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1 year ago+30 30 0China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects
It is China's first major move against a US chip maker, as tensions increase between Beijing and Washington.
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1 year ago+21 21 0Helion announces world’s first fusion energy purchase agreement with Microsoft
Helion Energy (Helion) today announced an agreement to provide Microsoft electricity from its first fusion power plant. Constellation will serve as the power marketer and will manage transmission for the project. The plant is expected to be online by ...
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1 year ago+30 30 0Dubai Reefs: World’s largest ocean restoration project unveiled
URB, a developer of sustainable cities, has unveiled its plans for what is being billed as "the world’s largest ocean restoration project" on the Dubai coast, called Dubai Reefs.
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1 year ago+14 14 0Fossil fuel-funded group hits Democrats for choosing clean energy over oil and gas
The American Action Network has launched a six-figure advertisement campaign accusing four Democratic lawmakers of failing to lower energy prices and endangering national security by opposing a bill that would roll back environmental regulations and ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0Computer scientists ‘should require licences to develop AI’
Scientists should have licences to be allowed to develop AI products, the professional body for tech workers has urged. Rashik Parmar, chief executive of British Computer Society (BCS), the chartered institute for IT staff, made his comments after th ...
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1 year ago+27 27 0Gmail ads are getting more annoying
Gmail is getting more persistent advertisements that have started popping up in the middle of some users’ inboxes, as first reported by 9to5Google. Several screenshots posted to Twitter show promotional messages mixed in with actual emails on Gmail’s ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0That Old Jack Black Magic: As the Villain of ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie,’ the Actor Gives His Peachiest Performance in Years
I have a little ritual when it comes to animated films. I try to go into them not knowing who the cast members are. That’s not always possible, of course. For the most part, though, I do my best to ignore the publicity and let the voices I hear surpr ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0Cynthia Rudin Builds AI That Humans Can Understand
Machine learning models are incredibly powerful tools. They extract deeply hidden patterns in large data sets that our limited human brains can’t parse. These complex algorithms, then, need to be incomprehensible “black boxes,” because a model that w ...
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1 year ago+32 32 0Steven Crowder’s Ex’s Family Shares Video of Him Berating Her for Not Fulfilling ‘Wifely' Duties
His ex-wife's allegations of emotional abuse come amid his messy feud with right-wing personality Candace Owens, whom he claims is extorting him.
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1 year ago+29 29 0Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming
The CMA has prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to come.
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1 year ago+17 17 0How AI subverts democracy and how to fight back
Democracy is hackable. It is a complex set of economic, social and political systems that mimic the algorithms and protocols of computer code. When abused, democracy can be exploited by special interest hackers to find tax loopholes and ways to abuse ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0An experimental cancer trial in France is getting a boost from the Gates Foundation: ‘Potential game-changer’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is known for spending billions to fight infectious diseases in developing countries, so a new investment in a French biotech company feels somewhat unusual. Smart Immune will receive $5 million from the foundat ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Heading for Huge $141M-Plus U.S. Opening
Let the Easter egg hunt begin. Illumination and Universal’s Nintendo video game adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie is off to a rip-roaring start at the box office, and is now looking to score at least $141 million in its five-day domestic debut o ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0S Club 7's Paul Cattermole dies 'unexpectedly' aged 46
His unexpected death comes just weeks after the group announced it was going on a major reunion tour. A statement from his family and S Club 7 said: "It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved son and brother ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Open garage doors anywhere in the world by exploiting this “smart” device
A market-leading garage door controller is so riddled with severe security and privacy vulnerabilities that the researcher who discovered them, Sam Sabetan, is advising anyone using one to immediately disconnect it until they are fixed.
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1 year ago+20 20 0Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeting' Mac Sales
Apple halted production of its M2 series chips at the start of 2023 following a pronounced slump in global demand for MacBooks, claims a new report out of Korea. Facing "plummeting" Mac sales amid a severe PC market downturn, Apple in Janua ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes
More than 1,300 prisoners on death row can now seek to have their sentence reviewed.
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1 year ago+19 19 0There is no chance the government will regulate AI
What if the internet saw you as an individual? The business model we call “surveillance capitalism” watches as you use the internet, recording what you pay attention to and what you buy, then calculates what other information you might find compellin ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0'The post-antibiotic era': WHO warns of too few new drugs for deadly superbugs
Late last year, one of Dr. Vance Fowler’s patients — a man in his 60s who’d returned to North Carolina from visiting his family in Nepal — died of a bacterial infection. He’d been treated at a top U.S. hospital with access to the strongest antibiotic ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a pretty neat planetary viewing!
This week, you have an opportunity to acquaint yourself with some of our solar system neighbors and reduce some of your screen time.