That’s why the team behind a new decision-making tool hope it will help to clear up some of the misconceptions around the procedure—and give would-be parents a much-needed insight into its real costs, benefits, and potential pitfalls. Read the full story. —Jessica Hamzelou This story is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly newsletter giving […]
Category Archives: Technology
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For example, since OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT was launched in November, students have already started cheating by using it to write essays for them. News website CNET has used ChatGPT to write articles, only to have to issue corrections amid accusations of plagiarism. Building the watermarking approach into such systems before they’re released could help address […]
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Without warning, your Android phone screen goes black. There’s no lock screen, it won’t respond to your touch, and even plugging in the charger doesn’t seem to revive it! You’ve encountered the dreaded Android Black Screen of Death problem. Before you buy an Apple iPhone instead, let’s see if we can’t bring your phone back […]
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The tool is currently being trialed in a group of research volunteers and is not yet widely available. But I’m hoping it represents a move toward more transparency and openness about the real costs and benefits of egg freezing. Yes, it is a remarkable technology that can help people become parents. But it might not […]
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When I opened the email telling me I’d been accepted to run the London Marathon, I felt elated. And then terrified. Barely six months on from my last marathon, I knew how dedicated I’d have to be to keep running day after day, week after week, month after month, through rain, cold, tiredness, grumpiness, and […]
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Discord is free to use voice, video, and text chat apps, but it also offers a subscription tier to its users, called Discord Nitro. If you want to get more out of this messaging platform, Nitro is a good option. That said, many people feel that animated avatars, custom emojis, unlimited file uploads, and custom […]
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The news: Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain implant, the woman has been able to rapidly communicate phrases at a rate approaching normal speech. Why it matters: Even in an era of keyboards, […]
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Are you experiencing issues using the TikTok app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone? There’s a good chance the app is facing a minor glitch, but there can be other reasons. We’ll tell you the most common causes of the issue and how to fix them. Some other reasons you can’t use TikTok on […]
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In the new research, the Stanford team wanted to know if neurons in the motor cortex contained useful information about speech movements, too. That is, could they detect how “subject T12” was trying to move her mouth, tongue, and vocal cords as she attempted to talk? These are small, subtle movements, and according to Sabes, […]
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Many social media platforms (Facebook, for example) display the exact number of friends you have on your profile. Snapchat doesn’t show how many friends you have, but there are several ways to get the information in the app. We’ll show you how to see how many friends you have on Snapchat. This tutorial covers step-by-step […]