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The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, says social media should come with warning labels, writing in The New York Times that social media is an “important contributor” to the teen mental health crisis. Last year, he issued an advisory making…

As their name suggests, regulatory T cells, or Tregs, are a type of white blood cell that actively regulate or suppress the body’s immune response. They stop the immune system from overreacting, keeping it in check by controlling inflammation and…

The European Union has reportedly settled with Apple over its use of near-field communication system (NFC) to allow access for third-party payment platforms. According to The Financial Times, Apple will give access for the next ten years but only on…

ChatGPT became the face of generative AI when OpenAI released it to the public for free, but there are some costs involved. OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched on November 30, 2022 and quickly became synonymous with public-facing generative AI. Since then, the…

C12 is announcing that it recently raised an €18 million funding round ($19.4 million at today’s exchange rate). Originally founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the Physics Laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure, the company has been working on…

The liquid hydrocarbon seas of Titan may have waves NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho Craggy coastlines appear to have been carved out by waves around the methane seas and lakes of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan – and a NASA mission…

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence laboratory is working on a new technology that can generate soundtracks, even dialogue, to go along with videos. The lab has shared its progress on the video-to-audio (V2A) technology project, which can be paired with Google…

“To predict what’s coming for patents in China, one can review regulations and guidelines, track court cases, and talk with examiners, but the upcoming presidential election introduces considerable uncertainty.” Patent law and practice in China commenced a significant adjustment at…

The Meta Quest 2 (once called the Oculus Quest 2) is nearing its fourth birthday, and we’re expecting to see some major deals happen this year, particularly once Amazon Prime Day rolls around, which we expect may happen in the…

Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek at an internal SpaceX document about such a tender offer from May…