Would you like a warning before the world ends? Well, itâs now possible. Extraluminal is an Internet of Things (IoT) device that will notify you an hour before the Earth is about to be destroyed by a supernova. What is a supernova? Supernova N49 was photographed in 2006. Image credit:  NASAâs Marshall Space Flight Center A supernova refers to âthe cataclysmic explosion of a massive star at the end of... Read more âș
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If you think dead spider robots are something straight out of a horror movie (or your worst nightmares), I have some news for you. Mechanical engineers from Rice University have actually turned spider cadavers into what they call ânecrobots,â able to function as mechanical grippers. Whatâs ânecrobotics?â The use of animal characteristics or components to create robotic systems isnât a novelty in research. Think of bio-inspired and biohybrid robots. On... Read more âș
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When was the last time you really thought about your personal brand? Last month? Last year? Never? Contrary to popular opinion, branding isnât just for large companies or promising startups. As a professional in 2022, personal branding should be right at the top of your priority list. Your personal brand is all about how you present yourself to the world. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos hit the nail on the head... Read more âș
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The chance of someone being killed by space junk falling from the sky may seem ridiculously tiny. After all, nobody has yet died from such an accident, though there have been instances of injury and damage to property. But given that we are launching an increasing number of satellites, rockets, and probes into space, do we need to start taking the risk more seriously? A new study, published in Nature... Read more âș
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Netflix is having a miserable year. The streaming giant shed 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 â its first loss in more than a decade â and dropped around 1 million more in quarter two. The companyâs woes have sparked concerns that video streaming is dying, but research suggests that thereâs plenty of life left in the sector. A May study by Hub Entertainment Research estimated that 89%... Read more âș
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Earlier this month, Ukraine launched a campaign to assemble the worldâs first âArmy of Drones.â It called on the international community to donate funds towards new drones or to âdronateâ their own recreational and commercial drones. Thatâs because Ukraineâs military doesnât have an official drone unit, so drones supplied and funded globally will play a critical part in protecting the country against Russian occupation. The initiative is facilitated by President... Read more âș
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We are currently at the peak of the holiday season, but instead of drinking cocktails on the beach, hiking the mountains ,and enjoying what life has to offer, a surprising number of people are reluctant to take time out from work. Recent research shows one in five people in Ireland do not take their full annual leave entitlement. And in the UK, two in five workers have taken less leave... Read more âș
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Between 2000 and 2018, the number of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) manufactured was multiplied by 80. In 2018, 66% of them were used in electric vehicles (EVs). The planned development of electric mobility will increase demand for batteries, with the International Energy Agency estimating that between 2019 and 2030, battery demand will grow 17-fold. This situation raises many questions related to the materials used to manufacture these batteries: what resources are... Read more âș
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In the last few years, Egyptâs startup ecosystem has become one of the most vibrant on the continent, presenting rapid growth potential for the near future. According to a recent report by Startup Genome, Cairo, the countryâs bustling capital, marked an overall increase of 60% in VC funding rounds over the past five years, and in 2021, saw a 156% increase in total VC funding rounds compared to 2020. Walking... Read more âș
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As we enter a new era defined by artificial intelligence and machine learning, the very foundation of many modern technologies is being put under a microscope by policymakers. That foundation? Data. Data is required for the refinement of most cutting-edge technology, and it will only become more important in future as we develop more sophisticated AI and ML models, fueled by richer, higher quality data sets. However, there are strict... Read more âș
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âTechnology is a bridge between us all. Together we are European tech, united.â These were TNW CEO Myrthe van der Erveâs words during the opening ceremony of TNW Conference 2022. âTech is evolving,â she says. âTo stay ahead, we need to discover the next in tech, now.â Those words are more than idealism, and carry real urgency. We seem to be hopping from health to political to economic crisis. And... Read more âș
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For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a âchemical imbalanceâ in the brain â namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does not support it. Although first proposed in the 1960s, the serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted by the pharmaceutical industry in the 1990s in association with... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by DragoÈ Strainu. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. From my experience at hackathons, I understand that itâs not just about winning first place. You participate to learn something new, make connections and have fun. During my first hackathons, I... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Syk Houdeib. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. The worst thing about the imposter syndrome is that it manages to convince you itâs real, even when you know itâs not. Hereâs how imposter syndrome affected me in my first... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by (author name and link to bio). .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Everyone working as a software developer has experienced it at some point. There comes a time when you lose motivation for coding because, at the moment, you... Read more âș
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This article contains spoilers for the 1973 film âSoylent Green.â Itâs a hot AI summer out here for everyone who has even the slightest interest in putting the âartâ in artificial intelligence. Iâm talking about DALL-E 2 and OpenAIâs announcement that its incredible text-to-art generator would be entering a closed-beta. Most exciting of all: an additional one million people will gain access to DALL-E 2. Woohoo! Letâs do a cartwheel.... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on Built In by Alexander Lewis. What is jargon, anyway? In a literal sense, jargon is simply a word or phrase that requires specialized knowledge for the reader to understand. For our purposes â which include helping people at technical companies write clearly about their offerings â that definition isnât practical. Most of us only think of the word âjargonâ in a negative sense. Itâs... Read more âș
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Scrolling down Facebookâs home page is sometimes messy â you canât find the post you saw before and youâre bombarded with often unrelated content. But, finally, things are changing. In a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the platform is introducing a feature that lets users customize and control the content they see. With the new Feeds tab, you can see the most recent posts from your selected categories: Friends,... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on Built In by the Co-founders of Calamity AI The script starts simply enough: A couple is at the end of dinner. Conversation winds down, the wine is almost finished. After a silence, the man says he wants to play a game. Enter artificial intelligence. Does AI dream of writing screenplays? UsingGPT-3, we developed a short film script called Date Night. Tired of off-kilter AI... Read more âș
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A team of scientists in China recently used whatâs essentially the quantum physics version of stage magic to demonstrate just how brittle our concept of reality is. Abracadabra, you donât really exist. Up front: The big idea in play here is called âquantum advantage.â Typically we hear about this in the world of quantum computing. There, quantum advantage is the hypothetical point at which a quantum computer can outperform any... Read more âș
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