Americans are living longer—but most of the extra time is spent being sick The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest.
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Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest.
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Rocket Report: Ukrainian launch firm finds Maine home, Long March-8A debut near "I am convinced that a collaboration between Avio and MaiaSpace could be established."
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Rocket Report: Chinese national flies drone near Falcon 9, Trouble down under
I am convinced that a collaboration between Avio and MaiaSpace could be established."
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Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning? Processing in the "latent space" could help AI with tricky logical questions.
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Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning?
Processing in the "latent space" could help AI with tricky logical questions.
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Character.AI steps up teen safety after bots allegedly caused suicide, self-harm Character.AI's new model for teens doesn't resolve all of parents' concerns.
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Character.AI steps up teen safety after bots allegedly caused suicide, self-harm
Character.AI's new model for teens doesn't resolve all of parents' concerns.
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Thousands of sites remain unpatched against actively exploited WordPress plugin bug Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000 sites.
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Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands
Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000 sites.
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Report: AT&T, Verizon aren’t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack Telcos reportedly aren't telling users about call metadata taken in Chinese hack.
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Report: AT&T, Verizon aren’t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack
Telcos reportedly aren't telling users about call metadata taken in Chinese hack.
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Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA We may owe our tiny sliver of Neanderthal DNA to just a couple of hundred Neanderthals.
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Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA
We may owe our tiny sliver of Neanderthal DNA to just a couple of hundred Neanderthals.
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Thermoelectric material gets flexible, efficient Device could be integrated into clothing, harvest body heat to power gadgets.
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Generating power with a thin, flexible thermoelectric film
Device could be integrated into clothing, harvest body heat to power gadgets.
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OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats An AI version of old St. Nick arrives as a seasonal character in popular chatbot app.
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OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats
An AI version of old St. Nick arrives as a seasonal character in popular chatbot app.
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The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray players Streaming uncertainty has some people clinging to their discs.
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The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray players
Streaming uncertainty has some people clinging to their discs.
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