Monthly Archives: August 2022

Scientists have created synthetic mouse embryos with developed brains

Mouse embryos recently generated from stem cells in a lab show more brain development than any synthetic mouse embryos created previously.   While other researchers had created mouse embryos from stem cells, none reached the point where the entire brain, including the anterior portion at the front, began to develop, according to the researchers from the…

Tesla wants videos of its cars running over child-sized dummies taken down

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla is demanding that an advocacy group remove videos of its vehicles running over child-sized mannequins, escalating the debate over the safety of the company’s Full Self-Driving software. Tesla sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Dawn Project, an anti-Tesla group fronted by software developer Dan O’Dowd. In it,…

MyFitnessPal’s barcode scanner made counting calories easy — now it’s being paywalled

MyFitnessPal’s planned change comes after new ownership in late 2020 and a recent app redesign. | Image: MyFitnessPal The popular nutrition and weight loss app MyFitnessPal is moving its free barcode scanning feature behind the paywall. For years, users with free accounts have been able to use this tool to scan food barcodes for easy…

Google’s Waze is shutting down its carpooling service

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google-owned navigation service Waze is shutting down its six-year-old carpooling service, citing shifting commuting patterns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in September, the company will begin the process of winding down its carpooling service, which had been available in the US, Brazil, and Israel….

PayPal debuts ‘Grant Payments’ to shift charitable giving from paper checks to electronic transfers

PayPal is expanding further into the charitable donations business with this morning’s launch of support for Grant Payments, the company has announced. The new product has been created in partnership with National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) and Vanguard Charitable and allows Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) sponsors, community foundations and other grantmakers to move their donations electronically through…

India asks Byju’s to explain delay in filing audited financial accounts, report says

India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs has asked Byju’s to explain why it hasn’t filed its audited financials for the year ending March 2021, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. Edtech giant Byju’s, which is India’s most valuable startup with a valuation of $22 billion, has missed the deadline to file its audited results by 17 months. The…