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• Takeaways from the Supreme Court's hearing on Twitter's liability for terrorist use of its platform

  22-02-2023 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  After back-to-back oral arguments this week, the Supreme Court appears reluctant to hand down the kind of sweeping ruling about liability for terrorist content on social media that some feared would upend the internet.
  
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• Amazon closes $3.9 billion deal to acquire One Medical

  22-02-2023 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon closed its acquisition of health care provider One Medical and its parent in a $3.9 billion deal on Wednesday, hours after the Federal Trade Commission said it would not challenge the purchase but that regulators were still investigating potential competitive and consumer harms of the transaction.
  
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• Supreme Court skeptical that Twitter bears responsibility for terrorist attack

  22-02-2023 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court considers whether Twitter can be sued for aiding and abetting militant Islamist ideology in the case of a Jordanian citizen killed by a terrorist.
  
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• These 3 Prehistoric Snakes Are the Stuff of Nightmares

  22-02-2023 20:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  “Snakes,” swashbuckling archeologist Indiana Jones famously groans in Raiders of the Lost Ark. “Why’d it have to be snakes?” If, like Indy, the mere thought of a serpent makes you shiver, you’re not alone — a fear of snakes is among the most common phobias, even for people who have never seen one in person. In fact, humans may have evolved to be born with an innate fear of snakes and spiders, according to a study published in&nbs
  
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• Vanderbilt University apologizes for using ChatGPT to write mass-shooting email

  22-02-2023 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  Vanderbilt University's Peabody School has apologized to students for using artificial intelligence to write an email about a mass shooting at another university, saying the distribution of the note did not follow the school's usual processes.
  
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• JPMorgan restricts employee use of ChatGPT

  22-02-2023 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  JPMorgan Chase is temporarily clamping down on the use of ChatGPT among its employees, as the buzzy AI chatbot explodes in popularity.
  
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• Humpback Whales Are Increasingly Giving Up on Singing

  22-02-2023 18:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  When a male humpback whale sings, it hangs its 40-foot-long, 40-ton body upside down in the water and emits some of the most distinctive sounds in the world. According to a 2018 study that analyzed the songs of Australian humpbacks, the whales share an ever-evolving language, like a local dialect, composed of “phrases” joined together to form “themes” that are then arranged to make songs. The squeaks and moans grow more complex as humpbacks add their own embellishments, a
  
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• It Begins: Sports Illustrated To Use AI For Articles

  22-02-2023 17:51 via technocracy.news
  
  The AI genie is out of the bottle and media companies are stampeding to recruit its content-writing ability so save labor costs. This does not bode well for human researchers, journalists and authors who have climbed the ranks of their profession the hard way. ⁃ TN EditorOne of the nation’s longest-running sports news outlets, Sports Illustrated, has announced that it is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to generate articles and story ideas.
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• Small Wonders: The Antibodies From Camels And Sharks That Could Change Medicine

  22-02-2023 17:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Every four months, pathologist Aaron LeBeau scoops into a net one of the five nurse sharks he keeps in his University of Wisconsin lab. Then he carefully administers a shot to the animal, much like a pediatrician giving a kid a vaccine. The shot will immunize the shark against a human cancer, perhaps, or an infectious disease, such as Covid-19. A couple of weeks later, after the animal’s immune system has had time to react, LeBeau collects a small vial of shark blood. Halfway across the co
  
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• “Massive” Webb Space Telescope Discovery Defies Prior Understanding of the Universe

  22-02-2023 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Six massive galaxies discovered in the early universe are upending what scientists previously understood about the origins of galaxies in the universe.  “These objects are...
  
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• Transhumanism: What Is It And Why Is It Evil?

  22-02-2023 16:56 via technocracy.news
  
  This article is a deep dive into the history and background of Transhumanism. It underscores the title of my latest book, The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism. Transhumanism is an ideological pseudoscience that cannot possibly succeed, but will leave a wake of human destruction and harm in its path. ⁃ TN EditorTranshumanism is a very strong trend among the Western élites. Its aim is to overcome the natural limitations of human biology using technology.
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• Supreme Court tackles claim that Twitter aided and abetted terrorist attack

  22-02-2023 16:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court considers whether Twitter can be sued for aiding and abetting militant Islamist ideology in the case of a Jordanian citizen killed by a terrorist.
  
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• Joe Allen: How AI Carves Out Out Space In Your Brain

  22-02-2023 16:09 via technocracy.news
  
  AI like ChatGPT will be totally disruptive on many levels, from white collar worker displacement to journalism. The worst danger is what it will do to the mind and its container, the brain. AI is neither sentient nor human, but billions will take it that way and turn it into objects of worship.
  Keep in mind that Technocracy, Inc. defined itself as “The science of social engineering”. It is almost perfected and threatens to change humanity forever. ⁃ TN EditorWith the explosion
  
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• Amazon closes its acquisition of One Medical, but scrutiny of the deal is not over

  22-02-2023 15:50 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon closed its acquisition of health care provider One Medical and its parent in a $3.9 billion deal on Wednesday, hours after the Federal Trade Commission said it would not challenge the purchase but that regulators were still investigating potential competitive and consumer harms of the transaction.
  
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• Superior to Human Skin: Scientists Have Artificial Skin With Incredible Sensing Capabilities

  22-02-2023 15:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have created an artificial skin that surpasses human skin in its sensitivity to detect pressure applied by an object and its approach. In a...
  
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• Why We Need Microbiome Labs: The Microbiota Vault Project

  22-02-2023 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The first living beings on this planet were bacteria. And they haven't gone anywhere. Experts from microbiome labs and all life evolved in the presence of bacteria, and bacteria are still a part of all living things. Or as microbial ecologist María Gloria Domínguez-Bello puts it, "Bacteria are the center of all life." That means that you and I are walking communities of bacteria. We tend to think of bacteria as harmful, and some certainly are, but most are either neutral or benefic
  
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• Microsoft brings Bing chatbot to phones after curbing quirks

  22-02-2023 14:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Microsoft is ready to take its new Bing chatbot mainstream — less than a week after making major fixes to stop the artificially intelligent search engine from going off the rails.
  
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• Tropical Cyclone Freddy Hits Madagascar

  22-02-2023 14:11 via scitechdaily.com
  The tropical cyclone made landfall on February 21, 2023, after traveling for more than two weeks across the Indian Ocean. After traveling for 15 days...
  
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• Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Twitter case with broad impact on internet

  22-02-2023 14:04 via cnn.com
  
  One day after Supreme Court justices debated whether Google and its subsidiary YouTube should be held liable for how its algorithm organizes ISIS content, the Court is set to take up questions of tech platforms' legal exposure for user content in a Twitter case.
  
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• DNA Methylation Found to Play a Critical Role in Alzheimer’s Disease, Say Mount Sinai Researchers

  22-02-2023 13:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Findings from novel analytic approach could contribute to discovery of new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease. Mount Sinai researchers have published a study today (February...
  
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• Harnessing Plant Molecules To Improve the Efficiency of Solar Panels

  22-02-2023 11:49 via scitechdaily.com
  Current solar panels are inefficient and contain toxic materials, a different approach that harnesses plant molecules like chlorophyll could lead to improvements. Our current solar...
  
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• NASA’s Planetary Radar Captures Empire State Building-Sized Asteroid As It Flew Past Earth

  22-02-2023 10:39 via scitechdaily.com
  One of the most elongated asteroids ever imaged by planetary radar was closely tracked by NASA’s Deep Space Network. An oblong asteroid, more than three...
  
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• Best Medications for Treating Acute Low Back Pain According to Scientific Analysis

  22-02-2023 09:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Acute low back pain is a common cause of disability. An analysis in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research examined which non-opioid drugs are best for...
  
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• Life Mystery Solved: What Determines the Lifespan of a Tree Leaf?

  22-02-2023 08:24 via scitechdaily.com
  How long will a leaf live? It’s an economic decision. The leaves of Monkey Puzzle trees have a lifespan of more than 20 years, while...
  
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• Researchers Reveal How Pancreatic Cancer Defies Treatment

  22-02-2023 07:33 via scitechdaily.com
  UC San Diego researchers have uncovered how pancreatic cancer stem cells use a protein from a family of proteins that typically suppresses tumors to instead...
  
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• Combe-Grenal Neanderthal Hunting Strategies Were Unaffected by Climate Change

  22-02-2023 06:42 via scitechdaily.com
  The remains of hunted animals at Combe-Grenal, France, showed that they were consistently sourced from open tundra-like habitats. A study conducted by Emilie Berlioz of...
  
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• Outsmarting COVID-19: Weaponizing the Spike Protein Against Itself To Prevent Infection

  22-02-2023 04:50 via scitechdaily.com
  By creating a drug that’s based on part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, researchers can block the virus from entering cells. The virus that causes...
  
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• New Study Links Premature Birth to Worse School Grades

  22-02-2023 01:32 via scitechdaily.com
  However, researchers note that variations in brain function may be primarily driven by the social environment rather than one’s birth age. According to a recent...
  
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• Microsoft enters 10-year agreement with Nvidia and Nintendo in fight to save Activision deal

  22-02-2023 01:07 via cnn.com
  
  Microsoft announced it has agreed to partnerships with Nvidia and Nintendo as it tries to convince European Union officials to approve its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard — the company behind the popular game franchise Call of Duty.
  
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• Earthly Applications of Cosmic Dust: Unveiling the Secrets of Interstellar Dust Grains

  22-02-2023 00:09 via scitechdaily.com
  Gaining insight into the formation of dust grains in interstellar gas could provide astronomers with valuable knowledge and assist materials scientists in creating useful nanoparticles....
  
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