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First satellite launch from the UK failed due to an ‘anomaly’

First satellite launch from the UK failed due to an ‘anomaly’

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Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket and a group of nine satellites it was taking to...

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Children living near airport found to have raised lead levels in blood

Children living near airport found to have raised lead...

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A study of children living near one such airport in US finds those within 1.5 kilometers...

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Marseille-based Volta Medical, whose AI assistant helps surgeons in cardiac ablation procedures, raised a €36M Series B, bringing its total funding to over €70M (Callum Cyrus/Tech.eu)

Marseille-based Volta Medical, whose AI assistant helps...

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Callum Cyrus / Tech.eu:Marseille-based Volta Medical, whose AI assistant helps surgeons...

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Mastodon's "active users" fell 30%+ from a 2.5M+ peak in early December 2022 to ~1.8M in the first week of January, and are still declining but at a slower pace (Josh Nicholas/The Guardian)

Mastodon's "active users" fell 30%+ from a 2.5M+ peak in...

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Josh Nicholas / The Guardian:Mastodon's “active users” fell 30%+ from a 2.5M+ peak...

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Despite a recent pledge by Chinese officials to support tech to boost growth, VCs and foreign investors remain wary after a brutal, two-year regulatory campaign (Financial Times)

Despite a recent pledge by Chinese officials to support...

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Financial Times:Despite a recent pledge by Chinese officials to support tech to...

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Sources: Twitter cuts staff in its already diminished trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in a unit for hate speech and harassment (Bloomberg)

Sources: Twitter cuts staff in its already diminished trust...

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Bloomberg:Sources: Twitter cuts staff in its already diminished trust and safety...

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DoNotPay plans to use its AI-based legal advisor to coach a defendant via an earpiece to fight a speeding ticket in an unnamed US courtroom in February 2023 (Lauren Leffer/Gizmodo)

DoNotPay plans to use its AI-based legal advisor to coach...

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Lauren Leffer / Gizmodo:DoNotPay plans to use its AI-based legal advisor to coach...

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Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies for allegedly exploiting "the vulnerable brains of youth" (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap,...

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap,...

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Sources: in recent months, the US attorney's office for the Western District of Washington subpoenaed US hedge funds for records of their Binance communications (Washington Post)

Sources: in recent months, the US attorney's office for...

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Washington Post:Sources: in recent months, the US attorney's office for the Western...

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A look at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab, which is exploring questions around artificial consciousness and the possibility of self-aware robots (Oliver Whang/New York Times)

A look at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab,...

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Oliver Whang / New York Times:A look at Columbia University's Creative Machines...

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After years of hype, 5G took a back seat at CES 2023, as the industry focuses on laying the groundwork for self-driving cars, AR, and IoT in smart cities (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

After years of hype, 5G took a back seat at CES 2023, as...

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Allison Johnson / The Verge:After years of hype, 5G took a back seat at CES 2023,...

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Sources: Apple plans to unveil its "Reality Pro" headset this spring, before WWDC; the new Mac Pro will look like the 2019 model but lose user-upgradeable RAM (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple plans to unveil its "Reality Pro" headset...

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:Sources: Apple plans to unveil its “Reality Pro” headset...

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The Cyberspace Administration of China will start regulating "deep synthesis" tech like AI-powered image, audio, and text-generation software on January 10 (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

The Cyberspace Administration of China will start regulating...

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Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:The Cyberspace Administration of China will start...

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The economic downturn is hurting the creator economy, one of the most-hyped sectors of the past decade, in particular since its middle class hasn't yet emerged (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)

The economic downturn is hurting the creator economy, one...

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Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:The economic downturn is hurting the creator economy,...

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more (Aggi Cantrill/Bloomberg)

Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments...

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Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg:Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments...

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Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision on reinstating Trump, who as recently as last week was still harassing 2020 election workers by name (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision...

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Naomi Nix / Washington Post:Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision...