Doctors were astonished when a new drug called dostarlimab caused a complete remission of rectal cancer in every single patient in a new trial. Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, the trial was small, with only 18 patients, and needs to be replicated, but the initial results were “unheard-of.” The trial participants underwent...
OpenAI’s incredible text-to-image generator DALL-E appears to have created its own written language, according to Giannis Daras, a computer science Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin. * Daras asked the algorithm to create an image of “farmers talking about vegetables,” which in turn generated an unknown...
In a story that sounds like it’s straight out of Tom and Jerry, Italian Parmigiano Reggiano cheesemakers are embedding tiny tracking chips into their cheese wheels' rinds to certify their authenticity and thwart shady competitors who falsely claim to produce real parmesan cheese. Cheese Me if You Can: To...
Mastercard unveiled a new payment system that allows customers to pay with a smile or wave before a biometric reader. The new company aims to prevent long queues created by the customers while they are searching for their cards or phones at checkout. * The company is teaming up with Fujitsu,...
People in Ukraine have started using 3D scanning tech to digitally save the country’s cultural heritage sites before they possibly get destroyed during the Russian invasion. * The project, called Backup Ukraine [https://poly.cam/ukraine], is helmed by the 3D scanning app Polycam [https://poly.cam/], which partnered with...
In a move that would make an excellent script for The Social Network sequel, Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter and take it private for $43 billion. Musk says the company has “extraordinary potential” and that he can unlock it. * He offered to pay $54.20 per share in cash,...
