Stephanie Soucheray, MA December 23, 2024 COVID-19 Daisy-Daisy / iStock Two new studies add to the growing body of literature on the lasting effects of long COVID. In the first, a study of 114 patients with long COVID in Israel, researchers found high rates of depressive disorders (46%), generalized…

Örebro UniversityNov 29 2024 Covid-19 may be a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). This has been shown by new research at örebro University and örebro University Hospital, Sweden. We saw a raised risk of MS among people who had severe Covid-19. However, only an extremely small number of people…

HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the world, made a deal with an “artificial intelligence technology company” and is giving authors the option to opt in to the agreement or pass, 404 Media can confirm. A spokesperson for HarperCollins told 404 Media in a statement:

A California child has been diagnosed with bird flu, the first reported case in a US minor, health officials confirmed on Friday. The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in announcing the test results.…

London-based distributor Neal's Yard Dairy announced on Instagram that it was "the victim of a sophisticated fraud" involving high-value cheddar cheese. They are working with law enforcement to track down the culprit, and asking fellow cheesemongers to report any suspicious deals on clothbound…

I’ve spent over two decades interacting with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in some regard. From my first site in 1999 to late last year, I regularly had to think about my website and how it appeared in search engines. That time is about gone for me, and I think it is for others as well. AI vs.…

Public Service Announcement Scientists and Economists Alert! Global Emergency Compounded by the AIDS-like Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Over a million people in the US are being infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) every day. Originally named after the…

Media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) says it can target adverts based on what potential customers said out loud near device microphones, and explicitly points to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Bing as CMG partners, according to a CMG presentation obtained by 404 Media. The slide deck provides more…

Robert is a bright and sparky 19-year-old who has always dreamed of becoming an engineer. He enjoyed maths and science throughout school and was accepted into a local university engineering program. But just months into his first year Robert started having real doubts about whether pursuing this…

One in five patients registered to a pair of GP surgeries in the north of England have long Covid, according to a report that lays bare stark regional inequalities. The north-west of England had higher than average numbers of people reporting long Covid symptoms, with just over one in 20 people…

When “I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes to blow our minds, it’s unlikely that anyone worried about how much energy it would use up. But research has now found that the vast majority of data stored in the cloud is “dark data”, meaning it is used once then never visited…

Key moments from Biden's first speech after quitting race In a rare televised address from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden says he ended his re-election campaign to unite his party and country. 2

Faced with an abundance of literary releases, Yoshiyuki Morioka decided in 2015 to open his bookstore that offers just one book per week. 02.07.2019 WordsSolenn Cordroc'h © Morioka Shoten Located in Ginza district, the small bookshop Morioka Shoten offers just one book (but sells multiple copies of…

Blog post Stefan Schiller Vulnerability Researcher 11 min read Do you notice something in the following HTTP response? Based on this small portion of the HTTP response, you can assume that this web application is likely prone to an XSS vulnerability. How is this possible? Did you notice something?…

Log in Subscribe Sign up Sign in Home About Lists Support Subscribe Books Manage Home About Lists Support Subscribe Books Manage More News Latest news Things To Do Before Trump Takes Office Or as soon as you possibly can. Jessica Wildfire Nov 21, 2024 Americans Had Two Decades to Ditch Dr. Oz. Now…

One of the worst heat waves on record for the western United States is set to peak between this weekend and early next week, bringing a brutal, enduring spell of high temperatures to the Southwest, much of California and parts of the Pacific Northwest. “Numerous climate sites face high probabilities…

In 2013, the US food conglomerate Smithfield Foods – the country’s largest pork producer and maker of the famous holiday ham – was sold to a Hong Kong-based company called WH Group in a deal worth $7.1bn. It was the largest ever Chinese acquisition of an American company; virtually overnight, WH…

Following massive customer pushback after it announced the new AI-powered Recall for Copilot+ PCs last month, Microsoft says it will update the feature to be more secure and require customers to opt in to enable it. To further improve the feature's privacy and security, the company will also require…

Every American knows what the CIA is. I would guess that maybe 1 in 1,000 have ever heard of INR — the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, American diplomats’ in-house intelligence agency. But if you do know about INR, you probably know two things: It has gotten big stuff right…

When Microsoft named its new Windows feature Recall, the company intended the word to refer to a kind of perfect, AI-enabled memory for your device. Today, the other, unintended definition of “recall”—a company's admission that a product is too dangerous or defective to be left on the market in its…

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An ex-OpenAI board member disclosed new details about Sam Altman's brief ousting as CEO. Helen Toner said Altman lied to the board "multiple" times and was "withholding information." She said he didn't tell board members about ChatGPT's release, adding that they found out on Twitter. The former…

While assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Maj. Harrison Mann said he was enabling policies that violated his conscience. Listen to this article · 4:30 min Learn more As the death toll in Gaza has risen, the Biden administration has faced waves of internal dissent for supporting Israel in…

It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. Others were rescued by residents, including five that were rushed to a local veterinarian…

When Sundar Pichai took the stage at Google I/O on Tuesday morning, he said that the rise of generative artificial intelligence would provide new opportunities: for creators, developers, startups, and for everyone. Two hours later, after the sun rising over the Shoreline Amphitheatre sent audience…

Amazon warehouse workers are using bots to automatically and instantly claim precious time off slots before their coworkers, according to multiple Reddit posts by Amazon workers and Github pages for two of these bots viewed by 404 Media. The Amazon workers are trying to claim voluntary time off, or…

I. The smartest person I’ve ever known had a habit that, as a teenager, I found striking. After he’d prove a theorem, or solve a problem, he’d go back and continue thinking about the problem and try to figure out different proofs of the same thing. Sometimes he’d spend hours on a problem he’d…

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Published inDoublePulsar · 15 min read· May 3, 2024 -- Recently, Microsoft had quite frankly a kicking from the US Department of Homeland Security over their security practices in a Cyber Safety Review Board report. I’ve tried to keep as quiet as possible about this one for various reasons (and I…

Can the Panama Canal save itself? 6 March 2024 Michelle FleuryNorth America Business correspondent, Panama Panama Canal Authority Water levels of the Panama Canal are the second lowest they have been in 110 years The most famous waterway in the Americas is running dry. Unlike the Suez Canal, the…

Costs are rising, prices are coming down, unit economics are going sideways, and cybersecurity startups must adapt. Cybersecurity SaaS businesses are undergoing several significant changes that will hurt the broader market. This is what it all means. A Quick Primer on Margins Here’s a quick lesson…

“Astounding” ocean temperatures in 2023 supercharged “freak” weather around the world as the climate crisis continued to intensify, new data has revealed. The oceans absorb 90% of the heat trapped by the carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, making it the clearest indicator of global…

The PIGEON algorithm was able to geolocate this 2012 photo of the author on a backcountry trail in Yellowstone National Park to within roughly 35 miles of where it was taken. Courtesy of Geoff Brumfiel A student project has revealed yet another power of artificial intelligence — it can be extremely…

A slowdown — but no recession. That's the broad consensus for the economy among experts as we head into 2024. After a post-pandemic period that saw growth surpass most forecasts — but also spurred breakneck inflation — Americans should now expect a period of reduced business activity. Yet while some…

NEW YORK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing initial claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, indicating the labor market continues to cool in the year's fourth quarter. New sta

A year ago, as I sat down to write my predictions for 2023, two things seemed unusually clear. One was that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter was disrupting the old order in social networking far faster and more dramatically than even his biggest detractors had predicted. The other is that the launch…