Long COVID still has no cure — so these patients are turning to research

Long COVID still has no cure — so these patients are turning to research

When Lisa McCorkell got COVID-19 in March 2020, her symptoms were mild. Her physicians told her to isolate from others and that she would recover in a few weeks. But the weeks stretched into months and McCorkell, who was working on a master’s degree in public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, started having … Read more

Get 25% off our favourite hybrid mattress in the Simba sale – act fast, it won’t last long

Get 25% off our favourite hybrid mattress in the Simba sale – act fast, it won’t last long

The Easter bunny is bringing something very special this year, with a massive 25% off our favourite hybrid mattress in the Simba sale. This huge saving is excellent news for anyone who wants to start their spring cleaning by getting rid of their old mattress and boosting their sleep. We recently awarded the Simba Hybrid … Read more

Max is coming to Europe in May, but UK viewers have a long wait on their hands

Max is coming to Europe in May, but UK viewers have a long wait on their hands

Streaming service Max will finally be rolling out to Europe later this Spring, replacing HBO Max on the continent. Except for the United Kingdom, that is – the situation on the British Isles is a little complicated. This news comes straight from a keynote presentation by JB Perette, who is the CEO and President of … Read more

Meta sheds more light on how it is evolving Llama 3 training — it relies for now on almost 50,000 Nvidia H100 GPU, but how long before Meta switches to its own AI chip?

Meta sheds more light on how it is evolving Llama 3 training — it relies for now on almost 50,000 Nvidia H100 GPU, but how long before Meta switches to its own AI chip?

Meta has unveiled details about its AI training infrastructure, revealing that it currently relies on almost 50,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs to train its open source Llama 3 LLM.  The company says it will have over 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs in service by the end of 2024, and the computing power equivalent to nearly 600,000 H100s … Read more

Earfun Wave Pro headphones boast hi-res sound, long battery life

Earfun Wave Pro headphones boast hi-res sound, long battery life

Known for high-quality earbuds that don’t break the bank, EarFun released a set of over-ear cans Monday for the first time — Earfun Wave Pro Hi-Res ANC Wireless Headphones. Introduced at CES 2024, the new noise-canceling EarFun Wave Pro cans claim high-resolution audio, hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC) and a stalwart 80 hours of playback. … Read more

the career costs for scientists battling long COVID

the career costs for scientists battling long COVID

People with long COVID often struggle to get sufficient support in the workplace; researchers are no exception.Credit: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Abby Koppes got COVID-19 in March 2020, just as the world was waking up to the unprecedented scale on which the virus was spreading. Her symptoms weren’t bad at first. She spent the early lockdown … Read more

CAR T cells can shrink deadly brain tumours — though for how long is unclear

CAR T cells can shrink deadly brain tumours — though for how long is unclear

A glioblastoma (green and blue, artificially coloured) grows in the frontal lobe of a person’s brain.Credit: Pr Michel Brauner, ISM/Science Photo Library Two preliminary studies suggest that next-generation engineered immune cells show promise against one of the most feared forms of cancer. A pair of papers published on 13 March, one in Nature Medicine1 and … Read more

New long range Volkswagen Tiguan eHybrid now available to order

New long range Volkswagen Tiguan eHybrid now available to order

Volkswagen has announced that the new long-range Volkswagen Tiguan eHybrid is now available to order in Europe and the car starts at €48,655 Euros on the road. Volskwagen has now started pre-orders of this new model and other new models in the Tiguan range. The plug-in hybrid drives of the Tiguan have been completely newly … Read more

How to use Copilot AI to summarize long content

How to use Copilot AI to summarize long content

In the fast-paced realm of business employees face a plethora of challenges, with one of the most prominent being the management of complex and voluminous information. This issue is further compounded by the customer’s expectation for swift and accurate responses. However, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought forth a potential solution to this … Read more