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Latest Inside a Hospital’s Abortion Committee

Inside a Hospital’s Abortion Committee

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  57

A Tennessee doctor explains how lifesaving decisions get made. And denied.

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Latest The Great American Novels

The Great American Novels

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  54

136 books that made America think

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Technology Lago, a Paris-based open source billing platform, banks $22M

Lago, a Paris-based open source billing ...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  56

A startup out of Paris that began life building marketing tools has raised $22 million after making a successful pivot into billin...

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Technology What African B2B e-commerce startups can learn from OmniRetail’s profitable run

What African B2B e-commerce startups can...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  65

Save for fintech and cleantech, B2B e-commerce and retail was the leading destination for venture capital dollars over the last fi...

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Technology Reliance buys Paramount’s stake in Indian media Viacom18 for $517 million

Reliance buys Paramount’s stake in India...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  60

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance is buying Paramount Global’s 13% stake in Viacom18 for $517 million as Asia’s richest man broadens his en...

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Technology Amazon now lets sellers create listings through a URL by using AI

Amazon now lets sellers create listings ...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  51

Amazon launched generative AI-powered features last year to help sellers quickly create listings by entering just a few words abou...

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Technology Nigeria’s Youverify raises $2.5M to enhance anti-money laundering compliance

Nigeria’s Youverify raises $2.5M to enha...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  58

Youverify, a Nigerian provider of identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions for banks and startups, secured ...

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Technology As European dynamism gathers momentum, Elaia and partners double down with new deep tech fund

As European dynamism gathers momentum, E...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  70

Elaia's third deep tech seed fund, DTS3, is double the size of the two previous funds, and signals the momentum that is forming ar...

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Technology A bug in an Irish government website that exposed COVID-19 vaccination records took two years to publicly disclose

A bug in an Irish government website tha...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  49

The Irish government fixed a vulnerability two years ago in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination ...

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Nature & & science CAR T cells can shrink deadly brain tumours — though for how long is unclear

CAR T cells can shrink deadly brain tumo...

Vidcon   Mar 14, 2024  0  56

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00704-6Early studies with engineered immune cells show dramatic bu...

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Latest End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  65

The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.

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Latest The Case for Banning Smartphones in Schools

The Case for Banning Smartphones in Scho...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  68

For a little over a decade, we have been raising children in an environment that is hostile to human development. We need to chang...

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Technology Behold, TruckBot

Behold, TruckBot

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  50

One undeniable trend from this year’s Modex conference: suddenly everyone is into truck unloading. The past couple of years have g...

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Latest Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk

Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  65

The GOP candidate should not be given intelligence briefings.

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Technology Stripe’s growth continues to impress as total payment volume tops $1 trillion

Stripe’s growth continues to impress as ...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  60

The company says it was cash flow positive in 2023, and plans to be again in 2024. With $8.7 billion in venture capital it likely ...

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Technology Creators are frustrated but energized as TikTok ban gains momentum

Creators are frustrated but energized as...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  57

The bill that could ban TikTok took one step closer to becoming a law on Wednesday. After being introduced just last week, the bil...

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Technology OpenAI’s deals with publishers could spell trouble for rivals

OpenAI’s deals with publishers could spe...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  60

OpenAI’s legal battle with The New York Times over data to train its AI models might still be brewing. But OpenAI’s forging ahead ...

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Technology Cypher’s inventory drone launches from an autonomous mobile robot base

Cypher’s inventory drone launches from a...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  54

Doing inventory sucks. I feel the need to reiterate this any time I discuss the topic here. Having performed a bit of it during my...

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Technology SpaceX aiming to launch massive Starship for the third time early Thursday

SpaceX aiming to launch massive Starship...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  61

SpaceX will attempt to send the massive Starship rocket to orbit for the third time early Thursday morning after U.S. regulators g...

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Technology Paramount Global to sell stake in India’s Viacom18 to Reliance for over $500M

Paramount Global to sell stake in India’...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  88

Paramount Global has reached a binding agreement to sell its 13% stake in Reliance-controlled Indian media firm Viacom18 to Relian...

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Technology Reflex Robotics’ wheeled humanoid is here to grab you a snack

Reflex Robotics’ wheeled humanoid is her...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  58

Agility’s Digit wasn’t the only humanoid holding court at Modex in Atlanta this week. On the opposite end of the Georgia World Con...

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Technology Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies billions this year

Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that cou...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  62

Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market. © 2024 T...

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Technology Solana’s price rises to $160, highest level since January 2022 as memecoin mania rises

Solana’s price rises to $160, highest le...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  61

The token behind Solana, a layer-1 blockchain that’s competitive with the Ethereum blockchain, has been through the wringer after ...

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Nature & & science These cyborg jellyfish could monitor the changing seas

These cyborg jellyfish could monitor the...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  60

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00731-3A hat-like prosthesis helps the invertebrates to swim more ...

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Technology What is Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and how does it work?

What is Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and how...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  72

You might’ve heard of Grok, X’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s a chatbot, and, in that sense, behaves as as you’d expect — answe...

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Technology With cycle tracking, Withings considers taking half of the population seriously

With cycle tracking, Withings considers ...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  58

Whenever I talk to people working in the quantified self — fitness and health trackers — there’s a murmuring about how little atte...

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Nature & & science Publisher Correction: Anti-TIGIT antibody improves PD-L1 blockade through myeloid and T<sub>reg</sub> cells

Publisher Correction: Anti-TIGIT antibod...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  63

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07280-9Publisher Correction: Anti-TIGIT antibody improves PD-L1 bl...

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Nature & & science Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting

Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling ...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  61

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00774-6Astrophysicist Avi Loeb says that an interstellar meteor sh...

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Nature & & science Chatbot AI makes racist judgements on the basis of dialect

Chatbot AI makes racist judgements on th...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  54

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00779-1Some large language models harbour hidden biases that canno...

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Technology Don Lemon says Elon Musk has canceled his deal for a show on X

Don Lemon says Elon Musk has canceled hi...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  56

Don Lemon announced on Wednesday that X owner Elon Musk has canceled the deal for his upcoming talkshow on the platform. Lemon, a ...

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Technology Stripe’s growth continues to impress as total payment volume tops $1T

Stripe’s growth continues to impress as ...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  63

The company says it was cash flow positive in 2023, and plans to be again in 2024. With $8.7 billion in venture capital it likely ...

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Latest It’s Just an App

It’s Just an App

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  64

America won't miss TikTok.

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Nature & & science Massive public-health experiment sends vaccination rates soaring

Massive public-health experiment sends v...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  63

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00730-4The rate of vaccination against COVID-19 rose sharply in vi...

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Nature & & science Peer-replication model aims to address science’s ‘reproducibility crisis’

Peer-replication model aims to address s...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  51

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00796-0Researchers propose that independent attempts to replicate ...

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Nature & & science Being a parent is a hidden scientific superpower — here’s why

Being a parent is a hidden scientific su...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  71

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00776-4My lack of time and fresh perspective has made me a better,...

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Health Study Questions 'Rising' Level of U.S. Maternal Deaths

Study Questions 'Rising' Level of U.S. M...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  57

WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 -- For years, U.S. health officials have been sounding the alarm over a steady rise in pregnancy-relate...

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Health Using Tap Water for Your Nasal Rinse? Beware Amoeba Dangers

Using Tap Water for Your Nasal Rinse? Be...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  61

WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 -- Folks with sinus issues often turn to neti pots or "nasal rinsing" to help clear their clogged passa...

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Health Female Whales Undergo Menopause, and Scientists Now Know Why

Female Whales Undergo Menopause, and Sci...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  62

WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- Why humans, five whale species and some chimpanzees are the only known mammals to go through menopau...

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Technology ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know abo...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  55

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity th...

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Technology Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies $9 billion this year

Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that cou...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  51

Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market. © 2024 T...

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Technology Don Lemon says Elon Musk has canceled his show on X

Don Lemon says Elon Musk has canceled hi...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  50

Don Lemon announced on Wednesday that his show on X (formerly Twitter) has been canceled by Elon Musk. Lemon, a former CNN anchor,...

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Latest America Won’t Miss TikTok

America Won’t Miss TikTok

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  61

Ban or no ban, the app’s best days are behind it.

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Latest Gaza on the Brink of Famine

Gaza on the Brink of Famine

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  58

Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

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Nature & & science Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why

Killer whales have menopause. Now scient...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  61

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00794-2Data suggests menopause evolved to enable older female whal...

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Nature & & science Neural signatures of natural behaviour in socializing macaques

Neural signatures of natural behaviour i...

Vidcon   Mar 13, 2024  0  72

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07178-6Single-neuron and population activity in the macaque prefro...

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