More and more of our loved ones could develop dementia, as the number of diagnoses is projected to more than double by 2050, according to new research. In the absence of large-scale prevention efforts, the number of people who are diagnosed with dementia each year...

Since we last covered the way that the Linux Kernel project has been dealing with the influx of code created using LLM-based coding assistants, all the way back in April, things have changed a lot, with most recently the Linux maintainers deciding to fully drop the...

Some good news for military veterans who collect disability and retirement benefits each month: Effective December 1, military retirement checks and Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits will increase 3.6%. (However, veterans will most likely not see the...

The federal government sent $1.26 trillion to state and local governments in FY2022, primarily through grants. States distributed $662 billion to local governments, while nonprofits received $294 billion in government grants that year. Grantmaking is essential to...

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.

The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.

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METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

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Someone built a tool to steal data, then decided it should scare the victim for fun. Yes, that’s an actual feature. And somehow, it fits right in with this week's security stories. The rest gets interesting in different ways. A small permission can lead to a big...

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.

Where cosmetic Botox softens wrinkles, so-called “résumé Botox” does the same for job seekers’ applications, making them appear younger to prospective employers. That might mean removing or editing graduation years, early jobs, senior titles, and profile photos, all...

I was diagnosed with anorexia at 10 years old. Over the next several years, my family and I navigated a healthcare system that was mostly focused on how many days I stayed in a hospital bed instead of whether I was getting better. I spent my entire freshman year of...

As more businesses adopt artificial intelligence, some employees, who are increasingly worried about losing their jobs, are starting to act out. That’s the finding of a new study from Washington State University (WSU) researchers, published in the journal Occupational...

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If you want to play old Commodore games, there are C-64 emulators available for just about any platform– but most of them are so high level, they’re really meant for just that: playing games. [antirez] has a different goal with his c64-hw-sim project— it’s a...

Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit end on October 16. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Bring your toughest questions and...