A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday. The case of a middle-aged woman Read more…
In an all-hands meeting at Meta “explaining the company’s updated values,” Mark Zuckerberg says employees are not supposed to “nice ourselves to death,” adding that they are now to be known as “Metamates.” According to the Daily Beast, citing long-time executive Andrew Bosworth, “the term was coined by the cognitive Read more…
Virgin Galactic announced that it’s opening ticket sales to the general public for its spaceflight system, “letting you become an astronaut if you’re willing to pay $450,000 and put down a $150,000 deposit,” reports Engadget. For that $450K, you’ll get a 90-minute ride to the edge of space including the Read more…
Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark. IEEE Spectrum reports: Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark. For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave Read more…
Robots are being trialled to deliver food and other items in South Korea, which is planning to allow them on roads from 2023. Woowa Brothers, operator of the country’s biggest food delivery app, started using robots on a trial basis in 2020 while a convenience store chain started in November Read more…
What’s the lesson after $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin was seized by America’s Justice Department from the couple who laundering it? Wired argues it all just shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency: In the 24 hours since, the cybersecurity world has ruthlessly mocked their operational security screwups: Lichtenstein Read more…
The White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened U.S. export curbs by blocking access to key materials, people familiar with the matter said. The potential for retaliation has garnered more attention in recent days after Techcet, a market research Read more…