Andrea Ross

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

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#science #health #tech #dystopia

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

#science #health #tech #distopia

Mark Sutcliffe and Lowell Green were both subjects of the same Broadcast Standards complaint over anti-Black racism in their coverage of a 1997 police shooting of a man having a mental health incident

Here are transcripts from Sutcliffe and Green's radio shows:

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Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous

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#news #heath #business #tech

Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.

Oh my god

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage

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#tech #ai #business

The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

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🚨 Major Shakeup: Ontario Plans to Merge All 36 Conservation Authorities into Just 7

If you have concerns about how your local river or park will be managed by a much larger regional office, you have until December 22, 2025, to speak up.

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#Ontario

e-Petition asking the Cabinet to use Section 90 to disallow the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause Against Transgender Canadians

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#Canada #Ontario #Quebec #Alberta #BritishColumbia #Saskatchewan #Manitoba #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PEI #Yukon #NWT #nunavut

ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.

China's solar manufacturing capacity today is 65 per cent higher than what’s required for the whole world to reach net zero by 2050

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#tech #business #news #solar

A woman struggling with a comically huge Santa hat

Montreal honours 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony | CBC News A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.

Montreal honours 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony

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> A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.

#Canada #Quebec

Campbell's fires executive who was recorded saying company's products are for 'poor people' The Campbell’s Co. said Wednesday it has fired an executive who was recorded making racist comments and mocking the company’s products and customers.

Campbell’s fires executive who was recorded saying company’s products are for ‘poor people’

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Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine

Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists

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> Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine

#health #news #Science

Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada. This move is part of the Catholic Church’s effort to address its role in suppressing Indigenous culture in the Americas.

Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past

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#news #canada

Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands Two major facilities built for AI-era workloads remain unpowered while the city races to expand its electricity supply.

Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands

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#tech #news #AI #business

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

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#news #science #politics #health

Don't Be a Sucker YouTube video by US National Archives

Don't be a Sucker

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Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel An independent reporter claims that more than 1.7 million paying subscribers canceled their plans to DIsney streaming services.

Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel

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#tech #business #news #politics #disney

Widespread tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia east coast Tsunami warnings have been issued for the entire US west coast and parts of Asia including Japan.

URGENT!

Widespread tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia's east coast

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#news #safety

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission "I think it strengthens the case for a mission to Uranus."

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm

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> "I think it strengthens the case for a mission to Uranus."

#Science #space #astronomy #interesting

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work

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> Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

#tech #business #news

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica | Penn State University A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes sci...

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica

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#science #astronomy #interesting

The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.

After firms struck deals to avoid punitive Trump orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere

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#news #politics #faafo

Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.

Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk

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#news #politics #tech #tesla #musk #cars

Merci Québec! Je t'adore 😍

#Canada

Jamil Jivani seen beaming next to a smiling Pierre Poilievre

Trump's Vice President is J.D. Vance.

"In truth, J.D. Vance’s best friend (Jamil Jivani, pictured below) really doesn’t want anyone to know he’s J.D. Vance’s best friend — not now that he’s running for Canadian parliament"

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#canada #news #politics

Dev Guides - navigate tech with a compass — Ripples and Leaves Invest in yourself with low ratio tech career mentorship. Which skills are important? How do you accelerate your growth? This is a space to give yourself a compass to navigate, and thrive in a tech ca...

Navigate a career in tech with a compass. Dev Guides is a low ratio mentoring program designed to help you focus on the most important skills, concepts, and techniques for investing in your growth:

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#tech #technology #programming #community