Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00032-3Mice injected with a microRNA molecule lived longer and had fewer markers of ageing, but its not yet known if the treatment would work in people.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations..

Kindle Colorsoft $230 (was $280) | Extra 20% off with trade-in See at Amazon Amazon's recently released Kindle Colorsoft is on sale for a substantial discount for the first time since its release last October. For a limited time, you can get Amazon's first full-color e-ink tablet for $230, down from $280. The Prime-exclusive discount gets even better if you have an eligible trade-in device. If you trade-in an old device--it doesn't need to be a Kindle--you'll save an additional 20%.If you want to take notes on your Kindle, Amazon has preowned Kindle Scribe ereaders in like-new condition for as low as $234. You can also secure steep discounts on Kindle Fire HD tablets. Kindle Colorsoft $230 (was $280) | Extra 20% off with trade-in The Kindle Colorsoft has a 7-inch full-color display, eight weeks of battery life, and a front light that automatically adjusts to your surroundings. If you enjoy saving passages in books, the Colorsoft has the added benefit of letting you highlight text in color, making it easier than ever to organize important sentences you want to return to later.Other notable features of the Colorsoft include support for wireless charging, no ads on the lock screen, and 32GB of storage. If you like reading by the pool or relaxing in the bath, the Colorsoft ereader is waterproof and carries an IPX8 water resistance rating, which means it can be fully submerged in water at a depth of 6.5 feet for up to 60 minutes.The biggest reason to pick up the Colorsoft is if youre interested in making the jump to digital comic books and graphic novels. Its color display is leagues better for the format than black and white ereaders like the standard Kindle--and at $230, its easier to recommend. See at Amazon As mentioned, you can save even more with an eligible trade-in item. You'll automatically save an additional 20%, even if you send Amazon a cheap device like a Fire Stick. The 20% is calculated from the sale price, so in this case, you'll save an extra $46 simply for trading in any eligible device. At the moment, that means the Colorsoft's price drops to $184.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Alice in Wonderland is an extremely popular novel with a massive fan base over the world. With countless adaptations already for the series, fans are definitely not surprised to see one more get announced.

Re: Dear ImGui - Currently using that in a Vulkan implementation that I keep under wraps. I used to be a glue everything(libs) together type of guy but today I'm leaning more towards reinventing wheels. I think it partly has to do with the 2019 crowd here, they tended to scoff at it. Honestly, I kinda dont like the global namespace pollution, but that's about it. Immediate mode gui is not a bad concept. Same with freetype. Currently using it on this thing, but I'm thinking about movin

Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere (which is also called Hoyoverse) is settling a United States Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over selling loot boxes to players under the age of 16. Itll pay a $20 million fine for allegedly violating U.S. childrens privacy laws and deciev[ing] children and other users about the real costs of in-game translations and odds of obtaining rare prizes. The company will also stop selling loot boxes to people under the age of 16 without parental consent. The complaint covers not only the act of selling loot boxes to people under the age of 16, but also alleges that Hoyoverse has mishandled childrens data and personal information.Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little chance of winning, FTC consumer protection director Samuel Levine said in a news release. Companies that deploy these dark-pattern tactics will be held accountable if they deceive players, particularly kids and teens, about the true costs of in-game transactions.The settlement is awaiting approval from a judge before it goes into effect. Beyond the $20 million fine, heres whats changing for the company, per the FTC news release:Prohibited from allowing children under 16 to purchase loot boxes in their video games without a parents affirmative express consent;Prohibited from selling loot boxes using virtual currency without providing an option for consumers to purchase them directly with real money;Prohibited from misrepresenting loot box odds, prices and features;Required to disclose loot box odds and exchange rates for multi-tiered virtual currency;Required to delete any personal information previously collected from children under 13 unless they obtain parental consent to retain such data; andRequired to comply with COPPA including its notice and consent requirements.Animation-style games and shows are well-received by global audiences and players across various ages, a Genshin Impact spokesperson said in a statement to Polygon. Genshin Impact is a popular free-to-play, anime-style game designed for older teens and adults. While we believe many of the FTCs allegations are inaccurate, we agreed to this settlement because we value the trust of our community and share a commitment to transparency for our players. Under the agreement, we will introduce new age-gate and parental consent protections for children and young teens and increase our in-game disclosures around virtual currency and rewards for players in the U.S. in the coming months.A Bloomberg report ahead of the released findings suggested players who paid for loot boxes may be reimbursed as part of the settlement, but an FTC representative clarified to Polygon that the $20 million civil penalty will go to the U.S. Treasury, as is law.Genshin Impact is a free-to-play video game that uses a gacha monetization system that encourages players to convert real-life currency into in-game currency thats used to buy wishes to randomly unlock characters and weapons. The system means that people can end up spending a lot of money to pull rare characters or items something akin to gambling. The system, the FTC said, includes multiple in-game currencies that obscure the amount of money spent to open its loot boxes.The FTC alleged that Hoyoverse spends millions of dollars to promote its gacha system to its players, many of which are children. It brought up an instance in 2021 when Hoyoverse paid Alia Shelesh, better known online as SSSniperWolf, more than $100,000 to make two videos about Genshin Impact, and directed her to open loot boxes via the Event Banner for a character called Zhongli.In May 2021, the SSSniperwolf promotional video was released, the FTC wrote in the complaint. It featured a segment in which the influencer opened twelve loot boxes in a row, conveying enthusiasm and excitement as she had been instructed, and won the featured 5-star hero. She remarked, We are getting way too lucky tonight. I thought we were going to be here all night, but the RNG [random number generator] bussin, indicating her unexpected luck that Genshin Impact had purportedly dispensed the rare prize to her by random chance.The FTC alleged the video was edited to depict a fake loot box prize win, in a way that would have been impossible in the Genshin Impact game. (The proof provided by the FTC is that Genshin Impact only allows players to open 10 loot boxes in a row, but SSSniperwolf opened 12 uninterrupted. The video also used the wrong animation when opening 5-star prizes, according to the FTC.) Update: This story has been updated to include a statement from Hoyoverse and clarify details about the settlement fine.

As someone who is inundated with emails and messages throughout the day, one of the Apple Intelligence features I was most cautiously optimistic about was Notification Summaries. The feature aims to make sorting through the pings on your Lock Screen a neater, faster experience, by grouping multiple notifications from the same app together and quickly summarizing the lot. Unfortunately, it seems the feature isnt quite ready yet, seeing as the BBC complained to Apple that Notification Summaries made up false headlines for its news stories. Now, with iOS 18.3 beta 3, Apple is rolling back how involved the feature is, and is making it easier to opt out of entirely. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt No AI summaries for news appsPerhaps its a response to reporting like the BBCs, or perhaps its a coincidence, but the biggest change to Notification Summaries in the latest iOS 18.3 beta is that theyre being paused for news and entertainment apps. If you try to enable notification summaries for a news app, iOS will tell you the setting is temporarily unavailable, although you can still turn it on to start receiving summaries when theyre re-enabled.Given that Notification Summaries had previously sent users what looked like an official BBC alert that United Healthcare shooting suspect Luigi Mangione had shot himself when the paper only mentioned an angry outburst, thats probably for the best. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt More direct warnings about hallucinationsThe Notification Summaries settings page also now blatantly tells users that Summaries may contain errors, where it had previously only said summary accuracy may vary based on content. Both are technically true, although the formers a bit more direct.To that end, when youre setting up Notification Summaries for the first time, Apple will also now tell you, This beta feature will occasionally make mistakes that could misrepresent the meaning of the original content. Yes, even the version of Notification Summaries present in the current public iOS build is considered a beta. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt AI-written notifications will look differentThis really should have been there at launch. In order to indicate when a notification is an AI-written summary rather than an original, Notification Summaries will now be written in italics. Previously, the only real indication when a notification was a summary was a small icon to the left of the summary showing that multiple notifications were being summarized and grouped together. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt You can disable any apps Notification Summaries from the notification bannerPreviously, the only way to disable Notification Summaries once you had set it up was to dive into the Settings app, where you could either disable the feature altogether or on an app-by-app basis. In the beta, you can now instead turn off Notification Summaries by swiping down from the top of your Home Screen and looking at your notification banners, but only on a per-app basis.To do this, swipe left on any apps notification banner, tap Options, then select Turn off [app name] Summaries. You can also rate a summarys accuracy from this menu, by giving it either a thumbs up or thumbs down.On the off chance that you do want to try Notification Summaries but didnt enable them when first setting up Apple Intelligence, you can do so under Settings > Notifications > Summarize Notifications.How to Install iOS 18.3 beta 3While the updated Notification Summaries feature will make its way to all compatible iPhones with iOS 18.3s final release, you can try it out right now. To install the current iOS 18.3 beta, first ensure you have a compatible phone, then double-check that youve enrolled your iPhone into Apples beta program at beta.apple.com. From here, simply open your iPhone and navigate to Settings > General > Software Update > Beta Updates. If youre also enrolled in the developer beta program (you dont need to be in this instance), youll be able to choose between iOS 18 Developer Beta or iOS 18 Public Beta here, but either will work if you only see one. Make your selection, then tap Back and download iOS 18.3 Beta 3 when it pops up on your screen.Note that beta releases tend to be buggier than final builds, so download this update to your main device at your own risk.

On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story about the rise in power of Stephen Miller, a longtime loyalist of Donald Trump known for his hardline views on immigration. Normally, a story like that wouldnt get much attention in the tech press. But the piece opened with an anecdote about Mark Zuckerberg that immediately raised eyebrows.The story detailed a recent meeting Miller had with Zuckerberg when the Meta CEO traveled to Mar-a-Lago last year. According to The Times, Zuckerberg who would soon renounce Metas prior fact checking efforts and ditch corporate diversity programs blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for an inclusivity initiative at Facebook that encouraged employees self-expression in the workplace.That line set off a fresh round of speculation (and some outrage) in tech circles. Sandberg, who left Meta in 2022 and rose to fame after authoring her women in the workplace manifesto Lean In, was known for her once close partnership with Zuckerberg at the top of Facebook. That Zuckerberg would blame his former top lieutenant for fostering inclusivity at his company, raised eyebrows even among longtime observers of the company.She always knew who Mark Zuckerberg and covered for him, New York Times reporter Sheera Frankel, who co-wrote a book about Facebooks dominance, observed on Bluesky. The question is whether she will continue to do so when he so blatantly throws her under the (Trump) bus. Journalist and longtime tech pundit Kara Swisher likewise noted that folks I talked to tonight from the Mark/Sheryl Facebook era are shocked but not surprised by his blaming her.I also weighed in on my Threads account, sharing a link to a Business Insider story from February that quoted an interview in which Zuckerberg said that Sandberg had raised him like a parent. I joked that the comment hadnt aged well.But on Friday, Zuckerberg decided to let me (and I guess everyone else) know that he and Sandberg are still cool, after all. Sheryl did amazing work at Meta and will forever be a legend in the industry, he wrote in a reply to my post. She built one of the greatest businesses of all time and taught me much of what I know.ThreadsA few minutes later, Sandberg jumped in to helpfully let me know there are no hard feelings on her side, either. Thank you, @zuck. I will always be grateful for the many years we spent building a great business together - and for your friendship that got me through some of the hardest times of my life and continues to this day.Zuckerberg responded with a single heart emoji.I asked Zuckerberg if he felt Sandberg was too focused on DEI initiatives at Meta, or whether she took away from the masculine energy he recently told Joe Rogan corporations should embody. Notably, he has not denied The Times reporting about his comments regarding Sandberg, though he claimed they are being misconstrued."I answered a question about where the phrase 'bring your whole self to work' came from, and now there's a whole bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff that I never did and never will," he said. (Bringing your "whole self" to work is a slogan popularized by Sandberg in Lean In. Similar language often appeared on Meta's careers site when the company highlighted diversity among its employees. "Being your authentic self is the foundation of who we are as a company," Meta wrote on a since-deleted page of its corporate website where it shared its internal diversity reports.)So, I guess that settles it. Nothing to see here, folks. Mark and Sheryl are definitely still friends. They may not work at the same company anymore, but they are still able to come together to head off a potential PR crisis. What could be more inspiring than that?Update, January 17, 2025, 4PM PT: This post was updated to reflect an additional comment from Zuckerberg.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-and-sheryl-sandberg-want-you-to-know-theyre-still-friends-and-definitely-not-mad-at-each-other-222145203.html?src=rss

A Pew Survey finds ChatGPT use by students doubled in a year.

TikTok said its services will go dark Sunday unless the Biden administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances for the app's service providers.