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Scientists Have Successfully Reversed Aging in Mice

“DNA double helix,” AndreaLaurel, CC 2.0 — source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/81461206@N02/7490001992/ (Credit: AndreaLaurel/CC BY-SA 2.0)We’ve recently made some major strides toward understanding and managing aging on a larger scale. In 2022 alone, scientists found ways to predict a person’s lifespan, use fecal microbiota to “restore” youth in rodents, and make human cells look and function 30 years

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Cape Town-based game studio startup Carry1st raised a $27M pre-Series B led by Bitkraft Ventures with Konvoy Ventures, a16z, and TTV Capital among investors (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Cape Town-based game studio startup Carry1st raised a $27M pre-Series B led by Bitkraft Ventures with Konvoy Ventures, a16z, and TTV Capital among investors  —  In the coming decades, Africa will be a significant growth market for mobile games driven by the proliferation of technology adoption among the continent’s youthful population.

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Roblox releases its December 2022 metrics report, showing estimated bookings between $430M and $439M, up 17% to 20% YoY, and DAUs up 18% to 62.5M; stock up 12%+ (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Roblox releases its December 2022 metrics report, showing estimated bookings between $430M and $439M, up 17% to 20% YoY, and DAUs up 18% to 62.5M; stock up 12%+  —  – Shares of Roblox popped Tuesday after the gaming company released its December 2022 metrics report.

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An AI-written “fact-checked” CNET article had major errors, leading CNET to add notes to almost all AI pieces saying they are being reviewed “for accuracy” (Jon Christian/Futurism)

Jon Christian / Futurism: An AI-written “fact-checked” CNET article had major errors, leading CNET to add notes to almost all AI pieces saying they are being reviewed “for accuracy”  —  CNET is now letting an AI write articles for its site.  The problem?  It’s kind of a moron.

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Apple announces updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, featuring M2 and M2 Max, support for Wi-Fi 6E, 8K HDMI, and more, starting at $1,999 and $2,499 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple announces updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, featuring M2 and M2 Max, support for Wi-Fi 6E, 8K HDMI, and more, starting at $1,999 and $2,499  —  Apple today announced the next-generation 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with faster M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, up to 96GB of RAM

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Apple unveils the M2 Pro and M2 Max, built on a second-gen 5nm process, offering 20% more transistors than M1 Pro and double the M2, 200GB/s bandwidth, and more (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple unveils the M2 Pro and M2 Max, built on a second-gen 5nm process, offering 20% more transistors than M1 Pro and double the M2, 200GB/s bandwidth, and more  —  Apple today unveiled the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips alongside refreshed MacBook Pro and Mac mini models.

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Apple announces an updated Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro, improved graphics performance, support for Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and more, starting at $599 (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple announces an updated Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro, improved graphics performance, support for Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and more, starting at $599  —  Apple today launched the new Mac mini lineup, available with M2 and M2 Pro chips inside.  The M2 Mac mini starts at a new lower

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Robinhood plans to launch Sherwood Media, an independent brand led by Joshua Topolsky, which will be the home of its popular Snacks newsletter (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios: Robinhood plans to launch Sherwood Media, an independent brand led by Joshua Topolsky, which will be the home of its popular Snacks newsletter  —  Retail trading platform Robinhood is launching an independent media brand called Sherwood that will be led by veteran tech editor and media entrepreneur Joshua Topolsky.

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Hinge tests a $50-$60 per month premium tier, rolling out globally in Q1, for “highly motivated daters”, a significant rise over the current $35 per month (Michael Tobin/Bloomberg)

Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: Hinge tests a $50-$60 per month premium tier, rolling out globally in Q1, for “highly motivated daters”, a significant rise over the current $35 per month  —  Match Group Inc.’s dating app Hinge is rolling out a new subscription tier that could cost as much as $60 a month …

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Google says the FEC dismissed GOP claims that Gmail was filtering campaign ad emails, after the company showed the spam filter was for “commercial reasons” (John D. McKinnon/Wall Street Journal)

John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Google says the FEC dismissed GOP claims that Gmail was filtering campaign ad emails, after the company showed the spam filter was for “commercial reasons”  —  GOP committees cited an academic article to claim Google’s spam filters were designed to benefit Democrats

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