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A recent study suggests that individuals with sleep apnea who spend less time in deep sleep may be more likely to exhibit brain biomarkers associated with an increased risk of stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and cognitive decline. Involving 140 participants with obstructive sleep apnea, the study found that a decrease in slow-wave sleep was linked to increased white matter hyperintensities and reduced axonal integrity, both indicative of early cerebrovascular disease. Further research is needed to determine whether sleep…

Image via Disney Plus Star Wars is known for reusing popular old villains when at a loss for fresh content, which is sparking an interesting theory about Clone Wars and The Book of Boba Fett villain Cad Bane. He’s not likely to undergo Palpatine’s cloning treatment, but Bane’s death in Boba Fett may not have been as decisive as it seemed. The discovery of his current status in the latest Star Wars guide and history book is prompting questions about the character’s supposed demise. Star Wars is far from the…

India’s top internet entrepreneurs are up in arms against what they term as a lack of “credence” in nodal industry grouping, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). These founders are demanding a change in the leadership of the apex body, which they contend has become a “mouthpiece of Big Tech,” while failing to represent the interests of home-grown digital companies.This signals a deepening of the chasm between the interests of global internet majors such as Google and Facebook, which count India as one of…

iPhone 15 Pro lineup is expected to launch later this year alongside. The series is expected to include a base iPhone 15, an iPhone 15 Plus, an iPhone 15 Pro, and a high-end iPhone 15 Pro Max, which could also bear the iPhone 15 Ultra moniker. The Pro models were previously reported to be equipped with solid-state haptic volume buttons replacing the traditional ones. However, multiple reports later suggested that Apple will retain the traditional two-button design for the volume controllers. A new report suggests the…

via Marvel Studios The first night of CinemaCon 2023 saw Sony take the stage to give fans a sneak peak at things to come; however, amongst the exciting announcements, there was a noticeable absence from the studio’s lineup. To the dismay of web-heads around the globe; Sony made no mention of Spider-Man 4. It did give us some more Across the Spider-Verse news to be excited about, as well as a teaser for the upcoming Spider-Man spin-off Kraven the Hunter, but that wasn’t enough for fans of the web-slinging hero,…

Colorado has nearly 194,000 households and businesses that remain unconnected to internet services, and the Polis administration has made it a goal to get 99% of the state connected to reliable broadband by 2027. But filling the shortfall won’t be easy. Broadband coverage maps currently don’t reflect the reality on the ground, something both the state and federal agencies are trying to address. More infrastructure needs to be added in rural parts of the state to better connect communities, both in the last mile to reach…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The impossible imperative of conversion and the unsustainable ideal of sexual purity and marriage are two of the main reasons why young Quebec adults born to parents who had converted to evangelicalism are deserting the religion and leaving the community. Those finding are part of Benjamin Gagné's…

Last week, Tegmark-led non-profit organisation Future of Life Institute put out an open letter calling for a six-month pause on training AI systems more powerful than GPT4, warning that it is a potential risk to human society. More than 15,000 signatories from the tech and scientific world have backed the latter, including Musk himself, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI, University of California Berkeley computer science professor Stuart Russell and Yoshua Bengio,…

Photo via Marvel Studios As expected, the announcement of three new Star Wars movies has already split the fandom right down the middle, but it’s the one that didn’t even get so much as a single mention that led to an outpouring of joy and near-delirium. Daisy Ridley will be picking up the pieces of the Jedi Order in a new blockbuster from Ms. Marvel director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, with Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s James Mangold diving deep into the past to focus on the formation of the…

A "For Sale" sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMortgage rates fell last week, but demand for home loans didn't move higher as a result. Other aspects of today's housing market are outweighing the benefit of lower mortgage rates right now, namely a lack of supply.The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.40% from 6.45%, with points falling to 0.59 from 0.62…