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Apr 20, 2022
SpaceX rolls out rocket for Crew-4 astronaut mission ahead of Saturday launch (photos)
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule are scheduled to lift off on Saturday (April 23).
Crew-4’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule were rolled out to Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (April 19) to gear up for a planned launch on Saturday (April 23).
Apr 20, 2022
FBI warning: These hackers are targeting developers and DevOps teams to break into crypto firms
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: blockchains, business, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, government
The US government has detailed how North Korean state-sponsored attackers have been hacking cryptocurrency firms using phishing, malware and exploits to steal funds and initiate fraudulent blockchain transactions.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn all businesses in cryptocurrency to watch out for attacks from North Korean state-sponsored hackers.
Apr 20, 2022
Elon Musk’s new bid for Twitter includes $0 salary for board members
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: Elon Musk
“Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year (roughly Rs. 22 crore) saved right there,” Musk tweeted while replying to a user’s post criticising the Twitter board.
Apr 20, 2022
Nvidia: Just two AI GPUs can do better chip design in a few days than 10 people do in a year
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: robotics/AI
Nvidia is impressed with the chip making capabilities of NVCell, its AI chip designer. The firm says that it using it, just two GPUs can do nearly the same work that takes ten people a year’s time.
Apr 20, 2022
AI ethics for children: digital natives on how to protect future generations
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: ethics, robotics/AI
AI brings many benefits but as with any rapidly advancing technology it needs ethical frameworks that protect society, in particular children and young people.
Apr 20, 2022
“” Most people in the world are operating under the false impression that we’ve got too many people
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
This is not true. Earth could maintain a population many times the current level. The birth rate has been dropping like crazy. — @elonmusk
Apr 20, 2022
Discovery of bacteria linked to prostate cancer hailed as potential breakthrough
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
And if bacteria causes one kind, whos to say it doesnt cause every other kind.
Genetic information on the microbes has already allowed the scientists to piece together how they may behave in the body, including what toxins and other substances they might release. This has led them to develop half a dozen hypotheses around how the bugs could cause prostate cancer.
“We currently have no way of reliably identifying aggressive prostate cancers, and this research could help make sure men get the right treatment for them,” Luxton added.
Apr 20, 2022
Elon Musk defended his billionaire status and said he doesn’t own a home, a yacht, or take vacations weeks after Grimes faced huge backlash for saying he lives “below the poverty line”
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: Elon Musk, habitats
It would be very problematic if I was consuming billions of dollars a year in personal consumption, but that is not the case. In fact, I don’t even own a home right now. I’m literally staying at friends’ places.
Apr 19, 2022
How Wavelets Allow Researchers to Transform — and Understand — Data
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: mathematics
Built upon the ubiquitous Fourier transform, the mathematical tools known as wavelets allow unprecedented analysis and understanding of continuous signals.
