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1+ min ago (253+ words) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has qualified the first artificial intelligence tool designed to help doctors assess a severe form of fatty liver disease in drug trials, the agency said on Monday. Now, the tool will be publicly available to be used in any drug development program for the qualified context of use. The cloud-based system, called AIM-NASH, analyzes images of liver tissue to help doctors assess signs of diseases such as fat buildup, inflammation, and scarring. The tool is expected to streamline clinical trials for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, a condition that affects millions of Americans and can lead to liver failure or cancer, the FDA said. Currently, multiple experts independently review liver biopsies, a process that is slow and sometimes inconsistent, the agency said, adding that the tool could help standardize the assessment and reduce the time…...

9+ min ago (1612+ words) In August 1991, a message appeared on an obscure computer science forum that would quietly change the world. "I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones," wrote Linus Torvalds, a 21-year-old computer science student at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He was being modest. Impossibly modest. What Linus was building in his small Helsinki apartment would eventually run the vast majority of the world's computers, though almost no one would ever know its name. It would power the internet, enable smartphones, support space exploration, and fundamentally reshape how software gets created. But in August 1991, it was just a hobby project, and Linus wanted feedback. The story begins with frustration'the starting point of so many innovations. Linus had been using MINIX, an educational operating system created by professor Andrew Tanenbaum…...

9+ min ago (317+ words) This is precisely where automation with Python shines. Python, with its rich ecosystem of libraries, offers an elegant and efficient way to interact with various file formats, including Word documents. Programmatic text extraction provides several compelling advantages: To begin, you need to install Spire.Doc for Python. This can be easily done using pip, Python's package installer: Basic Document Loading Example: Let's start with a simple example to illustrate how to load a Word document and extract its entire text content using spire.doc. This "Hello World" equivalent demonstrates the core functionality we'll build upon. Now, let's combine these concepts into a complete solution for batch extracting text from multiple Word documents within a specified directory. The first step in batch processing is to locate all the Word documents we intend to process. We can achieve this using Python's os…...

10+ min ago (564+ words) Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of'Bolivia'came from supernaturally strong monsters " capable of sinking their claws even into solid stone. Then scientists came here in the 1960s and dispelled children's fears, determining that the strange'footprints in fact belonged'to gigantic, two-legged dinosaurs that stomped and splashed over 60 million years ago, in the ancient waterways of what is now Toro Toro, a village and popular national park in the Bolivian Andes. "There's no place in the world where you have such a big abundance of (theropod) footprints," said Roberto Biaggi, a co-author of the study led by Spanish paleontologist Ra'l Esperante. "We have all these world records at this particular site." The'dinosaurs that ruled the earth'and roamed this region also made awkward attempts to swim here, according to the study, scratching at what was squishy…...

11+ min ago (237+ words) Google doesn't want to limit its reach in the XR vertical and it can even become the challenger to Apple's Vision Pro series by offering more affordable options in the market." Android XR Show: Everything We Saw From Google" This is where you also have the Project Aura featuring heavily in Google's plans and what we saw at the I/O 2025 earlier this year could become part of reality in the near future." Aura is going to have AI smart glasses with displays powered by Gemini and just like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, Google is going to work with brands like Warby Parker and Gentle Monster for this product." Google is aiming to have the product ready to launch in 2026 but a clearer timeline will be given later." The company also intends to work on audio-only AI glasses which will…...

11+ min ago (424+ words) Oracle services provider Chainlink has made yet another move in powering AI layer Codatta, in their latest integration. Once again, the platform will be using its native Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for transferring Codatta's native XNY tokens between Coinbase Layer-2 platform Base, and the BNB Chain. Codatta is an AI-focused platform that converts human knowledge into on-chain data assets. It has adopted Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to allow secure transfers of its XNY token across the Base and BNB Chain networks. The oracle services provider stated that this integration shows the growing role of decentralized infrastructure to support AI-driven platforms. The goal behind this integration is to enhance cross-chain reliability and data integrity as Codatta expands its on-chain asset ecosystem. Speaking on this development, Codatta noted: "We're excited to announce that we've adopted Chainlink CCIP and the Cross-Chain Token…...

12+ min ago (178+ words) A Notice by the Fish and Wildlife Service on 12/09/2025 This document has a comment period that ends in 30 days. (01/08/2026) View Comment Instructions This PDF is FR Doc. 2025-22352 as it appeared on Public Inspection on 12/08/2025 at 8:45 am. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. Notice of availability; request for comment. We must receive your written comments on or before January 8, 2026. Submitting Comments: If you wish to submit comments on any of the documents, you may do so in writing by one of the following methods: The applicant proposes to mitigate for take of the skinks by purchasing credits equivalent to 3.28 ac of skink-occupied habitat within the Lake Wales Ridge Conservation Bank or another Service-approved conservation bank. The Service would require the applicant to purchase the credits prior to engaging in any phase of the project. Manager, Division of Environmental Review, Florida Ecological Services…...

12+ min ago (493+ words) A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 12/09/2025 This document has a comment period that ends in 30 days. (01/08/2026) View Comment Instructions This PDF is FR Doc. 2025-22374 as it appeared on Public Inspection on 12/08/2025 at 8:45 am. Submit nominations on or before January 8, 2026. You may submit nominations and requests for the AP Statement of Organization, Practices, and Procedures by email to [email protected]. Include in the subject line the following identifier: "HMS AP Nominations." HMS fisheries (swordfish, sharks, tunas, and billfish) are managed under the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP and its amendments pursuant to the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and consistent with the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.). HMS implementing regulations are at 50 CFR part 635. 1. The name and contact information, including mailing address, email address, and phone number of the nominee; 2. A…...

12+ min ago (273+ words) November 2025 ,Yuzo proudly announces Yuna Revelation, a next-generation Bitcoin NFT Ordinals collection set to redefine digital ownership and DeFi utility on Bitcoin's Layer 1. With a fixed supply of 3,333 inscriptions, Yuna Revelation represents the "children" of the historic #100,000,000 inscription, anchoring its lineage directly to Bitcoin's on-chain history. Born from Genesis Block 912,690during the launch of the BRC2.0 mainnet, Yuna Revelation marks the foundation of the evolving Yuzo ecosystem and introduces the ecosystem's native ticker, $WAIFUSthe first DeFi utility token built on the BRC2.0 standard. $WAIFUS emerges as a pioneering asset within the upgraded BRC2.0 fungible token standard, which brings EVM-compatible smart contractsdirectly to Bitcoin without compromising Bitcoin's base-layer integrity. As part of this breakthrough, Yuzo enables users to activate their $WAIFUS in a staking vaultto generate $veWAIFUS, the central governance component of the Yuzo "apps ecosystem. Yuzo is building the first EVM-compatible application stack on…...

13+ min ago (973+ words) The world needs a new approach to environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet by adopting policies to jointly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and pollution, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday. Those issues are inextricably linked and require solutions that include increased spending and financial incentives to transition away from fossil fuels, encourage sustainable agricultural practices, curb pollution and limit waste, the authors of the U.N. Environment Programme's quadrennial Global Environment Outlook said. "You can't think of climate change without thinking of biodiversity, land degradation and pollution," said Bob Watson, one of the lead authors and a former top NASA and British climate scientist. "You can't think of biodiversity loss without thinking about the implications of climate change and pollution." They're "all undermining our economy," worsening health and poverty and threatening food and water security…...