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Theranos’ greatest invention was Elizabeth Holmes

The Verge

“When I finally connected with what Elizabeth fundamentally is, I realized that I could have just as well been looking into the eyes of a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates,” Theranos advisor Channing Robertson, a Stanford chemical engineering professor, told Fortune in 2014. She has a social consciousness that Steve never had.

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People online are drinking laundry detergent again

Vox

Borax is a chemical compound containing boron that’s sold as a laundry detergent or cleaning agent. The latest dangerous internet challenge Some people are calling the borax challenge “the Tide Pod challenge for boomers,” referencing the 2018 moral panic about teens filming themselves eating Tide Pods for social media clout.

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

Vox

By comparison, Bezos has been fairly reticent to discuss what motivates his philanthropy and the pace at which he’ll do it. I think there’s often an element of philanthropy that is driven a bit by a desire for recognition and social status,” said Davies. I will keep at it until the safe is empty,” she wrote.

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Would you trust a scientist without a degree?

Dataconomy

This heightened sense of smell makes them exceptionally adept at identifying unique chemical compounds associated with different diseases. A brief comparison of these approaches could provide context. This means that the responses generated by ChatGPT may reflect cultural, social, or political biases.

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How to fix Facebook

Vox

For years, Congress has debated how and if it should regulate Facebook and other major social media products like Twitter, TikTok, Snap, and Google-owned YouTube. But so far, federal bills to regulate privacy, competition, or other aspects of social media businesses have gone nowhere. Amy Klobuchar. In October, Sen.

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The last 10 years, explained

Vox

But instead of getting the traffic windfall he might have expected, Perez was slammed with outrage across social media. Whatever the reason, the press had now established a new narrative it could use to talk about sex crimes in the social media era, especially sex crimes that involved famous and beloved actresses.