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Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning

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The researchers then performed a sibling-matched analysis, comparing autism and ADHD cases among siblings, some of whom were exposed to acetaminophen in utero and some who weren’t. This study design helps account for unmeasured family factors that influence the likelihood of the conditions, particularly genetics and shared environmental conditions. The autism analysis included over 124,000 sibling-matched children, and an analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) included a cohort of over 97,000 sibling-matched children.

The researchers saw no link between prenatal acetaminophen use and either condition. It didn’t matter what dosage of acetaminophen was taken, when it was taken during the pregnancy (which trimester), how often it was taken, or how old the mother was at the time. There was simply no link between acetaminophen and autism or ADHD.

Interestingly, there was a link when the researchers dropped the sibling-matched design and instead compared acetaminophen-exposed with unexposed children, which is...

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DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing

DeepSeek lit China’s AI price war by making tokens absurdly cheap. Now it is doing something no rival has dared: charging more when demand runs high. The Chinese startup has told API customers it will double the price of its V4 models during busy hours, according to the South

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“BioShocking” tricks AI browsers into leaking your passwords

Security researchers convinced six AI browsers they were playing a game. The browsers then handed over their users’ passwords and treated it as a win. The firm behind it, LayerX, calls the technique BioShocking, and says it worked on every agent it tried. The list reads like a roll-call of

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AI video startup Higgsfield is in talks to raise at a $5bn valuation

Higgsfield AI did not exist before March 2025. Fifteen months on, the video startup is in talks to raise money at a $5bn valuation, four times its worth at the start of the year. The company is seeking $300mn to $500mn, The Information first reported. That would value it at

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NIH unveils the world’s largest genomics-and-health database

The US government has just handed scientists the largest map of human health ever assembled. It pairs more than half a million genomes with real medical records, and it arrives as the programme behind it faces deep budget cuts. The database comes from All of Us, a research programme run

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