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  Texas turns on data centers   A data center in Ashburn, Va. Photo: Caroline Gutman for The New York TimesTexas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican to the AI industry, saying data center companies … Continue reading →

The brain’s language processing networks remain highly functional and synchronized in older adults. Credit: Neuroscience News. Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·August 24, 2026 Summary: While executive functions like memory and problem-solving naturally decline as we … Continue reading →

@LifeTenement Corporation Buildings, 1960. This was the hallway leading to Mrs Hawkins’ tenement room, where my young brother (insert) stayed after my father’s pal kept a promise to my dying father he would look after his family when he passed … Continue reading →

The new Alzheimer’s blood test: What it means for diagnosis The ability to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease simply and cost-effectively took a major step forward in May 2025, when the FDA approved the first blood test for early detection of the … Continue reading →

Where small models are challenging AI giants With enterprises finally clamping down on tokenmaxxing, small models have emerged as a counterweight to expensive proprietary APIs.  On Monday, marketing and behavioral insights firm NextLM unveiled research detailing the results of its … Continue reading →

Here’s what America’s last WWII atomic veterans want you to know By Victoria Kelly, Karin Tanabe | August 9, 2026 Veteran Michas Ohnstad talks to Karin Tanabe (center) and Victoria Kelly for the 2025 PBS documentary Atomic Echoes. Fewer than 10 American atomic veterans … Continue reading →

@EoinLenihan Pavee Point and the 35+ other regional Traveller support NGOs need to be stripped of all public funding. Same for the public funding to Irish universities to run courses like “Travellers, Rights and Nomadism” in UCD or “Undoing Traveller … Continue reading →

@danobrien20 · Aug 22 Ireland’s personal taxes rated second worst among 38 countries. This has been the case for almost two decades.