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China has activated the world's most advanced hypergravity machine to advance studies in geological processes, material behavior, and deep-sea energy exploration. Located in Hangzhou, The Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) will be able to produce forces thousands of times stronger than Earth's gravity. Interesting Engineering reports: The facility will house three primary hypergravity centrifuges and 18 onboard units. These centrifuges, machines designed to spin conta
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Amsterdam-based Celebratix, a blockchain ticketing startup, announced on Tuesday that has secured €1.1M in investments from numerous Dutch serial entrepreneurs, the Swedish VC uBIT, and the UK business angel Justin Rees. The Dutch company backed by Solana will use the funds to expand internationally, particularly in Sweden and the United Kingdom. “We are beyond excited ... Read more Read more ›
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Victoria Kjær Theilvig is the first Miss Denmark to win Miss Universe in the pageant's history. She's also the first blond to win since 2004. Read more ›
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"I personally think that there will only be seven major car companies that will exist in the coming 10 years," said He Xiaopeng, the founder of Xpeng. Read more ›
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Beyoncé will perform songs off "Cowboy Carter" during Netflix's Christmas NFL gameday. Read more ›
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Heim Health, a software platform dedicated to at-home healthcare delivery, has raised €2.65 million in a seed round led by Heal Capital, with participation from Form Ventures, Portfolio Ventures, and Houghton Street Ventures to revive community-based healthcare through a tech-led, scalable model of delivery. Originally known as Ally Health, Heim Health was founded by Kelly Klifa, ... Read more ›
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Home security systems don't have to be expensive. Here are CNET's top picks for the best affordable DIY home security systems. Read more ›
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"Now I'm 64, you know, and the youngest is 6, and I need a long stint in a sanatorium or an abbey," Hugh Grant said about having his five kids later in life. Read more ›
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The Biden administration is trying to shore up its CHIPS Act funding agreements before Donald Trump takes office. Read more ›
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OpenAI's head of product, Nick Turley, shared five hacks for the many added features in the chatbot's latest model, GPT-4o. Read more ›
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Companies registered in EU nations by year-end will be able to operate in those countries while they secure licenses under MiCA regulations that take effect at the end of the year. Read more ›
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These days, Cher — now 78 — prefers dating younger men. She has a 40-year age gap with her boyfriend, Alexander Edwards. Read more ›
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Russia's high casualty rate this year indicates that 100,000 troops would only be enough to replace three months of losses. Read more ›
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ZTE has outed a new mid-range smartphone today, the Blade V70, which is now listed on the company's international website. The Blade V70 comes with a 6.7-inch 720x1600 LCD screen with 120 Hz refresh rate, a 2 GHz octa-core CPU from an unnamed chipset, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of expandable storage, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor embedded in the power button, and a 5,000 mAh battery with support for 22.5W wired... Read more ›
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SuperScale has raised $1.2 million in its latest funding round to launch its data analytics SuperPlatform for gaming businesses. Read more ›
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In a research note with Hong Kong-based investment bank Haitong today, obtained by MacRumors, Apple analyst Jeff Pu said he agrees with a recent rumor claiming that the so-called "iPhone 17 Air" will be around 6mm thick. If that measurement proves to be accurate, there would be a few noteworthy aspects. First, the iPhone 17 Air could become the thinnest iPhone ever, coming in under the current 6.9mm record held... Read more ›
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The market assigns a very low probability of ether challenging its year-to-date high of around $4,000 by the end of December. Read more ›
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Bluesky saw a surge in new users following the election, with many praising the feeling on the social media site as being similar to "old Twitter." Read more ›
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Bluesky, the social network surging in popularity, says it has "no intention" of training AI tools on users content. "The social network made the announcement on the same day that X (formerly Twitter) is implementing its new terms of service that allow the platform to use public posts to train AI," notes TechCrunch. From the report: "A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we... Read more ›
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40% of AI data centers will face operational constraints due to power shortages by 2027 as AI drives unprecedented energy consumption, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. Data center power requirements for AI-optimized servers are projected to reach 500 terawatt-hours annually by 2027, more than double 2023 levels, as companies rapidly expand facilities to handle large language model training and implementation. The surge in power demand will outpace utility providers'... Read more ›
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Major retailers are considering embedding radio-emitting threads into clothing as a novel anti-theft measure amid soaring retail crime rates, according to Bloomberg, citing industry sources. The technology, developed by Spanish firm Myruns, uses conductive ink derived from cellulose to create threads five times thinner than human hair that can trigger security alarms. Zara owner Inditex has discussed implementing the system, though the company says it has no plans for in-store... Read more ›
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AMD has announced plans to cut 4% of its global workforce as it repositions to compete in the AI chip market dominated by Nvidia. The layoffs will affect approximately 1,040 employees of its 26,000-strong workforce reported at the end of 2023. CNBC adds: AMD produces powerful AI accelerators for data centers, including the MI300X, which companies such as Meta and Microsoft purchase as an alternative to Nvidia-based systems. But Nvidia... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader DaPhil writes: I taught myself to code at 12 years old in the 90s and I've always liked the back-and-forth with the runtime to achieve the right result. I recently got back from other roles to code again, and when starting a new project last year, I decided to give the new "AI assistants" a go. My initial surprise at the quality and the speed you can... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: After dragging its feet for years, Microsoft has finally released the first official Windows 11 ISOs for PCs with an Arm64 processor. This means users can now clean install Windows 11 using official offline media on an Arm64-based PC, including the latest Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs. The ISOs contain version 24H2 can be downloaded from the official Microsoft website, and are around 5GB in... Read more ›
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Mark Rainey: Engineers are currently debugging why the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is 15 billions miles away, turned off its main radio and switched to a backup radio that hasn't been used in over forty years! I've had some tricky debugging issues in the past, including finding compiler bugs and debugging code with no debugger that had been burnt into prom packs for terminals, however I have huge admiration for... Read more ›
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British telecom Virgin Media O2 has deployed an AI tool to combat phone scammers by wasting their time with fake conversations, the company said. The AI system, named Daisy, uses voice synthesis to mimic an elderly woman and engages fraudsters in lengthy discussions about fictitious family members or provides false bank details, keeping them occupied for up to 40 minutes per call. Virgin Media O2 embedded phone numbers connected to... Read more ›
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China's Chang'e-6 mission made history by retrieving the first surface samples from the moon's far side, revealing evidence of volcanic activity spanning 1.4 billion years. Reuters reports: Researchers said on Friday the soil brought back from the Chang'e-6 landing site contained fragments of volcanic rock - basalt - dating to 4.2 billion years ago and to 2.8 billion years ago. This points to a long period of volcanic activity -... Read more ›
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Microsoft is planning to no longer support the Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps later this year. The Verge: The software giant has been moving existing users of these apps over to the new Outlook for Windows app in recent months, and now it has set an end of support date for the Mail, Calendar, and People apps of December 31st. Once the apps reach end of support later this... Read more ›
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