The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Iran is systematically crippling Starlink
The satellite internet service is meant to be impossible to jam—but…
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The Download: next-gen nuclear, and the data center backlash
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Naked Mole-Rats Prefer Low-Oxygen Air That Would Kill Most Mammals, Adding to Their List of Death-Defying Superpowers
These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their remarkable ability to survive these conditions could offer a key model for researchers studying new treatments for stroke or…
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The aggressive use of antibiotics could fuel mood disorders and anxiety
Antibiotics (ABs) are among the most used pharmaceutical drugs worldwide, as they are currently the most effective medicines for the treatment of bacterial infections. An excessive use of these drugs, however, can damage the gut microbiota, the…
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Frozen hydrogen cyanide 'cobwebs' offer clues to origin of life
A substance poisonous to humans—hydrogen cyanide—may have helped create the seeds of life on Earth. At cold temperatures, hydrogen cyanide forms crystals. And, according to computer models reported in ACS Central Science, some of the facets…
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The universe should be packed with tiny galaxies — so where are they?
Where are the smallest galaxies? A recent study suggests that there may not be as nearly as many of them in the early universe as there should be, which has big implications for the story of how our universe grew up.
For years, astronomers have…
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New framework helps AI systems recover from mistakes and find optimal solutions
If you use consumer AI systems, you have likely experienced something like AI “brain fog”: You are well into a conversation when suddenly the AI seems to lose track of the different ideas you have been talking about and how they fit together.
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Android Auto users complain about broken Google Assistant functionality, as the slow Gemini rollout continues
- Google Assistant is failing for many on Android Auto
- These users are still waiting for their Gemini upgrade
- The Gemini rollout should be fully completed in the near future
Google’s Gemini AI is slowly replacing Google Assistant on Android Auto,…
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Double threat: HIV and hepatitis B co-infection increases risk of kidney dysfunction
A new 10-year regional study reveals that adults living with both HIV and hepatitis B virus across the Asia-Pacific face substantially higher risks of kidney dysfunction than those living with HIV alone.
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7 game‑changing technologies leading the fight against global warming
The climate crisis is forcing innovation to move faster and scale larger than ever before. While emissions remain high and policy debates continue, a new wave of climate technologies is already taking shape. Once laboratory concepts, these are…
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