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Czech ice dancers Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek made their Olympic debut on Monday, an unfathomable feat that takes a lifetime of dedication and practice. But the sibling duo used AI music in their rhythm dance program, which doesn’t break any official rules, but serves as a depressing symbol of how absolutely cooked we are. As Mrázek spun his sister in a crazy cartwheel-lift-sort-of-move that made them look superhuman, one of the NBC commentators mentioned in passing, “This is AI generated, this first part,” referring to the music. Somehow, that admission is even more baffling than the gravity-defying tricks that…
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — When thousands of New York City nurses walked off the job last month in the city’s largest strike of its kind in decades, 9-year-old Logan Coyle was a patient in the cancer unit at NewYork-Presbyterian’s children’s hospital in Manhattan.Logan was recovering from his latest setback in a two-year battle with advanced liver cancer that has already included chemotherapy and a complex triple transplant of a liver, pancreas and small intestine.But as the nurses formed their picket outside the hospital, he walked to his window and held up a handmade sign: “Proud of My Primaries.”Morgan Bieler,…
Natalie Reichel is due for her next cancer therapy in March.But a contract fight between Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, where she gets care, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, whose network her insurance uses, has cast doubt on whether she’ll be able to get it on time.“I am feeling dubious,” said Reichel, 40.The dispute is about money: Mount Sinai says Anthem owes it more than $450 million in unpaid claims, while Anthem says Mount Sinai is demanding a 50% rate increase. Mount Sinai’s physicians went out of network for most Anthem plans on Jan. 1 after…
AI lab Flapping Airplanes just landed $180 million in seed funding from the likes of Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index to do something most labs have quietly given up on: making models learn like humans instead of vacuuming up the internet. The founding team, made up of brothers Ben and Asher Spector and co-founder Aidan Smith, is betting that radically more data-efficient training could open the door to entirely new AI capabilities. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, TechCrunch AI editor Russell Brandon sits down with all three founders to discuss why investors wrote such a large check for a lab with no product, what…
Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making.Research published in the journal “Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions” on Feb. 9 found that adults who engaged in certain types of “brain training” games were up to 25% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s or dementia over 20 years.Participants were able to reap these benefits with just 14 to 23 hours of training over a three-year period. One specific type of brain training, called “speed training,” had the most…
Boston Dynamics, the Massachusetts-based robotics company known for its four-legged robots and humanoids, is going through a leadership change. Robert Playter announced in an internal memo on Tuesday that he would be stepping down as the company’s chief executive, as first reported by A3. Amanda McMaster, the company’s chief financial officer, will stand in for the top job while the company looks for a replacement. TechCrunch reached out to Boston Dynamics for more information. Playter took the helm at Boston Dynamics in 2020, taking over from founder Marc Raibert. Playter worked at Boston Dynamics for 30 years, where he held other roles, including vice president of engineering…
Updated 2026-02-10T20:05:59.481Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Mark Zuckerberg has been quietly snapping up massive chunks of real estate for years. The tech billionaire has bought hundreds of acres of Hawaiian land. Recently, he also reportedly bought property in Miami. Mark Zuckerberg is one of the world’s richest people, and his multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio…
A new study on food allergies has found that as many as 1 in 20 children may develop a food allergy by age 6.The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics, analyzed 190 studies of more than 2.7 million children across 40 countries and identified major and minor risk factors linked to food allergies.It found about 5% of kids in the U.S. had a food allergy by the age of 6.Some kids may successfully eat trigger foods after stopping anti-allergy med: StudyAccording to the study, some of the major risk factors included early allergic conditions such as asthma and eczema; antibiotic use…
Facebook announced new AI-powered features on Tuesday designed to let users express themselves in more playful ways across the platform. The updates include animated profile pictures, photo-restyling tools for Stories and Memories, and the ability to add animated backgrounds to text posts. As Meta works to maintain Facebook’s relevance among younger users on its flagship app, it’s likely betting that these new features will deliver a more personalized experience that appeals to Gen Z. The new animated profile picture feature applies motion effects to static photos, making the subject appear to be waving, making a heart shape, or wearing a…
A long-term analysis shows that people who drink caffeinated coffee and tea have a lower risk of developing dementia, although the study does not prove cause and effect.Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, warned that the results should be taken “with a massive grain of salt.”The research, published in the medical journal JAMA on Monday, analyzed data on 131,821 people who had participated in two studies that ran from 1986 to 2023. Of that group, 11,033 developed dementia during the period studied.The researchers compared each participant’s self-reported intake of coffee,…