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Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, announced on Tuesday that it is launching a study to test its implant for a new use: allowing a person to control a robotic arm using just their thoughts.

WIRED

Neuralink Plans to Test Whether Its Brain Implant Can Control a Robotic Arm

Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching a new study to test whether its wireless device can control a robotic arm.

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Oil prices hovered near two-week highs on Monday following 6% gains last week, as geopolitical tensions heightened between western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, raising risks of supply disruption. Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-holds-2-week-high-russia-iran-tensions-support-prices-2024-11-25/

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U.K. closely monitoring Russian spy ship as it passes near British Isles — 'undersea cables are a shared concern' says Ministry of Defense Image credit: Andrey Luzik) Reported:

Tom

U.K. closely monitoring Russian spy ship as it passes near British Isles —

The Yantar has been reportedly trawling around the world, mapping undersea cables connecting nations and continents.

npub1444f...fezj 1 year ago

Alibaba Cloud has started to expand its SaaS portfolio by bringing products it once offered only in China to other territories. Chinese web giant recently rebranded its "Elastic Cloud Phone" as just "Cloud Phone" and made it available in Singapore and Hong Kong. Source:

theregister

Alibaba Cloud brings more of its SaaS to the world

Teams-like DingTalk gets an enterprise edition, and virtual Androids unleashed

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Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities – RISC-V powered chip slated to arrive in two years

Tom

Ubitium announces development of

2026 launch date may be more aspirational than set-in-stone.

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Chinese chip designer longsome last Friday announced it's processors are powering a cloud computing platform that has been launched into space.

theregister

China launches cloud using local Loongson CPUs into space

Plus: Korea cracks down on Temu; US, Vietnam, sign infosec pact; India extends controversial hardware import law; and more

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China's Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system in coming months as it seeks widespread help to achieve self-reliance. Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-huawei-aims-100000-apps-harmony-os-6-12-months-2024-11-23/

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Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax credit.’The auto industry is sending an urgent message to President-elect Donald Trump: spare the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit.

The Verge

Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax credit

Save the tax credit.

npub1444f...fezj 1 year ago

ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has recently considered developing a web browser that would combine with its chatbot and separately discussed or struck deals to power search features, the Information reported on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-considers-taking-google-with-browser-information-reports-2024-11-21/

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A Japanese research team has developed a type of plastic that can break down in seawater in a bid to decrease environmental pollution and the accumulation of plastics in oceans, it said in Friday's edition of the U.S. academic journal Science.

Japan research team develops plastic that breaks down in seawater - Japan Today

An international team of researchers has developed a type of plastic that can brea...

npub1444f...fezj 1 year ago

A federal judge has rejected a bid by the parents of a Massachusetts high school senior to force his school to expunge his disciplinary record and raise his history class grade after officials accused him of using an artificial intelligence program to cheat on a class assignment. Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/massachusetts-students-punishment-ai-use-can-stand-us-judge-rules-2024-11-21/

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Silicon Valley tech giants and others who together process more than 13 billion financial transactions annually through digital wallets and payment apps will be subject to government supervision, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said. Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-watchdog-issues-final-rule-supervise-big-tech-payments-digital-wallets-2024-11-21/

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U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Wednesday against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, a loose-knit community of hackers suspected of breaking into dozens of U.S. companies to steal confidential information and cryptocurrency. https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-charges-five-scattered-spider-hacking-scheme-2024-11-20/

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Numenta, a company with backing from the Gates Foundation, on Wednesday released an open-source AI model it hopes will require less energy and data to create intelligent machines than existing technologies. Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/numenta-backed-by-gates-foundation-releases-open-source-ai-model-2024-11-20/

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Meta is doing its part to make 2025 the year of smart glasses by releasing the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses in several European countries. Soon, people in France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain will be able to buy the AI-powered wearables, and the Meta AI assistant will be able to communicate with users in Spanish, French, Italian, and English. Source:

TechRadar

Meta AI smart glasses say bonjour, hola, and ciao to Europe and new languages

A different kind of Eurovision for fans of the Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses in Ireland, Spain, France, and Italy

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OpenAI and non-profit partner Common Sense Media have launched a free training course for teachers aimed at demystifying artificial intelligence and prompt engineering, the organizations said on Wednesday. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-launches-free-ai-training-course-teachers-2024-11-20/

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KPMG said on Wednesday it would spend $100 million over the next four years to bolster its enterprise artificial intelligence services through a partnership with Alphabet's Google Cloud. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-launches-free-ai-training-course-teachers-2024-11-20/

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The Pentagon office investigating UFOs, or what the government calls unidentified anomalous phenomena, resolved one of its most prominent cases — nicknamed "GOFAST" — its director told Congress in a hearing on Tuesday..

Pentagon solves 1 UFO mystery but still probing cases of

Director of Pentagon office probing UFOs showed Congress three cases it

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Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic products. This AI model could allow computers and robots to understand and interact with the world in new ways. Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge

The Verge

Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data

Niantic has also been catching ‘em all.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket to space from Texas on Tuesday, advancing the ship's spaceflight abilities but botching an attempt to bring its booster back to land as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump watched from the company's rocket facilities. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-launch-sixth-starship-test-texas-with-trump-attending-2024-11-19/