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According to a new study, scientists have uncovered a single master gene that programs ear hair cells into either outer or inner ones, overcoming a major hurdle that had prevented the development of these cells to restore hearing.‘We have overcome a major hurdle’ to restore hearing, investigators say.Gene discovery allows the production of inner or outer ear hair cellsDeath of outer hair cells due to aging or noise cause most hearing lossMaster gene switch turns on ear hair cell developmentHearing loss caused by aging,…

Notion is a cloud-based application that's actually quite a challenge to describe. So, before attempting to explain what Notion is or what it can do, I'll tell you this: I rely on it. I'm a paying customer. Notion comes with a free tier, but my wife and I each have a paying account because it's important to both business and household management. Notion has been compared to a wide range of other applications, but it's really its own…

Notion is a cloud-based application that's actually quite a challenge to describe. So, before attempting to explain what Notion is or what it can do, I'll tell you this: I rely on it. I'm a paying customer. Notion comes with a free tier, but my wife and I each have a paying account because it's important to both business and household management. Notion has been compared to a wide range of other applications, but it's really its own…

At last week's GTC developer conference, Nvidia revealed a nifty AI tool that takes a bunch of 2D photos of the same scene from different angles and almost instantly transforms them into a three-dimensional digital rendering.The advance builds on research out of UC Berkeley, Google and UC San Diego which uses neural networks to render photorealistic 3D images of scenes using a small set of 2D stills at different viewing angles as a source. The neural radiance fields tool – or NeRF – essentially estimates any scene…

Facebook has introduced a native tool that it calls “Transfer Your Information.” This new solution lets you export your Facebook posts to Google Docs or even make them a part of your blog based on Blogger or WordPress.com. Facebook is trying to make it easier for users to transfer their data to a third-party platform. The tool can be used to not only transfer your Facebook posts but also the notes you've made on the social media platform.Essentially, Facebook renamed its earlier data portability tool as Transfer Your…

Apple has introduced a rental tool kit to let users easily repair their iPhone under the Self Service Repair Program, which kicked off earlier this week for iPhone users in the US and is launching in Europe later this year. The kit comes in different versions — depending on the iPhone model you are going to repair. Each tool kit contains a complete set of the tools that are required to repair the selected iPhone, the company said. Users can keep the tool kit with them for up to seven days.Available through the Self…

WeWork is trying to strengthen its technology credentials with a new software product it hopes to sell to employers.The co-working company will partner with the real estate software maker Yardi Systems to develop WeWork Workplace, a tool that will let companies manage their employees and their office space the same way WeWork does. The software, which can be used for tasks such as booking conference rooms, coordinating flexible desk usage with hybrid workers and analysing which spaces are used the most, is set to debut…