Gillmor Gang: Nothing was delivered
Somehow it’s Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday this week. Some of you may not think that’s a big deal, but I do. The fact of his talent pretty much drowns out most other ideas of what to write about, but here’s to the birthday boy. Ke.....»»
New drug delivery system containing RNA therapy can target cancer cells in bone marrow
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have destroyed 90% of multiple myeloma blood cancer cells under laboratory conditions, and 60% in human tissues taken from patients at Rabin Medical Center (Belinson Hospital), using an RNA-based drug delivered to t.....»»
Blurring the line between planetary and human health spans
Days before the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May, scholars delivered a call to act on the planet's health to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a monument to atomic weapons' apocalyptic threat that shook Albert Einstein to utter in 1946 his oft-quoted plea.....»»
Digital technology in government: Over-promised and under-delivered, says study
Politicians and tech bosses have spun a "Digital Enchantment" fairytale, which does not present a realistic or helpful view of digital technology, according to new research from the University of Birmingham......»»
Lookout releases new endpoint agents to replace virtual private networks
Lookout announced new Windows and macOS endpoint agents for its Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution, Lookout Secure Private Access, that facilitate the full replacement of overextended virtual private networks (VPNs) with cloud-delivered securi.....»»
Lights could be the future of the internet and data transmission
Fast data transmissions could be delivered in homes and offices through light-emitting diodes (LED) bulbs, complementing existing communication technologies and networks......»»
Phase-tailored assembly and encoding of dissipative soliton molecules
Streams of ultrashort light pulses delivered from mode-locked laser resonators stimulate potential applications in ultrafast science and information technology. Here the elementary pulse entity, termed dissipative solitons in contrast to the pure sol.....»»
Caught in the act: Mammal found with teeth sunk in a much larger dinosaur
New fossil from China captures the last moments of a life-or-death struggle. Enlarge / The two skeletons are completely intertwined. (credit: Gang Han) A new fossil described this week captures two intertwined animals ca.....»»
New theory for a periodically driven quantum dot–cavity system
A team led by Prof. Guo Guoping and Prof. Cao Gang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Sigmund Kohler from Materials Science Institute of Madrid, have developed a.....»»
Lucid shares drop as deliveries take hit from Tesla"s price war
Lucid delivered 1,404 vehicles in the quarter to June 30, compared with 1,406 deliveries in the previous quarter......»»
Microsoft patches four exploited zero-days, but lags with fixes for a fifth (CVE-2023-36884)
For July 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered 130 patches; among them are four for vulnerabilites actively exploited by attackers, but no patch for CVE-2023-36884, an Office and Windows HTML RCE vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks aime.....»»
Can chatbots write inspirational and wise sermons?
When several hundred Lutherans in Bavaria, Germany, attended a service on June 9, 2023, designed by ChatGPT, the program not only selected hymns and prayers, but also composed and delivered a sermon, delivered by an avatar on a big screen......»»
Researchers induce cancer cells to "commit suicide" with a self-produced bacterial toxin
For the first time in the world researchers at Tel Aviv University have encoded a toxin produced by bacteria into mRNA (messenger RNA) molecules and delivered these particles directly to cancer cells, causing the cells to produce the toxin—which ev.....»»
AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war
"Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably." Enlarge (credit: Getty) Ask Me Anything (AMA) has been a Reddit staple that helped popularize the social media platform. It delivered some unique, personal.....»»
Tesla price cuts help deliver record quarterly sales
Tesla delivered a record 466,140 EVs worldwide in the second quarter, outpacing Wall Street estimates......»»
Tesla tops expectations as price cuts lift deliveries to record
Tesla Inc. delivered a record 466,140 cars worldwide in the second quarter, outpacing Wall Street estimates......»»
TSMC & hack group differ on whose data got stolen
Ransomware gang LockBit claims it has breached Apple chip supplier TSMC — but TSMC says no, the group only got into a minor supplier's systems and nothing of the processor firm's was taken.LockBit has recently been targeting Apple Silicon in its ra.....»»
Secret Invasion finally fixes the lingering Avengers plot hole after Endgame
Secret Invasion is out on Disney Plus, with two episodes already available for streaming. The story has delivered plenty of exciting details about the secret … The post Secret Invasion finally fixes the lingering Avengers plot hole after Endgam.....»»
Twilio partners with Frame AI to uplevel contact center experiences with AI
Twilio and Frame AI announced a partnership to leverage AI to enhance customer engagement delivered within Twilio Flex. With the help of Frame AI’s platform, Twilio Flex (the cloud-based digital engagement solution for personalized interactions acr.....»»
US doctors are rationing lifesaving cancer drugs amid dire shortage
The shortage could lead to preventable deaths, and it's unclear when it will end. Enlarge / A pharmacy technician holds up a dose of paclitaxel and carboplatin to be verified before being delivered to the patient. (credit: Getty.....»»
Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It"s Totally Awesome
The OSIRIS-REx mission will return samples from the asteroid Bennu that could rewrite our solar system’s history.....»»