This Week in Apps: Twitter Notes, Instagram age verification, Spotify’s Live Events

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Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the […]
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No More Trial and Error: Brain Scans May Soon Predict the Best Antidepressant for You

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Encouraging advances in predicting how patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) will respond to antidepressant treatments using brain imaging and clinical data. Finding an effective antidepressant can be a frustrating and lengthy process, often requiring individuals to spend weeks on medications that ultimately prove ineffective. However, a new study offers hope for a more personalized [...] http://dlvr.it/TKRqDG
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Vitamin D May Help Slow Aging, Study Finds

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A clinical trial suggests vitamin D may slow cellular aging by preserving telomeres. Researchers urge caution on dosing and emphasize lifestyle as the most reliable path to healthy aging. Vitamin D supplements may help safeguard the protective caps on our chromosomes that influence the pace of aging, raising hopes that the “sunshine vitamin” could support [...] http://dlvr.it/TN3pFw
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‘The Wrath of Khan’ is getting an official Star Trek podcast prequel

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Paramount has announced a new scripted Star Trek podcast detailing the exploits of arch-villain Khan Noonien Singh. Star Trek: Khan - Ceti Alpha V will cover the period of time after Khan and his cohort of genetically-engineered villains were exiled during the classic episode Space Seed and before Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. More importantly, the long-mooted miniseries will be written and directed by Trek auteur Nicholas Meyer. To Trek fans, there are few creative figures who deserve more swooning adoration than Meyer. The writer-director made The Wrath of Khan, the movie that ostensibly saved the series from obscurity. He would go on to co-write The Voyage Home and helm The Undiscovered Country — three of the best Star Trek movies ever made. In fact, one esteemed Trek scholar even said that to make great Star Trek you need to do two things: Hire Nicholas Meyer, then cut his budget in half. Alex Kurtzman gave praise to Meyer, saying that “Nick made the definitive Trek movie when...
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