Congress Clears Stopgap Spending Bill for Biden, Moving to Avert Shutdown
Congress on Thursday sent legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Biden, racing to fund federal agencies through early March one day before money was to run out. Over the strenuous opposition of far-right Republicans, the House voted 314 to 108 to approve the stopgap funding just hours after the Senate provided overwhelming […]
Trump Prosecutor in Georgia Seeks to Avoid Testifying in Colleague’s Divorce Case
Fani T. Willis, the district attorney prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald J. Trump, is trying to quash a subpoena seeking her testimony in the divorce proceedings of a special prosecutor she hired to manage the case. A court filing last week accused Ms. Willis of having a romantic relationship with […]
Sex Educator Emily Nagoski’s New Book ‘Come Together’ Is a Product of Experience
A decade ago, as the sex educator Emily Nagoski was researching and writing her first book, “Come as You Are” — a soon-to-be best seller exploring the science of women’s sexuality — she and her husband stopped having sex. Nagoski began appearing everywhere, reassuring women that their sexuality was not a problem that needed to […]
Banning large wine measures cuts drinking by 7.6% in study
With the largest measure off the menu, 7.6% less volume of wine was sold daily, researchers found. Source link
Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained Over Pricey Watch at Munich Airport
For two and a half hours on Wednesday, German border officers were up against an unlikely foe: the Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie-star-turned-former-California-governor, found himself on the wrong side of customs at Munich International Airport when a routine inspection unearthed a luxury watch that the action star had failed to declare. Mr. Schwarzenegger was reportedly […]
ChatGPT’s Hunger for Energy Could Trigger a GPU Revolution
The cost of making further progress in artificial intelligence is becoming as startling as a hallucination by ChatGPT. Demand for the graphics chips known as GPUs needed for large-scale AI training has driven prices of the crucial components through the roof. OpenAI has said that training the algorithm that now powers ChatGPT cost the firm […]
A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days
That has led researchers to genetically alter pigs in an attempt to make their organs a better match. The biotech company that bred the pig for the Penn study, eGenesis of Cambridge, Massaschetts, is aiming to do that with gene editing. Scientists at the company used Crispr to make a total of 69 genetic edits […]
Enlarged prostate: What is the King's health problem?
Charities have welcomed the King going public about his prostate problem. So what is it? Source link
Black mould means girl can’t sleep in own bed, says York mother
“I’m just at the point of where I need to be out of here,” she added. ” It’s just getting too serious for me, my daughter and my unborn child.” Michael Jones, head of housing and delivery asset management at City of York Council, said mould was a common issue in many homes. “We’ve worked […]
AI Hits the Campaign Trail
It’s an election year in the US, which means you can expect a fresh tsunami of campaign ads in your feeds, in your inbox, and jammed in front of YouTube videos. This is also the first election of the AI era, where anyone can generate just about anything—an image, a Twitter bot, a speech—by typing […]