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Cataracts – the cloudy patches formed on the lens of a person’s eye — are one the most common causes of blindness worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation, even though they are also among the most easily treatable eye conditions. This discrepancy is largely to due to a global shortage of ophthalmologists, which means … Read more

A company that claims its tech can “revolutionize” emergency calls has raised $27 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company, Prepared, enables 911 dispatchers to get a caller’s real-time GPS location if their phone supports it. Via Prepared, dispatchers can also receive and respond to texts and images, and — … Read more

Google Maps is reeling in business pages engaging in fake reviews, and highlighting such activity to its users. Google will now impose restrictions against business profiles that violate the search giant’s Fake Engagement policy, such as temporarily removing reviews, blocking new reviews or ratings, and displaying a warning message on profiles that have had fake … Read more

A billion dollars of venture capital will be invested into European defense technology in 2024, a first for the continent, and a five-fold increase since 2018. The investment comes as a result of both increasing geopolitical unrest and the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia.  The data, contained in a new Dealroom report, shows that … Read more

By rights, a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby should be an unholy abomination, offensive to the lovers of horror. Not only is Roman Polanski’s seminal 1968 film iconic and beloved by critics, audiences, and the Academy Awards (which honored Ruth Gordon with a very rare Best Supporting win in a horror movie), but also, a prequel … Read more

Why campaign about big issues when you could spend time ranting about late night hosts? That seems to be Trump’s latest strategy, with the former president going after Jimmy Kimmel earlier in the week before turning his attention to Stephen Colbert in an angry Truth Social rant on Wednesday. During his latest Late Show monologue … Read more

There is a lot of money in YouTube if you can build a big enough audience. It’s been some time since folks had to be stars in traditional media — like TV, film, and music — to rake in the big bucks. Influencers and YouTubers, especially, can make millions upon millions of dollars creating content. … Read more

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take … Read more

When astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at the early universe, they found an ancient galaxy with an unusual light signature.  After a thorough study of the data, scientists determined stars within that galaxy aren’t the direct culprit of its extraordinary brightness. It’s space gas.  This finding, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal … Read more

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