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Sunday May 5, 2024. 09:34 AM
Thursday the Verge reported that a new report from Microsoft 'outlines the steps the company took to release responsible AI platforms last year.' Microsoft says in the report that it created 30 responsible AI tools in the past year, grew its responsible AI team, and required ...
Come 2029, all cars sold in the U.S. 'must be able to stop and avoid contact with a vehicle in front of them at speeds up to 62 mph,' reports Car and Driver. 'Additionally, the system must be able to detect pedestrians in both daylight and darkness. As a final parameter, the ...
In 2016, an online 'swarm intelligence' platform generated a correct prediction for the Kentucky Derby — naming all four top finishers, in order. (But the next year their predictions weren't even close, with TechRepublic suggesting 2016's race had an unusual cluster of just a...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the New York Times: American officials are trying to increase international pressure on Russia not to deploy an antisatellite nuclear weapon in space, and have obtained information that undermines Moscow's explanation that the...
Saturday May 4, 2024. 11:25 PM
CircleID reports that Multinational internet service provider Cogent recently announced that it was offering $206 million in secured notes (a corporate bond backed by assets). 'The unusual part is what it's using as security: some of its IPv4 addresses and the leases on...
The blog It's FOSS is 'pissed at the casual arrogance of Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical..... The sheer audacity of not caring for its users reeks of Microsoft-esque arrogance.' If you download a.deb package of a software, you cannot install it using the official...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: The heat shield of the Orion spacecraft intended one day to carry astronauts to the moon under NASA's Artemis program suffered unexpected damage in more than 100 places as the spacecraft returned to Earth...
The Washington Post reports that wind turbines 'only take up five percent of the land where they've been built, new research shows.' The rest of the space can be used for other purposes, such as agriculture, according to a study published recently in the peer-reviewed...
The Washington Post reports that wind turbines 'only take up five percent of the land where they've been built, new research shows.' The rest of the space can be used for other purposes, such as agriculture, according to a study published recently in the peer-reviewed...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the blog Bitcoinist: Jack Dorsey's financial services and digital payments company, Block Inc., announced it will begin investing 10% of its monthly Bitcoin-related gross profits into BTC purchases. This announcement was made...
Markos Moulitsas is the poll-watching founder of the political blog Daily Kos. Thursday he wrote that in 2021, future third-party presidential candidate RFK Jr. had sued their web site. 'Things are not going well for him.' Back in 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued Daily Kos...
The world's highest astronomical site is officially open for business after being in the works for 26 years. Space.com reports: The Japanese University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, or TAO, which was first conceptualized 26 years ago to study the evolution of galaxies and...
This year's Free Comic Book Day coincided with Star Wars Day. So there's two new free Star Wars titles being handed out today in comic shops around the world. They're among several geek-friendly titles among the 48 free comics that fans will get to choose from during this...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Join your localMilitia or III% Patriot Group,' a post urged the more than 650 members of a Facebook group called the Free American Army. Accompanied by the logo for the Three Percenters militia network and an image of a man in...
Natron Energy, a pioneer in sodium-ion battery technology, has officially commenced mass production of its lithium-free sodium batteries in its Holland, Michigan facility, offering an alternative energy storage solution with benefits such as faster cycling, longer lifespan,...
'It all started with the fans,' says 72-year-old actor Mark Hamill, in a montage of fans and actors in a newly-released video commemorating this year's Star Wars day. Or, as Tom's Guide writes, 'It's such a nice feeling to be a part of a huge community since fans are the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed. Energy companies operating in...
Senior Department arms control official Paul Dean on Thursday urged China and Russia to declare that artificial intelligence would never make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons. Washington had made a 'clear and strong commitment' that humans had total control over...
Apple reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that topped estimates, despite a 10% drop in iPhone sales. The company also announced that its board had authorized $110 billion in share repurchases, 'a 22% increase over last year's $90 billion authorization,' notes CNBC. 'It's ...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent, published last month: Humans now share the web equally with bots, according to a major new report -- as some fear that the internet is dying. In recent months, the so-called 'dead internet theory' has gained new...
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