Is This ‘De-Extinction’ Project Actually Onto Something?
Dallas‑based biotech startup Colossal, backed by hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists, the CIA and Peter Thiel, continues its high‑profile “de‑extinction” agenda. After controversial dire‑wolf hybrids, the firm announced a bluebuck project that focuses on a novel “ovum pickup” technique to harvest eggs from live antelopes. Colossal says the reproductive tools and a global biobanking effort will be open‑sourced for conservation worldwide. Critics argue the flashy branding distracts from urgent work to protect species already on the brink.
This Pasta Sauce Wants to Record Your Family
Prego is releasing the Connection Keeper, an offline voice‑recorder shaped like a pasta‑jar lid, aimed at capturing family conversations at the dinner table. The device records up to eight hours of CD‑quality audio onto a 16 GB microSD card and transfers...
Did Neuralink Make the Wrong Bet?
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has long marketed brain‑computer interfaces that let users move a cursor with thought, but rivals are now delivering speech‑based BCIs that translate neural signals directly into words. The article argues that Neuralink’s focus on cursor control is...
European Retailers Yank Popular Headphones After Study Reports Trace Amounts of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals
European retailers such as Bol.com, Coolblue and MediaMarkt have stopped selling several headphone models after an EU‑funded study detected trace amounts of hormone‑disrupting chemicals in all 81 products tested. The analysis, which covered brands like Apple, Beats, Samsung, Bose, JBL...