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Human life expectancy has not yet reached its limit, but regional disparities may be worsening

While wealthy countries have seen their citizens' life expectancies increase over the past century and a half, some experts are wondering when this progress will plateau. In some Western countries, ...
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Discord reportedly files for stock market listing

Discord is a communication app with features such as text chat, voice calls, and video calls. Users can create and join 'servers' with their own rules. Discord is available on many devices, including ...
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'Kigurumi Confrontation Returns!', Which competes with high-speed arm swings to see who is the strongest in costume, will be held at Machi Asobi vol.26

Famous mascot character costumes fight for the position of 'strongest costume', ' Kigurumi Showdown Returns! ' Was held at Machi Asobi vol. Nosuke, Gunyan from ``Gunya Monster'', and Taiga from AT-X ...
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Tesla's EV charging connector 'NACS' decided to become an American standard

SAE International, a non-profit organization working on the standardization of automobile-related standards, has announced a standardization plan for the 'North American Charging Standard (NACS)' ...
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OpenAI co-founder says 'We were wrong', a major shift from the dangers of AI to a policy of not opening data

OpenAI, an AI research institute that handles ChatGPT for language models and DALL E for image generation AI, aims to prevent abuse of AI technology and develop it in a socially friendly way. It is a ...
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I tried the natto curry set at the original natto curry restaurant, Curry Shop Yamagoya.

The curry restaurant ' Curry Shop Yamagoya ' in Nagano City is known as the original natto curry restaurant. It is only a 5-minute walk from the station, so I stopped by during my trip and had some ...
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Voice-based SNS 'Clubhouse' announces dismissal of more than half of employees

Clubhouse is a voice-based SNS that allows you to enter a 'room' set up by yourself or other users, have voice conversations, and listen to what others have to say. The invitation system was adopted ...
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Amazon announces new 3nm AI chip 'Trainium3', 4 times faster than 'Trainium2' and up to 50% lower cost, and also announces 'Trainium4'

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has begun offering the latest generation of Trainium chips, the Trainium3, through its UltraServer service. Trainium3 is the company's first AI chip manufactured on a 3nm ...
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I ordered DDR5 memory from Amazon, but I got DDR2 memory and weights instead.

DDR5 SDRAM memory on Amazon encountered a scam in which he was told he would receive DDR2 SDRAM memory and weights. New scam: Sealed DDR5 kit sold as new hid DDR2 ...
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Traces of actual treatments found in Renaissance medical books for the common people, such as 'hair loss treatment by washing bald heads with human feces'

Each time a book is read, it is subject to a thin layer of sweat, sebum, spilled liquids, and other traces of the people who touch it, which can leave traces in the form of molecules on the surface of ...
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The US International Trade Commission rules that the Apple Watch's blood oxygen wellness measurement function infringes the patent of medical device maker Masimo

Apple Watch Series 6 and later models are equipped with the 'Blood Oxygen Wellness App,' which uses four LED clusters and a photodiode to measure your own blood oxygen concentration on your wrist.
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Research results show that mixing coffee and tea residue into cake can improve nutritional value and prevent spoilage

Most people who make coffee or tea at home probably throw away the leftovers after brewing as garbage. A new study has announced that mixing coffee and tea leftovers with baked goods such as cakes can ...