🍏 Apple is turning Siri into a full AI chat bot in iOS 27
Siri is reportedly becoming a standalone chat app with conversation history, accessible through Siri itself or by swiping down from the center of the screen.
Unlike rivals that rely on manual “incognito” modes, Apple plans to make chats auto-delete by default after 30 days, one year, or never, giving users tighter control over privacy and memory.
The upgraded Siri is expected to work more like ChatGPT or Claude, offering natural back-and-forth conversations while limiting what the assistant can remember and for how long.
Apple is also revamping Genmoji, its AI emoji generator, so it can suggest emojis based on photos and commonly used phrases, fixing many of the awkward issues from its first rollout last year.
A tiny bee just did what chemotherapy couldn't.
Scientists in Australia discovered that honeybee venom can wipe out 100% of aggressive breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.
And the healthy cells around them? Barely touched.
The breakthrough came from Dr. Ciara Duffy and her team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, working alongside the University of Western Australia.
They tested venom drawn from 312 honeybees and bumblebees across Australia, Ireland, and England.
The target: triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer. Two of the deadliest, most stubborn forms of the disease.
The weapon: melittin. The same tiny peptide that makes a bee sting burn.
At one specific dose, melittin tore through cancer cell membranes completely within an hour. Within just 20 minutes, it shut down the chemical signals cancer cells need to grow and multiply.
Bumblebee venom, which lacks melittin, did nothing. Zero effect, even at high concentrations.
Scientists then recreated melittin synthetically in the lab and got almost identical results, meaning no bees need to be harmed to develop the therapy.
Published in the peer-reviewed journal npj Precision Oncology, the findings are still early-stage. Human trials haven't happened yet.
But one thing is clear. Nature has been hiding answers in plain sight all along, sometimes inside the smallest creatures on Earth.
Source: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research / npj Precision Oncology (Dr. Ciara Duffy et al.)
New Ofsted guidance labels autistic children as more likely be extremists – it's grotesque .
Please join us at Parliament Square on Friday, 22 May to demand Ofsted treat autistic children and their families with the dignity they deserve .
@Ofstednews – remove the lie !
🇹🇷 A stray cat in Turkey shows up every morning to hug the man who fed her.
Not sometimes. Every single day.
His shop is now packed with people who come just to watch.
Rare great news about the government finally banning phones in schools. Enraging champagne and hand clapping emojis all round. Next step - get rid of screen based learning. It’s crap, it’s stealing the children’s data and it deepens their screen addiction. Here below is me ranting with the great Prof Jonathan Haidt and Sophie Winkleman on this.
'We are going to rename it the Carol Kirkwood weather site'
RHS Garden Wisley has renamed its weather station in honour of Carol Kirkwood as she prepares to leave #BBCBreakfast after more than a quarter of a century
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