In 2024, Chinese researchers filed 300,510 AI-related patents, while scientists in the world’s other countries 188,454, according to data compiled by Triangle IP, a firm that helps companies manage their intellectual property.
Tag: feb 18 2025
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Michael Saylor’s “strategy” of holding company reserves in the form of bitcoin, and issuing novel financial investment products that either mitigate downside risks of bitcoin investing, or accentuate risk returns, has trail-blazed in the financial and crypto sectors.
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CBDC PLANS FACE FURTHER REJECTION IN THE U.S. AND ELSEWHERE
A Congressional bill to further dissuade the U.S. Federal Reserve from creating a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), a new survey showing a downturn in CBDC fortunes around the globe, and a reminder on reasons to preserve cash, are all part of the latest in our longtime trend-tracking on the subject.
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DISEASE-CARRYING MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX, THEN DIE
At Australia’s Macquarie University, researchers have found a way to poison female mosquitoes when they have sex.
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INJECTABLE GEL GROWS BONE
Osteoporosis causes bones to weaken and turn brittle and more breakable. The condition occurs when the body loses bone mass faster than it can be replaced and becomes more likely as we age.
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WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS LINKED TO MUSCLE LOSS
“Miracle weight-loss drugs” like Ozempic and Wegovy have been linked to significant muscle loss in users and—when the drug is stopped—the muscle weight that was lost was replaced by fat, according to a new study.
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LONELY, DEPRESSED TEENS ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH AI CHATBOTS, REPORT SAYS
Lonely teenagers are beginning to fall in love with AI chatbots that offer them complete support and tailored responsiveness that raises new questions about long-term health issues linked to these relationships, according to a report in StudyFinds.
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CLAIM THAT CELLPHONE RADIATION IS HARMLESS CHALLENGED BY NEW PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
A newly released peer-reviewed study raised new questions about radiation and cell phone use—challenging industry claims that the only time radiation can be harmful is when it causes tissue heating.
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SWISS SCIENTISTS PERFECT A BETTER CHOCOLATE
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow in pods surrounded by pulp, which are trash. But they’re really not, according to researchers at ETH, Switzerland’s technical university.
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MUSK HAS BEEN TAPPED BY TRUMP TO LEAD COST-CUTTING DRIVE, BUT IS IT REALLY A FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE?
Elon Musk, the Tesla head who donated over $250 million to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has been tasked by the White House to seek and destroy government inefficiencies and waste, but critics wonder how effective the world’s richest man could be given that his companies pull in $20 billion a year in government contracts.