in 12 papers in a focus issue of the Astrophysical Journal, are…

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UK economy unexpectedly contracted 0.1% in May

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy contracted 0.1 per cent in May, despite analysts’ expectations of a small uptick, in a sign of the challenges facing chancellor Rachel Reeves and the Labour government. The fall in output for…

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