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New research links depression to more painful periods

A study published in ‘Briefings in Bioinformatics’ suggests a surprising relationship between the genes for depression and menstrual cramps.

Women are two times more likely than men to suffer from depression, particularly during their reproductive years. Previous research, meanwhile, has established a correlation between painful periods and depression.

Amazon announces a set of Nova AI models

The company’s Nova models can help power generative AI applications.

Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced a new family of foundation models called Nova to power generative AI applications at its re:Invent 2024 conference on Tuesday.

Freddie Mac: Housing market 3.7 million home shortage is the ‘root cause’ of strained affordability

Freddie Mac estimates there would be 1 million more U.S. households if housing costs weren’t forcing Gen Z and millennials to live with their parents.

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Donald Trump is reportedly set to pick the crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to lead the SEC

Since 2017, Atkins has cochaired the Token Alliance, an industry-led initiative that represents crypto’s interests.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to crypto outlet Unchained. Assuming Atkins accepts the offer, crypto enthusiasts would have plenty of reason to rejoice.

Jaguar’s new EV is as wild as its new logo

Jaguar’s new concept car, Type 00, comes after the British automaker’s controversial rebrand. The car could be just as polarizing.

Jaguar has finally unveiled the car at the center of its viral campaign: an electric four-door GT concept car named Type 00 (pronounced “Type Zero-Zero”). But the car—shown in bright pink and sky blue during Miami Design Week—isn’t just a car. It’s the centerpiece of a controversial effort by Jaguar to rebrand the 89-year-old automaker as it enters the EV age. 

Noam Shazeer is back at Google, and this time he’s aiming for AGI

Under Shazeer’s watch, Google is in a strong position to emerge as the leader in large frontier models.

Noam Shazeer, one of the inventors of the transformer models that caused the current AI boom, is now leading the charge at Google toward artificial general intelligence (that is, AI that’s generally smarter than human beings). Initially, Google was less aggressive than its peers when it came to and releasing generative AI to the world. But the company finally appears to have caught up, and that its Gemini models are at the very front of the cutting edge in large language models. 

How LinkedIn opened the door to AI slop

Over 50% of long-form LinkedIn posts are likely AI-assisted. The proof is in your feed.

LinkedIn is covered in unreadable corporate garble. AI could be to blame.

These local housing markets are shifting—just look at inventory

Some housing markets in the Southwest and Southeast are weakening, while others in the Midwest, Northeast, and Southern California remain tight.

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A lawyer breaks down how Trump’s second term threatens immigrants and birthright citizens

Trump has proposed ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants, for one. And with a majority Republican Congress, he could move fast.

Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to enact the largest deportations of undocumented immigrants in history. He’s also threatened to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and to denaturalize citizens. That’s even as 64% of Americans believe undocumented immigrants should have a legal path to citizenship if they meet certain requirements, such as a background check, according to a report from Pew Research.

The internet is freaking out because ChatGPT won’t say the name ‘David Mayer’

Users have been trying to get OpenAI’s ChatGPT to acknowledge the name through a range of creative attempts, all to no avail.

ChatGPT users are getting error codes every time they type the name “David Mayer” into the generative AI chatbot, leaving many confounded on who it could be and why the platform isn’t recognizing the name.