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Today's Technology News

I try synthetic salmon and enter the "uncanny valley" of taste

I could count on one thing as I sat down for a multiple-course meal based on something that looked very much like salmon: I would not have to worry about any bones. The plant-based theme ingredient came from a Toronto startup called New School Foods that has been developing a way to construct a salmon substitute with not just the taste but also the texture of the real thing.

New School treated a table's worth of journalists to a tasting dinner in Toronto in late June—subject to a no-food-photos rule for attendees but with no restrictions on taking notes...

Source: Ars Technica

Are You Using ChatGPT in Your School or University? We Want to Hear About It.

We're asking educators and students how they are using new A.I. chatbots for teaching and coursework.

Source: The New York Times

Meta may launch a Threads web version early this week

Meta will launch the web version of Threads, its competitor to X (formerly known as Twitter) early this week, reports The Wall Street Journal. A web version has been frustratingly missing since the short-form posting service began.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is working on adding the feature along with better search (well, search at all, really — right now, you can only search for usernames on the platform) earlier this month, and that it would be ready in "the next few weeks."

Source: The Verge

Windows file archiver utility maker WinRAR fixes a vulnerability

A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions.

Source: BleepingComputer