✨ "Astra Carta" seal

LoveFrom, the design firm led by Jony Ive, has created a new seal →  for the UK's outer space sustainability initiative.

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🤪 Oops

Sony's highly confidential data accidentally come to light →  thanks to a marker and a scanner.

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🧠 Free-to-use data

OpenAI faces class-action lawsuit → accused of using 'stolen' personal data to train ChatGPT.

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🦾 Welcome to the Cyborg Era with Jizai Arms

Inspired by traditional Japanese puppet theatre and a haunting tale, these wearable robotic arms → developed by Masahiko Inami's team at the University of Tokyo, aim to embody the concept of "jizai" – autonomy and the freedom to please oneself. Not meant to rival humans, but rather to serve as a tool, these arms support and enhance our creative potential.

With the potential to aid individuals with disabilities and assist in search-and-rescue missions, they aim to bridge the gap between humans and machines and foster a symbiotic relationship similar to that between a musician and their instrument.

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🚕 Air taxi

Joby Aviation receives FAA approval for flight testing → of production air taxi, nearing launch of commercial service

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💥 Combining the best of Twitter and Instagram

Meta's Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly appeared → on Google Play, offering a glimpse of the upcoming app, and then disappeared.

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🇦🇪 Tasty Dubai

In total, the UAE catering market represents more than 70 types of kitchens, according to the geo-service Urbi. Find out → what is the most popular format among cafes and restaurants that operate in Dubai and the UAE as a whole.

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🥹 Has anyone seen EVE?

This is no longer a computer-animated sci-fi romance film. WALL-E has landed at the Coatings Science International Conference → to present robotics in the sweetest and best possible way.

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👁‍🗨 NYT: Is FSB tracking everyone, everywhere?

The New York Times published → an article about the comprehensive surveillance by Russian intelligence agencies of users on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram using DPI technologies.

Durov’s Code reached out to the Telegram team and received a comment on this matter:

«While no popular messaging app provides a complete defense from attempts to identify users via DPI, Telegram has developed several technologies to better protect its users from this threat, such as obfuscating its traffic, the ability for users to schedule messages and tunnel their traffic through built-in proxy servers, and additional privacy options, such as disabling peer-to-peer voice calls and turning off "last seen" timestamps. These measures, in addition to using a VPN, significantly decrease the risks posed by DPI.

While Telegram is better equipped than any other mass-market tool to withstand such DPI techniques, we advise activists living in authoritarian regimes to use the tools developed by Telegram and VPN providers to minimize the risks».

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😋 Mmm, yummy!

Do you know what is the most popular fast food in Dubai? Check it out →

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🪙 Over $1M in fines

Swedish privacy watchdog issues fines for Google Analytics → data breach, warns other companies to stop using the tool.

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🤖 M4 Robot: Mobility and Versatility

Alireza Ramezani, the developer of → the M4 Robot, aimed to expand the boundaries of robot locomotion by creating a system that demonstrates exceptional mobility with a wide range of different modes of movement.

The design of the M4 Robot is scalable and can support self-contained operations with payload capacities. Additionally, the robot utilizes onboard sensors and computers for fully autonomous multi-modal path planning.

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🇦🇪 The first license for self-driving vehicles

Chinese WeRide receives UAE license → for self-driving vehicles. The permit allows WeRide to test autonomous vehicles on UAE roads.

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