General practitioner examining a patient’s hand for signs of rheumatoid arthritis. getty A breakthrough in cancer therapy could open a whole new frontier in medicine. Scientists are now exploring an exciting possibility: using natural checkpoints in the immune system to treat autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. While checkpoints are … Read more
(Original title) A woman reacts with interest and surprise as another woman whispers in her ear. … [+] Undated photograph. The Bettmann Archive Entering your 20s or the “emerging adulthood” stage of life can be overwhelming and stressful. Entering your 20s or the “emerging adulthood” stage of life can be overwhelming and stressful. New research … Read more
Mesh Wi-Fi pioneer Eero is tackling a new frontier: outdoors. Today, the Amazon-owned company announced the Eero Outdoor 7. Starting at $349.99, the 2.4 and 5 GHz dual-band Wi-Fi 7 access point boasts an IP66 rating and can provide up to 15,000 square feet of coverage external with speeds up to 2.1 Gbps. This should … Read more
Ford CEO Jim Farley says he’s been driving Chinese tech giant Xiaomi’s EV for the past six months. Farley described Xiaomi as an “industry juggernaut”. Farley previously told a board member that China’s auto industry was an “existential threat.” Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed on the go. download … Read more
After Augusto Pinochet resigned from power, financial investigators discovered that the Chilean dictator had used public funds to amass a private library of 50,000 books. It included everything from texts on Napoleon’s campaigns to the philosophical musings of Antonio Gramsci. And yet, virtually no classic works of fiction could be found among the stacks. I … Read more
The 2024-25 NBA season begins in the midst of an era of change — renewing a new round of media rights deals, a year removed from a new collective bargaining agreement, with its defending champion about to go on the market. There are other changes on the horizon, with expansion likely to come and the … Read more
Nothing is worse than obsessing over the appearance of a document, only to never open it again. You put extra hours into perfecting a presentation, only to find out it won’t be used or was redundant. Oh. Skip the hassle of a designer or working late to create something yourself. Artificial intelligence can save you … Read more
A filmmaker claims that scientists scouring the skies for signs of intelligent alien civilizations have found an alien technology that will soon be revealed to the public. So is this the real deal? Have we found aliens? Is it time to rip each other’s head off and party with the shore inside? In 2019, Australia’s … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — We’ve all had days when we don’t feel like going out to dinner, so we put away our cellphones and place an order on DoorDash or another third-party grocery app, an online food delivery industry designed to 1.02 trillion dollars just last year. Dr. Irina Toteva, assistant professor … Read more
Mike Krieger may be best known as the co-founder of Instagram, but he’s now the chief product officer at Anthropic, which makes Claude, a business-focused ChatGPT competitor with an equally powerful AI model. Claude exists as a free, standalone chatbot, though Anthropic also offers paid plans for individuals and large organizations. Today, Anthropic teased a … Read more