Jadens JD-166 Review: Portable, Inkless Thermal Printer on Linux
For Linux veterans, printers can induce nightmares. Although, lately, printer support has vastly improved on Linux, at least for the newer models. Last week, I
Local AI Weekly #7: Bubble or Not?
The Reuters proclaimed that the AI bubble has already burst in China. Chinese AI and chip stocks have lost about $480 billion in value. In
Researchers tested an unexpected addition to vaginal treatment: oxygen
Researchers investigated the effects of topical vaginal oxygen treatment, alone or combined with antimicrobials, on the vaginal microbiota of 22 women with bacterial vaginosis or
Identical twins showed a survival divide when only one had Parkinson’s
Researchers followed 54 twin pairs discordant for Parkinson’s disease and found substantially higher 10-year mortality among affected twins, including in genetically identical pairs. They also
Most teens who used AI for mental health support wanted more help
Researchers surveyed 24,132 students in England and found that 2.7% had used general-purpose AI for mental health support during the previous year. Among users who
Webb Sees Turbulent Star Nursery
In this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope, we visit a turbulent cauldron of star formation to see what is
How Spiders Spin ‘Silk Dope’ Into Nature’s Toughest Material
A spider, when knocked off a wall, doesn’t fall for long. Within milliseconds, it spins a soup of proteins into sturdy climbing gear. Using a
China’s CXMT will make AI memory despite yields as low as 20%, Reuters says
China’s biggest memory chipmaker, CXMT, plans to start making HBM3E, an advanced memory used in AI chips, even though only 20% to 30% of the
DOJ looks into Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal, Reuters reports
The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect competition in AI, including whether it would hand Nvidia a
UN experts sound alarm at excessive use of force in French student protests
UN experts have condemned police crackdowns, warning they deter demonstrators from exercising their rights.
Costa Rica’s mega-prison receives first inmates
President Laura Fernandez inaugurated the $35m mega-prison built to house up to 5,100 inmates near San Jose.
Indonesian students demand action on wildfires and rising costs
Hundreds of Indonesian students protested against the government’s handling of forest fires and rising costs.
NHS Western Isles prescribing weight loss drugs at triple the rate of other health boards
A new report finds “significant variation” between Scotland’s health boards prescribing new medicines.
