Science & Tech

Sham-controlled trial finds pulmonary vein isolation no better than sham for atrial fibrillation quality of life at six months

A multicentre sham-controlled trial in Europe published in The Lancet found PVI didn’t improve AF-related quality of life versus sham at six months.

#atrialfibrillation, #catheterablation, #cardiology, #clinicaltrials

Phase 1 study: single dose of Kylo-11 sharply lowers Lp(a) for up to 48 weeks

A phase 1 trial in The Lancet found one dose of experimental siRNA Kylo-11 was well tolerated and cut Lp(a) by up to ~98% for months.

#lpa, #cardiology, #drugdevelopment, #sirna

Preprint reports >3σ evidence for w = −1 ‘phantom crossing’ in CPL dark‑energy fits

A UT Dallas preprint using an “optimal redshift” method finds CPL-model fits to current data show w = −1 crossing at >3σ for several dataset combinations.

#cosmology, #darkenergy, #astrophysics, #desi

NVIDIA to Provide Up to $105 Billion in Credit Guarantees for OpenAI Data-Center Campus in Ohio

NVIDIA will provide up to $105 billion in residual-value guarantees and a $1.5B equity stake to back OpenAI's planned PORTS-Pike data-center campus in Piketon, Ohio.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #openai, #sbenergy, #data-centers, #ohio

Meta Settlement Would Require Age-Verification Across Platforms, EFF Warns of Privacy Tradeoffs

A proposed Meta settlement with 52 state attorneys general would enforce age-assurance across its services, raising privacy concerns, the EFF says.

$META, #meta, #privacy, #coppa, #socialmedia, #teensafety

FDA Approves Rasonque (daraxonrasib), First Targeted Therapy for Most Common Form of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

FDA cleared Rasonque for adults with previously treated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma after a Phase 3 trial showed a significant overall survival benefit.

$RVMD, #health, #pancreaticcancer, #oncology, #drugapproval

DOJ and FBI Seize Domains Tied to China-Linked Hacking Platforms QScan and QTRouter

DOJ and FBI seized domains tied to QScan and QTRouter, disrupting infrastructure U.S. authorities say China-linked hackers used to target government agencies and critical networks.

#cybersecurity, #china, #fbi, #cyberespionage

Rockstar Calls Latest GTA VI Clips “Heartbreaking” as New ‘Lucia’ Footage Surfaces

Rockstar criticized fresh Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay clips—described as a ‘Lucia prologue’—and Take-Two is seeking records to identify the leaker.

$TTWO, #gta6, #rockstar, #leak, #taketwo

AWS to Acquire DuckLabs, Team Behind DuckDB; Project to Remain Open Source

AWS will acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam team behind DuckDB; the DuckDB project will remain open-source under the DuckDB Foundation and MIT license.

$AMZN, #aws, #duckdb, #acquisition, #open-source

Amazon-owned Ring makes 'TAKE' default worldwide, will delete keys after 24 hours

Ring will roll out TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) as the default starting in September, temporarily storing decryption keys for 24 hours.

$AMZN, #ring, #encryption, #privacy, #amazon

LAION publishes 10-million-hour open video dataset LAION-BVD; processed subsets available

LAION published LAION-BVD, a claimed 10-million-hour open video dataset for multimodal AI; processed subsets and pipelines are public, raw videos restricted.

#laion, #dataset, #ai, #video, #multimodal

FDA Clears Abbott’s Libre Duo 10 Day, First U.S. Wearable to Continuously Monitor Ketones and Glucose

FDA authorizes Abbott’s Libre Duo 10 Day, the first U.S. wearable to continuously monitor ketones and glucose for ages 2 and up.

#diabetes, #fda, #medicaldevices, #abbott

NASA Spotlights Ames’ Software, Coronagraph Tools Ahead of Roman Telescope Launch

NASA details how Ames Research Center’s software, coronagraph masks and supercomputing will support the Roman Space Telescope ahead of its Aug. 30 launch.

#roman, #nasa, #ames, #coronagraph

Apple unveils M6 (first 2nm Mac chip) and quad-die M5 Ultra to boost on‑device AI

Apple introduced the M6 — its first 2nm Mac chip — and the quad-die M5 Ultra, aiming to bring far stronger on-device AI to new Mac mini and Mac Studio.

$AAPL, #apple, #mac, #mseries, #ai

Study finds at least 24.5% of former NFL players who died 2016–2021 had CTE

Using deaths of 878 former NFL players (2016–2021), researchers estimate at least 24.5% had CTE, with a plausible prevalence range up to 97.7%.

#cte, #nfl, #braininjury, #neuroscience