Widespread power outages were reported Monday in parts of Spain, Portugal and France, affecting critical infrastructure like airports and causing transportation disruptions. The interruption was due to a problem in the European electricity grid. The blackout also affected regions of Spain and France, due to faults in very high voltage Read more…
A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function. “Researchers at the University of California San Diego used artificial intelligence to help both unravel this mystery of Alzheimer’s disease and discover Read more…
Only the United States, China and Germany have larger economies than California. In fact, they add that California outpaced all three countries with growth of 6% last year, according to the California governor’s office (which cites new data from the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis): Read more…
What this new work shows is that “the strength of the evidence depends on the nitty gritty details of how we interpret the data, and that doesn’t pass the bar for me for a convincing detection,” says Laura Kreidberg, an expert on the atmospheres of distant planets at the Read more…
YKK, the world’s largest zipper maker, has unveiled a prototype self-propelled zipper that uses a motorized worm gear to zip itself closed at the push of a button. It currently relies on a wired remote and external power, and can zip spans up to 16 feet in under a minute. Read more…
Families earning $300,000 annually — placing them among America’s highest earners — are increasingly finding themselves unable to afford elite college tuition without taking on substantial debt. Bloomberg’s analysis of financial aid data from 50 selective colleges reveals households earning between $100,000 and $300,000 occupy a precarious middle ground: too Read more…
Microsoft’s latest research identifies a new type of organization known as the Frontier Firm, where on-demand intelligence requirements are managed by hybrid teams of AI agents and humans. The report identified real productivity gains from implementing AI into organizations, with one of the biggest being filling the capacity gap — Read more…