Photon transport through the entire adult human head. What a weird study to be doing. They measured light of 800 nm wavelength (in the infrared range) going through the skull, and actually detected photons on the other side. I would have thought all such light would be absorbed, but some penetrated through. What use this information has is beyond me.
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Apple has a problem. This could be huge for Apple. I don't think there will be robust sales for the new iPhone. Who really needs a new phone that doesn't really do much more than the iPhone 16, and is just thinner and more likely to bend and so, likely has an inferior battery life, I don't know for sure. And the Liquid Glass look? Seems to make text harder to see. Somehow, I don't think Steve Jobs would approve of what's going to come out.
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Google's going to implement an age assurance tool that is zero-knowledge. Do you trust Google to do this? I really don't. They can triangulate the data from so many different ways.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa can break down hospital plastic. And this bug is not rare, especially in hospitals. So now. hospital plastic needs to be coated with antimicrobials to prevent this.
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This is how it starts. Strange neutrino pulses have been detected that emit from deep within Antarctic ice. It's aliens!
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The CEO of Scale AI is joining Meta. Scale AI hires third world workers to do all the grunge labeling work for AI datasets. They have to watch all the videos and images and classify them. Sometimes the images are NSFW and something NSFL. Well, Alexandr Wang will make his billions.
Update (16 June 2025): So Google is cutting ties with Scale AI. Can't blame them, really.
Providence is going to lay off 134 employees. All for the usual reasons. The nurses union (ONA) claims that the Providence administration hasn't lowered their own salaries in response to their financial downturn, and Providence is not denying this. Makes me wonder how serious they think it is. Why not lower the salaries of executives, instead of firing people and making patient care that much more difficult? It's a legit point. Put some skin in the game. And Providence should get on the phone and talk to Kotek and get her to do something about Oregon's lousy economy and high crime rate. Stop businesses from leaving and stop raising taxes on everything. This way so many people won't have to be on CareOregon/Medicaid.
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