The venture capital arm of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company has set aside $100 million to invest in AI startups over the next three years.
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BIOSCIENTISTS USE AI TO TURN GENES ON AND OFF
A new AI has designed thousands of DNA “switches” that enable researchers and medical scientists to turn genes on or off with precision at specific points in the body, opening new possibilities for studying and curing a range of genetically-based illnesses.
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THE NEXT AI-RELATED SHORTAGE: WATER
The exploding demand for AI has sent utility companies, and even producers of small, portable nuclear power plants, scrambling to meet AI data centers’ endless need for electricity.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: GENE-EDITED PLANTS AND ANIMALS SET TO EXPLODE, AND SMART GLASSES THAT STRIP PRIVACY
The problem with marketing and selling in a more historically normal fashion—by convincing people a product or service will benefit them in some appreciable and obvious way—is that much of what is being invented via sophisticated AI and genetics is controversial, when viewed in the cold light of reason.
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THE FIRST CRYPTO ELECTION: WHO TAKES IT?
It’s a tricky question. If voters who hold crypto vote based on an interest to see the sector and innovations grow in the U.S., it could well swing the 2024 election.
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A NUCLEAR POWER MICROPLANT THAT’S A NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
Forget your image of nuclear power plants surrounded by chain link fences and with giant concrete cooling towers and armed security.
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TINY ELECTRIC CURRENTS CAN PREVENT WOUND INFECTIONS
A skin patch developed at the University of Chicago delivers unnoticeable electric pulses across wounds and prevents bacteria from infecting exposed areas.
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“MIRACLE POWDER” SUCKS UP 80 TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN CO²
Cleaning excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is a budding industry, with ventures trying everything from giant vacuum filters the size of small office buildings to storing CO2 bubbles under the sea.
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THE WAR AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS MUST GO ON
The sucking up to Israel and its backers by the political class in America never seems to go away. Indeed, it if anything increases during the lead up to national elections.
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OZEMPIC AND OTHER WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS LINKED TO 162 U.S. DEATHS
Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs have been linked to 162 deaths in the U.S., with adverse reactions increasing by 40 percent in six months as usage expands.