🔗 Eclectic Articles: Thu 20.Feb.2025


Wikipedia: iPhone 16e

Announced as an affordable model on February 19, 2025, it was released with a starting price of US$599, which is $170 more than its predecessor, third generation of iPhone SE.

It is the first entry-level iPhone model to feature the edge-to-edge display, Face ID and USB-C port instead of Lightning port.


Starship

The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

Uses Rust.

via Rick Cogley


ScienceAlert: Study Reveals How This Artificial Sweetener May Cause Heart Damage

Researchers from Sweden, China, and the US gave mice doses of aspartame for 12 weeks, up to the equivalent level per day that a human would consume in about three cans of diet soda.

A number of the mice had been engineered to be missing a gene critical in metabolism, giving insulin unmitigated access to key receptors throughout their bodies.

Compared with mice who hadn’t been fed the sweetener, the aspartame group had higher levels of insulin, greater blood vessel inflammation, and more fatty plaques in their arteries – all of which make a heart attack or stroke more likely.

“It is important to note that these findings have not yet been seen in humans,” explains cardiovascular physiologist James Leiper from the British Heart Foundation, who was not involved in the study.


Last Updated: 20.Feb.2025 15:25 EST

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