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Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds


Sree VijaykumarScientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age.

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Trump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts
Trump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts
The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.


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AI workers are putting in 100-hour workweeks to win the new tech arms race - WSJ
AI workers are putting in 100-hour workweeks to win the new tech arms race - WSJ
With expertise in the field scarce, workers in Silicon Valley are pushing themselves to extremes day after day.


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Fide to investigate Kramnik over attacks on Naroditsky as chess reels from player's death
Fide to investigate Kramnik over attacks on Naroditsky as chess reels from player's death
Fide faces calls to discipline Vladimir Kramnik after his public attacks on Daniel Naroditsky, whose death has shaken the online chess community


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China Against China: Xi Jinping Confronts the Downsides of Success
China Against China: Xi Jinping Confronts the Downsides of Success
Xi Jinping Confronts the Downsides of Success


 
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How the mRNA technology behind COVID-19 vaccines could 'turbo-charge' cancer treatments | Euronews
How the mRNA technology behind COVID-19 vaccines could 'turbo-charge' cancer treatments | Euronews
Cancer patients who received the mRNA-based jab after starting immunotherapy lived significantly longer than those who did not get the vaccine.


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Former Apple Employee Sam Sung Changed His Name to Avoid Attention
Former Apple Employee Sam Sung Changed His Name to Avoid Attention
Back in 2012, an Apple retail employee named Sam Sung went viral because his name is similar to Samsung, one of Apple's main competitors. In a...


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Citi board names Jane Fraser as chair and awards her $25mn bonus - FT
Citi board names Jane Fraser as chair and awards her $25mn bonus - FT
Roles of board leader and CEO will be reunited in move to underscore her leadership amid radical overhaul


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As Obamacare premiums climb, some plan to drop their health insurance and go uninsured
As Obamacare premiums climb, some plan to drop their health insurance and go uninsured
Enhanced subsidies for Obamacare have kept premiums affordable. Absent action from Congress, they will expire at the end of the year.
 
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Our Favorite Management Tips on Leading Through Uncertainty
Our Favorite Management Tips on Leading Through Uncertainty
A curated list from one of HBR's most popular newsletters.


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Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.


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Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses automatically and doesn't need a power source
Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses automatically and doesn't need a power source
Inspired by animal vision, the eye could become part of soft robots without any electronic components.


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Bay Area tech CEO says test project likely struck United flight at 36,000 feet
Bay Area tech CEO says test project likely struck United flight at 36,000 feet
Speculation grew because the plane was hit at an unusually high altitude.


 
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Apple is 'drastically' cutting iPhone Air production, report says, after new survey reveals 'virtually no demand'
Production of the iPhone Air, starting next month, will be "less than 10% of the volume compared with September."


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Alexandr Wang Addresses Meta Superintelligence Labs Layoffs in Memo - BI
Alexandr Wang Addresses Meta Superintelligence Labs Layoffs in Memo - BI
Meta's chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, addressed the cuts in an internal memo.


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Democratic donors sit on sidelines as party schism persists - WSJ
Democratic donors sit on sidelines as party schism persists - WSJ
The Republican National Committee had $86 million in cash reserves at the start of October, compared with $12 million for its Democratic counterpart.


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New Clues Why Schizophrenia Patients Hear Voices
New Clues Why Schizophrenia Patients Hear Voices
New research suggests schizophrenia's "voices" may stem from the brain mistaking its own thoughts for external sounds.
 
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'Russian Secrets': How Russia built an Arctic spy network using European equipment
'Russian Secrets': How Russia built an Arctic spy network using European equipment
Hidden behind shell companies, Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build a secret underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons. The incident raises questions about Europe's ability to prevent the export of sensitive technologies to Moscow.


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Andreessen Horowitz lines up $10bn for next wave of tech bets - FT
Andreessen Horowitz lines up $10bn for next wave of tech bets - FT
Silicon Valley group seeks $6bn for growth fund, $3bn for AI deals and $1bn to back US defence tech start-ups


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The astonishing embryo models of Jacob Hanna
The astonishing embryo models of Jacob Hanna
Scientists are creating the beginnings of bodies without sperm or eggs. How far should they be allowed to go?


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The health care industry's lobbying spree
The health care industry's lobbying spree
The health care industry is investing record amounts in Washington's lobbying corridor.


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The Long Tail of the AWS Outage
The Long Tail of the AWS Outage
Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology--but the duration serves as a warning.


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Trump Fires Back At Cattle Ranchers After They Rebuke Idea To Import Argentinian Beef
Trump Fires Back At Cattle Ranchers After They Rebuke Idea To Import Argentinian Beef
Trump floated the idea to import beef from Argentina as he seeks to boost his close ally, President Javier Milei, ahead of next week's consequential election.


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New Drugs Show Promise In Tough-To-Treat Cancers
New Drugs Show Promise In Tough-To-Treat Cancers
In this week's edition of InnovationRx, we look at a high-tech chair that could revolutionize cancer radiation therapy, AI chatbots for seniors and more.


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Trump administration in talks to take equity stakes in quantum-computing companies - WSJ
Trump administration in talks to take equity stakes in quantum-computing companies - WSJ
The discussions signal Washington's wider involvement is critical parts of the economy.


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Milei's make-or-break moment - FT
Milei's make-or-break moment - FT
US support has helped calm markets, but Argentina's president is politically weakened as his party faces midterm elections


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US sanctions Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil - FT
US sanctions Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil - FT
Measures mark Donald Trump's first effort to impose direct cost on Moscow over invasion of Ukraine


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Middle Managers Feel the Least Psychological Safety at Work
Middle Managers Feel the Least Psychological Safety at Work
New research uncovers why they don't feel comfortable speaking up, and how to change that.


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How to build a memory palace
How to build a memory palace
Upgrade your ability to recall dates, names or other details with an ancient trick of the memory trade: the 'method of loci'


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Tinder bets on safety improvements to build trust and long-term growth - WSJ
Tinder bets on safety improvements to build trust and long-term growth - WSJ
Tinder will soon require all new users in the U.S. to complete a video scan of their face before swiping to boost trust among users.


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Study Finds That Young People Still Love Movies, But Want Less Sex
Study Finds That Young People Still Love Movies, But Want Less Sex
Annual Teens & Screens report shows that young people still watch movies and talk about them with their friends, but want more animation and less sex.


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Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion
Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion
On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.


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Hoping to Grow in Europe, but Bogged Down by Red Tape
Hoping to Grow in Europe, but Bogged Down by Red Tape
Start-ups are booming in the European Union, but experts say bureaucracy keeps them from expanding across borders.


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American Wins International Chopin Piano Competition
American Wins International Chopin Piano Competition
In Warsaw, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts beat out 181 competitors to win what some call the Olympics of the piano world.


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OpenAI requested memorial attendee list in ChatGPT suicide lawsuit
OpenAI requested memorial attendee list in ChatGPT suicide lawsuit
The new information comes as the Raines family updated its lawsuit against OpenAI. The family first filed a wrongful death suit against OpenAI in August after alleging their son had taken his own life following conversations with the chatbot about his mental health and suicidal ideation.


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Islamic State rises again in Syria, filling a void left by US - WSJ
Islamic State rises again in Syria, filling a void left by US - WSJ
Attacks by the militant group are up as it exploits a reduced American presence and the collapse of the Assad regime. "They have returned to our city."


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Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' aims to dominate the Americas - WSJ
Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' aims to dominate the Americas - WSJ
From attacking drug boats to pressuring Venezuela's leader, the President is putting the Western Hemisphere at the center of his foreign policy.


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The 5 best jobs for American expats
The 5 best jobs for American expats
From teaching abroad to working with tourists, these are the top jobs for expats, according to experts


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Tesla profits slide despite record revenue
Tesla profits slide despite record revenue
Tesla reversed a streak of declining quarterly sales as American buyers rushed to claim federal tax credits of up to $7,500 before they expired at the end of September. But rivals like Ford and Hyundai posted even stronger US sales growth during the same period.


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US sanctions Russian oil companies after failed Putin talks
US sanctions Russian oil companies after failed Putin talks
Follow the twists and turns of Trump's second term with North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's weekly US Politics Unspun newsletter. Readers in the UK can sign up here. Those outside the UK can sign up here.


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Stable inflation gives chancellor space to break the doom loop
Stable inflation gives chancellor space to break the doom loop
No one wants to be caught on the wrong side of the very real chance of a tech market crash, or unpredictable spike in the US-China trade war, or perhaps any unexpected innovations in the appointment of the new chair of the Federal Reserve in the US.


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Why has the US imposed sanctions on Russian oil companies?
Why has the US imposed sanctions on Russian oil companies?
"In the medium- to long-term, I don't expect that this will impact oil prices globally, unless secondary sanctions on shipping and finance related to these companies come to be strictly enforced," he told the BBC.


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Chinese Impersonator's Trump Act Has Won Him Millions of Fans
Chinese Impersonator's Trump Act Has Won Him Millions of Fans
Ryan Chen has turned an uncanny impersonation of President Trump into a social media career, and a mirror of China’s fascination with America.


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Catherine Connolly: the outspoken leftwinger set to be Ireland's next president
Catherine Connolly: the outspoken leftwinger set to be Ireland's next president
Asked if she would tell Trump that the US was an enabler of genocide, she replied: "If it's just a meet and greet, then I will meet and greet. If the discussion is genocide, that's a completely different thing."


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Palestinian women giving birth in rubble on roads, says senior UN official, as he compares Gaza to dystopian film - Middle East live
Palestinian women giving birth in rubble on roads, says senior UN official, as he compares Gaza to dystopian film - Middle East live
More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers have written to the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the US ambassador to Israel urging them to help secure the release of Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American citizen who has been held in Israeli military detention for nearly eight months. Ibrahim, a dual Palestinian-American teenager from Florida, was arrested in a raid on his family's West Bank home in February when he was 15 years old.


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Unlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds
Unlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds
The Federal Tort Claims Act, the law the president invoked to try to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, is ordinarily a legal labyrinth that few can navigate.


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A Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error
A Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error
The team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error had incorrectly crowned them as winners.


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In Seattle as in New York, a Mayoral Race Turns on Generational Change
In Seattle as in New York, a Mayoral Race Turns on Generational Change
Mayor Bruce Harrell of Seattle, 67, is facing a challenge from Katie Wilson, 43, who has a penchant for social media and a focus on cost of living, all reminiscent of Zohran Mamdani.


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A Costly Radio System Faltered When Texas Needed It Most
A Costly Radio System Faltered When Texas Needed It Most
Motorola won a $7 million contract to modernize Kerr County’s emergency radio system. When a devastating flash flood swept through the county, emergency crews had trouble using it.


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Newsom Says Benioff Is Still 'Family' Despite the National Guard Remarks
Newsom Says Benioff Is Still 'Family' Despite the National Guard Remarks
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a long relationship with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, that dates back to a different era in San Francisco.



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