International effort seeks new treatments for pediatric heart disease

Australia’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is helping scientists use stem cell medicine and artificial intelligence to develop precision therapies for pediatric heart disease, the leading cause of death and disability in children. Around 260,000 children die from heart disease around the world each year. In the U.S., a child is born with a heart defect…

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Inside the high-wire business of MrBeast

The biggest YouTuber in the world is looking beyond videos to build a multibillion-dollar empire.  For the last several months, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, has been talking with investors about raising $200 million in a funding round that would value his holding company, Beast Industries, at more than $5 billion. An investor pitch deck I’ve…

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A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content

Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word “Luigi” as potentially violent — even when the content isn’t. Earlier this week, a moderator from r/popculture saw Reddit’s AutoModerator system flag a post about the video game Luigi’s Mansion 3 because it included the word “Luigi,” giving them instructions to “check for violence.” A Reddit spokesperson,…

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Falcons’ Kirk Cousins visits President Trump at White House

An NFL quarterback was spotted at the White House with President Donald Trump Friday.  Atlanta Falcons veteran Kirk Cousins and Trump posed for a photo in the Oval Office that has since gone viral on social media.  The picture, posted by Margo Martin, Trump’s special assistant and communications advisor, had the caption, “#18 [handshake emoji]…

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