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Jan 28, 2021
Astronomers Find a Planet Like Jupiter, but It Doesn’t Have any Clouds
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Astronomers have found the first Jupiter-like exoplanet with no clouds or haze. It’s an ideal object for further study with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Can you picture Jupiter without any observable clouds or haze? It isn’t easy since Jupiter’s latitudinal cloud bands and its Great Red Spot are iconic visual features in our Solar System. Those features are caused by upswelling and descending gas, mostly ammonia. After Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s cloud forms are probably the most recognizable feature in the Solar System.
Now astronomers with the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have found a planet similar in mass to Jupiter, but with a cloud-free atmosphere.
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Jan 28, 2021
Has Google’s DeepMind revolutionized biology?
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biological, robotics/AI
Jan 28, 2021
Remote Attackers Can Now Reach Protected Network Devices via NAT Slipstreaming
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: internet
A new version of NAT slipstreaming allows cybercriminals an easy path to devices that aren’t connected to the internet.
Jan 28, 2021
You can’t buy a quantum computer, but if you’re BMW you can start using these radical new machines now
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in categories: computing, quantum physics
BMW takes first steps into the quantum computing revolution.
A radically different type of computation is gradually maturing.
Jan 28, 2021
World’s first flying car mobile airport to open in UK later this year
Posted by Raphael Ramos in category: drones
The incredible world first, designed by Urban Air Port, will be located next to the city’s Ricoh Arena and will allow air taxis and electric drones to land and recharge dailystar.
Jan 28, 2021
AI comes of age; consumers prefer to talk to machines than humans: Pega survey
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: business, robotics/AI
78% respondents said they were comfortable interacting with AI for business-related queries.
Artificial intelligence has come of age. Customers in the country seem to prefer to get responses from a machine than interacting with humans. The reason, according to a survey, answers given by an AI-system is backed with voluminous data that it crunches to deliver right responses.
A study commissioned by Pegasystems, a Nasdaq-listed digital transformation solutions company, has found that 60 per cent of people in the country are more likely to tell the truth to an AI system or chatbot as compared to a human, Suman Reddy, Managing Director of Pega India, told BusinessLine.
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Jan 28, 2021
Autophagy Pathology — How You Can Live A Longer Healthier Life
Posted by Mark Parkins in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
You may have heard of Autophagy, it was the beneficiary of a Nobel Prize in 2016 and has been a hot topic since then.
It is credited with such amazing benefits as removing toxic proteins from cells such as which cause Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, recycling residual proteins, providing energy and building blocks for cells that could still benefit from repair, prompting regeneration for healthy cells, and it may also help with cancer prevention.
Jan 28, 2021
Google’s using AI to plan electric car trips because EV charging is still a nightmare
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation
Google is using artificial intelligence to help EV owners plan their routes. Charging an electric vehicle can be very confusing, with stations offering different plugs and different speeds. Google wants to take some the guesswork out of it.
Jan 28, 2021
GameStop: Why social media-driven traders are beating Wall Street
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in category: futurism
GameStop, a struggling US video game retailer, has seen its share price surge from below $3 in April 2020 to more than $373 on Wednesday. Here’s how this happened
Retail traders using Reddit have quickly overturned conventional wisdom about who holds sway in US equity markets.