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Sunday October 27, 2024. 06:34 PM
In Iceland, 'a volcanic system has awoken after an 800-year slumber,' according to a multimedia CNN Special Report. 'But in another part of Iceland, scientists and engineers are hoping to harness magma's immense power to solve the planet's biggest problem...' It all started...
SpaceNews reports: SpaceX's Super Heavy booster came within a second of aborting a 'catch' landing attempt on the latest Starship test flight, according to audio posted online, apparently inadvertently, by Elon Musk... In the audio, one person, not identified, described an...
This week Google-backed Anthropic announced its upgraded AI model Claude 3.5 Sonnet could 'perform tasks like navigating web browsers, filling forms, and manipulating data.' Now Google plans something similar for Chrome, reports 9to5Linux.com: According to The Information,...
The cost of cleaning up the U.K.'s largest nuclear site, 'is expected to spiral to £136 billion' (about $176 billion), according to the Guardian, creating tension with the country's public-spending watchdog. Projects to fix the state-owned buildings with hazardous and...
SFGate spills the secrets of Disneyland's 'Enchanted Tiki Room' and its lifelike animatronic singing birds — Jose, Fritz, Michael and Pierre — 'whose movements were perfectly synced with the audio track.' 'Beneath the room, the heartbeat of the attraction is a $1 million inst...
'Google essentially disappeared us from the internet,' says the couple who created price-comparison site Foundem in 2006. Google's search results for 'price comparison' and 'comparison shopping' buried their site — for more than three years. Today the BBC looks at their...
'Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world's most valuable company on Friday...' reports Reuters, 'powered by insatiable demand for its specialized artificial intelligence chips.' Nvidia's stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, slightly above Apple's $3.52 trillion,...
Friday October 25, 2024. 09:00 AM
UnitedHealth Group said a ransomware attack in February resulted in more than 100 million individuals having their private health information stolen. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first reported the figure on Thursday. TechCrunch reports: The ransomware...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: As the world emerged from the lockdowns of the covid-19 pandemic, many countries promised to rebuild their economies in a climate-friendly fashion, amid hopes the recovery effort could accelerate the global journey to...
Starting next week, Google Photos will label when an image was edited with AI. The Verge reports: 'Photos edited with tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser and Zoom Enhance already include metadata based on technical standards from The International Press Telecommunications...
The EU Court of Justice ruled in favor of Intel, dismissing the European Commission's appeal and ending a nearly two-decade-long case over allegations that Intel's rebates to computer makers were anticompetitive. Reuters reports: The European Commission had fined Intel for...
MojoKid writes: Intel has lifted the embargo on independent reviews of its new Core Ultra 200S series Arrow Lake-S processors, which mark a shift in its desktop CPU strategy with symmetrical core/thread counts (no Hyperthreading) and a dedicated 13 TOPS NPU. This series...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Smashing, a new app curating the best of the web from Goodreads co-founder Otis Chandler, is now available to the public. Like Goodreads, the app aims to create a community around content. But this time, instead of books,...
Ahead of Georgia's parliamentary elections, Georgian authorities raided the homes of disinformation researchers Eto Buziashvili and Sopo Gelava, seizing personal devices. The Record: Eto Buziashvili and Sopo Gelava, both employees of the Atlantic Council think tank, had...
Amazon is shutting down its Amazon Today service, which provided same-day delivery from mall and brick-and-mortar retailers. The program will mostly wind down by December 2, 2024, with select partners fulfilling orders until January 2025. CNBC reports: A small amount of...
Thursday October 24, 2024. 11:40 PM
Google is introducing a dark mode to the web version of Google Calendar and rolling out a 'refreshed user interface.' From a report: The new UI will include buttons, dialog boxes, and sidebars that are 'more modern and accessible' with improved typefaces. The update started...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Back in May, Google augmented its Gemini AI model with SynthID, a toolkit that embeds AI-generated content with watermarks it says are 'imperceptible to humans' but can be easily and reliably detected via an algorithm....
The White House is directing the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to increase their adoption of AI, expanding the Biden administration's efforts to curb technological competition from China and other adversaries. From a report: The edict is part of a landmark national...
Cable companies, advertising firms, and newspapers are asking courts to block a federal 'click-to-cancel' rule that would force businesses to make it easier for consumers to cancel services. From a report: Lawsuits were filed yesterday, about a week after the Federal Trade...
whitroth writes: People here and elsewhere have been yelling for more nuclear power, and that renewables can't meet demand. Surprise -- the corporations are betting on them, and massive numbers of batteries can be produced a lot faster than nuclear plants can be built. The...
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