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NYT Strands today: hints, spangram and answers...

May 20, 2024

Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle. Like Wordle, Connections, and the Mini Crossword, Strands can be a bit difficult to solve some days. There’s no shame in needing a little help from time to time. If you’re stuck and need to know the answers to today’s Strands puzzle, check out the solved puzzle below. How to...

Is LastPass safe? Here’s what we know...

May 19, 2024

Digital Trends LastPass has been in the news quite a bit over the past decade. Following some data breaches and security incidents, you may be wondering if it’s now safe to use the well-known password manager — whether you’re a previous, current, or potential LastPass user. Let’s take a look at LastPass’ current features and security measures along with the previous incidents. What is LastPass? Digital Trends LastPass is a password management application available on the web, desktop, and...

Who Would Benefit From Ebrahim Raisi’s Death?

May 19, 2024

Accidents happen everywhere, but not all accidents are equal. Many hours after initial news broke about an “incident” involving a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s state media has still not confirmed whether he is dead or alive. Various state outlets have published contradictory news—Was Raisi seen on video link after the accident? Was he not? Was the National Security Council meeting? Was it not?—signaling chaos and panic. A source in Tehran close to the presidency told...

Bad Regimes Are Winning at Sport’s Expense

May 19, 2024

In 2021, on the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, 23 top Chinese swimmers tested positive for the drug trimetazidine. In its proper clinical setting, the medication is used to treat angina. But for an athlete or a coach willing to cheat, it is a performance-enhancing drug, boosting the heart muscle’s functioning. Nonprescription use of trimetazidine, or TMZ, is prohibited at all times, not just during competition; the default sanction for an athlete’s violation is a four-year ban. The testing...

US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw...

May 18, 2024

Laser warfare, among all the long-unfulfilled imaginings of science fiction writers, is right up there with flying cars. Now it’s finally becoming a reality. After decades of research, the US military is actively deploying laser defense systems in the Middle East to shoot down drones launched by adversaries like Yemen’s Houthi rebels, one of several recent deployments of laser tech in actual combat situations. In less pew–pew-oriented security news, the debate continues over the extension of Section 702 of...

GPT-4o’s Chinese token-training data is polluted by...

May 17, 2024

Soon after OpenAI released GPT-4o on Monday, May 13, some Chinese speakers started to notice that something seemed off about this newest version of the chatbot: the tokens it uses to parse text were full of spam and porn phrases. On May 14, Tianle Cai, a PhD student at Princeton University studying inference efficiency in large language models like those that power such chatbots, accessed GPT-4o’s public token library and pulled a list of the 100 longest Chinese tokens...

The Download: cuddly robots to help dementia,...

May 17, 2024

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How cuddly robots could change dementia care Companion animals can stave off some of the loneliness, anxiety, and agitation that come with Alzheimer’s disease, according to studies. Sadly, people with Alzheimer’s aren’t always equipped to look after pets, which can require a lot of care and attention. Enter cuddly robots. The most famous are Golden Pup, a...

The ‘America First’ Chaos Caucus Is Forcing...

May 17, 2024

The United States Congress took six months to approve a supplemental spending bill that includes aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The drama, legislative maneuvering, and threats to remove a second speaker of the House of Representatives have left reasonable people asking what, exactly, is going on with Republican legislators: Have they recognized the perilous state of the world and the importance of U.S. leadership? Or was the difficulty in securing the aid the real signal worth paying attention...

How cuddly robots could change dementia care

May 17, 2024

This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. Last week, I scoured the internet in search of a robotic dog. I wanted a belated birthday present for my aunt, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Studies suggest that having a companion animal can stave off some of the loneliness, anxiety, and agitation that come with Alzheimer’s. My aunt would...

Photos of the Week: Dock Diving, Buddha...

May 17, 2024

Surgery at a teddy-bear hospital in Germany, a performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, coyote pups at an animal park in France, destructive flooding in Brazil and Indonesia, a fashion show in Saudi Arabia, the northern lights above England, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here.

Roundtables: Why Thermal Batteries are So Hot...

May 16, 2024

Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Recorded on May 16, 2024 Why Thermal Batteries are So Hot Right Now Speakers: Casey Crownhart, climate reporter and Amy Nordrum, executive editor Thermal batteries could be a key part of cleaning up heavy industry, and our readers chose them as the 11th breakthrough on MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2024. Learn what thermal batteries are, how they could help cut emissions, and what we can expect next...

Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of...

May 16, 2024

The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) just announced the winning images in its annual members-only photo competition, selected from more than 8,000 entries in seven categories, including Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants & Fungi, Landscapes, and Nature’s Studio. Contest organizers were kind enough to share some of the winning and honored photographs with us below. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here.

Unlocking the trillion-dollar potential of generative AI

May 16, 2024

Generative AI is poised to unlock trillions in annual economic value across industries. This rapidly evolving field is changing the way we approach everything from content creation to software development, promising never-before-seen efficiency and productivity gains. In this session, experts from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, discuss the drivers fueling the massive potential impact of generative AI. Plus, they look at key industries set to capture the largest share of this value and practical strategies for...

The Download: rapid DNA analysis for disasters,...

May 16, 2024

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This grim but revolutionary DNA technology is changing how we respond to mass disasters Last August, a wildfire tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui. The list of missing residents climbed into the hundreds, as friends and families desperately searched for their missing loved ones. But while some were rewarded with tearful reunions, others weren’t so lucky.Over...

Last summer was the hottest in 2,000...

May 16, 2024

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I’m ready for summer, but if this year is anything like last year, it’s going to be a doozy. In fact, the summer of 2023 in the Northern Hemisphere was the hottest in over 2,000 years, according to a new study released this week. If you’ve been following the headlines, you probably already know that last...

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