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The one, big unanswered question about Ozempic
We are nearing a point of no return for GLP-1 drugs. More than one in 10 Americans have already taken a GLP-1 agonist, be it Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro. The medications, originally developed for diabetes treatment, have proven to be remarkably effective in helping people lose weight — and America is in the throes of […]
Welcome to the August issue of The Highlight
It sometimes seems like Ozempic (and its ilk) is a miracle treatment, not just for weight loss but for all manner of other conditions and cravings. As GLP-1 drugs grow in popularity, and with the prospect of Ozempic pills on the horizon, it’s time to ask: What’s the catch? Also in this issue, you’ll find […]
Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode
Enforcement of the UK's new online safety rules started on Friday, forcing a variety of platforms to roll out mandatory age verification tools for Brits. We already know that the age-gating checks are easy to bypass with a VPN, but what we didn't know is that the face scanning tools used by platforms like Reddit […]
The Surprising Backstories Behind Your Favorite Black Songs
From "I Will Survive" to "Tyrone," we're looking into the incredible backstories behind some of our favorite Black songs.
At Shanghai's World AI Conference, ByteDance, Unitree, UBTech, Agibot, and other Chinese companies demoed a wide range of robots, including boxing droids (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
At Shanghai's World AI Conference, ByteDance, Unitree, UBTech, Agibot, and other Chinese companies demoed a wide range of robots, including boxing droids — From lumbering six-foot machines to nimble back-flipping dogs, robots lorded over China's most important annual AI conference in Shanghai this week.