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futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
Image by Powers, Mark B. et al. / FuturismUsing a device that vaguely functions like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a promising way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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yahoo.com | Noor Al-Sibai
Using a device that vaguely functions like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a promising way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Neuroscientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor have developed a tiny chip that, when fitted inside a soft collar and placed just over the vagus nerve — a brain stem cluster that controls bodily functions like heart rate, digestion, immunity, and mood — elicits mild electric impulses that can help ease PTSD symptoms.
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5 days ago | 
futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
When viewed from space, a very rude glacier in Antarctica was caught stealing ice from its neighbor as it melted. In a new study published in the journal The Cryosphere, researchers from England's University of Leeds found that one West Antarctic glacier has been engaging in "ice piracy," essentially bulking up while its neighbors thin due to melting.
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5 days ago | 
futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
How convenient. Shadow CEOOpenAI has poached the CEO of Instacart for a fancy new gig — but there's something weird going on with her job description.
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5 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Noor Al-Sibai
5 hours agoTrump Admits He’s Wildly Exaggerating Benefits of U.K. Trade DealOpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other artificial-intelligence executives are vague about what AI can do for the government. They’re very specific about …8 hours agoWe must fight back against the rise of ‘algorithmic supremacists’David Weitzner is the author of Thinking Like a Human: The Power of Your Mind in the Age of AI.
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5 days ago | 
futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
An absolutely wild lawsuit. Image by Steven Hirsch / Curtis Means / Pool / AFP / Getty / FuturismInvestors are accusing UnitedHealthcare's parent group of conning the public to boost profits — and, ultimately, contributing to the murder of CEO Brian Thompson. In a proposed class action lawsuit filed earlier this week in New York, UnitedHealth Group investor Roberto Faller claims that the insurer profited from a series of "aggressive, anti-consumer tactics" that harmed clients and investors alike.
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5 days ago | 
finance.yahoo.com | Noor Al-Sibai
Investors are accusing UnitedHealthcare's parent group of conning the public to boost profits — and, ultimately, contributing to the murder of CEO Brian Thompson. In a proposed class action lawsuit filed earlier this week in New York, UnitedHealth Group investor Roberto Faller claims that the insurer profited from a series of "aggressive, anti-consumer tactics" that harmed clients and investors alike.
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6 days ago | 
futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
One of Elon Musk's government-wrecking flunkies was in for the surprise of his life when he discovered that the federal workforce is full of dedicated civil servants who run it like a tight ship. In an interview with Fast Company, tech founder Sahil Lavingia was candid about his experience working for the billionaire's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which will continue its work despite Musk's rumored exit at the end of this month.
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6 days ago | 
nz.news.yahoo.com | Noor Al-Sibai
One of Elon Musk's government-wrecking flunkies was in for the surprise of his life when he discovered that the federal workforce is full of dedicated civil servants who run it like a tight ship. In an interview with Fast Company, tech founder Sahil Lavingia was candid about his experience working for the billionaire's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which will continue its work despite Musk's rumored exit at the end of this month.
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6 days ago | 
futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
Looking for work is already arduous enough — but for one job-seeker, the process became something out of a deleted "Black Mirror" scene when the AI recruiter she was paired with went veritably insane. In a buckwild TikTok video, the job-seeker is seen suffering for nearly 30 seconds as the AI recruiter barked the term "vertical bar pilates" at her no fewer than 14 times, often slurring its words or mixing up letters along the way. @its_ken04 It was genuinely so creepy and weird.
