X-ray Pulses from Nuclear Explosions Can Deflect Dangerous Asteroids, Researchers Say
Around 66 million years earlier, the Chicxulub asteroid effect activated mass termination, mega-tsunamis and a spell of international warming that lasted for around 100,000 years. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test…
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Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity
MEMORY PROBLEMS– E-mails, files, and other untrusted material can plant destructive memories. Dan Goodin – Sep 24, 2024 8:56 pm UTC Getty Images When security scientist Johann Rehberger just recently…
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Caroline Ellison gets 2 years for covering up Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud
Expand / Caroline Ellison, previous ceo of Alameda Research LLC, was sentenced Tuesday for assisting Sam Bankman-Fried cover FTX’s deceitful abuse of consumer funds. Caroline Ellison was sentenced Tuesday to…
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Terminator’s Cameron joins AI company behind controversial image generator
a web in the sky– Well known sci-fi director signs up with board of embattled Stability AI, developer of Stable Diffusion. Benj Edwards – Sep 24, 2024 7:38 pm UTC…
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Monkey study reveals science behind ‘choking under pressure’
When individuals “choke under pressure,” it’s typically sometimes when success might lead to a huge benefit– perhaps they’re a professional athlete at a champion match or a star carrying out…
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Will language face a dystopian future? How ‘Future of Language’ author Philip Seargeant thinks AI will shape our communication
An artist’s illustration of a chatbot talking with a stunned human. (Image credit: Richard Drury) Technologies such as brain-computer user interfaces, expert system (AI), predictive texting and autocomplete are currently…
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Broadcom accuses AT&T of “sensationalism” after VMware perpetual license suit
Legal fight– Broadcom resists renewal, pointing out “End of Availability” arrangement. Scharon Harding – Sep 24, 2024 4:34 pm UTC Broadcom is implicating AT&T of attempting to “rewind the clock…
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PC modder removes annoying PSN account requirement for God of War Ragnarök
Flexibility fighters– Numerous gamers are upset over requiring to visit to play a single-player video game. Kyle Orland – Sep 24, 2024 3:45 pm UTC Increase the size of /…
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Bizarre polar vortex over Antarctica delayed ozone hole opening, scientists say
Visualization of the southern polar vortex over Antarctica this year. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory) Abrupt and uncommon warming occasions in Antarctica might have postponed the arrival of the ozone…
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1st-ever observation of ‘spooky action’ between quarks is highest-energy quantum entanglement ever detected
An artist’s illustration of the knotted leading quark and antiquark. (Image credit: CERN) Physicists at the world’s biggest atom smasher have actually observed 2 quarks in a state of quantum…
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