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Researchers at UCLA Health have discovered a new drug that can fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of stroke treatment. The study, conducted by UCLA Health, found that the drug was able to repair brain damage caused by stroke, with promising implications for human patients.
Ratty is a GPU-rendered terminal emulator that supports inline 3D graphics, inspired by TempleOS. It features a spinning rat cursor and multiple 3D presentation modes. Ratty is built with Rust and Ratatui, and is available for download on GitHub.
Google has changed its account registration process, requiring users to send an SMS from their phone to verify their phone number instead of receiving an SMS with a verification code. This change affects the traditional QR code verification method, which is no longer supported.
Matt Gallagher is optimizing matrix multiplication code in Swift for training a Large Language Model (LLM) on Apple Silicon. He aims to achieve performance comparable to C and explore the capabilities of different units on Apple Silicon, including CPU, SIMD, AMX, and GPU. The goal is to provide insight into key steps for optimizing mathematics code in Swift and to offer a sense of scale about the performance of these units.
Researchers at Interfaze have developed a new model architecture designed to achieve high accuracy at scale. The architecture was benchmarked against several existing models, including Gemini-3-Flash, Claude-Sonnet-4.6, and GPT-5.4-Mini, and demonstrated competitive results across nine benchmarks. The Interfaze model also includes code examples for tasks such as OCR, object detection, and web search.
The term "snake oil" originated in the 19th century as a colloquialism for a type of patent medicine that was often ineffective or even harmful. These products were frequently marketed with exaggerated claims and were sold as a cure-all for various ailments. The rise of snake oil salesmen was largely driven by the lack of regulation in the pharmaceutical industry at the time. However, as the industry became more regulated and the public became more aware of the dangers of these products, the popularity of snake oil began to decline.
Nvidia has released CUDA-oxide, an official Rust to CUDA compiler. This tool allows developers to write CUDA code in Rust, a systems programming language known for its memory safety features and performance. CUDA-oxide is designed to bridge the gap between Rust and CUDA, enabling developers to leverage the benefits of both languages.
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