AI models built from rat brains just got closer to reality

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

 

AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality

 

By Lauren Goode

 

The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.

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BUSINESS

 

AT&T Is Automating Away Jobs—and Its Old Telecom Empire

 

By Paresh Dave

 

The telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation.

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SCIENCE

 

A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Supercritical’ Carbon Dioxide

 

By Molly Taft

 

The technology could strap onto existing gas turbines and make them more efficient—but it wouldn’t do away with their emissions entirely.

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THE BIG STORY

No IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course.

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 Special edition: Nobody wants to talk about women in tech anymore—so we will

BOOK EXCERPT

 

Everything You Know About Political Violence Is Probably Wrong

 

By Robert A. Pape

 

Public disagreement about whether political violence is rising and who is responsible for it stems not from ideology alone but from competing definitions about what should be counted.

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CULTURE

 

Kate Tolo Says Her Quest to Be ‘the Female Bryan Johnson’ Is ‘for Women’

 

By Ej Dickson

 

Like her biohacking boyfriend, Tolo is undergoing a grueling regimen of tests—from tracking nighttime erections to subjecting herself to extreme heat on her period—in service of “half the population.”

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GEAR

 

Here’s the iFixit Repairability Rating for the iPhone 18 Pro

 

By Boone Ashworth

 

It’s actually pretty good for an iPhone, given Apple’s long-standing reticence to make its products repairable.

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GEAR

 

How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement

 

By Reece Rogers

 

Apple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have until December 21 to submit a claim.

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Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App

 

By Julian Chokkattu

 

Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens you already use.

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