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Jun 9, 2024

Will Apple’s AI Finally Make Siri Smart?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

With all the buzz about generative AI and a rumored Apple-OpenAI partnership announcement at WWDC, can Siri finally move from punchline to essential tool?

Jun 9, 2024

Toshiba unveils new fast-charging, cobalt-free battery

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

Japanese electronics company Toshiba has developed a new kind of cobalt-free battery that could lead to cheaper, more sustainable EVs in the future.

The challenge: Road transportation is a significant contributor to climate change, accounting for 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions, so transitioning from fossil fuel-powered cars and trucks to electric vehicles (EVs) is crucial to meeting our climate goals.

The lithium-ion batteries used in most of today’s EVs have several problems, though, and a big one is that their cathodes are made of cobalt, a rare and expensive metal often mined using child labor and environmentally destructive practices.

Jun 9, 2024

The first example of cellular origami

Posted by in category: biological

“Geometry is destiny”

How a simple cell produces remarkably complex behavior, all without a nervous system.


Combining a deep curiosity and “recreational biology,” Stanford researchers have discovered how a simple cell produces remarkably complex behavior, all without a nervous system. It’s origami, they say.

Jun 9, 2024

NVIDIA’s New AI Chip: Revolutionizing Computing Industry

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

NVIDIA’s AI operating system, accelerated computing, and generative AI technologies are revolutionizing the computing industry and have the potential to transform various industries and aspects of everyday life Questions to inspire discussion What is NVIDIA’s new AI chip? —NVIDIA’s new AI chip, the H100, is a powerful technology that is revolutionizing computing and dominating the industry, enabling faster and more efficient tasks in various industries.

Jun 9, 2024

GPT-4 autonomously hacks zero-day security flaws with 53% success rate

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI

Researchers were able to successfully hack into more than half their test websites using autonomous teams of GPT-4 bots, co-ordinating their efforts and spawning new bots at will. And this was using previously-unknown, real-world ‘zero day’ exploits.

Jun 9, 2024

Study finds fresh water and key conditions for life appeared on Earth a half-billion years earlier than thought

Posted by in category: futurism

We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh) water. Strictly, the water doesn’t have to be fresh, but fresh water can only occur on dry land.

Jun 9, 2024

Vandenberg SFB Sees Third Launch of Week with SpaceX Rocket’s Liftoff

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

SpaceX continued expanding the Starlink constellation’s direct-to-cell capabilities by sending another 13 satellites plus seven others into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket launched early Saturday from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The 20 new Starlink satellites, including a baker’s dozen with direct-to-cell capabilities, lifted off at 5:58 a.m. Saturday as a stubborn marine layer interfered with those hoping to see it.

After completing its tasks, the first-stage booster, making its 21st flight, landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship positioned in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles south of the base. Saturday’s mission marked the 301st successful Falcon landing.

Jun 9, 2024

Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth

Posted by in categories: climatology, space

Turns out growing food in the dry, rocky dirt of Mars holds valuable insights for growing crops in the climate-ravaged soil here on Earth.

Jun 9, 2024

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could help solve these 5 exoplanet puzzles

Posted by in category: alien life

A lot of people are focused on signs of alien life, but the space telescope will have a lot to say about exoplanet geology and formation.

Jun 9, 2024

Most Life on Earth is Dormant, After Pulling an ‘Emergency Brake’

Posted by in category: biological

When the going gets tough, many microbes go dormant.


Many microbes and cells are in deep sleep, waiting for the right moment to activate. Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast.

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