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 What is Arthritis Arthritis is a general term for conditions that cause pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints, the areas where two or more bones meet, such as the knees, fingers, hips, or spine. There are more than "100 different types" of arthritis, but the most common ones are: 1. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type, often called “wear-and-tear” arthritis. It happens when the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of bones breaks down over time, leading to pain and reduced movement. 2. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease, meaning the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the joints, causing inflammation that can damage cartilage and bone. Other types include gout, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Common symptoms: Joint pain, tenderness, or swelling. Stiffness (especially in the morning or after rest). Reduced range of motion. Warmth or redness around a joint. Fatigue (in inflammatory types like RA). While arthritis has no...

The Rundown: Amazon just introduced Alexa.com, a new browser-based interface that brings its newly AI-infused Alexa+ assistant to the web, directly challenging rivals like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok in the chatbot space. The details: Early Access users can access Alexa+ through any browser for research, writing, and planning tasks, marking a first-time extension beyond devices. Alexa+’s agentic capabilities expand with companies like Expedia, Yelp, Angi, and Square joining Uber and OpenTable for reservations, services, and more. Amazon says engagement has surged since the Alexa+ rollout, with users shopping and cooking with the assistant at 3-5x previous rates. The Alexa mobile app is also getting a chatbot-first redesign, elevating conversational AI as the main feature instead of leaving it buried in menus. Why it matters: Amazon's massive investment in Anthropic makes this chatbot push a bit strategically awkward, with the company betting billions on Claude while also tryi...

40M+ people use ChatGPT daily for health advice, no way. The Rundown:  OpenAI just released a new report revealing that over 40M people globally turn to ChatGPT for health information daily, with over 5% of all messages now related to healthcare topics.  I, Tim, am guilty of such action in the past few years, not just months! Common uses include symptom checking, decoding medical jargon, spotting billing errors, and preparing for doctor visits. 70% of health-related chats happen outside normal clinic hours, with around 600K weekly messages coming from rural "hospital deserts." Users send 1.6-1.9M health insurance questions weekly, covering plan comparisons, billing disputes, and claim appeals. The report also included policy proposals urging the FDA to create clearer pathways for AI medical devices. Why it matters: Healthcare is clearly already a massive AI use case, and with wearable integrations, medical breakthroughs, and Open AI push for clearer FDA pathways, it's onl...

Imaging that if you will! SpaceX is lowering its Starlink mega constellation from 550 km to 480 km this year,  not for better internet, but to stop satellites from crashing into each other and triggering a wave of space junk. The change will apply to around 4K Starlink units currently flying at the higher orbit and is expected to be completed within the year. Flying lower increases atmospheric drag, which cuts collision risk and pulls dead satellites out of orbit faster. Starlink now flies roughly 10K satellites, beaming broadband to everyone from homeowners to governments and Fortune 500s across multiple continents. This is a rare example of Starlink tweaking its design to ease congestion, cut collision risk, and ensure dead satellites fall out of the sky faster instead of lingering as long‑lived junk.  The move sets a precedent for rivals, that “move fast and launch things” now has to coexist with basic rules of orbital sustainability. I always wanted to know how many, and w...

Elon Musk says he will soon mass-produce brain implants. This guy has got to be a genius in almost everything. Elon Musk said on X that Neuralink aims for “high-volume production” of its brain implants and automated neurosurgery this year, pushing brain computer interfaces out of bespoke experiments and into scalable medicine. Neuralink says about a dozen severely paralyzed patients now use its implant to control a computer cursor and play games using only their thoughts. The first wave of applications targets people with serious neurological disorders, helping them communicate and manage daily tasks. Musk said the device’s threads will pass through the dura mater, the protective membrane around the brain, without surgeons needing to remove it.​ Neuralink still needs to clear clinical trials and secure full FDA approval before it can move from tightly controlled experiments to routine medical use in the U.S. Elon has previously talked about scaling to more than a thousand patients by 2...

  ROBOTS IN ACTION How robots are transforming the world around us Click here to watch EngineAI’s "Terminator" robot walk the beat with police officers in Shenzhen. Photo: Shenzhen My grandfather had mentioned this when I was in my teens. I thought he had lost his mind. China now has a Terminator Patrolling with the police in Public! In the south of China, a humanoid robot straight out of a sci-fi movie was spotted walking side by side with real armed police officers. I think the armed officers were there to keep a watchful eye and oversee the humanoid action and performance, which would make good sense. This has already started, in labs all over the world, and is spreading slowly; this is the future evolution with OpenAI . Be mindful now that this is not a Robocop, like you saw in the movie. It's only an assisting tool for police forces with very sophisticated AI programming, and will not be equipped with the future "Synthetic Intelligence" SI, not yet anyway, ...