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11 months ago+27 27 0Russia receiving more energy payments in yuan and rouble, says deputy PM
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday that Russia will continue to accept more payments for energy exports in the country's rouble currency and China's yuan as Moscow works to ditch U.S. dollars and euros.
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11 months ago+25 25 0The future of education in a world of AI
The first place that AI panic hit was classrooms. AI’s potential for cheating, and for new forms of teaching, is so immediately obvious that I run into people all the time who believe the whole education system is going to collapse. But I actually th ...
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11 months ago+12 12 0AI humanoid robot 'figure 01' assists people at work as an all-around handy helper
In March 2023, robotics company Figure emerged and suddenly introduced its master plan to build Figure 01, an artificial intelligence humanoid robot that can think, learn, interact, and help people at work on its own. The self-moving and autonomous h ...
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11 months ago+16 16 0Tigers have personality traits similar to human extroverts and introverts, researchers say
Siberian tigers have two distinct personality groups, "majesty" and "steadiness," which loosely correlate to traits of introversion and extroversion.
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11 months ago+16 16 0Defamed by ChatGPT: My Own Bizarre Experience with Artificiality of “Artificial Intelligence”
Yesterday, President Joe Biden declared that “it remains to be seen” whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) is “dangerous.” I would beg to differ. I have been writing about the threat of AI to free speech. Then recently I learned that ChatGPT falsely r ...
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11 months ago+21 21 0iOS 17 Will Support iPhone X and iPhone 8/8 Plus, Counterclaims Reputable Leaker
Apple's iOS 17 operating system will be compatible with all iPhones that are capable of running iOS 16, claims a previously reliable source with alleged contacts within Apple, contradicting yesterday's rumor.
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12 months ago+19 19 0‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers
When Stephen Buchmann finds a wayward bee on a window inside his Tucson, Arizona, home, he goes to great lengths to capture and release it unharmed. Using a container, he carefully traps the bee against the glass before walking to his garden and plac ...
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12 months ago+20 20 0AutoCAD for Mac 2024 Gains Native Apple Silicon Support
Autodesk today announced that the updated AutoCAD 2024 and AutoCad LT 2024 software for macOS is able to run natively on Apple silicon Macs for the first time.
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12 months ago+19 19 0Apple risks collision course with EU over its implementation of USB-C
Rumours that Apple plans to restrict charging and data transfer speeds when using third-party USB-C cables have drawn the EU’s ire. MEP Alex Agius Saliba, who spearheaded the European Parliament’s efforts to introduce a universal charging standard fo ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0The masterminds behind Succession – TV’s most brutal comedy
Sky Atlantic’s riveting tale of a family corrupted by money returns for one last series. So, why does nothing on TV succeed like Succession?
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1 year ago+29 29 0 x 1The Age of AI has begun
In my lifetime, I’ve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary. The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interface—the forerunner of every modern operating system, including Windows. I sat with ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0SEC charges Tron founder Justin Sun, celebrities Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul with crypto violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled fraud and unregistered securities charges against crypto founder and Grenadian diplomat Justin Sun, alongside separate violations against the celebrity backers of his Tronix and BitTorrent crypto as ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0‘Yellowjackets’ Review: Season 2 of Showtime Sensation Is Alternately Terrific and Tedious
In baseball, scouts like to talk about pitching prospects in terms of mechanics. There are pitchers who have repeatable mechanics: Their windup and delivery is the same every time, which reduces the chances of injury and facilitates easy and simple c ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Most Americans want ban on cigarettes: new CDC survey
More than half of American adults support a blanket ban on sales of tobacco products — from cigarettes to vapes and chewing tobacco, according to a new federal survey. The results, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, als ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns that other A.I. developers working on ChatGPT-like tools won’t put on safety limits—and the clock is ticking
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes artificial intelligence has incredible upside for society, but he also worries about how bad actors will use the technology. In an ABC News interview this week, he warned “there will be other people who don’t put some o ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Rupert Murdoch set to marry for fifth time at 92
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to his partner Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain. Mr Murdoch, 92, and Ms Smith, 66, met in September at an event at his vineyard in California.
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1 year ago+23 23 0 x 1The Future Of Work Will Be Five-Hour Days, A Four-Day Workweek And Flexible Staggered Schedules
Two years ago, you would have thought I was a fool for saying that nearly every white-collar professional would be working from home. If I added that people can be just as productive remotely as being in an office setting, I’d be met with mocking der ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Astra investigating 'potential illegal short selling' as delisting deadline looms
Spacecraft engine manufacturer and small rocket builder Astra announced on Friday that the company is investigating “potential illegal short selling” among shareholders of its common stock. The company said it hired financial software firm ShareIntel ...
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1 year ago+28 28 0 x 1CRTC launches review of wholesale network rates, reduces some to boost telecom competition
The regulator says “its current approach is not meeting its objective of encouraging more competition in the Internet services market”.
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1 year ago+22 22 0A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming
The last three years were objectively hot, numbering among the warmest since records began in 1880. But the scorch factor of recent years was actually tempered by a climate pattern that slightly cools the globe, “La Niña.”