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David Chase has set up his next series project at HBO — one that’s a world away from The Sopranos. Chase has optioned John Lisle’s nonfiction book Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA to adapt as a limited series. The drama, titled Project: MKUltra, is in development at the premium outlet. Should it go to …

Sign up for Big Think on Substack The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free. For most of human history, we could only imagine what made us who we are. Then, just over two decades ago, the Human Genome Project — the international scientific effort to decode the three billion letters of human …

As costs for diagnostic and sequencing technologies have plummeted in recent years, researchers have collected an unprecedented amount of data around disease and biology. Unfortunately, scientists hoping to go from data to new cures often require help from someone with experience in software engineering. Now, Watershed Bio is helping scientists and bioinformaticians run experiments and get insights with a platform …

Woman becomes viral sensation after writing her own obituary  WHIO TV She wanted to make people laugh – so she wrote her own obituary and became a viral sensation  CBS News Writer Linda Brossi Murphy Pens Moving, Hilarious Obituary for Herself  TODAY.com Mass. Woman with ALS Writes Her Own Obituary: ‘Looks Like I’m Dead’  People.com ‘It looks like I’m dead:’ Mass. woman writes own …

Amazon is making two additions to its lineup of writing tablets: the Kindle Scribe 3, and the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. The company showed off the new ereaders at its fall hardware event in New York.  The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is the first time Amazon has added a full-color display to its notebook-like ereader. According to the company, the full-color display …

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, One Battle After Another, is considerably his most expensive effort to date. It was also, like There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread, and the rest of his subversive filmography, written on Microsoft Word. “I’m still stuck on the world’s worst programme,” the 55-year-old director tells me over the phone from LA, laughing. “It’s stubbornness. It makes no …

Sources confirm the Titans-Jarvis Brownlee breakup had writing on the wall dating back to his college days leading to surprising trade  A to Z Sports Callahan denies Titans fire sale after Jets trade  ESPN Jets Acquire CB Jarvis Brownlee in Trade with Tennessee  New York Jets Catch Cally?: What Titans HC Brian Callahan’s Said About the Jarvis Brownlee Trade and More on Wednesday  Tennessee …

For some brides and grooms, the prospect of writing and publicly reciting their wedding vows can be daunting. That’s where Katelyn Peterson comes in. Peterson, 37, is the founder and CEO of Wedding Words, a wedding vow and speech-writing business, and she’s passionate about helping “tongue-tied” couples express themselves. “I got into this business to help people put their heart …

Review | Dan Brown clearly had fun writing his new book. It’s contagious.  The Washington Post Book Review: ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ by Dan Brown  The New York Times Dan Brown offers another silly mash-up of fact and fiction  The Economist Dan Brown’s new novel — 688 pages of cliché and conspiracy theories  The Times The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown review – …

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard’s AI-powered Writing Tools feature, which debuted on the Pixel 10, is now rolling out to some non-Pixel devices. Powered by the on-device Gemini Nano model, the feature helps users proofread and rephrase text directly within the keyboard. Availability is likely tied to devices supporting the multimodal Gemini Nano, such as those with the …