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FDA approves Alzheimer’s medication that delayed cognitive decline in clinical trials
Lecanemab, a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, received an expedited approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday. This is the second treatment from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai to receive an early green light in less than two years. After clinical trial results that were published in November showed that lecanemab slows cognitive…
NFL approves proposed neutral-site AFC championship game plan
The owners of the NFL have given their approval to a plan that allows for a neutral-site AFC Championship Game and the use of a coin flip to determine which team will have home field advantage in a wild-card game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals. Following the cancellation of the Bills-Bengals game on…
HTC releases a stand-alone VR headset
The HTC Vive XR Elite, an all-in-one virtual reality headset designed to compete with the Meta Quest 2, has finally been unveiled by HTC. At Amazon, you can pre-order it right now. Because it is so small, the HTC Vive XR Elite appears to be unlike the majority of gaming VR headsets. Only a few…
Qualcomm releases Snapdragon Satellite for Android, and it’s not just for emergencies
In the fall of last year, models of the iPhone 14 were the first to include emergency satellite connectivity. Android devices obviously wouldn’t be long behind. Snapdragon Satellite, a two-way satellite messaging service that will be available on “next-generation premium Android smartphones,” was unveiled today at CES. A partnership with Iridium, which operates a 66-satellite…
Michael B. Jordan & Aubrey Plaza Debut As Hosts On The Year’s First SNL Shows
Two new hosts will be taking the stage at the start of the new year on Saturday Night Live. The first two shows of the year will be hosted by Aubrey Plaza and Michael B. Jordan, with music guests Lil Baby and Sam Smith. On January 21, the first show back of the year, White…
Spatial Audio support is added to the Pixel 7 and Pixel 6 series with latest update
In the Android 13 QPR1 beta releases, Spatial Audio support was enabled on the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and Pixel 7, but Google did not release the feature with the December 2022 Pixel Feature Drop last month. Instead, the company shared a list of apps that would initially support the feature and announced that…
Taeyang and BTS member Jimin will collaborate on the upcoming song “Vibe”
Jimin and Taeyang, two singers from South Korea, are working on a new song together. On Wednesday, the song “Vibe,” which features Jimin, a member of the boy band BTS, was announced by Taeyang, a member of the K-pop group Big Bang. In the teaser image for “Vibe,” Taeyang and Jimin are seen posing together…
Toyota has lost its position as the top automaker in America to GM
General Motors is back on top one year after losing the title of America’s top car seller, which it held for nearly a century. On Wednesday, GM (GM) reported 2.3 million vehicle sales in the United States. It was able to finish the year with sales that were up nearly 3% from the 2.2 million…
The OnePlus 11 is now available, however delivery will take another month
The OnePlus 11’s covers have finally been removed by OnePlus. Today, the phone and the OnePlus Buds Pro 2 went on sale in China. Even though the new “flagship killer” from OnePlus has been officially unveiled, rumors, leaks, and OnePlus’ own teasers have provided us with almost all of the information we need about the…
Tesla makes China boss ‘Tom Zhu’ its highest-profile executive after Elon Musk
An internal posting of reporting lines reviewed by Reuters indicates that Tesla Inc.’s China chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take charge of the electric carmaker’s US assembly plants and sales operations in North America and Europe. According to the Tesla (TSLA) posting, Zhu continued to hold the position of vice president for Greater…