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Can psychedelics help smokers quit? Scientists are about to find out. A US federal grant has been given to study a psychedelic drug as a possible treatment for the first time in 50 years. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: New trial to test whether psychedelic drug can cure smoking addition. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The US National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to scientists at Johns Hopkins University, in the first offer of its kind in half a century. The study, a randomised controlled trial expected to start later this year, will investigate whether psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms”, can help people quit smoking tobacco. Hopkins researchers will lead the trial , which will be done in collaboration with researchers at NYU Langone Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Until now, the lack of support from NIH on psychedelic research had been a major hurdle in the field, University of California ass...

India on Friday introduced a new draft broadcast ing law to regulate the sector that will also apply to streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon and calls for the formation of individual content evaluation committees. Netflix and Amazon have become hugely popular in India, which is set to grow into a $7 billion market for the sector by 2027, according to Media Partners Asia. Top Bollywood stars feature in online shows, some of which have faced criticism from lawmakers and the public for scenes deemed vulgar or offensive to religious sentiments. The minister for information and broadcast ing, Anurag Thakur, said setting up Content Evaluation Committees (CEC) by each broadcaster was among "key innovations" in the new law and will help in "robust self-regulation". "Every broadcaster or broadcast ing network operator must establish a Content Evaluation Committee (CEC) with members from various social groups," stated the draft law docu...

As announced in May 2023, Google will begin closing down unused Gmail account s in December 2023. The move comes as a way to curb attacks and security threats such as spam, phishing scams and account hijacking. Abandoned account s are more prone to attacks as they are not updated with frequent security updates such as two-factor authentication (2FA) that improve account protection. Google said that it would send multiple notifications before deleting the account s. Account deletion will take place in multiple phases, starting with account s that were created but never opened again. Read More India proposes new law with self-certification for broadcasters, streaming giants Account deletion will affect all linked Google account s, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Calendar, and Photos. To avoid the account from such actions, sign in at least once every two years to access its services. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/google-to-delete-millions-of-abandoned-gmail-accounts-n...

A Melbourne couple who have lost $40,000 to scammers says the experience has been like watching their house burn down. Mary-Jane Daffy and Jim Marinis, who own and operate a cafe, believe they are victims of the Optus hack, with cyber criminals able to use their data to withdraw their cash, and set up loans and credit cards in their name. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The staggering amount of money Aussies lose to scams revealed Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Daffy said the ordeal “snowballed” when the couple noticed an unauthorised transaction. “Jim turned to me and said, ‘why did you take $9000 in cash out of the bank?’,” Daffy told 7NEWS. “And I said I didn’t. “It snowballed from there.” Melbourne small Business owners Mary-Jane Daffy and Jim Marinis have told their harrowing story of being scammed thousands of dollars. Credit: 7NEWS The couple says around $40,000 has been stolen via teller withdrawals, while the scammers have racked up anothe...

A decade ago, CAR T cell therapy changed the world of cancer treatment, offering a personalised approach to patients with blood cancers such as leukaemia. But getting that specialised treatment to patients is costly and time-consuming. It can take up to two months to harvest a patient’s T cells and reprogram them into cancer-fighters — a non-starter for many young patients with aggressive cancer. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Loved ones embark on 1500km Jetski trek to raise money for childhood cancer. For more Medicine related news and videos check out Medicine >> These patients “don’t have months or years to live ... they have weeks,” Mayo Clinic Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies director Dr Mohamed Kharfan-Dabaja said. He was not part of the new research. A novel approach to CAR T (chimeric antigen receptor T cell) therapy aims to cut down that turnaround time significantly. Instead of reprogramming each patient’s cells, researchers are testing the safety of usi...

Google is expanding its Search Generative Experience (SGE) in more than 120 countries . Previously, Google had launched its generative AI-supported Search engine that allowed users to get more relevant information for their search . The new update was first available in the United States and then eventually expanded to India and Japan. Starting today, Search Labs and SGE in English will be available to more than 120 new countries and territories around the world, including Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Read More OpenAI investors see more startup opportunities despite ChatGPT expansion Google is also enabling four new languages for everyone using SGE: Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Indonesian. The platform is further testing the ability to ask follow-up questions directly from the search results page to make it an interactive experience. The feedback over the new update has been positive so far as it is helping users with complex ques...

OpenAI's announcement on artificial intelligence "apps" do not spell the death knell for nascent startups building AI products, two OpenAI investors said at a Reuters NEXT conference on Thursday. Investors are still hunting for new AI products that could help consumers interact better with the technology and address deep tech issues such as brain-computer interface, they said. The owner of the wildly popular ChatGPT chatbot earlier this week unveiled a marketplace that allows users to access personalized AI "apps" for tasks like teaching math or designing stickers. The news sparked fear among AI startup founders who worry they will not be able to com Pet e with OpenAI, which is trying to build an AI empire with products aimed at both consumers and enterprises. "There's so much room for continued innovation in AI. We're in an intermediary step in a decades-long revolution," Konstantine Buhler, partner at Sequoia Capital, told the ...