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2 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Human augmentation with robotic body parts is at hand, say scientists
Whether it is managing childcare, operating on a patient or cooking a Sunday dinner, there are many occasions when an extra pair of arms would come in, well, handy. Now researchers say such human augmentation could be on the horizon, suggesting additional robotic body parts could be designed to boost our capabilities.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Psychedelics may treat depression by invading brain cells
Psychedelic drugs have shown promise as therapies for hard-to-treat depression. Now, scientists have a potential explanation for why: The drugs may be able to slip through the outer membranes of brain cells and essentially flip switches inside the cells that other depression treatments can't.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
"There is no prosecution at any cost."
On March 1, the German Parliament held a hearing in the Digital Committee on the EU Commission's draft law to fight child sexual abuse online, also named 'chat control'. IT experts, civil libertarians, law enforcement officials and even child protectors agree: the EU's proposal does not protect children, but poses major risks to fundamental rights.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 Years After Rape Conviction, Putting Former Movie Mogul Behind Bars for Life
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years, effectively ensuring the former Hollywood mogul and convicted rapist will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Weinstein’s sentencing was held in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning, nearly two months after his Los Angeles trial concluded with a jury convicting him on three counts of rape and sexual assault.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
A prototype planetary radar system captured the highest resolution images of the Moon ever
Using two powerful radar-based ground installations, a joint team of scientist from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the Green Bank Observatory (GBO), and Raytheon Intelligence &...
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
CEOs need to be experts in social psychology and motivation
As a CEO, there are many things you need to be an expert in, but you can’t be an expert in everything. You must rely on the expertise in the organization to create the right strategy and make the right decisions. But one area where it pays for you to have greater expertise is social psychology – to understand just what it is that makes people tick.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Chelyabinsk meteor: Ten years on from 'wake-up call', how safe are we from a potentially catastrophic strike?
A decade on from the Chelyabinsk meteor, and our planet has come a long way in detecting the threat of interstellar objects potentially hurtling into the atmosphere. But has the risk been completely eliminated - and exactly how prepared are we for another dramatic impact?
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
SpaceX rolls naked Starship prototype to test site
SpaceX has rolled a strange, naked Starship prototype from its Starbase, Texas factory to a nearby test site. Beginning with its cone-tipped nose section, SpaceX started stacking Starship S26 in October 2022. By early January 2023, the prototype had been stacked to its full 50-meter (~165 ft) height and welded together. After about six more weeks of outfitting, Ship 26 left Starbase’s High Bay assembly facility and was transported to one of two stands formerly used for suborbital Starship test...
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Laid-off Google workers say the impersonal way the company let them go shows it's 'just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else'
"It feels very much like they are just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else," one laid-off employee said. "The crown has fallen here."
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Valve is working on a major update for 'Team Fortress 2'
After years of neglect, Valve is preparing to release a major update for Team Fortress 2. This week, the studio published a rare blog post on the official TF2 website (via Kotaku), asking the game’s community to submit new content to the Steam Workshop ahead of May 1st. “The last few Team Fortress summer events have only been item updates. But this year [Valve’s emphasis], we’re planning on shipping a full-on update-sized update – with items, maps, taunts, unusual effects, war paints a...
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Nintendo promises 10% pay hike even as it trims profit outlook
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) said on Tuesday it plans to lift workers' base pay by 10% even though a firmer yen forced it to trim its full-year profit forecast. The hefty pay hike comes amid calls by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for Japanese companies to pay workers more as inflation takes hold in an economy used to years of deflation and stagnant wages, and as Japan prepares for its annual spring round of labour negotiations.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
These retailers share customer data with Facebook's owner. Customers may not have been told
When a shopper shares their email address at the cash register — to receive an electronic receipt, rather than a paper one — do they really know where their details are being sent? A CBC News review of Facebook user data suggests a variety of well-known retailers in Canada have been sharing customer information with the social media platform's parent company to gain marketing research in return. And it's not clear what steps have been taken to warn shoppers.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Scientists claim Earth’s inner core has reversed its direction of spin
The Earth’s core may have stopped spinning, or may even now be spinning backwards, according to a new study. The core of our planet is made up of an outer layer of liquid metal, and an inner core of solid metal that is about 70 per cent the size of the Moon.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Here are the latest tech layoffs as the industry shudders
The high-flying tech industry is facing a reckoning as the economy slows and customers pull back on spending. In the past month alone, tech companies have cut nearly 60,000 jobs, reversing a hiring spree that surged during the pandemic as millions of Americans moved their lives online. IBM was one of the latest to slash its headcount, announcing 3,900 layoffs in January, or less than 2% of its global workforce.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Netflix removes password crackdown rules from its site amid backlash
Netflix’s contentious bid to prevent users from sharing their passwords has hit a speed bump. Earlier this week, the streamer detailed plans to prevent people from accessing its service free through someone else’s account. The rules – which included a requirement that users must verify the devices they watch on at least once every 31 days – were trashed by some incensed customers who accused Netflix of being heavyhanded with subscribers.
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2 months agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Microsoft Reportedly to Receive EU Antitrust Warning Over Activision Blizzard Deal
It appears Microsoft is likely it will receive an antitrust warning from European Union regulators, the European Commission, over its Activision Blizzard acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke with Reuters.
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2 months agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Back to the U.S.S.R.: Russophobia is at its peak in Georgia
Quebec journalist Paule Robitaille undertakes a journey through the former Soviet Union, where she lived from 1990 to 1996. As we approach next month’s first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she examines how Moscow’s aggression is changing the lives of these people and the fragile equilibrium within these countries.