08-04-b-Sci-Tech Wires

AI company proposes merger with TikTok giving US 50% stake– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Startup Perplexity AI made its second bid to buy TikTok, this time with a proposal to have the U.S. government own 50% of the platform.

Lawmakers have long opposed TikTok’s algorithm since its parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese-owned. A ban went into effect as expected on Jan. 19, but the app was back online hours after TikTok stopped service in the United States.

The latest proposal was reported by a source who said they were unauthorized to speak on it publicly, per the Associated Press. Perplexity AI is suggesting an initial public offering of at least $300 billion in its second try to win over the platform.

The startup made an offer on Jan. 18 before the app temporarily went dark, but TikTok did not accept.

Major Study Confirms Covid ‘Vaccines’ Change People’s Personalities, Emotions– slaynews.com
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An alarming study has provoked major new concerns about mRNA “vaccines” after researchers confirmed that Covid injections change the personalities of those who receive them.

The shocking study into Covid mRNA “vaccines” has sent shockwaves through the scientific community.

Leading researchers in South Korea confirmed that the injections are altering human behavior.

The troubling study found that people’s emotions, personalities, feelings, fears, stress levels, mental well-being, and general outlook changed after they were injected with the “vaccine.”

Top Oncologist Sounds Alarm: mRNA ‘Vaccines’ Are ‘Driving’ Turbo Cancer Surge– slaynews.com
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A world-renowned oncologist has called for a global ban on Covid injections and “all mRNA vaccines” after discovering that the shots are “driving” the surge in turbo cancers.

The warning was issued by Dr. Angus Dalgleish, a professor of oncology at the prestigious University of London, St. George’s.

Dalgleish is best known for his pioneering contributions to HIV/AIDS research.

The celebrated medical expert raised the alarm during a new interview with the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF).

VSFR founder Steve Kirsch asked Dalgleish about the potential future use of mRNA technology.

Dr. Dalgleish did not hold back:

“You should never use gene therapy on anything that’s not a terminal cancer in my field…

“The fact that mRNA can integrate, even if it doesn’t most of the time, makes it unjustifiable to use on young people, especially children.”

Google Maps is renaming iconic locations per US government directives– www.androidauthority.com
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  • “Gulf of Mexico” is now called ‘Gulf of America’ on US-based Google Maps per government directives.
  • “Denali” mountain has been renamed “Mount McKinley,” prompting debate over historical naming.
  • Google says the decision to rename these locations stems from its long-standing policy to adhere to official name changes.

Google has announced that it’s renaming some iconic locations on Google Maps following directives from the Trump-led US government.

As part of the changes, “Gulf of Mexico” will now be called “Gulf of America” on Google Maps for US users. Outside of the two countries, Google Maps users will see both names on the service.

Google Maps will also rename the famous Alaskan mountain, “Denali,” to “Mount McKinley,” after President William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States.

BREAKING: Trump announces ‘Project Stargate,’ $500 billion AI infrastructure investment with OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Speaking from the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced the formation of the Stargate Project, a joint company between Oracle, Softbank, and OpenAI. The project was touted by Trump as being “the largest AI infrastructure project by far in history.”

Trump said that the project would invest $500 billion in the US “at least” and would create over 100,000 American jobs. “It’ll ensure the future of technology,” Trump said. “What we want to do is we want to keep it in this country. China is a competitor, and others are competitors.” He later added, “Immediately, Stargate will be building the physical and virtual infrastructure to power the next generation of advancements in AI, and this will include the construction of colossal data centers.”

Scientists identify neurons in mice that, once activated, can change body’s metabolic rate, induce hibernation-like state– www.sciencedaily.com
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A team led by researchers at Georgia State University has identified a novel group of neurons controlling the brain-heart-gut axis which can be activated to induce a hypometabolic state that resembles hibernation. The discovery could have wide-ranging impacts for scientific fields ranging from obesity to cardiometabolic health, and even space travel.

The new study is published in the journal Nature Metabolism.

Lead author Eric Krause is a professor of neuroscience, a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Distinguished Investigator at Georgia State University and a core member of the Center for Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Disease (CNCD). Krause worked with researchers from the University of Florida and the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.

“We identified this population of neurons located near the base of the skull that relay the sensation of mechanical stretch exerted on the gut and heart to the brain. When these neurons are activated, they seem to recreate the sensation of feeling full or having increased blood pressure,” Krause said. “We found that activating these neurons suppresses eating and lowers blood pressure, heart rate and whole-body metabolism.”

During the research, the team discovered that simultaneous, recurrent firing of these neurons in mice produces a torpor-like state, similar to that of animals in hibernation, characterized by reductions in cardiac output, body temperature and energy expenditure.

“We found that repeated excitation of the neurons decreased body mass and produced a hypometabolic state without inducing anxiety-like behaviors that are often observed with chronic stress,” Krause said. “This is changing what we know about body-to-brain communication and how profoundly it affects physiology and behavior.”