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Sep 7, 2021

New 0-Day Attack Targeting Windows Users With Microsoft Office Documents

Posted by in category: futurism

An active 0-day attack targets Windows users with Microsoft Office documents.

Sep 7, 2021

This popular diet can also save your sex life

Posted by in categories: health, sex

Many benefits have already been linked to the Mediterranean diet, and additional studies continue to examine its health effects that reveal other reasons to follow it.

This diet, based on a menu that contains whole grains, healthy fats, a large variety of fruits and vegetables and is relatively low in dairy products and red meat, is considered one of the healthiest diet lifestyles to keep.

Past research already established this diet’s contribution to prolonging life expectancy, as it reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and also certain types of cancer, diabetes, dementia and more. Now, a new study finds that the Mediterranean diet is also beneficial for sexual function, improves blood circulation in general and also specifically for the penis, and is associated with higher levels of testosterone.

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Sep 7, 2021

AMD and Arm Form the Backbone of EU’s 400 Petaflops “EuroExa” Supercomputer

Posted by in category: supercomputing

The EuroExa Supercomputer funded by the European Union will make use of technologies from a number of hardware powerhouses and aims for deployment as early as 2022.

Sep 7, 2021

New Cultured Meat Factory Will Churn Out 5,000 Bioreactor Burgers a Day

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, food, life extension

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8XUFrNQ7YSk

“After demonstrating that cultured meat can reach cost parity faster than the market anticipated, this production facility is the real game-changer,” said Yaakov Nahmias, Future Meat Technologies founder and chief scientific officer, in a press release. “This facility demonstrates our proprietary media rejuvenation technology in scale, allowing us to reach production densities 10-times higher than the industrial standard.”

Cultured meat is made by extracting cells from animal tissue and giving them nutrients, oxygen, and moisture while keeping them at the same temperature they’d be at inside an animal’s body. The cells divide and multiply then start to mature, with muscle cells joining to create muscle fibers and fat cells producing lipids. The resulting nuggets of meat can be used to make processed products like burgers or sausages. Structured cuts of meat with blood vessels and connective tissue, like steak or chicken breast, require scaffolds, and researchers are creating these with biomaterials, like cellulose from plants. Companies are working on several varieties of more elaborate cultured products, from bacon to salmon.

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Sep 7, 2021

WHO says Covid will mutate like the flu and is likely here to stay

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

“I think this virus is here to stay with us and it will evolve like influenza pandemic viruses, it will evolve to become one of the other viruses that affects us,” Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, said at a press briefing.


Covid-19 could become endemic like the flu and circulate in the population at low levels.

Sep 7, 2021

A Chinese EV startup wants to build a ridable robot unicorn for kids

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

And just like a unicorn, it doesn’t currently exist.


Never mind buying a robot dog for your kids — you might just get them a mythical creature instead. Chinese EV maker Xpeng has teased a robot unicorn meant for children to ride. As SCMP notes, the quadruped will take advantage of Xpeng’s experiences with autonomous driving and other AI tasks to navigate multiple terrain types, recognize objects and provide “emotional interaction.”

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Sep 7, 2021

When Robot Eyes Gaze Back at Humans, Something Changes in Our Brain And Behavior

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

new study shows.


When you know you’re being watched by somebody, it’s hard to pretend they’re not there. It can be difficult to block them out and keep focus, feeling their gaze bearing down upon you.

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Sep 7, 2021

What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience, quantum physics

Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance.

Sep 7, 2021

Inside Skunk Works, Lockheed’s super-secret weapons facility

Posted by in category: transportation

The new factory is Skunk Works’ first since the 1980s. Instead of being designed to assemble a specific aircraft, the building has no fixed machines or tooling, which means it can be easily reconfigured to host new projects, Babione said.


Defense

The world’s largest defense contractor opens the gate to its aircraft factory in the desert.

Sep 7, 2021

Singapore sends out robots to search for ‘undesirable’ public behavior, like smoking or breaking COVID-19 rules

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, law enforcement, robotics/AI

Singapore said the robots, called “Xavier,” can report bad behavior to law enforcement and display messages to “educate” the public.