The first babies have been born following “simplified” IVF in a mobile lab

While IVF is increasingly commonplace in wealthy countries—around 12% of all births in Spain result from such procedures—it remains expensive and isn’t always covered by insurance or national health providers. And it’s even less accessible in low-income countries—especially for people who live in rural areas. People often assume that countries with high birth rates don’t […]

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New RowHammer Attack Variant Degrades AI Models on NVIDIA GPUs

Jul 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability NVIDIA is urging customers to enable System-level Error Correction Codes (ECC) as a defense against a variant of a RowHammer attack demonstrated against its graphics processing units (GPUs). “Risk of successful exploitation from RowHammer attacks varies based on DRAM device, platform, design specification, and system settings,” the GPU […]

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The Compound and Friends: Reasons to Remain Overweight

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The Download: cybersecurity’s shaky alert system, and mobile IVF

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down Every day, billions of people trust digital systems to run everything from communication to commerce to critical infrastructure. But the global early warning system that alerts […]

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Time to move into prime London residential property?

How’s this for a contrarian opportunity? Prime London residential property. I’m thinking about flats and houses in South Kensington, Chelsea, Notting Hill, and Knightsbridge. Okay, you could easily spend £1m just to secure a very bottom-rung apartment near the Natural History museum – so perhaps ‘houses’ is a stretch for all but a handful of […]

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