Day: May 25, 2025

Regeneron to Acquire all 23andMe genetic data for $256m

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23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe” or the “Company”) (OTC: MEHCQ), a leading human genetics and biotechnology company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of 23andMe to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) (NASDAQ: REGN), a leading U.S.-based, NASDAQ-listed biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious Read more about Regeneron to Acquire all 23andMe genetic data for $256m[…]

Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels

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Fans reading through the romance novel Darkhollow Academy: Year 2 got a nasty surprise last week in chapter 3. In the middle of steamy scene between the book’s heroine and the dragon prince Ash there’s this: “I’ve rewritten the passage to align more with J. Bree’s style, which features more tension, gritty undertones, and raw Read more about Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels[…]

Boeing Strikes Deal with DOJ to Avoid Criminal Charges Over 737 Max Crashes

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Boeing and the Department of Justice have reached an “agreement in principle” that will keep the airplane manufacturer from facing criminal charges for allegedly misleading regulators about safety features on its 737 Max plane before two separate crashes that killed 346 people. The tentative deal, according to a court filing, will see Boeing pay out Read more about Boeing Strikes Deal with DOJ to Avoid Criminal Charges Over 737 Max Crashes[…]

New Orleans police secretly used facial recognition on over 200 live camera feeds

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New Orleans’ police force secretly used constant facial recognition to seek out suspects for two years. An investigation by The Washington Post discovered that the city’s police department was using facial recognition technology on a privately owned camera network to continually look for suspects. This application seems to violate a city ordinance passed in 2022 Read more about New Orleans police secretly used facial recognition on over 200 live camera feeds[…]

Drug-treated mosquite nets eliminate parasites (such as marlaria) in mosquitoes

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Researchers have identified a type of chemical compound that, when applied to insecticide-treated bed nets, appears to kill the malaria-causing parasite in mosquitoes. Published in the journal Nature, the multi-site collaborative study represents a breakthrough for a disease that continues to claim more than half a million lives worldwide every year. […] ELQ drugs refer Read more about Drug-treated mosquite nets eliminate parasites (such as marlaria) in mosquitoes[…]

Someone Found Over 180 Million User Records for all kinds of platforms in an Unprotected Online Database

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If you use the internet, you’ve probably had at least some personal information go missing. It’s just the nature of the web. But this latest discovery, as reported by Wired, is something different. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a public online database housing over 180 million records (184,162,718 to be exact) which amounted to more Read more about Someone Found Over 180 Million User Records for all kinds of platforms in an Unprotected Online Database[…]

UK Legal Aid Agency attack involved ‘significant’ data theft

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A “significant amount of personal data” belonging to legal aid applicants dating back to 2010 in the UK was stolen by cybercriminals, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed today. The announcement follows the initial news from May 6 of an attack on the UK’s Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an MoJ-sponsored organization that allows legal aid Read more about UK Legal Aid Agency attack involved ‘significant’ data theft[…]