Where did COVID-19 originate? Saskatoon lab helps with genetic analysis that points to animal market

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A team of scientists, including one in Saskatoon, say they have strong evidence that the COVID-19 virus jumped from infected animals to humans, rather than originating from a laboratory leak.  The analysis of hundreds of genetic samples provides strong but circumstantial evidence that the pandemic’s origin is connected to the wildlife trade in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, said Angie Rasmussen, … Read more

Benavidez Vs Morrell: Who Wins?

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Lonnie Thompson says David Benavidez has a tough fight on his hands against WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell on February 1st. Thompson sees Benavidez having a tough time with the former Cuban amateur talent, Morrell, but he’s unsure who wins. (Credit: Esther Lin and Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions) Morrell’s power and technical skills … Read more

Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial By Reuters

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(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. The brain chip startup said the Canadian study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its … Read more

OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit

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Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel for The Times and Daily News … Read more

U.S. indicts Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in $265 million bribery scheme

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An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged $265 million bribery scheme. Gautam Adani, 62, was charged in an indictment unsealed Wednesday with … Read more

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang pledges to ‘comply fully’ with Trump trade policies as uncertainty looms over chip industry

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Most analysts on Nvidia’s earnings call focused their questions on the rollout of the AI chip leader’s next-generation Blackwell platform, as well as topics like the company’s margins and supply chain. But there are massive Donald Trump-sized questions hanging over the semiconductor industry, however, and CEO Jensen Huang did field one inquiry about what the … Read more

Final Fantasy 14 Mobile is on the way

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Square Enix is plunging deeper into the goldmine with a mobile spin-off. There’s no release window for Final Fantasy 14 Mobile as yet, but playtests will “soon” get underway in China, “followed by a global launch soon after.” Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida said in that developer Lightspeed Studios is working to … Read more