Sara Hussein – Agence France-Presse December 1, 2022 | 7:22am TOKYO, Japan — Experts hailed full data Wednesday showing a new drug can slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients, but warned improvements were comparatively small and the treatment can have serious side effects. Preliminary data from a trial of lecanemab was released in September and found it […]
Month: November 2022
Renault and Airbus to work on long-range EV tech
Renault Group has signed an agreement with Airbus to research and develop new energy management systems and more energy-dense batteries. Engineering teams from the car-maker and the aerospace giant will pair up and focus on improving energy storage and reducing energy consumption for long-range EVs and “future hybrid-electric aircraft” respectively. The cooperation agreement “will look […]
Ecuador declares animal health emergency after bird flu outbreak
QUITO, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The Ecuadorian government declared an animal health emergency on Wednesday due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, its Agriculture Ministry said. The bird flu outbreak was first detected over the weekend at a poultry farm in the Andean province of Cotopaxi, south of the country’s capital Quito, […]
Ausdroid Reviews: Amazon Fire TV Cube 4K – Turn your dumb TV into a smarter TV
Amazon recently announced a new slate of Alexa-enabled devices alongside a new fireTV streaming device that combines it with an Alexa speaker to make the device, even more, user friendly and smarter. As someone who has quite a few Alexa devices around the home for our IoT or connected smart devices such as lights, kettle […]
iOS 16.1.2 has arrived, and it’s focused on the crash detection feature
Enlarge / An iPhone and Apple Watch showing the crash detection feature. Apple released a minor software update for iPhones today. Unlike many of its other iOS updates, the new iOS 16.1.2 was not released in tandem with updates to Apple’s other operating systems like macOS or watchOS. iOS 16.1.2 primarily does two things, per […]
Family Moves Dog’s Bed to Make Room for the Tree and Hilarity Ensues
We can’t get over what the dog did. Change can be difficult, even when it’s positive–just ask this precious Dachshund! She had to learn about compromise when her family moved her bed to make room for the Christmas tree, though things didn’t go exactly as planned. Luckily for us, the new setup was even cuter […]
Twitter faces ban in EU over too-loose content moderation
The EU has warned Elon Musk AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. The European Union has warned Elon Musk that it will ban or fine Twitter unless it follows its laws about content moderation that are set to go into effect in 2023. Thierry […]
Google announces the winners of its 2022 Google Play awards
TL;DR Google has revealed the winners of its Google Play’s Best of 2022 awards. The winners were picked by Google Play’s editorial team. The apps and games considered for an award are specific to the US. It’s near the end of the year and that means it’s the start of award season. To bring attention […]
Oakdale Animal Shelter Hosting Adoption Event
Everyone wants to be home for the holidays – especially shelter dogs and cats. Oakdale Shelter Pet Alliance (OSPA) has teamed up with the Oakdale Animal Shelter to provide free adoptions on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oakdale Animal Shelter at 9800 Liberini Road, Oakdale, off River Road. There […]
Twitter, tech, biotech firms chop 900-plus Bay Area jobs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Twitter and other companies have unveiled plans to chop more than 900 Bay Area jobs in a fresh round of tech and biotech layoffs that could jolt the region’s increasingly wobbly economy. In recent days, plans for 913 tech and biotech job cuts—including hundreds more at Twitter—have been revealed in official […]