ALS, a debilitating disease, has taken away the ability of musician Patrick Darling to sing, but thanks to artificial intelligence, he recently performed on stage again. This emotional event marked Darling's first performance with his bandmates in two years, following his diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 29, according to MIT Technology Review.
Darling's story highlights the impact of ALS, a motor neuron disease that affects the nerves controlling muscles, including those used for speech. The musician's last stage performance was over two years prior to his recent return.
In other news, the data center and power sectors are booming due to the global AI race, which is also boosting the electrical distribution equipment industry. Forgent Power Solutions, a company formed from four legacy companies, went public in February and quickly grew to a market cap of nearly $8 billion, as reported by Fortune. "I made a joke in one of the investor sessions that were bringing sexy back in the electrical distribution space," said Forgent CEO Gary Niederpruem, according to Fortune. The company serves data centers, power grids, and industrial markets, with data centers experiencing the fastest growth.
Meanwhile, Jake Paul, who has a $65 million fortune, crossed paths with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at President Donald Trump's second inauguration ceremony last year, according to Fortune. Paul, who endorsed Trump in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, discussed social media with Altman. Paul, along with his brother Logan, leveraged their YouTube presence into professional careers, with Jake becoming a boxer. Last year, Jake ranked third on Forbes Top Creators list, earning approximately $50 million, according to Fortune.
In other news, a project called yt-media-storage allows users to store files on YouTube by encoding them into lossless video and decoding them back to the original file, according to Hacker News. The project supports both a command-line interface and a graphical user interface.
Finally, NPR News reported on the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games, where Vladyslav Heraskevych of Team Ukraine participated in the Men's Training Heat 3 on February 10, 2026, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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