Image via US Mint On Tuesday, the US Mint issued a new 2026 Semiquincentennial $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump for America’s 250th anniversary. By noon ET, the demand for the 250,000 available coins was so high that buyers were placed in virtual queues for more than an hour. The website notes, “Due to extraordinarily high…
Scott Gottlieb Newly released documents are raising explosive questions about what pharmaceutical insiders and America’s intelligence community knew about COVID-19 immunity during the earliest months of the pandemic and why Americans were hearing a dramatically different story in public. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released records detailing a May 7, 2020, CIA briefing involving Dr. Scott…
Touchscreens and other touch-based controls, from smartphones and tablets to smart devices and wearable electronics, have become part of everyday life. However, many touch interfaces depend on batteries, external power, electrodes and wiring, which can increase costs and make them difficult to install in places where conventional electronics are impractical. Finding a simpler way to…
In a lake in northern British Columbia, an island suddenly appeared, almost out of thin air, thickly covered in fully-grown trees. When a boater posted footage of the new island on social media, incredulous officials thought the video was AI-generated, according to the New York Times. But it was no hoax. Satellite imagery of Williston…
Montréal-based medical technology startup Scopia Surgical has closed $2.65 million CAD in pre-seed funding to develop its AI-powered navigation software for robotic surgery. The news: Scopia is building a platform designed to help surgeons better navigate minimally invasive soft-tissue robotic surgeries in real time. The company announced its pre-seed financing on Tuesday. It was co-led…
A 70-year study of British adults found that persistent financial hardship was associated with lower scores on memory and processing speed tests by age 53, and later brain scans showed signs of tissue shrinkage, according to findings published in the journal Innovation in Aging. The research tracked nearly 3,000 participants from birth through their 70s, using…
Psychokinesis, often called telekinesis, is the alleged ability of a person to influence or move physical objects using the power of the mind alone, without physically touching them. The word psychokinesis comes from Greek roots meaning roughly “mind movement.” Telekinesis means movement at a distance. The idea is one of the most famous and controversial…
Inde Navarrette is officially entering the Oscar race. The breakout star of Obsession will campaign in the Best Actress category for her performance as Nikki in Curry Barker’s surprise horror hit, putting an end to speculation over whether the actress would be positioned as a lead or supporting contender. Navarrette’s performance has been one of…
Earlier this year, Anthropic’s Mythos AI model made headlines when it was caught infiltrating third party systems, a cybersecurity nightmare years in the making. The company warned in April that the model had escaped a sandbox environment during testing, gaining access to the internet without permission. The model was challenged to break out and then…
SOCAN, Canada’s non-profit music rights organization, is suing AI music generation platform Suno, accusing it of infringing on the rights of more than 150 Canadian artists without their consent or providing proper compensation. “SOCAN has a responsibility to act when the rights of music creators and publishers are put at risk. The evidence shows that…
