Telehealth Startup Cerebral Halts Controlled Substance Prescriptions
Mental health startup Cerebral will no longer prescribe most controlled substances, The Wall Street Journal reported. From a report: The embattled company is facing investigations from the US Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administrat.....»»
An ‘AI-native’ school is coming to revolutionize education
Mere months after departing OpenAI, AI researcher Andrej Karpathy announced the launch of his new AI+Education startup, dubbed Eureka Labs......»»
Smart soil can water and feed itself
A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of nutrients......»»
Spain cleans up after mystery substance closes three beaches
Spanish authorities on Wednesday began cleaning up three beaches in the eastern city of Valencia, closed to the public after an unidentified black substance washed up on the coast......»»
Chlorinated flame retardants found to affect avian embryonic development
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) were listed under the category of globally controlled persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the Stockholm Convention in 2017. However, SCCPs toxicity, particularly its developmental toxicity in avian embryo.....»»
Q&A: How can different types of brains bolster startup success?
Associate Professor Carina Lomberg is on a quest to understand the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of entrepreneurs and what shapes their journey. She has found that including neurodiverse individuals in teams that start a company enhanc.....»»
Report: Alphabet close to $23 billion deal for cybersecurity startup Wiz
Deal of this size would draw scrutiny from antitrust regulators around the world. Enlarge (credit: Timon Schneider/Dreamstime) Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is in talks to buy cybersecurity start-up Wiz for about.....»»
Atomically controlled MXenes enable cost-effective green hydrogen production
A total of 137 countries around the world have signed a "net-zero" climate change agreement to end fossil fuel use and achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. Hydrogen is being touted as the next green energy source because it emits only water and oxy.....»»
Exploring three-dimensional quantum Griffiths singularity in bulk unconventional iron-based superconductors
Exploration of exotic quantum phase transitions has always been a focus in condensed matter physics. Critical phenomena in a phase transition are entirely determined by the universality class, which is controlled by the spatial and/or order-parameter.....»»
Tips for Redacting Sensitive Information in PDF Documents: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality
These days, protecting sensitive information is more important than ever. Whether you’re a startup or a major corporation, if you handle personal data, you must keep it safe. Take T-Mobile, for instance. In August 2022, the American telecom gia.....»»
It’s Shockingly Easy to Buy Off-Brand Ozempic Online, Even If You Don’t Need It
Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are in shortage, and telehealth startups are selling “compounded” versions. A WIRED investigation looks at how easy it is to order these meds online......»»
1 Thing We"re Talking About: Collision recalibration startup Kinetic raises $21 million
Startup company Kinetic, which is modernizing the collision repair recalibration process, secured $21 million in Series B funding......»»
In bid to loosen Nvidia’s grip on AI, AMD to buy Finnish startup for $665M
The acquisition is the largest of its kind in Europe in a decade. Enlarge (credit: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images) AMD is to buy Finnish artificial intelligence startup Silo AI for $665 million in one of the lar.....»»
Nanoparticle-based delivery system could offer treatment for diabetics with rare insulin allergy
Up to 3% of people with diabetes have an allergic reaction to insulin. A team at Forschungszentrum Jülich has now studied a method that could be used to deliver the active substance into the body in a masked form—in the form of tiny nanoparticles......»»
Team discovers a new defense mechanism in bacteria
When confronted with an antibiotic, toxic substance, or other source of considerable stress, bacteria are able to activate a defense mechanism using cell-to-cell communication to "warn" unaffected bacteria, which can then anticipate, shield themselve.....»»
OpenAI thinks a medical chatbot is the future of health care
Andrew Martonik / Digital Trends In a Time op-ed published Sunday, OpenAI co-founder and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington announced they are teaming up to fund development of an “AI health coach” via the Thrive AI Health startup. The di.....»»
A Chinese Space Startup Launched Its New Rocket by Accident
Space Pioneer blamed a “structural failure” for the unintended blastoff......»»
Could we replace Ingenuity with a swarm of robotic bees?
Humans finally achieved controlled flight on another planet for the first time just a few years ago. Ingenuity, the helicopter NASA sent to Mars, performed that difficult task admirably. It is now taking a well-deserved rest until some intrepid human.....»»
Japanese AI whiz kid wants to take on Tesla with new self-driving EV startup
Japanese startup Turing has big ambitions, best expressed by its slogan, "We overtake Tesla." CEO Issei Yamamoto wants to deliver Level 5 fully autonomous driving technology — powered by artificial intelligence — by 2030......»»
Troubled EV startup Fisker cut more jobs this week, workers say on social media
Dozens of Fisker Inc. employees said on social media sites such as LinkedIn that they were part of the latest wave of layoffs at the financially troubled EV startup. Fisker had no comment......»»
Fisker workers hit with new round of layoffs at troubled EV startup
Dozens of Fisker Inc. employees said on social media sites such as LinkedIn that they were part of the latest wave of layoffs at the financially troubled EV startup. Fisker had no comment......»»