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Richard J. Dalton Jr., who runs an academic test preparation company in Vancouver, British Columbia, was a longtime Google user when Google notified some small businesses in January that they would no longer have free access to custom email services and other jobs When applied, he felt it was like betrayal . “After making us […]

Incredible new data presented at the European Hematology Association Congress shows that an experimental CRISPR gene-editing therapy remains safe and effective three years after treatment. The results come from human trials using CRISPR technology to treat two rare inherited blood disorders, one of the longest such trials. The human trial, which began in 2019, is

NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey) exoplanet survey satellite has discovered two super-Earths in a galaxy 33 light-years away from Earth . The galaxy’s parent star, numbered HD 260655, is an M-class dwarf star much smaller than the sun, but more common in the universe than sun-like stars. One of the two planets revolves once

For adults vaccinated against COVID-19, the odds of developing long-term symptoms of COVID after infection with Omicron are approximately 20% to 50% lower than during the Delta epidemic, depending on age and time since vaccination. The findings come from a case-control observational study published in The Lancet by researchers at King’s College London. The study

By illuminating and destroying tiny cancer cells, scientists have succeeded in developing a revolutionary cancer therapy , a breakthrough that allows surgeons to more effectively target and destroy a patient’s condition. A European team of engineers, physicists, neurosurgeons, biologists and immunologists from the UK, Poland and Sweden has joined forces to design the new photoimmunotherapy.

China’s draconian Covid-19 measures have forced urbanites accustomed to international travel to the wilderness for escapist pastimes, spawning a booming glamping and outdoor sports industry. The fields, rivers and mountains surrounding the big cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen have become popular destinations for city dwellers seeking temporary relief from the shackles of the “zero-clearing”

SpaceX completed three launches in 36 hours: 53 Starlink satellites were launched on a Falcon 9 rocket last Friday at 12:09 PM EDT (16:08 UTC) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket and SpaceX’s 24th launch in 2022, A record-breaking 13th launch of the rocket’s B1060 thruster, and

TikTok completed the transfer of all US user data to Oracle servers. The move is aimed at addressing U.S. regulators’ concerns about the app’s data integrity. TikTok is a short video application owned by Beijing ByteDance. Former US President Trump asked ByteDance to sell TikTok. ByteDance’s final decision was to cooperate with Oracle to transfer

After mass shootings, some American politicians habitually turned to video games. Texas Senator Ted Cruz did just that in the wake of the serious shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. In addition to broken homes and lower church attendance, the desensitization of murder in video games has contributed to the prevalence of mass

Microsoft updated its App Store rules, one of which is “Don’t try to profit from open source or other software that is usually available for free, and don’t try to overprice the features and functionality the product offers.” If you have used the Microsoft App Store over the past few years, you will notice that

Well-known quantum computer expert Scott Aaronson has announced that he will be leaving UT Austin for a year to pursue theoretical research at AI startup OpenAI (mostly remotely), where his work will focus on researching the theoretical basis for preventing AI from running out of control, and what computational complexity does for this as. He

An open letter targeting SpaceX CEO Elon Musk circulated on the company’s internal Microsoft Teams channel. The open letter called on executives to speak out and condemn Musk’s actions on Twitter. The letter writers noted that Musk’s behavior in the public domain was often distracting and embarrassing, especially in recent weeks. As CEO Musk is

The Cyberspace Administration of China issued the Regulations on the Administration of Internet Thread Commenting Services (Revised Draft for Comments) , and the deadline for comments is July 1. The draft for comments stipulates: According to the principle of “real name in the background and voluntary in the front desk”, the real identity information of