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Astronomers have discovered a newly identified asteroid that has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032, though the most likely scenario is a close miss. Designated as 2024 YR4, the asteroid measures in at 196 feet wide and is currently 27 million miles away. Space.com reports: The near-Earth object (NEO) discovered in 2024, which is around half as wide as a football field is long, will make a very close approach to Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. It's estimated to come within around 66,000 miles (
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My son is all-in on Xbox. On the TV he only plays Xbox. He prefers the Xbox UI and services (not that he'd use that term, he's not a robot), the Xbox controller, and the fact that he has Game Pass on there. He has multiple Xbox hoodies and bemoaned the lack of an Xbox birthday cake in the supermarket that was selling a PlayStation-branded one. When I ask him... Read more ›
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Apple is in the final stages of selecting a key supplier for its next-generation foldable display technology, according to a new report from the Naver blog account "yeux1122," citing a source within Apple's supply chain. According to the report, Apple has maintained strict technical requirements for potential suppliers, focusing on maintaining current industry standards for thickness, size, and curvature radius while demanding significant improvements in durability and crease prevention. Some... Read more ›
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Within moments of Donald Trump announcing his new coin, traders made high-value bets that quickly paid off. Did they have an edge? Read more ›
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Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the company's Q4 2024 earnings call that Apple Intelligence will soon support eight additional languages, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese. An update coming in April, likely as part of iOS 18.4, will also bring localized English support for users in India and Singapore, said Cook. Apple Intelligence is currently limited to English-speaking regions including the United States, United... Read more ›
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The German arms manufacturer said it saw no indication the explosion was part of an attack. Read more ›
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ElevenLabs, an AI audio startup, announced on Thursday, January 30, that it has secured $180M (nearly €173.45M) in a Series C funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to $3.3B (nearly €3.18B). We had previously published the reported funding news, and the company has now confirmed the details. While the lead investors and valuation align with ... Read more Read more ›
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President Trump warned of new tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico as soon as February 1. Here's where his trade plans stand as the deadline nears. Read more ›
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Ridge Racer 64 is now available for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Read more Read more ›
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The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. Michael Whitaker stepped down as FAA administrator on January 20th, the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, after clashing with Elon Musk, who’s company SpaceX is regulated by the agency. Musk publicly […] Read more ›
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Samsung's next foldable phones could be a lot like its current ones from what we've heard so far. Read more ›
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Just weeks after it looked like a Sleeping Dogs film would never materialise, Marvel star Simu Liu has suddenly revealed his involvement in still making one happen. Read more Read more ›
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You have less than 24 hours to secure the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra at an unbelievably low price. Read more ›
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Intel delays key Xeon data center processor amid massive losses — Clearwater Forest pushed back to 1H 2026 Read more ›
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In the name of love, couples make all sorts of arrangements, from which side of the bed each partner sleeps on to who does the food shopping and laundry. But, according to Ramit Sethi, author of Money for Couples, couples talk far less often about their finances. “I’ll tell you that most couples do not […] Read more ›
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These Amazon Prime Video movies are a reminder of how many titles are totally buried by the streamer. Check out our recommendations. Read more ›
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Berlin-based Nala Earth, a nature & biodiversity management platform, has raised €3.8M in funding. The round was led by European VC firm IRIS, with support from KOMPAS VC, Pale Blue Dot, and Founderful. The funding will be used to enhance its platform for corporate nature and biodiversity management, expand use cases, scale operations, and accelerate ... Read more Read more ›
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First smartphone-to-satellite video call made. No advanced phone hardware required. Step towards under-served regions getting better communication networks. Users of smartphones in areas where there is no network access may have cause for optimism, after the news that Vodafone claims to have made the world’s first video call via the satellite network. The call was... Read more » Read more ›
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Tensions were high inside Meta ahead of Mark Zuckerbergâs first all-hands meeting of the year. Employee-submitted questions for the CEO touched on a couple of big themes: concerns about his announcement that âlow-performersâ would be let go on February 10th, his MAGA-fueled changes to Metaâs content moderation policies and DEI programs, and his comment to […] Read more ›
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates told the NYT which of his tech predictions didn't go as expected, and what he's worried about. Read more ›
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After a deadly crash between a civilian jet and a military helicopter, officials are scrambling to figure out what caused the deaths of as many as 67 people. Donald Trump, however, isn’t waiting for evidence: The president on Thursday blamed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a Democrat, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at the […] Read more ›
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OpenAI says it has evidence suggesting Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used its proprietary models to train a competing open-source system through "distillation," a technique where smaller models learn from larger ones' outputs. The San Francisco-based company, along with partner Microsoft, blocked suspected DeepSeek accounts from accessing its API last year after detecting potential terms of service violations. DeepSeek's R1 reasoning model has achieved comparable results to leading U.S. models despite... Read more ›
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Nvidia has responded to the market panic over Chinese AI group DeepSeek, arguing that the startup's breakthrough still requires "significant numbers of NVIDIA GPUs" for its operation. The US chipmaker, which saw more than $600 billion wiped from its market value on Monday, characterized DeepSeek's advancement as "excellent" but asserted that the technology remains dependent on its hardware. "DeepSeek's work illustrates how new models can be created using [test time... Read more ›
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The UK is considering making households who only use streaming services such as Netflix and Disney pay the BBC license fee, as part of plans to modernize the way it funds the public-service broadcaster. Bloomberg: Extending the fee to streaming applications is on a menu of options being discussed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office, the Treasury and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, according to people familiar with... Read more ›
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Dangerous temperatures could kill 50% more people in Europe by the end of the century, a study has found, with the lives lost to stronger heat projected to outnumber those saved from milder cold. From a report: The researchers estimated an extra 8,000 people would die each year as a result of "suboptimal temperatures" even under the most optimistic scenario for cutting planet-heating pollution. The hottest plausible scenario they considered... Read more ›
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Garmin smartwatches are freezing in boot loops, users are reporting globally, with devices displaying a "blue triangle of death" when attempting GPS activities, affecting models across the Epix, Venu, Forerunner, Descent, and Fenix lines. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a Scientific American opinion piece by Marcus Arvan, a philosophy professor at the University of Tampa, specializing in moral cognition, rational decision-making, and political behavior: In late 2022 large-language-model AI arrived in public, and within months they began misbehaving. Most famously, Microsoft's "Sydney" chatbot threatened to kill an Australian philosophy professor, unleash a deadly virus and steal nuclear codes. AI developers, including Microsoft and OpenAI, respon Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Late last month, researchers revealed a finding that's likely to shock some people and confirm the low expectations of others: Renewable energy facilities throughout Central Europe use unencrypted radio signals to receive commands to feed or ditch power into or from the grid that serves some 450 million people throughout the continent. Fabian Braunlein and Luca Melette stumbled on their discovery... Read more ›
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Meta plans to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion this year to build out AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, joining a wave of Big Tech firms unveiling hefty investments to capitalize on the technology. From a report: As part of the investment, Meta will build a more than 2-gigawatt data center that would be large enough to cover a significant part of Manhattan. The company --... Read more ›
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Meta's AI chatbot will now use personal data from users' Facebook and Instagram accounts for personalized responses in the United States and Canada, the company said in a blog post. The upgraded Meta AI can remember user preferences from previous conversations across Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp, such as dietary choices and interests. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the feature helps create personalized content like bedtime stories based on his children's interests.... Read more ›
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Astronomers have discovered a newly identified asteroid that has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032, though the most likely scenario is a close miss. Designated as 2024 YR4, the asteroid measures in at 196 feet wide and is currently 27 million miles away. Space.com reports: The near-Earth object (NEO) discovered in 2024, which is around half as wide as a football field is long, will make... Read more ›
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