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…
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Emails from former Israeli UN ambassador Ron Prosor’s hacked account, obtained by the group Handala and published by Distributed Denial of Secrets, have exposed Yahav Lichner, now director of UNICEF’s Washington office, as a UN official who appears to have functioned as an Israeli asset inside the organisation. The emails were examined by Drop Site…
Choosing the right CRM for your startup is vital for managing customer relationships effectively. You need a solution that fits your budget and offers essential features. Start by evaluating your specific needs, such as sales tracking and automation. Then explore options like Zoho CRM for affordability or HubSpot for its free features. Next, you’ll want…
Officials from Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism working at Karahan Tepe, a “significant parallel site” to the enigmatic Göbekli Tepe, have announced the discovery of a unique stone sculpture depicting a human figure riding a leopard. Ministry officials said the 70-centimeter-tall “composite sculpture,” likely carved thousands of years before the first organized human societies,…
Australia’s extinct thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, was not the powerful predator European settlers had assumed based on experiences with the dogs and wolves of their homeland, scientists say. In a recent study of the skull of this creature, famously hunted to extinction, researchers from Flinders University and the University of Melbourne found…
