🧱 Brick by Brick //
Energy Vault's gravity energy storage system, using dirt bricks lifted and lowered by cranes, offers a cost-effective solution for renewable energy storage.
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Energy Vault's gravity energy storage system, using dirt bricks lifted and lowered by cranes, offers a cost-effective solution for renewable energy storage.
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Facility stores energy with 24-ton brick lift system
Energy Vault, a Swiss startup, has begun building two facilities in Texas and near Shanghai to test energy storage using 24-metric-ton bricks made of compressed dirt.
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🌔 ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 //
A private Japanese spacecraft could be the first to successfully land on the moon today, potentially marking a historic moment in space exploration.
Today will be the first attempt to land on the moon carrying UAE rover. It will be livestreamed.
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A private Japanese spacecraft could be the first to successfully land on the moon today, potentially marking a historic moment in space exploration.
Today will be the first attempt to land on the moon carrying UAE rover. It will be livestreamed.
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Private Japanese spacecraft makes first attempt to land on the moon carrying UAE rover
Launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander has been orbiting the moon since April 12 and will soon begin its landing sequence.
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👁 Opera One //
Opera has released a preview of its redesigned browser, Opera One, which will be launched for all platforms later this year.
Opera One will provide users with a more liquid and effortless browsing experience. It is fully adapted to generative AI features.
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Opera has released a preview of its redesigned browser, Opera One, which will be launched for all platforms later this year.
Opera One will provide users with a more liquid and effortless browsing experience. It is fully adapted to generative AI features.
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It's Wednesday! What's new?
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// iOS 17 to bring new Lock Screen & Apple Music updates
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// Bing receives information about your browsing activity from Microsoft Edge
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🍏 Your Personal AI Health Guru //
Apple is launching a new AI health coach, "Quartz," and other health-focused tools like iPad Health app, emotion tracker, and noninvasive blood glucose monitoring to improve user health.
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Apple is launching a new AI health coach, "Quartz," and other health-focused tools like iPad Health app, emotion tracker, and noninvasive blood glucose monitoring to improve user health.
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Apple building paid AI health coach
It is possible that it could be released next year under the codename 'Quartz'.
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🔬 Scaling the Impossible Burger //
Lab-grown meat scaling is challenging, and hybrid products may be a better alternative, but significant obstacles remain.
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Lab-grown meat scaling is challenging, and hybrid products may be a better alternative, but significant obstacles remain.
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The significant issue with lab-grown meat
Lab-grown meat companies face a daunting challenge in scaling up and breaking into the mainstream market, despite receiving billions in investment, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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🌔 ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 // A private Japanese spacecraft could be the first to successfully land on the moon today, potentially marking a historic moment in space exploration. Today will be the first attempt to land on the moon carrying UAE rover. It…
😢 A hard landing on the Moon’s surface //
HAKUTO-R Lunar Lander fails to touchdown on the Moon.
The lander was in a vertical position as it carried out the final approach to the lunar surface, it almost succeeded, but shortly after the scheduled landing time, the connection was lost.
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HAKUTO-R Lunar Lander fails to touchdown on the Moon.
The lander was in a vertical position as it carried out the final approach to the lunar surface, it almost succeeded, but shortly after the scheduled landing time, the connection was lost.
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HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander experiences communication loss during final approach
Shortly after the scheduled landing time, no data was received indicating a touchdown.
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🤓 A summaries tool on Artifact //
Artifact, the news app launched by Instagram's co-founders, has introduced a new AI feature that can summarize articles.
The style of the summary can be selected by users, including “Explain Like I’m Five,” “Emoji,” “Poem,” and “Gen Z".
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Artifact, the news app launched by Instagram's co-founders, has introduced a new AI feature that can summarize articles.
The style of the summary can be selected by users, including “Explain Like I’m Five,” “Emoji,” “Poem,” and “Gen Z".
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Artifact introduces AI feature that summarizes articles in different tones
The feature can generate article summaries in different tones including “Explain Like I’m Five,” “Emoji,” “Poem,” and “Gen Z”.
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🚫 Microsoft x Activision //
UK Regulator blocks Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, stating that 'Microsoft would find it commercially beneficial to make Activision’s games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service'.
Microsoft plans to appeal the decision.
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UK Regulator blocks Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, stating that 'Microsoft would find it commercially beneficial to make Activision’s games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service'.
Microsoft plans to appeal the decision.
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UK Regulator blocks Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft plans to appeal the decision.
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🇪🇺 Off the DSA package // In the last six months, Telegram's audience in the EU was 38.5 million people, or 8.5% of the population, which is not enough to fall under the Digital Services Act (DSA) in the EU. The law, which will come into force next year…
🇪🇺 Regulation versus Big Tech algorithms //
The European Union has unveiled the list of platforms subjected to the strictest level of regulation under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
So far, the list includes 19 platforms.
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The European Union has unveiled the list of platforms subjected to the strictest level of regulation under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
So far, the list includes 19 platforms.
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The European Union has unveiled the list of platforms subjected to the strictest level of regulation under the Digital Services…
All platforms listed will be required to analyze and report potential issues related to the use of algorithms and AI.
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Thursday! What's up?
// Google halts malware targeting sensitive data of Chrome users
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// Phone Link for iOS: iMessage and more finally comes to Windows with global rollout
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// Google halts malware targeting sensitive data of Chrome users
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👶 Age Ain't Just a Number //
The "Protecting Kids on Social Media Act" requires age verification and sets rules for minors while testing a nationwide verification system.
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The "Protecting Kids on Social Media Act" requires age verification and sets rules for minors while testing a nationwide verification system.
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New bill mandates age verification on social media
The implementation of the 'Protecting Kids on Social Media Act' would entail a comprehensive reassessment of the online behavior of both adults and children.
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📡 From Space to Your Hand //
AST SpaceMobile linked two smartphones via its satellite, opening up the possibility of global cellular connectivity in remote areas without cell towers.
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AST SpaceMobile linked two smartphones via its satellite, opening up the possibility of global cellular connectivity in remote areas without cell towers.
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AT&T satellite picks up phone signals from space
A historic telephone conversation has taken place between Texas and Japan, which has the potential to pave the way for a space-based cellular network that can be accessed worldwide.
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💸 In chips they trust //
Samsung's operating profit droped 95 percent to $478.6 million, according to the company`s Q1 2023 report. This is the lowest result in 14 years.
Samsung hopes that the chip business will start to pick up in the second half of this year, as existing inventories are expected to have run down.
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Samsung's operating profit droped 95 percent to $478.6 million, according to the company`s Q1 2023 report. This is the lowest result in 14 years.
Samsung hopes that the chip business will start to pick up in the second half of this year, as existing inventories are expected to have run down.
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Samsung has announced a huge loss of $3.4 billion from its memory chip division for Q1 2023
The losses resulted from falling demand and high inventories, according to Bloomberg.
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🌚 Oxygen from lunar dirt //
NASA scientists have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a "dirty" chamber that mimics the conditions on the Moon's surface.
In addition to using it for breathing, oxygen could also be utilized as a propellant for vehicles, allowing visitors to the moon to stay there longer and travel further.
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NASA scientists have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a "dirty" chamber that mimics the conditions on the Moon's surface.
In addition to using it for breathing, oxygen could also be utilized as a propellant for vehicles, allowing visitors to the moon to stay there longer and travel further.
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NASA scientists successfully extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil
NASA recently achieved a significant milestone towards the establishment of a human presence on the Moon as part of its Artemis program.
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Happy Friday! What's up?
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// Podcasts now available on YouTube Music
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💔 Love's Betrayal //
Hackers breached dating sites CityJerks and TruckerSucker, compromising sensitive user data, including weakly encrypted passwords, which is now being advertised on a hacking forum.
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Hackers breached dating sites CityJerks and TruckerSucker, compromising sensitive user data, including weakly encrypted passwords, which is now being advertised on a hacking forum.
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Private messages and emails stolen by hackers from hookup websites
A data breach expert reports that personal data, including email addresses and direct messages, has been stolen from users of two dating websites by hackers.
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🎬 The AI Script-Master //
Joe Russo believes AI can democratize storytelling and empower creators, but acknowledges potential drawbacks and uncertainty over its ability to replace human filmmakers.
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Joe Russo believes AI can democratize storytelling and empower creators, but acknowledges potential drawbacks and uncertainty over its ability to replace human filmmakers.
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Marvel director: AI-generated films in 2 years
Joe Russo, the director of Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame," shared his thoughts on AI's potential impact on the film industry in a recent panel interview with Collider. He believes that it will take only two years for AI to create a full-length movie.
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⏱ Hey Siri //
According to a new report from The Information, Apple's Siri and AI teams are facing major organizational dysfunction and a lack of ambition, which has led to the company falling behind its competitors in AI technology.
Even the company's Reality Pro headset team has reportedly considered building alternative methods for controlling the headset with voice technology due to frustrations with Siri.
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According to a new report from The Information, Apple's Siri and AI teams are facing major organizational dysfunction and a lack of ambition, which has led to the company falling behind its competitors in AI technology.
Even the company's Reality Pro headset team has reportedly considered building alternative methods for controlling the headset with voice technology due to frustrations with Siri.
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Apple's Siri future is in question
As per the latest report, Apple's Siri and AI teams are facing major organizational dysfunction and a lack of ambition.
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📟 For fun //
One enthusiast created a thread of unreleased, cancelled, and prototype phones.
From the first ever prototype of an Android phone, through Nokia's super small smartphone, to unreleased cosmic Nokia 7700. Some are cool, some - weird. Look how the development progressed.
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One enthusiast created a thread of unreleased, cancelled, and prototype phones.
From the first ever prototype of an Android phone, through Nokia's super small smartphone, to unreleased cosmic Nokia 7700. Some are cool, some - weird. Look how the development progressed.
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One enthusiast tweeted a thread of unreleased gadgets or cancelled prototypes from the past
From the first ever prototype of an Android phone, through Nokia's super small smartphone, to unreleased cosmic Nokia 7700.
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🐕 A dog that doesn't bark but speaks //
Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot gains voice capabilities to answer questions posed by its human handlers.
A team of programmers has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Text-to-Speech voice modulation into the robot dog.
Here is a video how they programmed Spot to verbally answer questions and even add amusing gestures to its answers.
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Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot gains voice capabilities to answer questions posed by its human handlers.
A team of programmers has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Text-to-Speech voice modulation into the robot dog.
Here is a video how they programmed Spot to verbally answer questions and even add amusing gestures to its answers.
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