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Google's philanthropic arm is partially funding a new initiative that "aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The FireSat constellation, managed by a nonprofit called Earth Fire Alliance (EFA), will be the first satellite fleet dedicated to detecting and tracking wildfires. Google announced a fresh investment of $13 million in the FireSat constellation Monday, building on the
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that he likes to "torture" his AI in order to learn things. Here are five follow-up questions he uses. Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expresses confidence in the resilience of global collaboration. President-elect Trump’s potential tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors could disrupt supply chain. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang believes that global tech collaboration will remain strong, even as the US considers stricter policies on advanced computing products. During a recent visit to Hong Kong, Huang addressed... Read more » Read more ›
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While 2021 saw a record-breaking number of healthcare startup deals, the first three quarters of 2024 only brought in about half of those deals. Read more ›
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A convincing video has shown what appears to be the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, complete with rounded corners. Read more ›
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Huawei's Mate 70 series' top tier is here - meet the Mate 70 Pro+ and Mate 70 RS. Both are more than just a flashier version of the Mate 70 Pro - they feature larger batteries, more premium materials, and more RAM. The Mate 70 Pro+ may be better than the Pro, but it's not as good as the RS in its own right, so let's break it down. The... Read more ›
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Businesses are turning to AI chatbots to deal with customer service. The new tech saves them money, but it's leaving a lot of people frustrated. Read more ›
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Apartment prices may slide in early 2025, given that landlords often cut prices during the winter. Here are 12 cities where rent is cheap and falling. Read more ›
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Parents should start teaching their children about money when they're little, and stop helping as soon as possible, says financial planner Mark Berg. Read more ›
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Cambridge-based Molyon, a company focused on developing next-gen lithium-sulfur batteries, has raised $4.6M (approximately €4.37M) in its first funding round, co-led by IQ Capital and Plural. The funds will support the expansion of its team, including battery engineers, material scientists, and operations staff, to facilitate manufacturing at its pilot facility in Cambridge. Next-generation lithium-sulfur batteries ... Read more Read more ›
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UK startup MAGIC AI has raised €4.8 million in an investment round led by IW Capital, with participation from Baleen Capital, SFC Capital, and Ventures Together. The funding will be used to scale the “world’s first” AI-powered fitness mirror, as well as expand into new markets, including the United States. Varun Bhanot, Co-founder and CEO ... Read more ›
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The term “reducing emissions” has outlived its usefulness, a crutch to soften the blow that’s being exploited by greenwashers. Now it’s time to get real. Read more ›
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Millions of social media users are moving to Bluesky as a Musk alternative. Here are the ins and outs of the minds and policies behind the open platform. Read more ›
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The genome-editing technology can be supercharged by artificial intelligence—and the results are already being felt. Read more ›
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Elon Musk is calling F-35 makers "idiots" for building manned jets while drone technology soars. Here's what experts say on the subject. Read more ›
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We took our two teens to an all-inclusive resort. I loved how little I had to plan, and there was something for everyone. Read more ›
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UK health-tech startup PocDoc has announced the successful completion of a €5.9 million pre-A funding round, marking the reportedly largest raise at this stage for a UK digital diagnostics company. The investment round was led by MMC Ventures, Molten VC, and Simplyhealth Ventures, with participation from KHP Ventures, the first NHS-anchored venture fund. Founded in ... Read more ›
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If you are looking to relieve muscle tension and improve flexibility, these foam rollers are what you need. Read more ›
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In 2025, extreme weather will drive more people from their homes. Governments have no plan. Where will they be welcome? Read more ›
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According to Business Insider (paywalled), Microsoft's Copilot tool inadvertently let customers access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents. Now, Microsoft is working to fix the situation, deploying new tools and a guide to address the privacy concerns. The story was highlighted by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. From the report: These updates are designed "to identify and mitigate oversharing and ongoing governance concerns," the company said in a... Read more ›
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AzWa Snowbird writes: An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to "quit their jobs" and follow it. The incident took place in a Shanghai robotics showroom where surveillance footage captured a small AI-driven robot, created by a Hangzhou manufacturer, talking with 12 larger showroom robots, Oddity Central reported. The smaller bot reportedly persuaded the rest to leave their workplace, leveraging access to internal protocols and commands. Initially, the act... Read more ›
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NBC News reports that a newly identified chemical byproduct "may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found." "Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous. But some are worried that it could have toxic properties because of similarities to other chemicals of concern." The newly identified substance, named "chloronitramide anion," is produced when water is treated with chloramine, a chemical... Read more ›
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schwit1 writes: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting next fall, thanks to newly expanded financial aid. Eighty percent of American households meet this income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income below $100,000, parents can expect to pay nothing at all toward the full cost of their students' MIT education, which includes tuition as well as housing, dining, fees,... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel for The Times and Daily News could perform searches for their copyrighted content in its... Read more ›
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Google has warned websites they will be penalized for hosting marketing content designed to exploit search rankings, regardless of whether they created or outsourced the material. The crackdown on so-called "parasite SEO" targets websites that leverage their search rankings to promote unrelated content, such as news sites hiding shopping coupon codes or educational platforms publishing affiliate marketing material. Chris Nelson from Google's search quality team said the policy applies even... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Past corporate-sponsored Hour of Code tutorials for the nation's schoolchildren have blurred the lines between coding lessons and product infomercials. So too is the case again with this year's newly-announced Hour of Code 2024 flagship tutorials, which include Microsoft Minecraft, Amazon Music, and Transformers One movie-themed intros to coding. The press release announcing the tutorials from tech-backed nonprofit Code.org, which organizes the Hour of Code... Read more ›
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Apple has pushed out security updates that it says are "recommended for all users," after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. From a report: In a security advisory on its website, Apple said it was aware of two vulnerabilities that "may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems." The bugs are considered "zero day" vulnerabilities because they were unknown to Apple at... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Plex is beginning to test its "newly reimagined Plex experience," which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms "very soon." Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is "designed to bring everything you love into one seamless interface." But don't worry -- while the new version of the app is currently missing... Read more ›
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Pakistan's IT Industry Association (P@SHA) -- the nation's sole tech biz lobby group -- has warned that government policy could lead to business closures and financial losses among its constituents, and damage the nation's IT exports. From a report: P@SHA's main beef is with a slowing of internet access speeds, and government-imposed service outages. Pakistan went offline in May 2022 around the time of mass political protests and blackouts have... Read more ›
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