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COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are NotedResearch shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain agingBy Ziyad Al-Aly & The Conversation US Credit: Eva Almqvist/Alamy Stock Vector The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19.Brain fog is a…

Lily Gladstone visits the SiriusXM Studios on January 25, 2024 in New York City. Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images)It’s not quite her dream sci-fi role, but until Killers of the Flower Moon breakout Lily Gladstone’s Star Wars Ewok aspirations come true, The Memory Police sounds like an excellent entry into the genre. The team behind this project is ridiculous; besides Gladstone as the lead, it includes director Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale, I Think We’re Alone Now), Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman…

Despite the fact that Golden Globe-winning blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer deals with a mighty heavy subject—the advent of the atomic bomb and the moral implications of its use during World War II—it's clear that both the cast and crew on the Christopher Nolan-directed drama had a great time behind the scenes. Oscar-bound leading man Cillian Murphy previously revealed that it was a rule between the so-called "Oppen-homies"—he and his Oppenheimer castmates Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt and her famous…

The Indian subsidiary of the prominent American SUV manufacturer Jeep, Jeep India, has enjoyed a great deal of success with its highly popular mid-size SUV, the Compass. The Compass is the most affordable model in Jeep’s lineup, and the company has sold a large number of them in the country. However, along with this great success, the company has also faced a considerable amount of criticism. While the models themselves are good, the service has always been questionable, and the reliability of the Compass has not been,…

Spotify, in an attempt to control the proliferation of computer-generated music on its platform, removed seven percent of the songs published by AI music company, Boomy. The move from Spotify came after Universal Music nudged the Swedish music mammoth about having noticed suspicious activities picking pace around Boomy's content, especially in-terms of listener figures. Meanwhile, the sudden boom in AI-generated content flooding the internet has left several industries in worry, including the music industry.Universal…

Ratan Tata, Former Chairman of Tata Sons is a person who needs no introduction. He is said to be a very simple man and he has won the hearts of millions of people in India and around the world with his down-to-earth nature and welfare activities. He has a good taste in cars and has a decent collection of luxury, exotic and regular cars. One of the recent cars to get added into Ratan Tata’s collection was a Tata Nano electric. The car was never produced by Tata officially but, it was gifted to him by the electric…

Twitter Boss Elon Musk has been considered a "controversial" public figure by ChatGPT in a list shared by a user on the microblogging site, along with other renowned personalities such as former US President Donal Trump, American rapper Kayne West, and more.Twitter user Issac Latterell on Sunday shared a possible table of public figures and whether they are considered controversial listed by ChatGPT."ChatGPT lists Trump, Elon Musk as controversial and worthy of special treatment, Biden and Bezos as not. I've got more…

Johnson & Johnson ’s use of bankruptcy to shift mass talc lawsuits against the company to chapter 11 will meet its most serious test yet before a federal appeals judge whose influential bankruptcy rulings shape one of the nation’s top corporate restructuring hubs. Judge Thomas Ambro sits on the three-judge panel that will hear arguments Monday in a Philadelphia courtroom over an emerging corporate restructuring strategy where companies facing mass personal-injury litigation use a Texas law to…

Alex Russell / Infrequently Noted: A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential — Gentle reader, I made a terrible mistake. Yes, that's right: I read the comments on a MacRumors article. At my age, one knows better. Alex Russell / Infrequently Noted: A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and…

Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images Hilary Swank is not only a two-time Oscar-winner, but her reputation for rescuing dogs is apparently so prolific that lost pooches simply come to her now. That is what appeared to be the case, anyway, when a one-in-a-million turn of events brought a heartbroken dog owner looking for her dachshund in Albany, New York, to the set of a movie. Chelsea Blackwell’s dog, Blue, disappeared Monday, setting off a search from the upset owner, Associated Press reported. But when Blackwell…