Meta’s new social media platform Threads has reached over 100 million users just one week after launching.
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, who’s also taking charge of Threads, has said the platform won’t focus on politics and hard news, insisting that there are plenty of ‘amazing communities’ in things like sports, fashion and music to make a vibrant platform.
In a comment he revealed that changes are coming to the platform, including search, hashtags, a following feed, and ‘maybe’ messaging too.
Researchers at Scotland's Rural College believe a daffodil extract could reduce levels of methane produced by cows, when added to their food.
Using an artificial cow stomach, they found that the extract cut methane production by 96%.
Martin Lewis, the founder of Moneysavingexpert.com has issued a warning on Twitter about a ‘frightening’ deep fake video of him encouraging people to invest in a fake project.
He said it’s the first deep fake video scam he’s seen with himself in it, and called on the government and regulators to “step up to stop big tech publishing such dangerous fakes”.
Researchers at the University of Bath have found a way to make production of over-the-counter painkillers considerably more green.
The team said drugs like paracetamol and ibuprofen are currently manufactured using chemical precursors derived from crude oil, but the biorenewable compound β-pinene can be used instead.
And the rest,
Security firm Mithril Security reveals how open-source AI models can be modified to spread fake news, Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals, crunch talks on deep-sea mining begin in Jamaica, and Apple’s appointment-only plans for the roll out of its Vision Pro headset.
