25, 11:30am-1:30pm CST

Passcode: 652662 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668788731pwd=bVcvRnJQSGpJcHIveEl3STJQZFZpUT09

This Tuesday (04/22/25) - Topics sensationalized!:

Your Time Machine Broke - Larry's comments April 22nd 2025 - 4chan penetrated by a gang of soyjaks - How Governments Spy On Protestors - Meta is training AI on your data - EU Gives Staff 'Burner Phones, Laptops' For US Visits - Starlink Expands Satellite Link To Smartphones With No Extra hardware needed - Android Phones Will Now Auto-Reboot After Three Days - British Army Energy Weapon Blasts Drones - Create An NFT And Sell - Google Has An Illegal Advertising Monopoly, Judge Rules - "Impossible" Device Creates Free Electricity from Earth's Magnetic Field - China Has Created A Revolutionary New Aviation Steel Alloy - Why are School Buses Painted Deep Yellow and Black? - Quantum-based navigation system 50 times more accurate - Batteries hit their exponential curve - Chewing gum neutralizes flu and herpes virus by 95% - High Cholesterol May Not Mean High Risk - Treatment for high blood pressure may reduce chances of dementia - Virtual Reality simulations help users practice stress management - Using Tech as You Get Older Could Reduce Your Risk of Dementia - Older adults respond well to immunotherapy - GLP-1 Pill Looks Promising - Unvaccinated kids face up to 20 times higher risk of long COVID - Fecal transplants show success in autism clinical trials - Low-intensity electrical pulses could help the immune system fight cancer - How junk food outsmarts our brains - The Water Walkers -Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Becoming Resistant to Antibiotics - Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry - Return of the Dire Wolf? - Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation - Bizarre Tree uses Lightning for Survival - Five historically huge solar events - Fermenting Miso in Space Gives It a Unique Flavor - What China Is Doing on Tiangong - Curiosity rover finds large carbon deposits on Mars - Did it rain or snow on ancient Mars? - Terraforming Mars Isn't Impossible - Galaxy found inside "Dark Ages" - Galactic Plasmoid Stuns Cosmologists - Generative AI's diagnostic capabilities comparable to non-specialist doctors - Neuroscientists develop AI tool to unlock cerebellum's secrets - Making AI-generated code more accurate in any language - North Pole wanders 90 feet west by end of century - Watch Earth change over billions of years - The Big Bang Never Happened?
********
If you've been awe-struck and feel generous, here's my $$$ PayPal $$$

Meta is training AI on your data. Users say opting out doesn’t work.Meta promised users that they can opt out of giving access to their social media content for AI training. Some are saying that the exit tool doesn't work.

EU Gives Staff 'Burner Phones, Laptops' For US VisitsThe European Commission has taken an unexpected step by providing staff members with temporary phones and laptops during their U.S. visits to prevent

Starlink Expands Satellite Link To Smartphones With No Extra Hardware NeededA quiet revolution in mobile technology is unfolding, and it could change how we stay connected forever. Thanks to Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite i

New quantum-based navigation system 50 times more accurate than traditional GPSA team of researchers at Q-CTRL, a quantum infrastructure software-maker based in Sydney, Australia, has announced the successful demonstration of its newly developed quantum navigation system called "Ironstone Opal."

Android Phones Will Now Auto-Reboot After Three Days For SecurityThe latest Android security update from Google enables automatic device reboot when a device stays locked for three straight days. The security update

China Has Created A Revolutionary New Aviation Steel AlloyResearchers in China discovered vital information about fatigue-resistant steel alloys, which displayed exceptional features that increase strength al

How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry | Quanta MagazineMicro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular collectives can lead to emergent physical traits.

The Return of the Dire WolfColossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

Five historically huge solar eventsSpace weather impacts numerous facets of everyday life, including power grids, communications, airline operations, global positioning systems (GPS), and satellites. In addition, there are a large variety of phenomena that are driven by the variability of the sun over periods ranging from hours to years.

Fermenting Miso in Space Gives It a Unique Flavor, Study FindsThere's something about the space environment that changes the flavor of miso in interesting and subtle ways.

Curiosity rover finds large carbon deposits on MarsResearch from NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of a carbon cycle on ancient Mars, bringing scientists closer to an answer on whether the red planet was ever capable of supporting life.

Did it rain or snow on ancient Mars? New study suggests it didVisit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes.

Terraforming Mars Isn't Impossible. New Study Describes First Step.Terraforming Mars has been the long-term dream of colonization enthusiasts for decades.

Galaxy found inside "Dark Ages"
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/have-galaxies-been-found-in-th-PHf0u5lAQ8aMpYUmzUsvkA

Generative AI's diagnostic capabilities comparable to non-specialist doctorsA research team conducted a meta-analysis of the diagnostic capabilities of generative AI in the field of medicine using 83 research papers.

Neuroscientists develop AI tool to unlock cerebellum's secretsUnderstanding and treating brain disorders such as tremor, imbalance, and speech impairments requires deep knowledge of the cerebellum, a part of the brain that's crucial for making accurate movements.

Making AI-generated code more accurate in any languageProgrammers can now use large language models (LLMs) to generate computer code more quickly. However, this only makes programmers' lives easier if that code follows the rules of the programming language and doesn't cause a computer to crash.

Larry's comments April 22nd, 2025

Larry Stuff for April 22 2025.pdf

New British Army Energy Weapon Blasts Drones By The SwarmAs drones rapidly shift from niche gadgets to powerful tools of modern warfare and potential threats to civilian safety, the need for robust counterme

OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace
https://opensea.io/

Google Has An Illegal Advertising Monopoly, Judge RulesA U.S. district judge made history when they ruled that technology company Google maintains an unlawful control of the online advertising technology m

95% of flu and herpes infection neutralized by chewing gumLooking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to prevent the spread of highly transmissible bugs. Their secret weapon? Chewing gum – but not any gum. This one is made from a rather fascinating bean.

New Study Shakes Up Heart Disease Theory: High Cholesterol May Not Mean High Risk
https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-shakes-up-heart-disease-theory-high-cholesterol-may-not-mean-high-risk/