Science & Technology — October 30, 2026
Three in four NFL players die with CTE, study finds. An analysis of thousands of former players’ medical records found the brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, in roughly three-quarters of professional football players.
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Reddit will require login to browse. The platform will begin requiring accounts to view content—one of the biggest shifts in its 21-year history—as AI-powered search erodes its open-web traffic.
TechCrunch · Read more
GM pays $220 million over driver data. General Motors settled with 35 states over selling drivers’ location and behavior data and must now obtain express consent before collecting or sharing it.
Engadget · Read more
Six sugar substitutes tied to faster brain aging. Heavy consumers of artificial sweeteners showed 62% faster decline in memory and thinking—roughly 1.6 extra years of brain aging—in a study of nearly 13,000 adults.
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