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1201.
Scientists Take a Step Towards Building a Real-Life Warp Drive... By Accident
A team of physicists has reported the accidental discovery of a real-world "warp bubble" whilst observing the structure of Casimir cavities – a small step towards building a potential warp drive. The Debrief reports that Dr. Harold G. "Sonny" White and his team stumbled upon the existence of a warp bubble whilst conducting DARPA-funded research into Casimir cavities and the energy density present in those structures. White acknowledged the significance of the fluke findings but asserted that it was only a small step forward in regards to actually building a warp drive.
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1202.
A program for cheaper internet for low-income Americans launches today
Eligible households can take up to $75 off their bills
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1203.
Are these the thinnest solar panels in the world?
Solar energy users save as much as 75 million barrels of oil and 35 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.
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1204.
China’s Unmanned Lunar Station Will Be Ready in 2027 Amid Space Race With the US
China gears up in the space race with the U.S. by moving its lunar station plans eight years earlier than previously planned.
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1205.
Artificial Intelligence Hiring Bias Spurs Scrutiny and New Regs
With New York City’s passage of one of the toughest U.S. laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence tools in the workplace, federal officials are signaling that they too want to scrutinize how that new technology is being used to sift through a growing job applicant pool without running afoul of civil rights laws and baking in discrimination.
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1206.
This legendary 92-year-old biologist has some advice for saving Earth
In the spring of 1955, E.O. Wilson, then a young entomologist at Harvard, traveled to northeastern Papua New Guinea to study ants. Hiking with local guides through dense rainforests, he climbed 13,000 feet to the summit ridge in the Saruwaged mountains — becoming, by his account, the first Western scientist to reach the peak.
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1207.
Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket
Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it "challenged" a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug. The suggestion came after the girl asked Alexa for a "challenge to do". "Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," the smart speaker said.
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1208.
'AirTag found moving with you': Apple devices linked to suspected stalking and theft
“AirTag Found Moving With You" has emerged a a warning as the devices are beginning to be associated with crimes such as theft and stalking.
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The US government needs a commercialization strategy for quantum
Quantum computers, sensors and communications networks have the potential to bring about enormous societal and market opportunities — along with an equal amount of disruption. Unfortunately for most of us it takes a Ph.D. in physics to truly understand how quantum technologies work, and luminaries in the field of physics will be the first to admit that even their understanding of quantum mechanics remains incomplete.
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1210.
Space cadets Branson and Bezos scoop the 2021 shamelessness prize
Virgin and Amazon bosses do well in our awards for business brass neck, but there are also nods to big oil, big money – and a powerful whiff of Musk
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1211.
The most powerful telescope ever built has successfully launched
The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's premier observatory of the next decade, successfully launched to space Saturday morning. The telescope will study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper into the universe than we've ever been able to before.
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Intel apologizes after Xinjiang avoidance request
The US chipmaker faced backlash in China for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from the Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of widespread human rights abuses.
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1213.
Is artificial intelligence about to transform the mammogram?
When Regina Barzilay returned to work after her breast-cancer leave seven years ago, she was struck by an unexpected thought. The MIT artificial-intelligence expert had just endured chemotherapy, two lumpectomies and radiation at Massachusetts General Hospital, and all the brutal side effects that come along with those treatments.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. "I walked in the door to my office and thought 'We here a
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1214.
At long last, the world's most powerful space telescope is ready to launch
Decades of tension, debate, and determination have led to this moment, as the James Webb Space Telescope begins its million-mile journey into deep space.
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Autonomous delivery robots: ‘In the next 2-3 years you’re going to see them in every major city...
CEO of Serve Robotics, Ali Kashani, joins Yahoo Finance to talk about the goal of replacing 5% of food delivery with robots.
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What the future looks like for movie theaters in 2022, according to top industry execs
One of the biggest threats facing the movie business is a smaller supply of theatrical releases, one executive said.
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1217.
Black Mirror is the perfect 2021 Christmas watch
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
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Amazon Says It Will Stop Interfering With Workers Organizing On-Site
The move comes in the wake of an NLRB settlement that focused on the company's "15-minute" rule.
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1219.
Toyota 'Reviewing' Key Fob Remote Start Subscription Plan After Massive Blowback
A spokesperson told The Drive that making the key fob remote start part of a subscription plan was an "unintentional" move.
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1220.
From iPhone to Metaverse, Apple Supply Chain Will Look More Chinese
As revealed by Nikkei Asia, the Chinese electronics contract manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry is set to challenge its Taiwanese arch rivals, Foxconn Technology Group and Pegatron Corp., in their iPhone manufacturing business. Spending up to CNY$11 billion, Luxshare is reportedly constructing a massive manufacturing complex in the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan.
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2021 was the year the world finally turned on Facebook
Wish 2021 had been a better year? Facebook probably does, too. The company has long been maligned by politicians, media observers, and consumer advocates, but it wasn’t until 2021 that it felt like the tide truly began to turn. Though Facebook had faced scandals in the past, from Cambridge Analytica to the Myanmar genocide, this year’s string of missteps and revelations may have tipped the company and its reputation past the point of no return.
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1222.
Jack Dorsey’s hot Web3 takes are apparently too much for Marc Andreessen to handle
Dorsey said you don’t own Web3 — VCs like Andreessen do.
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Audi steps in to give 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant a car after controversial loss
Audi is stepping in to give a 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant a brand new car after she lost one on a technicality.
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Facebook lost a bunch of talent in 2021 — here are the most notable departures
It was a year of change for Facebook. The company was reborn as Meta, its first name change since Facebook dropped the prefix “the” in 2005. With the new moniker, the company also announced it would shift its focus toward building the metaverse, an online world of virtual and augmented reality experiences.
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1225.
After years of doubts, hopes grow that nuclear fusion is finally for real and could help address...
After breakthroughs this year at MIT and elsewhere, scientists — and a growing number of deep-pocketed investors — insist that fusion is for real and could start sending power to electricity grids in about a decade.
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1226.
What Is Web3, Anyway?
Gavin Wood, who coined the term Web3 in 2014, believes decentralized technologies are the only hope of preserving liberal democracy.
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1227.
Amazon Web Services Outages Reported For Third Time This Month
Users of Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud-service network, reported another round of outages on Wednesday, marking the third such event after the network’s widespread outage that disrupted access to many popular sites earlier this month.
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1228.
Scammers steal $150K worth of crypto from NFT project with Discord hack
There’s no "undo button" in crypto.
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1229.
US returns $154 Million in bitcoins stolen by Sony employee
The United States has taken legal action to seize and return over $154 million purportedly stolen from Sony Life Insurance Company Ltd, a SONY subsidiary, by an employee in a textbook business email compromise (BEC) attack.
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Kellogg's union members ratify a new contract, ending a nearly 3-month strike
The union representing 1,400 employees at cereal production facilities in four states said the agreement "makes gains and does not include any concessions."




















