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Last week, in a global milestone for medicine, U.K. regulators approved the first-ever CRISPR gene-editing drug. The treatment, from Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics, will be licensed under the brand name Casgevy in the U.K. for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassemia. The regulatory green light abroad isn’t surprising given the therapy’s established record of clinical trial success in treating these painful, and sometimes fatal, inherited blood disorders. But it marks a historic turning point for…

Almost the entire staff of OpenAI has now signed a letter threatening to leave and join a new venture led by ousted CEO, Sam Altman. Some 738 out of its around 770 employees, about 95 percent of the company, are now listed on the letter released early this morning.The letter calls for Altman and his fellow OpenAI cofounder and close associate Greg Brockman to be reinstated, for the board that fired Altman and removed Brockman from his position as chair to resign, and for new board members to be appointed.Altman was fired…

Google is rolling out a more personalized search experience that aims to show searchers more information about what they care about directly in the search results. This is being done with several new search features, including a new Follow button, search results tailored to you, perspectives results updates, creator snippets and more. Follow button in Google Search Google is rolling out a new “Follow” button in Google search that aims at keeping you up to date on topics that you want to keep coming back to search…

K-pop stars Seventeen will share their upcoming concert in Fukuoka, Japan, with fans all over the world with a special movie event, Seventeen Tour “Follow” to Japan: Live Viewings. The band’s Dec. 16 concert at the PayPay Dome will screen in theaters on multiple continents. Some countries and territories — like South Korea and Australia — will get to watch the concert live, though time zone constraints mean showings in North America, South America, and Europe will take place later in the day. On the East Coast in…

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE, alongside the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and the Galaxy Buds FE, is expected to launch soon. Leaked details of the handset have done rounds of the rumour mills in the past few weeks. The company has now confirmed the Indian release date of the phone and also the launch details of the Galaxy Tab S9. The Galaxy S23 FE is set to launch in India on the same day as the global release of the Google Pixel 8 series.According to the profile header of the Samsung India profile on X, formerly Twitter, the Galaxy S23 FE…

My own personal experience with the modern horror renaissance that I believe we are still very deep into at this point dates back to 2015 when I saw a movie called It Follows. The sophomore effort by writer and director David Robert Mitchell — in which a young woman (played by Maika Monroe) becomes targeted by a shapeshifting entity after inheriting a sexually transmitted curse — was easily one of the best horror movies I had seen in a long time and remains a classic in my book. So going by this information alone, one…

WhatsApp Beta was reported to have added support for AI stickers on the instant messaging app. On WhatsApp, this is the first feature that uses artificial intelligence. As reported, the option to create AI stickers is currently rolling out only to select users in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.17.14 update. The new feature enables users to create personalized stickers by describing the desired visual to AI. The feature is expected to be rolling out to WhatsApp users worldwide in the coming…

WhatsApp is used as one of the most common apps for instant messaging. One can share pictures, videos, voice note, contacts, location as well as documents with their friends and acquaintances with the help of WhatsApp. However, the Meta-owned app compresses the images, and hence most users opt to other methods for transferring high quality pictures. To resolve this issue, WhatsApp has now made it possible to share HD images through their chats, as announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a…

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Too Long; Didn't ReadIn a bid to celebrate and amplify their voices, tech writer Jay Jay Ghatt with presenting sponsor Dynamic Service Solutions and media sponsor HackerNoon has released its annual update to the "200 Black Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter" list for 2023, a recognition that started in 2016. Too Long; Didn't ReadIn a bid to celebrate and amplify their voices, tech writer Jay Jay Ghatt with presenting sponsor Dynamic Service Solutions and media sponsor HackerNoon has released its annual update to the…