The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors, and the general public. “Artificial intelligence is taking over drug development,” claim some companies and researchers. Over the past few years, interest in using AI to design drugs and optimize clinical trials has driven a … Read more
Even as firefighters douse the deadly LA wildfires, a more insidious danger remains. Chemicals from the ashy residue of thousands of burned homes and cars, scorched plastic pipes and even lifesaving fire retardants have blanketed parts of the region. And that may jeopardize the immediate health of people living near burn zones for months to … Read more
Getty Images Banning phones in schools is not linked to pupils getting higher grades or having better mental wellbeing, the first study of its kind suggests. Students’ sleep, classroom behaviour, exercise or how long they spend on their phones overall also seems to be no different for schools with phone bans and schools without, the … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Large social media companies should have to proactively remove harmful content from their platforms, undergo regular “risk assessments” and face hefty fines if they don’t comply, according to an independent review of online safety laws in Australia. The federal government has today released the final report of the review conducted by … Read more
The developers behind well-known event app and website Partiful today suggested that Apple was in violation of its own App Store guidelines for the release of the new Invites app. On social media, Partiful shared a screenshot of rule 4.1, which covers copycat apps. Come up with your own ideas. We know you have them, … Read more
Google Gemini is the latest large language model (LLM) made by Alphabet’s Brain Team and DeepMind, offering a major upgrade over its predecessor. The new LLM has a lot of potential, built from the ground up to be multimodal. Previously creating multimodal models involved a lot of tweaking and stitching to make them work, whereas Google’s … Read more
On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering at the foot of a reclaimed strip mine to celebrate a homecoming. “It’s a return of an ancestor,” DeVaughan said. “It’s a return of a relative.” That relative was the land they stood on, part of a tract slated for … Read more
In the early years of the Cold War, the U.S. government embarked on a sweeping purge of federal employees deemed “security risks.” While the more widely known Red Scare targeted suspected communists, a concurrent yet lesser-known crackdown known as the Lavender Scare led to the mass dismissal of gay and lesbian federal workers, especially within … Read more
Thanks to its 15.3-inch display, the Yoga Slim 7i falls somewhere between a true compact with a 14.5-inch or smaller display and a full-sized notebook with a 15.6-inch or 16-inch screen. It’s arguably a golden size, offering the convenience and usability of a full-sized laptop while taking up little more room than a genuine compact. … Read more
There’s a new parlor game on Wall Street: guessing TikTok’s next owner. President Trump signed an executive order in January that delayed enforcement of a law that banned the popular video app. Under the order, the app must now be sold to a non-Chinese owner by early April. Since he signed the order, Mr. Trump … Read more
