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Feeling Drained, Strained and Stressed? It Might Stem From Cortisol Imbalance
Stress is a normal part of life. While everyone feels stressed at times, it shouldn’t affect your day-to-day functioning. If you experience chronic stress and exhaustion that’s affecting your daily life, it may be a sign that something deeper is going on, such as cortisol imbalance.  Both high and low levels of... Read more
George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper
Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item to his long list of publications: a peer-reviewed physics paper just published in the American Journal... Read more
OpenAI: Extending model ‘thinking time’ helps combat emerging cyber vulnerabilities
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Typically, developers focus on reducing inference time — the period between when AI receives a prompt and provides an answer — to get at faster insights.  But when it comes... Read more
Microcurrent Devices: Effectiveness, Tips for Use and Are They Worth the Money? We Asked Skin Experts
Over the last decade, microcurrent devices have become a skincare staple for many people, and you’ve likely seen them in several celebrities’ routines. This technology claims to boost collagen production, prevent signs of aging, improve skin texture and sculpt facial muscles, among other things. Microcurrent treatments used to be... Read more
How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI
Today, DeepSeek is one of the only leading AI firms in China that doesn’t rely on funding from tech giants like Baidu, Alibaba, or ByteDance. A Young Group of Geniuses Eager to Prove Themselves According to Liang, when he put together DeepSeek’s research team, he was not looking for... Read more
Y Combinator’s hottest startup, Origami Agents, secures $2M seed round to supercharge sales teams with AI
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Y Combinator-backed startup Origami Agents has raised $2 million in seed funding to build AI research agents that augment, rather than replace, human sales teams, breaking from the industry trend... Read more
GoFundMe Is Helping LA Wildfire Victims Rebuild, but Is It Enough?
When the Eaton wildfire swept into Los Angeles, Nick Carranza, a 45-year-old content director and producer, rushed to the house of his longtime friend, who was battling 15-foot flames with no firefighters in sight. Together, they managed to extinguish the blaze using water from a neighbor’s swimming pool.  Carranza,... Read more
‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified
Now, after Trump’s comment and actions on the first day of his presidency, the group’s crisis helpline is once again receiving a torrent of calls. Sixty-two percent of incoming calls this week, the group tells WIRED, are from trans and gender-nonconforming adolescents age 14 to 17. The callers are... Read more
Gaming comedy Mythic Quest Season 4 debuts on January 29 on Apple TV+
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Season 4 of a TV show is not something I write about very often, given my focus is video games. But Season 4 of Mythic Quest is another matter. Debuting... Read more
Meta Suspended Abortion Pill Providers’ Accounts, Removed Posts
Some companies that sell abortion pills online have had accounts suspended on Meta’s Instagram social media platform and their posts suppressed on Instagram as well as on Meta’s Facebook. According to The New York Times, Meta said companies including Aid Access, Just the Pill, Women Help Women and Hey... Read more