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Countries to reconvene sooner to accelerate progress on WHO Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system negotiations
WHO Member States today ended their latest round of intensive negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access andBenefit Sharing (PABS) system. Countries decided to resume deliberations in January in a reflection of the shared commitment and urgency needed to help make the world safer from future pandemics. Countries convened for the fourth meeting of the […]
TikTok Reaches Deal With US Investors: Here’s Who Owns What
An Oracle-backed investor group is set to take majority control of TikTok’s U.S. operations, pending regulatory approval. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A yearslong saga over the future of TikTok in America is nearing its end. The U.S. division of the popular social media app, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, will soon […]
With Curry, Green and Butler out, Thunder cruise
SAN FRANCISCO – Warriors coach Steve Kerr tried just about everything. Pat Spencer-centric high screen and rolls. Post ups with Quinten Post. A pressing defensive scheme that looked to feature Will Richard. But in front of a national television audience that expected to see the Warriors’ aging cast of legends face the defending champion Thunder […]
Measles deaths down 88% since 2000, but cases surge
Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 59 million lives have been saved by the measles vaccine since 2000. However, an estimated 95 000 people, mostly children younger than 5 years of age, died due […]
South Bay office leasing jumps to best levels since COVID outbreak
SAN JOSE — Major rental deals powered the South Bay office market to its best year of leasing activity since the COVID-19 outbreak, a new report shows. The report produced by commercial real estate firm Savills determined that while significant improvements have materialized for the sector, a full recovery for the region remains elusive. “Full-year […]
The Case for Commercial Production Incentives in California
As competing states expand incentives, California’s lack of support for commercial advertising is weakening its creative infrastructure. Unsplash+ California’s creative economy is at a crossroads. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent decision to double the state’s Film and Television tax credits to $750 million has reinvigorated long-form production, while commercial advertising—a sector employing thousands of local crew […]
The State of AI: the economic singularity
The opportunities and the challenges are both enormous. An executive at one Fortune 500 company says his organization has carried out a comprehensive review of its use of analytics and concluded that its workers, overall, add little or no value. Rooting out the old software and replacing that inefficient human labor with AI might yield […]
Sales of Trump immigration gold card top $1 billion
The U.S. has made $1.3 billion so far from the sale of immigration gold cards, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. President Trump held up a gold card Friday in the Roosevelt Room while hosting a White House event on drug pricing. He said all the money will go “toward reducing debt.” “It’s the Green Card […]
Why inventing new emotions feels so good
Don’t scoff: Researchers say more and more terms for these “neo-emotions” are showing up online, describing new dimensions and aspects of feeling. Velvetmist was a key example in a journal article about the phenomenon published in July 2025. But most neo-emotions aren’t the inventions of emo artificial intelligences. Humans come up with them, and they’re […]
The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DeepSeek has unveiled two new experimental AI models DeepSeek-V3.2 is designed to match OpenAI’s GPT-5’s reasoning capabilities. (Bloomberg $)+ Here’s how DeepSeek slashes its models’ computational burden. (VentureBeat)+ It’s achieved these results despite its limited access to powerful chips. (SCMP $) […]