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The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis 

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. Source: The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis – The New…

Civilians Use AI To Unmask ICE Agents 

Source: Civilians Use AI To Unmask ICE Agents | Let’s Data Science

Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study 

A significant clue. Source: Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study : ScienceAlert

Anthropic CEO Warns That the AI Tech He’s Creating Could Ravage Human Civilization

Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is back with a 19,000-word essay posted to his blog, warning that “humanity needs to wake up.” Source: Anthropic CEO Warns That the AI Tech He’s Creating Could Ravage Human Civilization

Scientists Think They Know How Humans Could Recover Lost Vision

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve. Source: Scientists Think They Know How Humans Could Recover Lost Vision

Scientists Find Prehistoric Brain Circuit Still Controls Vision

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old. Source: Scientists Find Prehistoric Brain Circuit Still Controls Vision

Ranked: The Fastest-Growing Jobs in the Next Decade

  What jobs will add the most openings in the U.S. over the coming years? We show the top 20 fastest growing jobs and accompanying salaries. Source: Ranked: The Fastest-Growing Jobs in the Next Decade

This Company’s Drug May Help Regenerate Injured Spinal Cords

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a drug to help spinal injuries, a crypto billionaire’s big space play, revitalizing aging immune systems and more. Source: This Company’s Drug May Help Regenerate Injured Spinal Cords

Throwing out flame-retardant furniture can reduce toxic chemicals in blood, study finds 

Worker in a protective suit holds a yellow container, monitoring pollution at a waste site.

Flame retardants commonly used in furniture are linked to serious health issues, including cancer and thyroid disease Source: Throwing out flame-retardant furniture can reduce toxic chemicals in blood, study finds | US news | The Guardian

Why some video games improve brain function – and others don’t  

Source: Why some video games improve brain function – and others don’t | TechSpot

The creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code likes to hire engineers who do ‘side quests’ like making kombucha

Claude Code creator Boris Cherny said that he looked for engineers with “cool weekend projects.” Anthropic is also looking for “generalists,” he said. Source: The creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code likes to hire engineers who do ‘side quests’ like making…

The Cells in Your Body Are Conscious, a Controversial Theory Suggests—And That Could Change Everything

A woman with braided hair poses against a vivid galaxy projection with hands together.

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected. Source: The Cells in Your Body Are Conscious, a Controversial Theory Suggests—And That Could Change…

Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.

Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries, but still legal in the United States. Now, a growing number of U.S. farmers are blaming the toxic pesticide for their Parkinson’s disease in a large lawsuit. Source: Thousands of U.S. farmers…

Anthropology of fire, money, AI, and innovation in the US

Irish economist David McWilliams is taking his “History of Money” to America: “You kind of feel the boominess of the place, right?” he told Fortune. Source: One of the world’s most popular economists on why AI is ‘undoubtedly going to…

Dad bought 5 acres of land for $27,000, built 3 cabin rentals in upstate NY to give his kids a head start

  In 2015, Chris Broomfield purchased property in New York. Now he has three short-term rentals with a lifetime revenue of over $2 million. Source: Look inside: He bought 5 acres of land for $27,000, built 3 cabin rentals