🔗 Eclectic Articles: Sat 15.Mar.2025


Gear Patrol: Apple Is Upgrading Your AirPods With a Sneaky Cool New Feature

When the new feature rolls out, instead of talking into your iPhone, you’ll be able to speak naturally while wearing AirPods.

When you say something in English, the translation (in Spanish, French or another supported language) will play out loud over your iPhone’s speaker so the other person can hear it. Then, when they respond, you’ll hear the return translation in English through your AirPods.


Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social 14.Mar.2025

The S&P 500 is 11% off its 52-week (and all-time) high, but nearly half of S&P 500 stocks are 20% or more off their 52-week highs, per Liz Thomas of SOFI.


MacRumors: iOS 19 to Improve Texting With Android Users in Five Ways

Here are five new capabilities to expect for RCS conversations:

  • End-to-end encryption, which will prevent Apple and any other third party from being able to read messages and attachments while they are being sent between devices, as has always been the case with iMessage
  • In-line replies
  • Edit messages
  • Unsend messages
  • Full-fledged Tapback support for RCS messages, ensuring they always work

Independent: Undiscovered cause of Parkinson’s found for first time by scientists in huge breakthrough

Experts have known for several decades that the PINK1 protein is directly linked to Parkinson’s disease — the fastest growing neurodegenerative condition in the world.

Until now, no one has seen what human PINK1 looks like, how PINK1 attaches to the surface of damaged mitochondria inside of cells, or how it is activated.

But scientists have now discovered how the mutation switches on and can start using this knowledge to find a way to switch it off and slow the progression of the condition down.


Last Updated: 15.Mar.2025 23:59 EDT

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