Fake cancer research and scientific fraud allegations hit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Last summer, I covered the saga of Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino, who was credibly accused of flagrantly fabricating data in at least four of her published studies. She was caught when some data sleuths on the internet — investigating research misconduct in their free time — found discrepancies in the data for her papers […]
Embracer to sell Saber, Star Wars: KotR remake dev, for $500M
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Embracer Group has plans to sell Saber Interactive, one of its largest subsidiaries, to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to $500 million. This transaction would make Saber […]
How to make Harry Potter and Hogwarts in Infinite Craft
It’s time to bring a little magic into Infinite Craft and with it a bit of the world of one of the best-loved literary characters in recent times. Harry Potter. Hogwarts is our destination today, although we will also get 007 himself, James Bond en route to add to our collection before we also get […]
For Virgin Galactic, becoming profitable means a pause in flying to space
Enlarge / Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity rocket plane ignites its rocket motor moments after release from a jet-powered carrier aircraft high above New Mexico. Last year, Virgin Galactic seemed to finally be hitting a stride toward making commercial suborbital spaceflight. The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in […]
Tackling long-haul diseases | MIT Technology Review
Tal, who has been obsessed with infectious disease since losing an uncle to HIV/AIDS and a cousin to meningococcal meningitis, wondered what this striking diversity could reveal about our immune response to infection. According to one hypothesis, the wide array of these receptors is the result of an evolutionary arms race between disease-causing microbes and […]
Facebook plans to shut down its news tab in the U.S. and Australia
Meta is trying to distance itself from news media-related regulations and payment complexities as it is planning to remove the news tab on Facebook in the U.S. and Australia. The company said today that it will sunset the product in April 2024. Last year, Meta discontinued Facebook News in the UK, Germany, and France saying […]
OpenAI to announce new board members amid SEC probe
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI is planning to appoint several new board members within the next month, as the company’s regulatory troubles mount. The board is drawing closer to announcing new members following the dramatic November overhaul of the company’s governance, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition […]