Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop” | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ID'd the culprit as the volatile ketone 3-octanone arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_10g4kz1 on January 19, 2023 at 3:31 PM in science 22 comments 620
The Benefits of Taking Vitamin D Might Depend on Your Weight | A reanalysis of a large trial found overweight and obese people might metabolize vitamin D supplements differently, leading to lower circulating levels gizmodo.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_10g2gvz on January 19, 2023 at 2:02 PM in science 40 comments 489
Leaded aviation gasoline exposure risk and child blood lead levels academic.oup.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_109i8lu on January 11, 2023 at 10:35 PM in science 9 comments 52
Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status | Open-source microblogging site has seen surge of interest since Musk took over Twitter arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zxinj4 on December 28, 2022 at 7:34 PM in technology No comments 4
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease | AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zh88sm on December 9, 2022 at 8:46 PM in technology No comments 5
Family says Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correct' item returned | Frustrating returns may be due to retail giant's layoffs and declining profits, specialist says cbc.ca Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zddefg on December 5, 2022 at 5:33 PM in technology No comments 0
Mastodon—and the pros and cons of moving beyond Big Tech gatekeepers | Standards-based interoperability makes a comeback, sort of arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zz4qyz on December 30, 2022 at 4:30 PM in technology 45 comments 534
“Out Of Control”: Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies | An investigation by The Markup and STAT found 49 out of 50 telehealth websites sharing health data via Big Tech’s tracking tools themarkup.org Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zn0hzv on December 15, 2022 at 11:54 PM in technology 16 comments 427
Digital hour-logging is mandatory for truckers. Surveillance experts worry it won't stop there | The systems are used for tracking hours on the road, but some worry they open the door to stricter monitoring cbc.ca Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zjpo8k on December 12, 2022 at 6:17 AM in technology 10 comments 22
Scientists Find a Mammal's Foot Inside a Dinosaur, a Fossil First | The last meal of a winged Microraptor dinosaur has been preserved for over a 100 million years gizmodo.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zwgqh1 on December 27, 2022 at 2:22 PM in science No comments 5
Global urban homogenization and the loss of emotions nature.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_zz13vx on December 30, 2022 at 1:54 PM in science 14 comments 99
Top privacy executives quit Twitter, raising questions about data security | The company is operating under a consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to ensure data safety washingtonpost.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_yrkuyb on November 10, 2022 at 4:52 PM in technology No comments 2
Apple will buy US-made chips from TSMC, confirms Tim Cook appleinsider.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_ywbyu5 on November 15, 2022 at 10:42 PM in technology 28 comments 601
OpenAI upgrades GPT-3, stunning with rhyming poetry and lyrics | Refinement to AI language model generates rhyming compositions in various styles arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_z8v3l3 on November 30, 2022 at 3:58 PM in technology 3 comments 15
Effective Altruism Is Pushing a Dangerous Brand of ‘AI Safety’ | This philosophy—supported by tech figures like Sam Bankman-Fried—fuels the AI research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity wired.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_z8x6zd on November 30, 2022 at 5:20 PM in technology 12 comments 19
DuckDuckGo’s anti-tracking Android tool could be “even more powerful” than iOS | App Tracking Protection blocks outbound traffic to listed tracking firms arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_yx3pe0 on November 16, 2022 at 7:36 PM in technology 11 comments 115
Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff nejm.org Submitted by Hrmbee t3_yr0mxp on November 10, 2022 at 12:41 AM in science No comments 1
Danish scientists concoct fat-free whipped cream out of lactic acid bacteria | Someday our whipped topping could be made from beer-brewing residues or plants arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_z22u1s on November 22, 2022 at 7:41 PM in science 61 comments 752
Fresh chemical clues emerge for the unique sound of Stradivari violins | Another study found older, high-quality violins produce stronger combination tones arstechnica.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_ym3zjk on November 4, 2022 at 4:50 PM in science 9 comments 72
EasyList is in trouble and so are many ad blockers adguard.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_y8imnq on October 20, 2022 at 12:04 AM in technology 22 comments 81
Even Google's Own Staff Thinks 'Incognito Mode' Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be | Internal communications show employees joking about Incognito's abilities with one comparing it to "Guy Incognito" from The Simpsons gizmodo.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_y309ij on October 13, 2022 at 2:32 PM in technology 87 comments 492
New Omicron subvariant largely evades neutralizing antibodies eurekalert.org Submitted by Hrmbee t3_yazqjn on October 22, 2022 at 9:52 PM in science No comments 1
Immune reactions to severe Covid may trigger brain problems, study finds | Research suggests immune response may be cause of delirium and brain fog in Covid patients theguardian.com Submitted by Hrmbee t3_xw2agx on October 5, 2022 at 5:59 AM in science 34 comments 729