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(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)By Nancy Lapid(Reuters) -Researchers have converted a blood type A kidney to a blood type O kidney and successfully transplanted it, they reported in Nature Biomedical Engineering, an advance that could reduce wait times for new organs and save lives.Type O patients, who account for more than half of those on kidney waiting lists, can only receive organs from donors with type O blood, yet type O kidneys are often given to others because they are universally compatible. As a result, type…
The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking the first case of the virus reported to be locally acquired in New York and the first locally acquired case to be reported in the United States since 2019.Laboratory testing at the department’s Wadsworth Center confirmed the case in Nassau County on Long Island, according to health officials.MORE: New York Gov. Hochul to sign executive order allowing pharmacies to administer COVID shots“An investigation suggests that the individual likely contracted the virus following a bite from an infected mosquito,” officials said. “While…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened.Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA. If you plan to attend college next year, Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, recommends that you fill it out as soon as you can. If it’s your first time applying, here’s what you need to know: How does the FAFSA work?The FAFSA is a free government application that uses students’ and their families’ financial information to determine whether…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tiffany Ng, a 24-year-old tech and culture writer based in New York City who runs the newsletter Cyber Celibate. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I found myself, as most people are, attached to my phone.So I started a project called Cyber Celibate, where I took a “vow of digital chastity” and started experimenting with being a “neo-Luddite.” The idea was: What technology can I quit for set periods of time, what can I learn from it, and how can that help me find more intentional relationships with technology?One…
Slack is getting an AI boost from OpenAI.The online workspace is giving AI chatbot ChatGPT its own place within the app. With the new integration that rolled out this week, OpenAI said it will have a sidebar for users to send their work-related queries.Once it’s all set up, users can ask the AI chatbot for help brainstorming, drafting, and solving problems without having to have a separate app or browser tab open on their device, OpenAI said. In addition to the typical questions you can ask ChatGPT anywhere, the tool can search Slack for messages and files and summarize conversations…
To build brand loyalty, get ’em while they’re young.Harvey, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for lawyers, is taking that creed to college campuses.The company, last valued at $5 billion, says it now works with half of the country’s 100 largest law firms and is extending its reach to the classroom.In August, Harvey said it would give six law schools access to the platform as part of a new “alliance.” The next month, it onboarded 11 more law schools. Now, Harvey has added Duke Law and Northwestern Pritzker Law to the roster, the company tells Business Insider. Participation in the…
Shraman and Shreyas Kar have built projects together since they were kids.Now, after dropping out of Stanford, the brothers, 19 and 20, are launching their first company.Golpo AI — born out of their research at Stanford’s AI Lab — generates animated explainer videos from documents and prompts. Customers can use these videos for education, corporate learning, sales, marketing, and more.The Kars’ entrepreneurial journey began when as young boys, they received an Arduino kit for building electronic projects. Throughout middle and high school, they participated in hackathons. Both were studying computer science at Stanford when an application to Y Combinator changed…
When Tennessee used the No. 1 overall draft pick on quarterback Cam Ward, the plan was for a long-term pairing with head coach Brian Callahan to bring success to the Titans. The marriage didn’t even last a full season with Callahan fired after six games in a move that maybe should have been predictable based on recent history.Over the last decade, nothing has put an NFL coach on the hot seat more than the franchise using a high draft pick on a quarterback.Ward is the fourth straight quarterback picked No. 1 overall to have his coach fired before the end…
Sandhya Venkatachalam, a former Khosla Ventures partner who was an early investor in chipmaker Groq, has launched her own firm, Axiom Partners, to make what she describes as nonconformist bets on AI startups in their infancy. Loading audio narration… “Contrarian and wrong is relatively useless,” she said. “Contrarian and right, that’s the goal.”At a moment when venture capital is pulling back and emerging managers are struggling to raise money, Venkatachalam is leaning into risk with her debut $52 million fund.She argues that too many large firms are chasing “fully priced” AI infrastructure and crowded application startups, leaving little room for…
OpenAI is printing money right now. The company is pulling in roughly $13 billion in annual revenue, with 70% coming from everyday people paying $20 a month to chat with an AI, according to the Financial Times. That’s pretty wild when you consider ChatGPT has 800 million regular users, but only 5% are actually paying subscribers. Raking in billions though it may be, OpenAI has also committed to spending over $1 trillion over the next decade (yes, trillion). The company has recently locked in deals for more than 26 gigawatts of computing capacity from Oracle, Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom —…