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A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (683+ words) Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system. At age 49, Jan Janisch-Hanzlik's multiple sclerosis was destroying her freedom to live the life she wanted. She gave up her active nursing job for a…...
Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (1249+ words) Here's which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto. Sometime around 2010, sophisticated malware known as Flame hijacked the mechanism that Microsoft used to distribute updates to millions of Windows computers around the world. The malware'reportedly jointly developed…...
Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers" heads by forcing new app
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (321+ words) Newer Acu Rite Now app lacks some features but has a subscription option. Weather-monitoring company Acu Rite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some long-time customers. Soon, however, My Acu Rite will no…...
Anthropic's $1. 5 B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (716+ words) Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees. After several authors and class members raised objections to Anthropic's $1. 5 billion settlement over its widespread book piracy to train AI, a federal judge has delayed final approvals of the…...
US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (326+ words) WHO announced today that the operation to safely transfer passengers is complete. In a press briefing Friday, officials for the World Health Organization announced that the case count of the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius in the…...
Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (341+ words) Universities promise no frontline duty and perks if students enlist in military. Russian universities are promising free tuition and up to $70, 000 to students who are willing to serve as drone pilots in the Russian military for a year'all while claiming…...
Review: Chaotically uneven Good Omens finale still conjures up old magic
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (168+ words) Truncated third season feels rushed, but also gives us a fitting end to a love story for the ages. (Spoilers below for all seasons.) That said, the sequence where Aziraphale helps Crowley (who can no longer perform miracles since quitting…...
Solar power production undercut by coal pollution
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (346+ words) Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols. But a new study suggests that the problems with coal-derived pollution go beyond health; it interferes with other power sources. Researchers have found that aerosols, both…...
Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (496+ words) WHO learned of potential cases May 5; US CDC said it just heard about it yesterday. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the…...
Three's a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (627+ words) Instead of running silent and deep, most satellites easily stand out against the blackness of space. The world's leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator. For more than a decade,…...