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Submission + - Trump administration to link Tylenol use to risk of autism (politico.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: President Donald Trump plans to announce Monday that using Tylenol during pregnancy could contribute to autism risk and will advise pregnant women only to use it, or generic acetaminophen, for high fevers, two senior administration officials told POLITICO.

The officials, granted anonymity to share details of the announcement in advance, said Trump would also highlight leucovorin, a cancer and anemia drug, as a potential therapy for people with autism.

Submission + - Child porn charges for foster dad of 20 kids (nypost.com)

Submitted by armada
armada writes: "A Tennessee dad who has fostered at least 20 children was busted with child pornography as he got off a cruise with his pregnant wife and eight children, according to authorities.

Jason Alan Miller, 48, was arrested at Port Miami on Sept. 13 after being picked for a random secondary screening at the end of a Carnival Cruise to the Cayman Islands."

The question is, was the search truly random or did the ship's wifi use get him caught?

Comment I hate to be optimistic, but (Score 1) 38

by fjo3 (#65674986) Attached to: More Durable UV Coating For Solar Panels Made From Red Onion Skins
Stories like this, and many others, make me hope that even though the planet is going to get *VERY* uncomfortable, human ingenuity will ultimately mitigate the worst effects of this self-created problem. If you poke your head above the constant doom and gloom, there are positive stories. It's early days, but projects to regreen the planet are taking off - and succeeding. While the CCP spraypaint dead weeds and rocks green https://www.youtube.com/watch?... other groups, including NGOs, charities, and of course the locals themselves, are doing amazing work. All you have to do is search. I am not here to endorse any particular group, but there are reputable organizations with years of effective work you can donate to. I can only fit so many trees in my back yard (currently at 10)

Submission + - The grisly reality behind Dubai's porta potty parties (metro.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The reporter had been left both fascinated and disturbed by the internet’s reaction not only to the apparent suicide video in 2021, but also another that had gone viral, alleged to be of Monic, who had moved to Dubai in search of a better life.

This video was deeply graphic – it showed a man defecating in a woman’s mouth – and went viral on TikTok in 2021. Monic was attributed as the female involved, however this has never been verified.

Submission + - Zuckerberg Humiliated on Stage After AI-Powered Smart Glasses Keep Glitching (dnyuz.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: Tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was humiliated onstage not once, but twice, as his attempts to showcase the brilliance of Meta’s new AI-powered glasses were met with dismal failure.

Speaking at the company’s annual Meta Connect conference, Zuckerberg introduced the company’s second-generation smart Ray-Bans and a new neural wristband, as part of his vision for an AI that serves people in real-time.

Business Insider reported the vision unraveled when the AI glitched moments after the request, ignoring basic instructions and insisting that the employee had “already combined these ingredients.”

Submission + - Taiwan issues handbook to prepare citizens for Chinese invasion (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: The 29-page booklet begins by noting that the country’s safety “hinges on our will to defend ourselves” amid the “threat of aggression from China”.

Shen Wei-chih, the director of the All-Out Defense Mobilisation Agency, which is the reserve body for the defence ministry, explained that the government was not releasing the handbook “to create panic”.

He said: “The earlier you are prepared, the earlier you study [the booklet], the earlier you will be safe.”

Submission + - MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cog (publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: A new MIT study titled, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, has found that using ChatGPT to help write essays leads to long-term cognitive harm—measurable through EEG brain scans. Students who repeatedly relied on ChatGPT showed weakened neural connectivity, impaired memory recall, and diminished sense of ownership over their own writing. While the AI-generated content often scored well, the brains behind it were shutting down.

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