Leben (Life aka misc)
Another Study: High blood pressure, heart attacks linked to common preservatives in food
A major French study involving over 112,000 participants has linked common food preservatives to significant cardiovascular risks, finding that high consumption correlates with a 29% greater risk of high blood pressure and a 16% higher risk of heart attacks and strokes. Published in the European Heart Journal, the research isolated Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Some Datacenters Divert Power from Homes. Will It Drive Homeowners to Solar and Batteries?
A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it’s redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers, and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It’s one of the starkest examples yet of the AI boom’s impact on everyday Americans… NV Energy Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
An Entire Wikipedia That’s 100% AI Hallucinations
“Every link leads to an entry that does not exist yet,” explains the GitHub page for a Wikipedia-like site called Halupedia. “Until you click it, at which point an LLM pretends it has always existed and writes it for you, in the deadpan register of a 19th-century scholarly press…” Every Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
US Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media
Test scores are lower than they were a decade ago in school districts across the U.S. Reading scores were down roughly 0.6 grades in 2025 compared to 2015, and math scores were down about 0.4 grades. This means that students were 60% of one school year behind where their peers Read more…