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Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
M icrosoft executives have been thinking lately about the end of the world. In a white paper published late last year, Brad Smith, the company’s vice chair and president, and Melanie Nakagawa, its chief sustainability officer, described a “planetary crisis” that AI could help solve. Imagine an...
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How Taylor Swift’s AI callout could bring attention to misinformation
Megastar Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Harris shines a bright spotlight on artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes, fears of which she said prompted her to take a public stance in the presidential race. Swift, 34, formally backed Harris moments after Tuesday night’s debate, citing...
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James Webb trains its sights on the Extreme Outer Galaxy
A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way. Called, dramatically enough, the Extreme Outer Galaxy, this region is located 58,000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy, which is more than twice the...
photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Ressler (JPL)
iPhone 16 hands-on: More Pro than I expected
It's the day after Apple launched the iPhone 16, and though I published my hands-on with the iPhone 16 Pro right after the event, I didn't have a lot of time to spare for the base models until today. With that extra time, I've been able to learn more about the differences between the standard iPhone...
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LNG’s expanding importance: new magazine issue out now
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is fast becoming the go-to product for nations looking to fully commit to net zero and make the best use of this transitional energy source. In this issue, we look at the ways producers, users and importers are employing this hydrocarbon, and extracting every ounce of its...
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Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returns home without astronauts
B oeing's beleaguered Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA ruled the...
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Trump’s new crypto business could create more conflicts if he’s elected president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is promising to make America the “crypto capital of the planet” if he returns to the White House. Fulfilling that promise would likely pay off for him personally. Amidst his run for president, Trump has launched a new venture to trade cryptocurrencies that he’s...
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After Starliner, NASA has another big human spaceflight decision to make
/ The Artemis II Orion spacecraft being prepared for tests at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June 2024. (credit: NASA / Rad Sinyak) Now that NASA has resolved the question of the Starliner...
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Dealing with ‘day two’ issues in generative AI deployments
All IT projects go through phases and generative AI is no different in that respect. Initial pilot projects are used to test out how technology or software works, and determine whether you get the results that you want to achieve or what the vendor or developer promised. Once these pilot phases are...
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Elon Musk says Starlink will deliver 90 percent of all space-based internet traffic next year
X owner and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Starlink is the only high-bandwidth internet system covering the entire planet, and that it could soon be carrying 90% of all space-based internet traffic by next year.Musk was responding to a post by an X account called Mario Nawfal, who said there...
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