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Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers

Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.

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OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide

In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent." ...

1 week ago
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AI can help double oil-well productivity: Saudi Aramco

President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter, was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.  ...

1 week ago

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Decade after Steve Jobs' death, has Apple traded magic for profit?

"Apple doesn't innovate anymore" or "Steve Jobs is turning in his grave" are the type of disillusioned tweets that pop up especially during product launches led by Tim Cook, who took Apple's reins in August 2011. 

4 years ago
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Webinar fandom: web seminars are here to stay, to the delight of many

For better or worse, the continuing pandemic means that webinars will remain a major part of our lives for a long while yet. Webinar enthusiasts welcome this with open arms. 

4 years ago
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Google pulls plug on plan for mobile banking in Pay app

Google has hit the brakes on a project to add mobile banking to its Pay app, even as the online financial services market for everyday investors heats up.

4 years ago
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Science journal calls on scientists to combat Facebook misinformation

"The pandemic has revealed shocking ineptness by the scientific establishment at conveying messages about masks, vaccination, or the dangers of consuming horse drugs and aquarium cleaner," wrote editor-in-chief H. Holden Thorp.

4 years ago
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YouTube cracks down on anti-vax videos

YouTube said Wednesday it would remove videos that falsely claim approved vaccines are dangerous.

4 years ago
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Instagram delays kids' version after criticism

The decision to hold the iteration for children under 13 comes as Facebook grapples with fallout from a withering Wall Street Journal series revealing the social media giant's own research showed it knew of the harm Instagram can do to teenage girls' well-being. 

4 years ago
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Elon Musk wants US regulators to let cryptocurrency 'fly'

The colorful serial entrepreneur, an outspoken digital money fan, shared his view at a Code Conference in Beverly Hills, as governments around the world fret over cryptocurrency threatening their control of financial systems.

4 years ago
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Australia wants to limit Google's ad dominance

The comments, in a report published on Tuesday, puts Australia alongside Europe and Britain where regulators want to stop the Alphabet Inc unit trouncing rival advertisers by using the data it collects from people's online searches - including on maps and YouTube - to place marketing material.

4 years ago
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Blue Origin unveils next flight, TMZ says Captain Kirk to be aboard

Blue Origin's next flight may include a celebrity astronaut -- William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek, news and entertainment website TMZ said.

4 years ago
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Instagram hits pause on kids' version after criticism

Facebook is suspending development of a version of its Instagram photo-sharing app for children aged under 13, after widespread criticism of the plan.

4 years ago
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Egypt to tax social media stars

The tax authority said "YouTubers and bloggers" earning over 500,000 pounds ($32,000) annually would be taxed, in a statement issued Saturday.

4 years ago
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Delivery robots take the strain out of shopping in UK town

Fitted with cameras, sensors and a loud alarm if needed, the robots -- first created in 2014 by the two founders of Skype -- are 99 percent autonomous.

4 years ago
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Like royalty: Why Indonesian musicians are turning to NFTs to sell music

Although it is still in its early phase, music NFT has caught the attention of Indonesian artists and collectors alike, turning them into believers of the system.

4 years ago
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Ancient footprints re-write humanity's history in the Americas

The findings push back the date at which the continent was colonized by its first inhabitants by thousands of years.

4 years ago
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Island-hopping: Genetics reveal how humans settled remote Pacific

Research showed that over a 250-year period separate groups of people set out from tiny islands east of Tahiti to settle Easter Island, the Marquesas and Raivavae -- archipelagos that are thousands of miles apart but all home to similar ancient statues.

4 years ago
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Bats with Covid-like viruses found in Laos: study

The virus has killed millions since it emerged in China in late 2019, and controversy continues to swirl around where it came from.

4 years ago
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Facebook on the defensive following a barrage of scathing reports

The company has been under relentless pressure to guard against being a platform where misinformation and hate can spread, while at the same time remain a forum for people to speak freely. It has struggled to respond.

4 years ago
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SpaceX all-civilian orbital crew completes historic mission

The SpaceX Dragon capsule, whose heat shield allowed it to withstand descent, was slowed down by four large parachutes before splashing into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida at 7:06 pm (2306 GMT), according to a video feed by the company.

4 years ago
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Telegram messenger blocks Russia opposition bot during vote

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's "Smart Voting" bot has disappeared from the Telegram messenger app at the start of a three-day parliamentary vote in Russia.

4 years ago
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What life is like aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule

SpaceX has released few details about their adventure since they reached an orbit which is more distant than that of the International Space Station.

4 years ago
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Mozart sonata can calm epiletic brain: Study

The research on 16 patients hospitalised with epilepsy that did not respond to medication has bolstered hopes that music could be used for new non-invasive treatments. 

4 years ago
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Privatization of space intensifies as billionaire launches aboard SpaceX rocket

A huge fireball illuminated the sky as the rocket's nine engines began to pull away from Earth at 8:02 pm (0002 GMT Thursday).

4 years ago
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Embattled Apple unveils new iPhone

Apple CEO Tim Cook strode through a slickly produced video Tuesday to launch a new iPhone, with few hints of the troubles facing his company including policy reversals, a spyware attack and legal fights.

4 years ago
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Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules: report

The program, referred to as "cross check" or "XCheck," shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network, according to a report citing internal documents.

4 years ago
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Bioscience firm claims will bring back extinct woolly mammoth

New company Colossal, capitalizing on a partnership with a Harvard geneticist, said its species "de-extinction" effort has the potential to anchor a working model for restoring damaged or lost ecosystems and thereby help slow or even halt the effects of climate change.

4 years ago
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Google, Apple in legal tangle in South Korea

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigated Google for allegedly blocking local smartphone makers from using other operating systems.

4 years ago
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Prehistoric winged lizard unearthed in Chile

Fossils of the dinosaur which lived some 160 million years ago in what is today the Atacama desert, were unearthed in 2009.

4 years ago
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Mars rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life

"It looks like our first rocks reveal a potentially habitable sustained environment," said Ken Farley, project scientist for the mission, in a statement Friday. "It's a big deal that the water was there for a long time."

4 years ago
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Brief history of time: World's most accurate clock can tell us about the cosmos

For this invention, the Chinese-American scientist, along with Hidetoshi Katori of Japan, will split $3 million as co-winners of the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

4 years ago
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Google see the future of work as 'hybrid'

The internet titan competes with Microsoft, Zoom, Facebook and others with online services that employees can use to collaborate remotely.

4 years ago
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