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

*It may look a lot like fish, but it's not. (credit: New School Foods)*

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. That comped meal came hours after CEO Chris Bryson gave his sales pitch for the company during a panel at the Collision conference there, in which he said that New School's goal was to see its products "enthusiastically adopted by non-vegans."

New School has given itself a tall order by making salmon its go-to-market product. Salmon both has a distinctive, delicate texture and one of the most identifiable flavor profiles among seafood. And people prepare it with a wider range of techniques than most kinds of meat allow—grilling, poaching, sautéing, smoking, roasting, or even not cooking it at all. For plant-based salmon to pass muster, it has to work across those use cases.

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. Find out more on The New York Times.

In Good Omens, diversity is divine

Promotional imagery for Good Omens season 2. — *Good Omens second season highlights how good queer and disabled representation could be in the fantasy genre. (Image: Amazon)*

With the release of the second season of Good Omens on July 28th, writer Neil Gaiman has officially put any accusations of queerbaiting to bed. Crowley and Aziraphale, the main characters of the Amazon fantasy-comedy series, engaged in some distressingly emotional snogging during the last moments of this season's final episode, thereby ending over 30 years of speculation about the nature of their relationship. The fight is over. The shippers have won.

Find out more on The Verge.

Western Digital refuses to answer questions about how its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs may lose users' data; the company is being sued for fraud and data loss

Western Digital is facing a lawsuit for fraud and data loss due to its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs. The company has refused to answer questions regarding the issue. Read more on The Verge.

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

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

In Good Omens, diversity is divine

Western Digital refuses to answer questions about how its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs may lose users' data; the company is being sued for fraud and data loss

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