Windows 10 is ten years old and it had some of the best and worst ideas ever
I’m writing this Windows 10 tribute on a MacBook Air, which tells you exactly how…
Fake AI-Generated Videos Perpetuate Stereotypes About SNAP Recipients, And New KFF Poll Looks at Belief in the False Claim That Undocumented Immigrants Are Eligible for ACA Coverage — The Monitor
KFF’s Latest Health Tracking Poll Finds That Half of the Public Correctly Say Undocumented Immigrants Are Not Eligible for ACA Coverage, But Many Are Uncertain Amid debates over the recent government shutdown, some Republican lawmakers claimed that Democrats’ efforts to reverse some provisions of H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” would allow undocumented immigrants…
A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home
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…
Move over fillers – people are getting facial injections derived from fish sperm
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…
A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI
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…
Covid Inquiry to probe furlough and business loans
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…
Three-year-old Oliver is 'wonderful' after world-first gene therapy
The toddler has astounded doctors with his progress, nine months after the ground-breaking treatment. Source link
24th November – Threat Intelligence Report
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….
Oliver, three, is ‘wonderful’ after world-first gene therapy
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…
Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
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….
Princess of Wales calls for end to ‘stigma’ around addiction
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,…
