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Tech News: 5 Things to Know in Australia Today
From Nvidia urging sovereign AI capabilities to Twitter (X) trying to reel in creators, here are five things headlining tech news in Australia.
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New Evidence Shows Even Mild Concussions Can Raise Risk For Dementia
One of fiction’s most commonly used plot devices – a knock on the head used to render someone momentarily unconscious – is a lot more harmful in the real world. A new study published this week in The Lancet Psychiatry reaffirms that traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), even those that are relatively mild, are linked to…
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Physically Fit Women Were Almost 90% Less Likely To Get Dementia In 44-Year-Study
The intricacies behind what can cause dementia are still largely a mystery and highly debated. But a new study published this week in Neurology offers more evidence that staying fit can keep both our bodies and minds sharp into our later years.
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Signs Of Alzheimer’s Detected In Brains Of Chimps For First Time
Humans are the only animals known to develop Alzheimer’s disease, an age-related brain disorder that causes impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioural problems. Or at least, that’s what we thought. For the first time ever, researchers are claiming to have found signs of the disease in the brains of elderly chimps — a discovery that…