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Lees meerThe Mons Mouton Plateau looks nice this time of year. Or maybe you prefer Slater Plain? NASA has released an updated list of nine potential landing spots near the lunar south pole for Artemis III – the mission that will hopefully see the first human…
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Lees meerMicroscopic 'water bears' can survive blasts that would kill humans Drugs that prevent or reverse the effects of ionizing radiation have long been a sci-fi pipedream, but the gene sequencing of a newly discovered species of tardigrade could change a…
Lees meerBurger me! Partial success in chipping away at insane DMCA rules The US Copyright Office has published a new list of exemptions from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), including one for retail food machines that was requested to deal with …
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Lees meerThe silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads In a surprise announcement on Monday, Apple unveiled a rainbow of new iMacs powered by its M4 processor with 16 GB of memory as standard, a 12 MP webcam, and no shortage of AI gimmicks… er……
Lees meerYou know what they say, where there's a will there's a Huawei Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has allegedly cut off shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo over allegations it was attempting to supply components to Huawei in violation of US…
Lees meerATMs paid customers thousands ... and now the bank wants its money back JPMorgan Chase has begun suing fraudsters who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the bank's ATMs after a check fraud glitch went viral on social media.…
Lees meerProject Jarvis will apparently conduct research, purchase products, and even book a flight on your behalf Google is reportedly looking to sidestep the complexity of AI-driven automation by letting its multimodal large language models (LLMs) take con…
Lees meerWants injunction on GPUs that use what it alleges is its own IP German HPC vendor ParTec is taking legal action against Nvidia for alleged patent infringement, seeking an injunction to stop its GPUs being sold in 18 countries that are participants i…
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Lees meerChipzilla unlikely to give in when it comes to its biggest sales market Intel is expanding its packaging and testing base in Chengdu, a move that signals its intent to remain firmly rooted in the Chinese market, despite geopolitical pressures.…
Lees meerThe silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads In a surprise announcement on Monday, Apple unveiled a rainbow of new iMacs powered by its M4 processor with 16 GB of memory as standard, a 12 MP webcam, and no shortage of AI gimmicks… er……
Lees meerNew modelling shows tech could massively increase current volumes of electronic landfill by 2030 Computational boffins' research claims GenAI is set to create nearly 1,000 times more e-waste than exists currently by 2030, unless the tech industry em…
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