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Mayuresh K
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Curious mind, voracious reader and techie. Based out of the UK 🇬🇧
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Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook
Google says Meta and search engine company Yandex used Android capabilities "in unintended ways that blatantly violate our security and privacy principles".
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June 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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#Nintendo pull #Switch-2 from the #USA market after #Trump #Tarrifs

#Gaming #TradeWars #TrumpTarrifs #Japan

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Nintendo pulls Switch 2 pre-orders in US over Trump tariffs
It unveiled the console on Wednesday just hours before the president announced a wave of global tariffs.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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The other side of the success of the #british hit #tvseries #Adolescence

#Netflix #Films #Cinema #television

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Yes, we should celebrate Adolescence – but it comes at a cost to the UK TV industry | Jane Martinson
This vital drama has British actors, a British writer, but Netflix funding. Here’s why that’s a huge problem, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
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April 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Perplexity.ai is down 👇🏽 downforeveryoneorjustme.com/perplexity is showing that it is real and not just me 😞 #downtime
Is Perplexity down? Live status and problems past 24 hours
Live problems for Perplexity. Error received? Down? Slow? Check what is going on.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Marvelling: at the strange things our bodies do

#BBCEarthScience #Dejavu #BrainFreeze #SleepWalking

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Exploring Weird Facts About Our Bodies | The Science of the Human Body
YouTube video by BBC Earth Science
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February 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Reading - #bioengineers at #Tsinghua Uni and medical #research colleagues from #Tianjin University in #China have unveiled the world's first two-way adaptive brain-computer interface #BCI, a significant leap forward in the realm #of #neural interface tech.

www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-t...
World's First Two-Way Adaptive Brain-Computer Interface
Bioengineers at Tsinghua University collaborate with Tianjin University to create world's first two-way adaptive brain-computer interface using memristor-based decoder, published in Nature Electronics...
www.lifetechnology.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Marvelling - at the coincidence that just a day after reading about #Google #Co-scientist this article appears on the #BBC.

#research #superbug #bacteria #antibiotics #superbug

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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
The lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Reading - Google's new Ai for scientists titled "Co-scientist". A researcher can specify their objectives using natural language, and it will propose testable hypotheses, along with a summary of relevant published literature and a possible experimental approach. Useful!

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We’re launching a new AI system for scientists.
Today Google is launching an AI co-scientist, a new AI system built on Gemini 2.0 designed to aid scientists in creating novel hypotheses and research plans. Researchers…
blog.google
February 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Wrote: A blog post in response to the #TedTalk by #Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aarvind Srinivas titled "How AI Will Answer Questions We Haven’t Thought to Ask" (the link to the video is in the post, if you've not watched it yet)

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#Socrates #SiliconValley #Intelligence
When Answers Aren’t Enough: How AI Is Helping Revolutionise How We Think
I recently watched Aravind Srinivas’s TED talk about Perplexity AI and human curiosity. It’s easy to find yourself focusing on his…
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February 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Reading - a significant step toward large-scale distributed #quantum #computing by deterministically teleporting a fundamental two- #qubit quantum gate across two metres of optical fiber, linking two separate quantum #modules.

www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/02/...
Oxford researchers pull off quantum first with distributed gate teleportation
Einstein’s spooky action at a distance just got an upgrade
www.theregister.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Interesting: The study, conducted over a month, saw the #BBC test four prominent, publicly available #AI assistants – #ChatGPT, #Copilot, #Gemini; and #Perplexity.

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Groundbreaking BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants
Conducted over a month, the study saw the BBC test four prominent, publicly available AI assistants
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Today I learnt: About the sad #history of #PuertoRico. I don't know how accurate this is. But if it is, it just crazy.

#USA #Spain #Colonialism

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February 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Reading - #Photosynthesis and classical #physics

#Biology

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The Quantum Blueprint: How Photosynthesis Defies Classical Physics
Quantum mechanics plays a role in the process of photosynthesis. Engineers have long sought efficient ways to convert solar energy into storable chemical energy. Nature perfected this process billions...
scitechdaily.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Interesting - An #AI based #Scareware blocker in #MicrosoftEdge that learns using #ComputerVision and proactively blocks scams.

I wonder what the #privacy impacts are of this?

#technology

www.theverge.com/news/608123/...
Microsoft Edge now has an AI-powered scareware blocker
The scareware blocker is in preview now
www.theverge.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Wondering over - #AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if #consciousness achieved, says #research | #ArtificialIntelligence (AI) | #TheGuardian

#Thoughts

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AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research
Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology
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February 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Reading - A daily dose of #omega-3 oils may slow the #ageing process, according to a major #clinical trial of interventions that aim to extend humans’ #healthspan – the number of years spent in good health before a decline in #oldAge.

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An omega-3 dose a day could slow ageing process, ‘healthspan’ trial finds
Daily gram of essential fatty acid leads to ‘three to four months rejuvenation of biological age’ over three years
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February 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Reminded of - the adage "People who forget their history are doomed to repeat it" - Third of young adults in #UK ‘unable to name #Auschwitz or any #Nazi death camps’ | #Holocaust | #TheGuardian

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Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’
Lack of knowledge about Holocaust identified as well as level of denial and disinformation seen on social media
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February 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Reading - New theory unites #Einstein theory of #relativity with #quantum #mechanics

#science #theory #UCL

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New theory unites Einstein's theory of relativity with quantum mechanics
For over a century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity have stood as the cornerstones of modern physics.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Reading about - how a #Phosphate removal material (or PRM) is being used to undo the age old damage to our #ecology

#UK

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’
Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for crops
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Looks weird: and yet cool - #Tesla cars self driving from the factory to loading dock

#electric #cars

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Self-Driving from the factory to the loading dock | Tesla
YouTube video by Tesla
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January 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Disgusted - #pfas #foreverChemicals #health #SmartWatches

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Smartwatch bands can contain ‘major’ levels of toxic PFAS, study finds
High amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ that can be absorbed through skin detected in common brands of wrist bands
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Marvelling at - How far #GoogleMaps has come in showing us the way. And how much more there is to it.

#Transport #Mapping #AI #CNBC #Social

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From Street View To AI — How Google Maps Mapped The World
YouTube video by CNBC
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January 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Reading - #RishiSunak takes up #Oxford and #Stanford university roles

#BBCNews #careers #politicians

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rishi Sunak takes up Oxford and Stanford university roles
The jobs are the first the former Conservative leader has taken since he returned to the backbenches.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Marvelling at - There’s a New Way to Count #Prime #Numbers . What do you make of it?

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www.wired.com/story/mathem...
There’s a New Way to Count Prime Numbers
To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Reading - Remember #JohnyMillers #Elementary? A modern take on #SherlockHolmes also starring #LucieLiu that got shelved (unfortunately). There's a new spinoff on its way soon.

#TV #USA #Detective #CBS

screenrant.com/elementary-s...
Elementary Gets The Perfect Spiritual Sequel 6 Years After CBS Canceled Jonny Lee Miller & Lucy Liu's Show
Elementary finally gets a spiritual successor.
screenrant.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM