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It is that time of the year again when speculations arise regarding everything that Apple could unveil at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Although even the dates of WWDC 2024 are not finalized, Apple is likely to make a host of announcements related to software and hardware, as is customary. Like every year, the event is expected to be held at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Apple Park, Cupertino, California. If reports are to be believed, iOS 18 could headline this year's conference with a slew of artificial…

A groundbreaking study highlights that short-term exposure to PM2.5 air pollution causes over one million deaths globally each year, with the highest impact in Eastern Asia. It calls for urgent targeted interventions to reduce the health risks associated with air pollution spikes. Credit: SciTechDaily.comAnnually, over a million deaths worldwide are associated with short-term exposure (ranging from hours to days) to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the air.Every year, over one million people worldwide lose their lives…

Like many difficult life changes, divorce can be a challenge, and it can take a while to work through all the emotions that come up during such a time. Reese Witherspoon has, unfortunately, been through the process twice, with her most recent split from her husband of nearly 12 years, talent agent Jim Toth, having been announced almost a year ago. The divorce was quickly finalized in August 2023, and we now have an update on how she’s reportedly feeling just about a year since letting fans know she was divorcing.What’s…

Like most other corners of the tech world, Google sees AI powering the next innovations in health technology. The company’s annual The Check Up event expanded on its plans to add a personal health chatbot to the Fitbit app, expand Google Lens for better skin condition searches and use a version of its Gemini chatbot in the medical field.One of the more intriguing of Google’s announcements on Tuesday was more detail about an experimental AI feature for Fitbit users, briefly teased last year. Fitbit Labs will let owners…

Photo: oasisamuel (Shutterstock)A 39-year-old man in the UK was sentenced to more than a year in prison on Tuesday for sending unsolicited images of his genitals to a 15-year-old girl and a woman in her 60s, according to a press release from Essex Police. The teen girl was left “overwhelmed and crying” according to the Guardian.Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactNicholas Hawkes pleaded guilty to two counts of “sending a photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress or humiliation.” Hawkes sent the images to the…

Two of the biggest winners over the past year — chipmaker Nvidia and pharmaceutical drug maker Novo Nordisk — are joining forces to set up one the world’s most advanced AI supercomputers in Denmark.  Named Gefion, after the Norse goddess of ploughing and abundance, and built by Atos Group subsidiary Eviden, it will be based on the Nvidia DGX SuperPod architecture. Gefion will feature over 1,500 of Nvidia’s H100 Tensor Core GPUs and deliver six exaflops of FP8 AI performance. Furthermore, it…

NEW YORK — The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500 as the industry added employees and took a “more cautious approach” to compensation, New York state’s comptroller reported Tuesday. The average bonus for employees in New York City’s securities industry was down 2% from $180,000 in 2022. The slight dip came even as Wall Street profits were up 1.8% last year, according to the annual estimate from Thomas DiNapoli, the state’s comptroller. DiNapoli’s office said the slight decline could be…

Despite oral rehydration salts (ORS) being a cost-effective treatment for diarrheal diseases, which are a significant cause of child mortality worldwide, health care providers in developing countries, especially in India, seldom prescribe it due to misperceptions about patient preferences, contributing to persistent low usage rates. A new study highlights that correcting these misperceptions could prevent half a million deaths annually and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, suggesting that providers underestimate the…

Google Play Games was released for Windows in 2022, bringing a diverse lineup of select Android games to PC. Google's gaming service, first announced in 2021, was launched in Beta in India last year, as well, offering optimised Android games for PC. Google recently announced that it will expand support for native PC games on the platform, offering more bespoke PC titles on Google Play Games, in addition to Android games.At its 2024 Google for Games Developer Summit held last week, the company announced that it will bring…

Federal prosecutors asked a New York judge on Friday to sentence FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years in prison for cryptocurrency crimes they described as a “historic fraud.”Prosecutors made the request as they submitted their presentence recommendations to a federal judge who will sentence a man who at one time dazzled the cryptocurrency world with his promotional skills, including his access to famous people willing to promote his businesses.Bankman-Fried, 32, is scheduled to be sentenced in…