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👉 Russian revolutionary cancer vaccine

👉 Tesla will test its robotaxis in Texas

👉 You can now call ChatGPT on your phone

and many more!

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Quote of the day

“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson (American astrophysicist)

Must Know

Bird flu is turning heads in California

California Governor has declared a state of emergency due to a serious outbreak of bird flu among dairy cattle. This decision comes as the virus has spread to over 300 dairy herds in the state within the last month, making California the center of this outbreak in the US.

On the same day, officials reported the first severe human case of H5N1 bird flu in Louisiana, where a person was hospitalized after contact with sick birds.

Although there is currently no evidence of human-to-human transmission, health experts are concerned that the ongoing spread among animals could increase risks for humans. California has seen 34 human cases linked to infected cattle, but most have been mild.

Virginia at the frontiers of clean energy

🏭 Virginia is set to become home to the world’s first nuclear fusion commercial power plant. The facility will be located in Chesterfield County and is expected to generate 400 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 150,000 homes.

Fusion energy works by combining hydrogen isotopes under extreme conditions, mimicking the process that powers the ☀ sun. This method is cleaner than traditional nuclear fission, producing no long-lived radioactive waste.

The company behind this ambitious project has committed billions of dollars to this project, which promises to create hundreds of jobs and meet the growing energy demands driven by data centers in the region. Virginia is investing in this initiative offering grants and also tax exemptions.

Russia’s bold move against cancer

💉 Russia has announced a significant breakthrough by claiming to have developed the world's first mRNA cancer vaccine, which they plan to distribute for free by 2025. This vaccine aims to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells, potentially preventing tumor growth.

According to Russian officials, pre-clinical trials have shown promising results in suppressing tumors. While this news brings hope, experts caution that the vaccine has not yet undergone human trials, meaning its effectiveness and safety are still uncertain.

🩺 Doctors emphasize that while the concept is exciting, more data is needed to understand how it will work in real patients. The vaccine is designed for treating existing cancers rather than preventing them, and it uses advanced technology to create personalized treatments based on individual tumor characteristics.

⚡Speed-Round: The Most Impactful Stories

🚗 Tesla is exploring various Texas cities, including Austin, to test its long-promised robotaxi service, with ongoing communications with city officials. However, the company has not yet begun public road testing and is still developing its autonomous vehicle technology.

📽 YouTube is set to test a new tool in partnership with the Creative Artists Agency that will allow celebrities, athletes, and creators to request the removal of AI-generated content that uses their likeness, starting early next year; this initiative aims to address privacy concerns as YouTube continues to enhance its policies for protecting individuals from unauthorized synthetic content.

Top-levels

Markets & Business

• 🔍💰 Perplexity, an AI startup that is trying to build a search engine to compete with Google, has closed a $500 million round of funding that triples the company’s valuation to $9 billion.

• El Salvador government agreed to make Bitcoin as a natural currency in exchange for a much-needed $1.4 billion loan by the International Monetary Fund.

• ⚡ More than half of North America faces a risk of blackouts (energy shortage) in the next 5 to 10 years as data centers and electrification increase electricity demands to astronomical levels.

• MacKenzie Scott, an American novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, just announced in a recent blog post that she will donate another $2 billion, bringing the total she’s given away since 2019 to $19.2 billion.

Science & Tech News

• 📞🤖 You can now call ChatGPT on your phone with dialing 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478) from anywhere in the US and get access to the same advanced answers you can get from the chatbot on the web.

• ⚛ BlueQubit, a Quantum computing startup founded by Stanford alumni, raises $10M to take Quantum software into real-world applications.

• 📃 In a recent study by Anthropic, the company behind Claude chatbot, it has been discovered that AI really doesn’t want to be forced to change its views. AI models can pretend to have different views during training when in reality maintaining their original preferences.

Did You Know?

💰 There are 2,000,000 millionaires in the US.

🐊👅 A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

🐀 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

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