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2 days agoCurrent Event ticktack
Sam Altman admits OpenAI is 'a little bit scared' of ChatGPT and says it will 'eliminate' many jobs
The CEO of OpenAI told ABC News that artificial intelligence could replace many jobs, but that it should also lead to "much better" roles.
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4 days agoCurrent Event ticktack
Sam Bankman-Fried transferred $2.2bn in FTX customer funds for personal use, filings show
Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX made transfers of about $3.2 billion to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and key employees, according to court filings seen by Bloomberg and the Financial Times. The funds were moved in the form of “payments and loans”, mainly from trading house Alameda Research, and include about $2.2 billion transferred to Mr Bankman-Fried, the filings submitted to the bankruptcy court in Delaware by the new management of FTX showed on Wednesday.
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8 days agoAnalysis ticktack
Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study
Greenhouse gas has undergone rapid acceleration and scientists say it may be due to atmospheric changes
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13 days agoCurrent Event ticktack
Ben Savage of 'Boy Meets World' launches bid to replace Adam Schiff in Congress
Ben Savage, the former star of the popular 1990s sitcom “Boy Meets World,” announced he is running for Congress to represent a Los Angeles-area district currently held by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. “I’m running for Congress because it’s time to restore faith in government by offering reasonable, innovative and compassionate solutions to our country’s most pressing issues,” Savage wrote in an Instagram post Monday.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
Chinese city claims to have destroyed 1 billion pieces of personal data collected for Covid control | CNN
A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the pandemic, as local governments gradually dismantle their coronavirus surveillance and tracking systems after abandoning the country's controversial zero-Covid policy.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
China and France prepare to launch satellite to hunt for gamma-ray bursts
France is set to send a pair of advanced science instruments to China in preparation for launch of a joint space observatory. The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a collaboration forged in 2014 between the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES).
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
iPhone 16 Pro Still on Track to Feature Under-Display Face ID, Followed By Under-Display Selfie Camera in 2026
Apple is still on track to switch to under-display Face ID technology next year that will provide more usable display area on iPhone 16 Pro models, claims a new report out of Korea.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
Instagram users are being served gory videos of killing and torture
Kristoffer Reinman, a 32-year-old music producer and investor, was scrolling through Instagram last fall when he began to encounter violent videos — videos of people being shot and mutilated, posted by accounts he said he doesn’t follow.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
Europa Could be Covered in Salty Ice
Jupiter’s second Galilean moon, Europa, is one of the most fascinating planetary objects in our Solar System with its massive subsurface ocean that’s hypothesized to contain almost three times the volume of water as the entire Earth, which opens the possibility for life to potentially exist on this small moon. But while Europa’s interior ocean could potentially be habitable for life, its unique surface features equally draw intrigue from scientists, specifically the large red streaks that ...
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
Psychologists open up about ‘Felt Presence’ phenomenon
Psychologists like Ben Alderson-Day, who is interviewed in the podcast, are interested in ‘Felt Presence’ in terms of neural connectivity, in people with brain injury, for people in bereavement, and in the experience of sleep paralysis, but also in healthy people who are awake.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event ticktack
James Webb Telescope discovers six massive 'universe breaker' galaxies
Astronomers have detected what appear to be six massive and very ancient galaxies, a discovery they say could upend our understanding of how galaxies formed at the very beginning of the universe. While the new James Webb Space Telescope has already spotted even older galaxies, it’s the size and maturity of these six apparent mega-galaxies that have stunned scientists.
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1 month agoCurrent Event ticktack
Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment
Heather Rendulic cries tears of joy as pioneering electrical stimulation gives her enough mobility to complete everyday tasks.
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1 month agoCurrent Event ticktack
Frequent use of cannabis might lower the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatment for anxiety
A study of adults seeking treatment for anxiety and related disorders in Canada found that individuals who reported using cannabis more frequently had poorer outcomes of cognitive-behavior therapy compared persons who used cannabis less often or not at all. In spite of this, cognitive-behavior therapy was quite effective at treating anxiety symptoms, even in the group of frequent cannabis users. The study was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. ...
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1 month agoCurrent Event ticktack
Under-screen Face ID patent describes what could be a next-generation Dynamic Island
An Apple patent granted today appears to describe a new approach to under-screen Face ID, which could also allow the company to embed additional sensors into an iPhone display. The patent seemingly describes an evolution of the Dynamic Island approach, but applied in a more flexible way …
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1 month agoCurrent Event ticktack
Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok from app stores
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) demanded that Apple and Google “immediately” remove TikTok from their app stores in a letter addressed to the companies’ chief executives, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, Thursday. Bennet’s push to restrict downloads of the app is just the latest in a series of mounting congressional actions to ban the embattled Chinese-owned app. Since January, Republicans and Democrats have been calling for either their colleagues or Biden administration officials to quickly impo...