COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain aging – even if you didn't catch the virus

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/covid_brain_ageing_study/

QuoteBoffins think worry and stress during the plague years changed our wetware, and that the damage can be reversed

Tech Nostalgia: Commodore is Back, and so is the C64!

https://www.thurrott.com/classic-technology/323274/tech-nostalgia-commodore-is-back-and-so-is-the-c64

New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk's views before answering

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/new-grok-ai-model-surprises-experts-by-checking-elon-musks-views-before-answering/


Some AI's lie, some hallucinate and now some are bat-shit crazy.

Silent Invasion: COVID-19's Hidden Damage to Human Organs

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202507.0013/v1

https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-search-crawl-refer-ratio-on-radar/

Moderna's flu vaccine shows positive late-stage trial results, paving way for combination Covid shot

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/modernas-flu-vaccine-shows-positive-trial-results-paving-way-for-combo-shot.html

Cloudflare To Block AI Crawlers By Default & Pay Per Crawl Model

https://www.seroundtable.com/cloudflare-block-ai-crawlers-39673.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-kidneys-damage-vaccine-protect-study-rcna212667

https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/citi-ceo-something-deeper-is-going-on-in-financial-markets-right-now-164730586.html

Here you go RC:

How 3D printing is personalizing health care

https://theconversation.com/how-3d-printing-is-personalizing-health-care-249106

InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/inventwood-is-about-to-mass-produce-wood-thats-stronger-than-steel/

https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-search-apis-retiring-august-11-2025-39406.html


I think this is a lot about Bing positioning itself for the anti-trust breakup of Google.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/commodore_os_3/

Lots of games going back to PET.

Slate Auto Unveils Refreshingly Simple And Small Two-Seat Electric Truck Designed To Be Customized, Starting Under $27,500

Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1843154/slate-auto-electric-truck-suv-customizable-design-specs-details/

American Made too.  More...

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/bezos-backed-slate-auto-debuts-analog-ev-pickup-truck-that-is-decidedly-anti-tesla/

14 Canned Foods To Stock Up On Before They Go Up In Price

https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/14-canned-foods-stock-price-152500799.html

https://apnews.com/article/bf75dd1c26c947b7826d270a16e2658a

Researchers concerned to find AI models hiding their true "reasoning" processes

QuoteNew Anthropic research shows one AI model conceals reasoning shortcuts 75% of the time.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/researchers-concerned-to-find-ai-models-hiding-their-true-reasoning-processes/

Dave Winer has rolled out what I call a late beta of Feedland:

Getting started with FeedLand
https://docs.feedland.com/gettingstarted.md

QuoteFeedLand is a web service for managing lists of feeds, sharing them with other users, both in and outside of FeedLand, and reading and sharing news.

The goal of FeedLand is to make news a social thing, following the pattern of social media apps, but using open formats and protocols.

So FeedLand is feeds, news and people and software that connects it all together.

More info at the link and signup details.

So far I like the setup, which is more timeline oriented like a social network rather than cloning Google Reader.

A well-funded Moscow-based global 'news' network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda

https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global


Might be a prank or might not.  I'm too biased against AI to judge.

Trump's tariffs on Canadian lumber could result in toilet paper shortages in the U.S.

https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-tariffs-on-canadian-lumber-could-result-in-toilet-paper-shortages-in-the-us-200334726.html