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• Researchers Have Discovered a THC-Free Cannabis Compound That May Replace Opioids

  21-04-2026 23:39 via scitechdaily.com
  Overlooked plant compounds may quietly hold new clues for treating some of the most challenging forms of pain. Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences say compounds from Cannabis sativa may help ease two difficult types of pain: fibromyalgia and pain after surgery. Their findings, published in Pharmacological Reports, suggest that terpenes could offer [...]
  
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• Common Blood Pressure Drug Shows Surprising Power Against Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug

  21-04-2026 23:04 via scitechdaily.com
  An everyday medication may hold untapped potential against one of the most difficult-to-treat bacterial threats. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to outpace modern medicine, causing more than 2.8 million infections and over 35,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. Among the most concerning is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a type of staph bacteria that [...]
  
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• New York sues Coinbase and Gemini, seeking to halt unlicensed prediction market businesses

  21-04-2026 22:54
  New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini over unregulated and unlicensed prediction market platforms that the state contends are illegal gambling operations
  
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• Supreme Court seems wary of limiting federal regulators' power in a data privacy case

  21-04-2026 21:26
  The Supreme Court seems wary of limiting the power of federal regulators in a case over multimillion-dollar penalties levied against telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T
  
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• Florida's attorney general launches criminal probe into ChatGPT over FSU shooting

  21-04-2026 21:19
  Florida's attorney general has opened an investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT
  
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• Students Build Dark Matter Detector and Set New Experimental Limits

  21-04-2026 20:35 via scitechdaily.com
  A student-led experiment has shown that the search for dark matter doesn’t always require massive infrastructure. Modern cosmology is often associated with large observatories, complex instruments, global collaborations, and major funding. Even so, progress remains possible through smaller, flexible efforts led by young researchers and supported by institutional resources and creative problem solving, including in [...]
  
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• Michael and Susan Dell fund 'AI-native' medical center with $750 million gift to University of Texas

  21-04-2026 20:00
  Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell are donating $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin
  
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• Scientists Discover Caffeine Can Repair Key Memory Circuits After Sleep Loss

  21-04-2026 19:24 via scitechdaily.com
  New research shows that sleep loss alters specific memory circuits, but also hints that a familiar compound may help restore them in unexpected ways. Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore have found that caffeine may counteract the effects of sleep deprivation on social memory by acting [...]
  
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• Alabama and West Virginia reach settlements with Roblox over child safety

  21-04-2026 18:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alabama and West Virginia became the latest states Tuesday to announce a settlement with Roblox over child safety protections on the gaming platform.
  
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• Why Musk’s ‘Universal High Income’ Isn’t ‘Sci-Fi Communism’

  21-04-2026 18:28 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is NOT Communism, Marxism, or Socialism. Communism is NOT Technocracy. Marxists hate Technocracy because it is anti-human. Technocrats hate Marxists because they won’t go along with their removal of the working class. Every time you mislabel Technocracy as Communism, you are playing right into the Technocrats’ scheme to hide behind Communists. Call it what it is: Technocracy. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Since publishing The Technocratic Unconscious, one reaction has
  
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• Florida's attorney general announces criminal investigation into OpenAI

  21-04-2026 16:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida’s attorney general said his office was issuing subpoenas to OpenAI on Tuesday, seeking information about how it approaches user threats of harm.
  
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• OpenAI New Codex For Mac Sends Screenshots To Its Servers

  21-04-2026 16:25 via technocracy.news
  OpenAI has quietly rolled out “Chronicle,” a new feature in its Codex Mac app that periodically snaps screenshots of your screen and ships them to OpenAI’s servers for processing. This is the ambient-AI future being sold as productivity: continuous surveillance of your digital life, rebranded as convenience, available for a mere $100 a month. OpenAI promises it won’t train on the data. Do you trust them? ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Summary: OpenAI’s Codex for Mac h
  
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• Yelp introduces an AI chatbot to help users sift local recommendations

  21-04-2026 15:04
  Like other technology companies pursuing similar makeovers, Yelp is hoping artificial intelligence will transform its app into a more appealing destination that’s also easier to navigate
  
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• DESI Exceeds Expectations With Largest 3D Map of the Universe, Surveying More Than 47 Million Galaxies 

  21-04-2026 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn about the results of DESI, an instrument that has created the largest high-resolution 3D map of the universe in an effort to study dark energy.
  
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• Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO, Ending 15-year Run

  21-04-2026 14:10 via today.com
  Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple and will transition to the role of executive chairman. The tech giant named John Ternus as it new CEO, taking over on Sept. 1.
  
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• Not Just Alzheimer’s: Scientists Uncover Clues to a Second, Overlooked Disorder

  21-04-2026 13:47 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have identified patterns of neuropsychiatric symptoms that may reveal when Alzheimer’s disease occurs alongside another lesser-understood brain disorder. Many people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease are not dealing with a single condition. A growing body of research shows that multiple brain diseases often develop at the same time, quietly shaping symptoms in ways that are [...]
  
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• Scientists Uncover Dangerous Connection Between Serotonin and Heart Valve Disease

  21-04-2026 13:12 via scitechdaily.com
  New findings reveal a potential connection between serotonin activity and the progression of a widespread heart valve disorder. Serotonin is best known for its role in mood, but new research suggests it may also influence how certain heart valve diseases progress. A large multicenter study has found that this common brain chemical could contribute to [...]
  
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• Scientists Discover a “Protector” Protein That Could Help Reverse Hair Loss

  21-04-2026 12:37 via scitechdaily.com
  New research suggests hair loss may hinge on a fragile cellular balance during regeneration, where stem cells must survive a surge of stress to rebuild hair. Hair loss in conditions like alopecia may come down to a single molecular tipping point: whether stressed stem cells survive long enough to rebuild hair. A new international study [...]
  
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• Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?

  21-04-2026 11:04 via nytimes.com
  Alex Bores is trying to win a congressional seat to represent part of New York City. Here’s why A.I. executives are funding the effort to stop him.
  
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• Powerful Lasers Reveal How Matter Becomes Plasma in Trillionths of a Second

  21-04-2026 10:40 via scitechdaily.com
  Ultrafast lasers tracked plasma formation and ionization in copper with picosecond precision. Results show rapid ion growth and decay, aiding fusion research. When intense laser pulses strike matter, they can knock electrons out of their orbits around atomic nuclei. This process creates extremely hot plasma made up of charged particles such as ions and free [...]
  
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• Federal jury finds Uber liable for actions of driver who grabbed passenger's inner thigh

  21-04-2026 07:51
  A jury in North Carolina has found rideshare giant Uber liable for the behavior of a driver who grabbed the inner thigh of a passenger as she was leaving the front seat of his car and asked her if he could “keep her” with him
  
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• A Simpler Path to Super-Resolution: Scientists Reinvent Microscopy

  21-04-2026 06:16 via scitechdaily.com
  A new imaging framework is pushing the boundaries of how scientists observe life at the microscopic scale. Understanding life at the cellular and subcellular scale depends on seeing extremely small biological structures in fine detail. Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy has become essential in modern research because it allows scientists to image beyond the limits of traditional [...]
  
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• Blood Tests Could Reveal Alzheimer's Risk Years Before Symptoms Appear - ScienceAlert

  21-04-2026 06:02 via news.google.com
  Blood Tests Could Reveal Alzheimer's Risk Years Before Symptoms Appear  ScienceAlertBlood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease  Harvard GazetteBlood test could predict Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear, study by Boston researchers finds  CBS NewsPlasma phosphorylated tau 217 and longitudinal trajectories of Aβ, tau, and cognition in cognitively unimpaired older adults  NatureA simple blood test coul
  
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• Scientists Uncover Hidden Genetic Cause of Diabetes in Babies

  21-04-2026 05:41 via scitechdaily.com
  Hidden regions of DNA are revealing unexpected clues about how diabetes begins. Scientists have uncovered new genetic causes of diabetes in infants, pointing to a region of the genome that has long been overlooked in genetic research. Most past studies have focused on “coding” genes, which contain instructions for making proteins. Researchers at the University [...]
  
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• Amazonian Chocolate Could Become the Next Superfood, Scientists Say

  21-04-2026 05:06 via scitechdaily.com
  New research into Amazonian cocoa reveals that its value may extend beyond flavor alone. Chocolate from the Amazon is already known worldwide for its distinctive taste, but new research suggests it may offer even greater value. Scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil found that post-harvest methods, especially fermentation, along with careful selection [...]
  
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