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Alcohol drives the brain's immune cells to break down its supporting tissue, a mouse study finds

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Microglia are immune cells that watch over the brain, clear dead cells and prune connections between neurons.

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Anthropic commits 5 per cent of its shares to a public benefit fund

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The fund can grow: the AI company may add another 2 per cent of its shares for every 50 per cent rise in its value.

3-D twins of Shackleton and Scott's last ships go on show in Ottawa

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Tens of thousands of images taken on the sea floor this summer were knitted together into digital replicas of the wrecks of Quest and Terra Nova.

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Elon Musk pledges one SpaceX share to every child in America

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At SpaceX's current price of US$146 a share, the gift would be worth more than US$10 billion, about one per cent of his net worth.

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Disney offers jobs to most of Character.AI's staff after the chatbot startup's bankruptcy

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Disney agreed to make offers to at least 60 Character.AI employees, the majority of its workforce, worth an estimated US$60 million a year in pay, a court filing shows.

Salt crystals could hold clues to life in the ocean beneath Enceladus's ice

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Jets near the south pole of Saturn's moon spray water vapour and ice from its hidden ocean onto the surface.

US banks and major websites block AI agents from customer accounts

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Charles Schwab is blocking Meta's Muse assistant from moving clients' money, chief executive Rick Wurster said on Oct 16.

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Apple tightens App Store rules against AI nudify apps

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Apple's updated App Review Guidelines, posted Oct 16, require apps to prevent or remove non-consensual intimate imagery, including images made with AI tools.