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Click, speak, move: These brain implants are poised to help people with disabilities
Alone in Tehran, a young Iranian turns to ChatGPT and video games for comfort
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI
Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What’s known about Iran’s nuclear facilities
As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn’t find many
Why America’s giant bunker-busting bombs may have failed to reach their target
The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states
An AI video ad is making a splash. Is it the future of advertising?
Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder
The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe’s services won’t be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A...
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A chilling risk of recreational nitrous oxide use: Frostbite

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Recreational nitrous oxide use has been on...
What is Innotox? People on social media are self-injecting ‘Korean botox’ at home

Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic side effects too. When the medspa she goes to switched to a different neurotoxin, she didn’t see the same level of tightening of her 11 lines and...
Zoom Agrees To Settle A Privacy Lawsuit For $85 Million

Zone of destruction: Israeli forces demolish much of southern Lebanon

The Israeli military claims to have limited goals for its southern Lebanon invasion. But an NBC News investigation found widespread destruction in areas occupied by the IDF. By Jiachuan Wu and Frank Matt Nov. 26, 2024 When Israel launched its invasion of southern Lebanon in September, it publicly set...
Zepbound outperforms Ozempic and Wegovy in head-to-head weight loss study

Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound, leads to more weight loss than semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, new research suggests. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, is thought to be the first head-to-head comparison of the two blockbuster...
Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs

People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications. Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an average of 50 pounds (22.8 kilograms) over 72 weeks, while those who...
Israel confirms it has agreed to the U.S. proposal for ceasefire with Hamas
Israel confirmed that it agreed to a ceasefire proposal by President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, a...
A chilling risk of recreational nitrous oxide use: Frostbite

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Recreational nitrous oxide use has been on...
What is Innotox? People on social media are self-injecting ‘Korean botox’ at home

Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic side effects too. When the medspa she goes to switched to a different neurotoxin, she didn’t see the same level of tightening of her 11 lines and...
Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder

The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe’s services won’t be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)
Click, speak, move: These brain implants are poised to help people with disabilities

People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer. (Image credit: UPMC and Pitt Health Sciences)
Israel confirms it has agreed to the U.S. proposal for ceasefire with Hamas
Israel confirmed that it agreed to a ceasefire proposal by President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, a...
Trump says Israel has agreed to ceasefire conditions in Gaza; no response from Hamas yet
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has “agreed to the necessary conditions” to finalize a ceasefire deal in...
Israel confirms it has agreed to the U.S. proposal for ceasefire with Hamas
Israel confirmed that it agreed to a ceasefire proposal by President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, a...
Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder

The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe’s services won’t be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)
Click, speak, move: These brain implants are poised to help people with disabilities

People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer. (Image credit: UPMC and Pitt Health Sciences)
Alone in Tehran, a young Iranian turns to ChatGPT and video games for comfort

A young shop manager living alone in Iran’s capital was panicking during the war with Israel. Her family wasn’t nearby. Her therapist had fled. So she turned to an AI chat bot. (Image credit: AFP)
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system

The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers “to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines” garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours. (Image credit: imaginima)
A chilling risk of recreational nitrous oxide use: Frostbite

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Recreational nitrous oxide use has been on...
What is Innotox? People on social media are self-injecting ‘Korean botox’ at home

Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic side effects too. When the medspa she goes to switched to a different neurotoxin, she didn’t see the same level of tightening of her 11 lines and...
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say

More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. Researchers calculated the lifesaving benefits of USAID funding over a 21-year period,...
Starmer seeks to end speculation about Reeves’ future
The PM insists Rachel Reeves will stay in her job after markets react to her tearful Commons appearance.
The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao

More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry for fatal slips, trips, and falls. A new AI tool called Safety AI could help to change that. It analyzes the progress made on a construction site each day,...
Slow-motion humiliation for Starmer as he loses control of Commons
The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason and chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman on the welfare bill.
WEEK SUMMARY TITLES
Dating these days can be challenging as it is with dating app swipe culture and the overall uncertainty of...
Episode 710: Avoidant Ex Regret Timeline: When They Actually Start To Miss You
admin, , RELATIONSHIPS, 0He broke your heart and now he’s back. Whether you’re feeling confused, hopeful, or even a bit skeptical, dating/relationship...
A common issue I support people around in my therapy practice is around helping people make changes in how...
Amy Eden, the auther of “The Kind Self Healing Book”, offers her unique insights into navigating the waters of...
A chilling risk of recreational nitrous oxide use: Frostbite
Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Recreational nitrous oxide use has been on...
What is Innotox? People on social media are self-injecting ‘Korean botox’ at home
Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic side effects too. When the medspa she goes to switched to a different neurotoxin, she didn’t see the same level of tightening of her 11 lines and...
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. Researchers calculated the lifesaving benefits of USAID funding over a 21-year period,...
Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder
The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe’s services won’t be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)
Click, speak, move: These brain implants are poised to help people with disabilities
People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer. (Image credit: UPMC and Pitt Health Sciences)
A chilling risk of recreational nitrous oxide use: Frostbite
Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Recreational nitrous oxide use has been on...
What is Innotox? People on social media are self-injecting ‘Korean botox’ at home
Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic side effects too. When the medspa she goes to switched to a different neurotoxin, she didn’t see the same level of tightening of her 11 lines and...
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. Researchers calculated the lifesaving benefits of USAID funding over a 21-year period,...
How to Create Emotional Safety in Your New Relationship
Dating these days can be challenging as it is with dating app swipe culture and the overall uncertainty of trying to figure out who another person is. Through the process, an important things to keep your eye on is the presence of emotional safety. Key Takeaways Emotional safety is...
Episode 710: Avoidant Ex Regret Timeline: When They Actually Start To Miss You
He broke your heart and now he’s back. Whether you’re feeling confused, hopeful, or even a bit skeptical, dating/relationship expert Lucia has got you covered with advice to help you navigate this tricky situation. Find out the signs that he’s genuinely changed, how to protect your heart, and the...