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Three former Google X scientists aim to give you a second brain virtually — not in the sci-fi or chip-in-your-head sense — but through an AI-powered app that gains context by listening to everything you say in the background. Their startup, TwinMind, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding and released an Android version, along with a new AI speech model. It also has an iPhone version. Co-founded in March 2024 by Daniel George (CEO) and his former Google X colleagues Sunny Tang and Mahi Karim (both CTOs), TwinMind runs in the background, capturing ambient speech (with user permission) to…

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Ricardo Funke, the chief of surgery at Clinica Las Condes in Santiago, Chile, had a new assistant during a laparoscopic surgery on Monday – an autonomous artificial intelligence-guided camera that allowed him to carry out a gallbladder removal alone.The procedure combined magnetic surgical instruments with software that autonomously directs the surgical camera, tracking the surgeon’s tools and adjusting angles without a human assistant.”The camera was following me wherever I moved my hands and the whole process was excellent,” Funke told Reuters after the surgery. “This camera lets us do the surgery alone, I did it alone with the…

As AI is increasingly helping hackers to launch mass-scale email attacks, former Google security leaders have joined forces to build autonomous AI agents that aim to stop phishing, malware, and business email compromise threats before they ever reach user inboxes. That is the mission behind AegisAI, a new email security startup that has just emerged from stealth with $13 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Foundation Capital. More than 90% of successful cyberattacks begin with a phishing email, per U.S. federal cybersecurity agency CISA. A recent CrowdStrike study (PDF) also found that phishing messages generated by large language…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump couldn’t stand to cede the spotlight in 2020 as the Washington Nationals opened their pandemic-shortened season at home against the New York Yankees by having Dr. Anthony Fauci throw the first pitch.″I think I’m doing that on Aug. 15 at Yankee Stadium,” the president said shortly before Fauci took the mound. He never made it to the Bronx that year, later saying he needed to stay at the White House to manage the pandemic. But eight months into his second term, Trump rarely shies away from ensuring he remains at the forefront of American…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor unions representing millions of educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its immigration crackdown, saying arrests near school campuses are terrorizing children and their teachers, leading some students to drop out.At the start of Trump’s second term, his Republican administration said it would allow immigration arrests at schools — long considered off limits. That violated the law, argues the lawsuit from the two largest U.S. teacher unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.Also joining the lawsuit are educators from an Oregon preschool where masked agents broke a car…

MEDLEY, Fla. (AP) — Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart’s 3-on-3 women’s basketball league Unrivaled is adding two more clubs — Breeze Basketball Club and Hive Basketball Club — for its second season.The league announced the expansion Wednesday, saying it also will bring in six players for a season-long development pool and add a fourth night of games.That brings the league to eight teams and 54 players, up from six teams and 36 players who competed in its inaugural eight-week season that wrapped up in March.Unrivaled’s second season will tip off in January.During the first season, games were played on Friday,…

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said Chinese automakers have such a built-in cost advantage that won’t last forever.”It’s inconceivable that Western markets would not allow their domestic manufacturers to produce in China, but simultaneously allow freely those Chinese companies to produce in China and sell,” Scaringe said during a recent appearance on the Everything Electric podcast.The US already imposes barriers similar to Scaringe’s prediction. The Biden administration imposed a 100% tariff on Chinese-made EVs. President Donald Trump has used tariff threats to pressure automakers to make more vehicles in the US.Rivian isn’t in the Chinese market, but Scaringe says the company…

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Xavier Gipson is out of a job after a costly fumble in the New York Jets’ season-opening loss to Pittsburgh.Coach Aaron Glenn confirmed that the team released the wide receiver, but he insisted Wednesday he wasn’t trying to send a message about accountability — something he has preached since being hired in January — by cutting Gipson after one game.“I want it to be known that decisions that are made are not rash decisions,” Glenn said. “And they’re never based off one incident. So, I will keep it at that. Xavier’s a really good player…

In 2021, Hannah Hinders left the U.S. for Costa Rica on the heels of a bad breakup that left her wracked with anxiety, causing her to have panic attacks and drinking to excess. Hinders had even lost weight in the wake of her heartbreak. “I wasn’t healthy mentally or physically,” she tells Yahoo.Fast forward nearly four years, and Hinders is still living and surfing daily in Santa Teresa. Her mental and physical health are the “best they’ve ever been,” she says. “I can’t even describe the change I’ve had in my life.”Moving to Costa Rica isn’t the answer for everyone.…

Alphabet’s life sciences unit, Verily, plans to restructure its business as it anticipates a fresh round of investment.In a town hall meeting on Monday, Verily CEO Stephen Gillett told staff that Verily would transform from a Limited Liability Company to a C-corp, a business structure generally considered more investor-friendly, according to a person who heard the remarks and asked to remain anonymous because they were not permitted to speak to the press.Gillett told employees the change was happening as Verily anticipated a fresh round of investment and stopped short of confirming whether any investment had been secured and by whom.Employees…