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This was the jaw-dropping comment from TikTok's CEO that probably sealed the app's fate in the US
BGR - 16 Jan 2025 02:19
As I write these words, TikTok users in the US, in all likelihood, only have three days left to enjoy the buzzy social media app that became … The post This was the jaw-dropping comment from TikTok’s CEO that probabl...
MIT student encourages all learners to indulge their curiosity with MIT Open Learning's MITx
MIT - 16 Jan 2025 00:15
Junior Shreya Mogulothu says taking an MITx class as a high school student opened her eyes to new possibilities.
Americans Are Posting 3D-Printed Gun Videos to China's RedNote With Surprising Success
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2025 16:00
Will Americans get banned from RedNote before the U.S. government has a chance to ban RedNote?
U.S. intelligence agency selects 13 companies for satellite data contract
Space News - 16 Jan 2025 00:44
The $200 million Luno B contract follows a $290 million Luno A procurement announced in September The post U.S. intelligence agency selects 13 companies for satellite data contract appeared first on SpaceNews.
Trump's Transportation Nominee Claims He'll Let the Investigation Into Musk's Tesla Continue
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2025 16:50
Will Elon Musk's Tesla troubles vanish once Trump finds his way back to D.C.?
Robots should be repurposed rather than recycled to combat rising scale of e-waste, scientists warn
Phys.org - 16 Jan 2025 16:39
The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England researchers have advised.
Stanford AI expert's credibility shattered by fake, AI-created sources
Phys.org - 16 Jan 2025 16:12
A federal court judge has thrown out expert testimony from a Stanford University artificial intelligence and misinformation professor, saying his submission of fake information made up by an AI chatbot "shatters" his cre...
James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space
SPACE.com - 16 Jan 2025 16:00
The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.
GoDaddy slapped with wet lettuce for years of lax security and 'several major breaches'
The Register - 16 Jan 2025 01:47
Watchdog alleged it had no SIEM or MFA, orders rapid adoption of basic infosec tools GoDaddy has failed to protect its web-hosting platform with even basic infosec tools and practices since 2018, according to the FTC, bu...
Bluesky Is Getting Its Own Instagram Alternative Called Flashes
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2025 00:05
Instagram users not enthused about Mark Zuckerberg's pivot to MAGA have a new refuge.
Touschek and Gatto: Exploring a friendship that would shape fundamental physics
Phys.org - 16 Jan 2025 23:59
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) made its groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, but its ancestry can be traced back more than 60 years to the first electron-positron collision experiment in Italy. Named Ane...
The Internet Is TikTok Now
The Atlantic - 16 Jan 2025 23:58
Even LinkedIn copied it.
Sky-high prices? Estimating the cost of climate-neutral aviation in the future
Phys.org - 16 Jan 2025 23:55
Aviation currently contributes to about 4% of the global warming that has been observed. As demand for flights is likely to continue to increase, researchers and governments are looking for solutions to make aviation cli...
Apple Watch Ultra 3 Release Date: What to Expect
The Mac Observer - 16 Jan 2025 23:52
Apple Watch Ultra 3 Release Date: What to Expect Getting an idea of the Apple Watch Ultra 3 release date doesn’t require corporate espionage. I’ve got a pretty good answer for you right here. Apple is notoriously qui...
Brain-Controlled Bionic Hand Offers Most Advanced Artificial Touch Yet
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2025 23:45
The new brain-computer interface device goes "beyond anything that has been done before," the researchers claim.
Upper Body Strength Predicts Sexual Partner Count in Men and Women
Neuroscience News - 16 Jan 2025 23:44
A study revealed that both men and women with greater upper body strength report more lifetime sexual partners, challenging the sexual selection hypothesis, which emphasizes male physical competition for mates. While men...
Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments
NASA Breaking news - 16 Jan 2025 23:42
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible t...
Get the Meta Quest 3S VR headset while it's on sale for $350
Digital Trends - 16 Jan 2025 23:36
The Meta Quest 3S is on sale from Best Buy for only $350. You'll also get Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month trial of Meta Quest+ as part of the bundle.
In farewell speech, Biden rails against the tech industrial complex, disinfo dismantling democracy
The Register - 16 Jan 2025 23:33
Welcome to a decade where the oligarchs are no longer silent in the shadows US President Joe Biden gave his final address to the nation on Wednesday, and said America was visibly sliding into an oligopoly aided by a floo...
With TikTok ban looming, there's been a 216% spike in Americans using Duolingo to learn Mandarin
BGR - 16 Jan 2025 23:32
I was scrolling Twitter today when I came across a surprising revelation from Duolingo, the language-learning app known for its persistent notifications that guilt-trip you … The post With TikTok ban looming, there’s...
20 years later, one superhero flop reveals the empty nostalgia of Deadpool & Wolverine
Digital Trends - 16 Jan 2025 23:30
As much as Deadpool & Wolverine may have wanted us to believe otherwise, one infamous 2000s superhero flop proves that not all movies deserve to be reclaimed.
The Most Accurate View of the Milky Way
Universe Today - 16 Jan 2025 23:30
We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms. By that metric, the ESA’s Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map...