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- scitechdaily.com Mission Successful: NASA and DoD Ace First Recovery Test for Artemis II
NASA and the Department of Defense completed the first recovery test for the Artemis II mission, simulating astronaut extraction and spacecraft recovery. The test is part of a series aimed at preparing for the Artemis II flight, marking a pivotal point in human deep-space exploration and future luna
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Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors
www.cityam.com Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors - CityAMA Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.
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Apple buys every 3 nm chip that TSMC can make for next-gen iPhones and Macs
arstechnica.com Report: Apple buys every 3 nm chip that TSMC can make for next-gen iPhones and MacsTSMC is said to eat the cost of defective chips so it can keep Apple's business.
- arstechnica.com Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend
US police departments continue to use the tech despite low accuracy and obvious mismatches.
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PS5 USB ports reportedly ‘melted’ at Evo 2023 esports tournament
www.engadget.com PS5 USB ports reportedly ‘melted’ at Evo 2023 esports tournament | EngadgetEvo 2023 fighting game tournament attendees reported problems with damaged PlayStation 5 USB ports over the weekend.
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Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won't Train AI on Your Calls 'Without Your Consent' After Backlash | Zoom added a line to its terms of use on Monday, after concerns that the company was using calls to t...
www.vice.com Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won't Train AI on Your Calls 'Without Your Consent' After BacklashZoom added a line to its terms of use on Monday, after concerns that the company was using calls to train artificial intelligence algorithms went viral.
- www.nbcnews.com Detroit woman sues city after being falsely arrested while pregnant due to facial recognition technology
Porcha Woodruff was getting her two children ready for school when police officers presented her with an arrest warrant alleging robbery and carjacking, court documents show.
- www.tomshardware.com Apple's Base M3 SoC Reportedly Won't Increase CPU or GPU Core Count
Spotted in a new Mac Mini, the SoC purportedly has 4P + 4E cores, 10 GPU cores, and 24 GB RAM.
- arstechnica.com Physicists achieve fusion with net energy gain for second time
Initial data shows an energy output greater than 3.5 megajoules.
- videocardz.com Intel's upcoming 24-core Core i9-14900K and 20-core Core i7-14700K spotted early in first benchmark - VideoCardz.com
Intel Core i9-14900K and i7-14007K It appears that the Intel 14th Gen Core series might be just around the corner. Today marks the beginning of Intel’s new desktop leaks, as the first glimpse of Raptor Lake Refresh appears in Bapco software. The updated CPU series, designed for the LGA1700 soc...
- stackdiary.com Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. recently updated its Terms of Service to encompass what some critics are calling a significant invasion of user privacy.
- www.vice.com Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing
Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.
- www.techspot.com AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Re-Review
Let's pretend for a minute it's 2022 again, and the Radeon RX 7900 XT is just getting released. But in this scenario, the GPU is introduced with...
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TSMC to decide in favour of German factory on Tuesday
www.reuters.com TSMC to decide in favour of German factory on Tuesday - HandelsblattTaiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC's board of directors will decide in favour of building a factory in the German city of Dresden, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Monday, citing government sources.
- blog.ucsusa.org In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electricity Over Gasoline in Record Numbers
One in four new cars sold in the state last quarter were plug-in electric cars and trucks.
- www.theguardian.com ‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects?
It’s revolutionising building – but could AI kill off an entire profession? Perhaps not, finds our writer, as he enters a world where Corbusier-style marvels and 500-room hotels are just a click away
- www.businessinsider.com 40% of business leaders think recent Gen Z college graduates aren't prepared to enter the workforce, new survey says — and some said they won't even hire them
40% of business leaders in a new survey indicated recent Gen Z college grads are unprepared for the workplace. Some recommended "etiquette classes."
- www.bbc.com Chandrayaan-3: Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface
If Chandrayaan-3 succeeds, India will be the first country to land near the Moon's little-explored south pole.
- apnews.com Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise
The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.
- www.reuters.com US scientists repeat fusion ignition breakthrough for 2nd time
U.S. scientists have achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said on Sunday.
- www.theguardian.com US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility achieved the feat using lasers to fuse two atoms
- www.techspot.com Repairability vs reliability: Apple argues that removable batteries add a potential failure point to phones
In an interview with Orbit about sustainability, John Ternus, senior VP of hardware engineering at Apple, said they want to focus on making sure customers have easy...
- www.businessinsider.com In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black
Facial recognition software has always had trouble telling Black people apart, yet police departments are still using it.
- nypost.com End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work
The tech company blew up as one of the main means of communication for people forced to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lenovo may enter handheld games market with 'Legion Go' console
www.cnet.com Lenovo May Enter Handheld Games Market With 'Legion Go' ConsoleThere might be another PC handheld in the works, according to a report.
- www.jpl.nasa.gov NASA Helps Spot Wine Grape Disease From Skies Above California
In a case study, scientists detected the costly infection in cabernet sauvignon grapevines before they showed symptoms visible to the human eye.
- www.businessinsider.com Thousands of employees in the US Department of the Interior are using accounts that are easily hacked
The Interior Department is tasked with protecting the country's natural resources, like gas pipelines. Hundreds of its senior officers even used "password-1234" on their accounts.
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This new factory will turn CO2 into sustainable jet fuel. Startup Twelve broke ground on a commercial-scale facility in Washington state, which it says will be the first in the country to make sust...
www.canarymedia.com This new factory will turn CO2 into sustainable jet fuelStartup Twelve broke ground on a commercial-scale facility in Washington state, which it says will be the first in the country to make sustainable aviation fuel from CO2.
- www.businessinsider.com Many Americans think NASA returning to the moon is a waste of time and it should prioritize asteroid hunting instead, a poll shows
Americans like NASA, but don't support their funding going towards moon missions, according to new polls.
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Global ransomware attacks at an all-time high and the US is the primary target
www.engadget.com Global ransomware attacks at an all-time high and the US is the primary target | EngadgetGlobal ransomware attacks are on the rise, according to a report issued by Malwarebytes.
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Self-healing plastic becomes biodegradable / Greater environmental compatibility thanks to new basic building block that can be produced with the help of microorganisms and is completely biodegradable
www.chemeurope.com Self-healing plastic becomes biodegradable - Greater environmental compatibility thanks to new basic building block that can be produced with the help of microorganisms and is completely biodegradableKonstanz chemists develop mineral plastics with numerous positive properties from sustainable basic building blocks and, together with biologists, demonstrate the material's excellent microbiologi ...
- www.wired.com Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.