Technology
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A Wobble From Mars Could Be Sign Of Dark Matter, MIT Study Finds
Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter. Jennifer Chu | MIT Newshttps://news.mit.edu/2024/mars-wobble-could-be-dark-matter-mit-study-finds-0917 In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial black holes — an idea first proposed in…
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Introducing OpenAI o1-preview
A new series of reasoning models for solving hard problems. Available starting 9.12 We’ve developed a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before they respond. They can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous models in science, coding, and math. Today, we are releasing the first of…
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Apple debuts iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
Powered by the A18 Pro chip and built for Apple Intelligence, the Pro lineup introduces larger display sizes, Camera Control, innovative pro camera features, and a huge leap in battery life CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, featuring Apple Intelligence, larger display sizes, new creative capabilities with innovative pro camera features, stunning graphics…
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Apple introduces iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus
Built for Apple Intelligence with the all-new A18 chip, both models feature Camera Control, powerful upgrades to the advanced camera system, the Action button to quickly access useful features, and a big boost in battery life CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, built for Apple Intelligence, the easy-to-use personal intelligence system that…
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Apple introduces AirPods 4 and the world’s first all-in-one hearing health experience with AirPods Pro 2
The new AirPods lineup includes a brand-new design for AirPods 4, a new array of colors for AirPods Max, and revolutionary Hearing Protection, Hearing Test, and Hearing Aid features for AirPods Pro 2 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a groundbreaking new lineup of AirPods models and features. The new AirPods 4 are the most advanced and comfortable headphones…
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Apple introduces groundbreaking health features to support conditions impacting billions of people
Apple Watch delivers new sleep apnea notifications, and AirPods Pro 2 provide the world’s first all-in-one hearing health experience including a clinical-grade, over-the-counter Hearing Aid feature CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today unveiled breakthrough sleep and hearing health features coming to Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2 that further deliver on Apple’s commitment to health with experiences that enrich users’ lives. These…
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Nasa unfurls giant solar sail – and you can see it from Earth
Centuries after it was first theorised, the sunlight propulsion method could herald a new era of space exploration Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time, aiming to harness the propulsive power of sunlight for interstellar travel. The US space agency revealed that it had deployed the solar sail 1,000 kilometres (600…
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Helping robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar environments
A new algorithm helps robots practice skills like sweeping and placing objects, potentially helping them improve at important tasks in houses, hospitals, and factories. Alex Shipps | MIT CSAILMIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2024/helping-robots-practice-skills-independently-adapt-unfamiliar-environments-0808) The phrase “practice makes perfect” is usually reserved for humans, but it’s also a great maxim for robots newly deployed in unfamiliar environments. Picture a robot…
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Globe Collaborates with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs to Modernize IT Infrastructure for Greater Agility and Scalability
Red Hat OpenShift facilitates the development and deployment of cloud-native applications, enabling an improved customer experience and more MANILA, PHILIPPINES AND RALEIGH, N.C. – August 19, 2024 — Globe and Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a collaboration to modernize Globe’s IT infrastructure with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs for greater…
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Palantir and Microsoft Partner to Deliver Enhanced Analytics and AI Services to Classified Networks for Critical National Security Operations
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announce today a significant advancement in their partnership to bring some of the most sophisticated and secure cloud, AI and analytics capabilities to the U.S. Defense and Intelligence Community. This is a first-of-its-kind, integrated suite of technology that will allow critical national security missions to operationalize…
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Empowering the next generation of scientists in Africa
The Future African Scientist organization was sparked by a connection between two students from different walks of life during an MIT program in South Africa. Zach Winn | MIT NewsMIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2024/empowering-next-generation-scientists-in-africa-0802) No one is born a world-class scientist. Instead, their skills are built over many years of education, networking, mentorship, and work in laboratories…
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HP Wolf Security study finds growing concern about attacks on hardware supply chains as one in five businesses impacted
New research highlights growing concern over nation-state threat actors targeting physical supply chains and tampering with device hardware and firmware integrity. HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today released the findings of a global survey highlighting the growing concern over nation-state threat actors targeting physical supply chains and tampering with device hardware and firmware integrity. The study…
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Empowering Future Innovators Through A Social Impact Lens
The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge helps students hone their entrepreneurship skills to create viable ventures for public good. MIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2024/empowering-future-innovators-through-social-impact-lens-0710) What if testing for Lyme disease were as simple as dropping a tick in a test tube at home, waiting a few minutes, and looking for a change of color? MIT Sloan Fellow and…
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The next 10 years for cloud computing
Despite AI’s explosive growth, the industry still needs to face facts that customers are unhappy about costs and vendor lock-in. The landscape of cloud computing is changing significantly as enterprises question the value of public cloud solutions. This shift marks a departure from previous years when the public cloud was widely regarded as the panacea for…
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IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club Launch New Generative AI Feature for Personalised Player Stories at Wimbledon
– ‘Catch Me Up’ feature – built and trained using IBM’s Granite LLM, through the watsonx platform – helps fans stay up to date on players across all ladies’ and gentlemen’s singles matches – New IBM survey finds 55% of global tennis fans1 polled think Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have a positive impact on sports…
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World’s first RISC-V Laptop gets a massive upgrade and equips with Ubuntu
DeepComputing partners with Canonical to unveil a huge boost to the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop family The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II is the world’s first RISC-V laptop pre-installed and powered by Ubuntu, which is one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world, providing developers with an outstanding mix of usability and reliability, as well…
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Apple Vision Pro arrives in new countries and regions beginning June 28
10 June 2024 PRESS RELEASE Apple Vision Pro arrives in new countries and regions beginning June 28 Customers in China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore can pre-order Apple Vision Pro on June 13, and customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the U.K. can pre-order on June 28 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced Apple Vision Pro…
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Updates to the Home experience elevate entertainment and bring more convenience
10 June 2024 PRESS RELEASE tvOS 18 introduces new cinematic experiences with InSight, Enhance Dialogue, and subtitles CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced software updates across its Home products that supercharge entertainment and deliver greater everyday convenience. With tvOS 18, intelligent new features like InSight — and updates to Enhance Dialogue and subtitles — level up cinematic…
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Introducing Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models at the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac
10 June 2024PRESS RELEASE Introducing Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models at the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac Setting a new standard for privacy in AI, Apple Intelligence understands personal context to deliver intelligence that is helpful and relevant CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system…
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Apple expands developer support and resources
07 June 2024UPDATEApple expands developer support and resources Apple is committed to supporting app creators across the globe and helping them do their best work in service of their users. Through a myriad of online and in-person programs, Apple encourages developers to connect directly with experts to receive guidance on their apps and games and…
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This AI Was Not Our AI Dream.
So the idea was/is … To generate a ton of good enough and mediocre stuffs and potentially misused scam(-ish) materials at scale(-ish), at disproportionately enormous amount of energy, attention, and intellectual hijack to level the playing field on a lower level playing field … Then … To create of a lot of validation and verification…
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Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus and tool use are generally available on Vertex AI
In April, we made Anthropic’s most intelligent model, Claude 3 Opus, available in public preview on Vertex AI Model Garden for customers to start experimenting with. Now, we’re announcing that Claude 3 Opus is generally available on Vertex AI. We’re also excited to announce that tool use is available for all Claude 3 models on Vertex AI,…
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MIT Researchers Discover The Universe’s Oldest Stars In Our Own Galactic Backyard
Jennifer Chu | MIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-researchers-discover-universes-oldest-stars-in-galactic-backyard-0514) MIT researchers, including several undergraduate students, have discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they happen to live in our own galactic neighborhood. The team spotted the stars in the Milky Way’s “halo” — the cloud of stars that envelopes the entire main galactic disk. Based on the…
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France’s Legacy of Innovation. Celebrating Pioneering Technologies And Inventions.
Come over at GoSwifties.com From the invention of the hot air balloon to pioneering the world of photography and cinema, France has a storied legacy of innovation that has shaped modern technology. Join us as we journey through a remarkable timeline of groundbreaking French inventions that transformed industries and continue to influence our lives today. 1.…
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From Keys To Progress. How The Typewriter Revolutionised Communication And Empowered Society.
Come over at GoSwifties.com The typewriter, a significant milestone in the history of technology, revolutionised written communication and shaped various aspects of human endeavours. From its humble beginnings in the 18th century to its widespread adoption in the 19th and 20th centuries, the typewriter has left a lasting impact on the world of science, arts, economy,…
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New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond The Brink
Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. View the plunge in 360 video on YouTube “People often ask about this, and simulating these difficult-to-imagine processes…
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Asteroid Institute And Google Cloud Identify 27,500 New Asteroids, Revolutionizing Minor Planet Discovery With Cloud Technology
With advanced computational methods, the companies scanned billions of detections, discovering within weeks as many asteroids as were found worldwide in an entire year MILL VALLEY, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, and Google Cloud today announced the most significant results of their partnership to date: identifying 27,500 new,…
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Sui Teams Up with Google Cloud to Drive Web3 Innovation with Enhanced Security, Scalability and AI Capabilities
Collaboration focuses on tackling key Web3 challenges through data-driven insights, AI-powered development tools and zero knowledge proofs PALO ALTO, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif. [April 30, 2024] – Sui, the Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform created and launched by the core research team responsible for building Facebook’s Libra and Diem projects, is collaborating with Google…
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IBM, Government of Canada, Government of Quebec Sign Agreements to Strengthen Canada’s Semiconductor Industry
Up to $187M CAD to be invested to progress expansion of chip packaging capacity and capabilities and to strengthen R&D at IBM Canada’s Bromont plant BROMONT, QC, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM), the Government of Canada, and the Government of Quebec today announced agreements that will strengthen Canada’s semiconductor industry, and further develop the assembly, testing and packaging (ATP) capabilities…
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Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat
Canonical’s 10th Long Term Supported release sets a new standard in performance engineering, enterprise security and developer experience. London, 25 April 2024. Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed “Noble Numbat”, available to download and install from https://ubuntu.com/download. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS builds on the advancements of the last three interim releases as well…