Researchers Finally Solve a Decades-Old Mystery About Cellular Aging. And it turns out to be the ATM gene. I used to think that gene was just a problem with the rare disease of ataxia-telangiectasia, and that I wouldn't have to learn about it. But mutations in this gene may contribute to 40% of cases of breast cancer, probably the most common. That would be a great bar bet, as most people would say it was BRCA 1/2. Blocking the ATM gene can allow senescent cells to keep dividing, maybe breaking the Hayflick limit. That would be really cool.
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OpenAI is not having a good week.
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This is truly crazy. Britain allowed a Chinese investment company to buy three prestigious private schools. Then they raised taxes on it. Now the Chinese are shutting the schools down. And the British are howling. Whoever thought this would be a good idea? It's like the decrepit Chinatown Cultural Center in Honolulu has been an eyesore, but it's owned by Taiwan, and they just let it fester. Some think it might be demolished. Why let a foreign company own such valuable property?
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Low birthrate risks creating U.S. housing glut over coming decade. But the Blue cities in the PNW still want to build low-income housing because they think it will reduce homelessness.
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Great! Apple is really serious about making computers that can be used for serious machine learning. The large amount of unified memory is the advantage. The chips are getting capable as well, but nVIDIA is still the one to beat. The MLX versions of open source LLMs are still painfully slow.
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Meta’s AI Detector Can’t Detect Images It Generated Itself. Meta is trying so hard to be a respectable AI company.
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Yes! Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid. Get rid of those gender studies programs, which are just good for NGO positions. Make colleges have some skin in the game.
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Oregon business closures outnumber openings — and the gap is growing. More businesses are shutting down than opening. We knew that.
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