Credit: CC0 Public Domain An F-35 fighter plane has 8 million lines of code. A modern car, by comparison, has hundreds of millions of lines of code. The car is…
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Bitzlato founder pleads guilty to running ‘criminal’ US crypto exchange
Bitzlato was a China-based cryptocurrency exchange. The Russian founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange pleaded guilty on Wednesday to operating a money transfer business that accepted illicit funds. Anatoly Legkodymov,…
Steve Jobs wrote a check to Radio Shack in 1976. Now it’s up for auction
Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels It’s a pristine piece of Silicon Valley history—and it comes with a famous autograph. A check that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs made out to Radio…
Two-system model combines desalination and energy storage
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cornell engineers have refined a model that not only cultivates green energy, but also desalinates ocean water for large, drought-stricken coastal populations. By pumping seawater to…
Brain Stimulation Enhances Memory in Schizophrenia Patients
Summary: A new study suggests that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can improve aspects of prospective memory in individuals with schizophrenia. The trial compared 50 schizophrenia patients, split between active…
Childhood Stress Linked to Adult Depression
Summary: A new study reveals a connection between negative life events (NLE) in childhood and a higher likelihood of developing depression in young adulthood. This research, involving 321 participants, showed…
Stress and Snacks: How Fatty Foods Hinder Recovery
Summary: Consuming fatty foods during stressful times can hinder the body’s recovery from stress effects. Researchers found that high-fat meals, like butter croissants, consumed before a stressful event, reduced vascular…
Musk’s AI startup seeks to raise $1 bn
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk is seeking to raise a billion dollars for his xAI artificial intelligence company that he hopes will compete with ChatGPT’s Open AI. An official…
Making table tennis accessible for blind players
Motion tracking cameras and an array of linked speakers give real-time audio feedback to table tennis players with low vision. Credit: Phoebe Peng Table tennis has been played for decades…
