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Many people have heard of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes because of their association with breast cancer. But scientists have now suggested that many of the genetic variants we are born with, in a variety of different genes, can make a powerful prediction about what type of breast cancer an individual could develop, and what the outcome could be. This study has indicated that random genetic variants that are acquired over a lifetimes are far less important to breast cancer risk compared to those a person is born with; the findings have been published in Science.

“Apart from a few highly penetrant genes that confer significant cancer risk, the role of heredity factors remains poorly understood, and most malignancies are assumed to result from random errors during cell division or bad luck,” said senior study author Christina Curtis, PhD, a Professor at Stanford University. While that would make it seem like random events cause the growth of tumors, this is not what’s been observed. Instead, tumor development is influence by immunity and genetics, said Curtis. “This new result unearths a new class of biomarkers to forecast tumor progression and an entirely new way of understanding breast cancer origins.”

Techno-optimist Vinod Khosla believes in the world-changing power of “foolish ideas.” He offers 12 bold predictions for the future of technology — from preventative medicine to car-free cities to planes that get us from New York to London in 90 minutes — and shows why a world of abundance awaits. If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas: https://ted.com/membership Follow TED! X: / tedtalks Instagram: / ted Facebook: / ted LinkedIn: / ted-conferences TikTok: / tedtoks The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world’s leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit https://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Watch more: https://go.ted.com/vinodkhosla • 12 Predictions for the Future of Tech… TED’s videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz… For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com #TED #TEDTalks

The study used a specialized photon source to transmit, store and retrieve quantum data, a major component of quantum data transmission.

Traveling for centuries in a multi generation space ark at a small percentage of the speed of light a hollowed out asteroid the world is hollow and I have touched the sky.

Video for “Planet Caravan” a song performed by Black SabbathNew channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqjB_4bCKg80mnY5TFuN9egI do not own the rights.

Sora rival just dropped in China.

Is China winning the AI race?

Despite years of working to develop AI systems, it wasn’t until Christmas 2022 when Craig Federighi played with Copilot that the company truly got behind the idea.

The conventional wisdom is that Apple is far behind the rest of the technology industry in its use and deployment of AI. That has seemed nonsensical since Apple has had Siri for almost 15 years, and a head of AI since 2018.

However, a new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that despite all these years working on Machine Learning, and despite having ex-Google AI chief John Giannandrea, it could be true that Apple is substantially behind. Reportedly, Giannandrea and his team have struggled to fit in with Apple, and to get AI implemented.

As the electric vehicle market booms, the demand for lithium—the mineral required for lithium-ion batteries—has also soared. Global lithium production has more than tripled in the last decade. But current methods of extracting lithium from rock ores or brines are slow and come with high energy demands and environmental costs. They also require sources of lithium which are incredibly concentrated to begin with and are only found in a few countries.

This is a series of videos that I decided to make on Georg Cantor’s groundbreaking works published in 1,895 and 1,897 titled Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers.

This work could probably be counted among the most influential and significant works in mathematical history — Cantor’s transfinite numbers changed the face of mathematics completely (although, not to everyone’s pleasure). The impact of Cantor’s work can’t be underestimated.

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TO AVOID DATA COLLAPSE, Algorithmic Input models must have human-generated inputs, but those inputs are “running out” if only those existing on the internet are used.

There is no such thing as unlimited data.