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Crypto markets are under pressure again today. Bitcoin has slipped below eighty-four thousand dollars, while Dogecoin is leading losses with an eight percent drop. The culprit is a familiar one — rising Treasury yields, now at their highest since two thousand seven, pulling investor appetite away from riskier assets.
On a far more hopeful note, a thirteen-year-old has become the first person ever cured of DIPG — diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma — the most lethal form of childhood brain cancer. This is a genuine medical milestone, one that researchers have been chasing for decades, and it signals that experimental therapies may finally be turning the corner on a disease that once offered almost no hope.
And Meta is moving fast on its AI ambitions. The company's Muse agent is coming to its smart glasses, and it's getting significantly more capable — including its own email address to handle tasks on your behalf and the ability to video chat. Whether that level of ambient AI feels helpful or invasive is a question users will be answering for themselves very soon.
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