OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, says 230 million users ask health questions every week
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Health on Wednesday, saying the company will provide a dedicated space for users to have conversations with ChatGPT about their health. People are already using ChatGPT to ask questions about medical issues. According to OpenAI, more than 230 million people ask health and wellness questions on the platform every week. However, the […]
Lux Capital raises $1.5 billion for largest fund ever
Lux Capital, a 25-year-old VC firm known for investing in cutting-edge science and technology, has closed its ninth fund at $1.5 billion, the largest in its history. It’s not hard to see why limited partners continue to flock to Luxe, even though 2025 marked the lowest number of new VC funds raised in the U.S. […]
Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet found in Britain that may be related to Celtic Queen Boudica
Archaeologists have discovered a rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet in England that may have been used in Queen Boudica’s war against Rome. The war trumpets, also known as carnics, were part of metal artefacts discovered in west Norfolk last year ahead of house construction. The treasure was announced on Wednesday (January 7) by Preconstruct Archeology, the […]
A 60,000-year-old poison arrow from South Africa is the oldest poison weapon ever discovered
Several 60,000-year-old arrowheads excavated from a rock cave in South Africa are the world’s oldest evidence of the existence of poisonous weapons, a new study has found. This discovery postpones confirmation of the use of poisonous weapons by hunter-gatherers by more than 50,000 years. In a new study, scientists chemically analyzed the tips of 10 […]
Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA may be embedded in his art, and scientists think they’ve succeeded in extracting some of it
Scientists have announced that they may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA from a Renaissance painting for the first time. Trace DNA embedded in a red chalk sketch called “Saint Son”, which some claim was created by da Vinci, shows similarities to genetic material recovered from letters written in the 1400s by Frosino di ser […]
NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: ‘Every astronomer will find something of value here’
Six months after first setting its sights on space, NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft has unveiled its first complete cosmic all-sky mosaic. The first of at least four such maps expected from SPHEREx, the new map, which combines more than 100 individual exposures, promises to reveal unprecedented night sky detail. “It’s incredible that SPHEREx has collected so […]
Black Cat behind SEO-tainting malware campaign targeting popular software search
January 7, 2026Ravi LakshmananCybercrime/Software Security A cybercriminal organization known as Black Cat is believed to be involved in search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaigns that use fraudulent sites promoting popular software to trick users into downloading backdoors that can steal sensitive data. According to a report published by the China National Computer Network Emergency Response […]
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Jason Calacanis will pay $25,000 if he finds a genuine Theranos device At CES on Tuesday, All-In podcast host and investor Jason Calakanis joined McKinsey’s Bob Sternfels and General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja to discuss the impact of AI on the workforce. I’ll be honest, I was a little dazed while the three of them were […]
The 9,500-year-old crematorium of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world
The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi set a new record and is Africa’s oldest evidence of intentional cremation, as well as the oldest known cremation of an adult still ‘in situ’, or in its original location, a new study finds. The crematorium is located in a hunter-gatherer cemetery at the foot of Mount […]
Greenland’s giant ice dome disappeared 7,000 years ago – and is melting at today’s temperatures
Parts of Greenland’s ice sheet completely melted about 7,000 years ago at temperatures close to those expected by the end of this century, a new study shows. Prudhoe Dome, a 1,640-foot-thick (500-meter) ice cap that currently covers 965 square miles (2,500 square kilometers) of northwestern Greenland, melted during warm temperatures during the early Holocene, exposing […]