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AI could predict hurricanes or rogue waves from minimal data

AI could predict hurricanes or rogue waves from minimal...

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Learning the significance of data points allows artificial intelligence models to...

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Twisted shapes of ancient trees may explain their extreme longevity

Twisted shapes of ancient trees may explain their extreme...

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Pine trees that are more than 600 years old have unusual branching patterns and...

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Supersized wind turbine could weather storms by bending like palm tree

Supersized wind turbine could weather storms by bending...

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There is a limit to how big existing wind turbine designs can get, which limits...

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The ozone layer was destroyed during Earth's biggest mass extinction

The ozone layer was destroyed during Earth's biggest mass...

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Fossils show plants were producing higher levels of sunscreen chemicals to protect...

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XBB.1.5: What we know so far about the latest omicron subvariant

XBB.1.5: What we know so far about the latest omicron subvariant

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A highly transmissible covid-19 subvariant called XBB.1.5 is now the dominant cause...

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AI chatbots could hit a ceiling after 2026 as training data runs dry

AI chatbots could hit a ceiling after 2026 as training...

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The stock of language data that artificial intelligences like ChatGPT train on could...

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How California can capture stormwater to fight off the drought

How California can capture stormwater to fight off the...

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With atmospheric rivers drenching the US west coast, researchers are testing methods...

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Google says Android TV OS, the underlying platform for Google TV and Android TV, now has 150M monthly active devices, up 36%+ YoY (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Google says Android TV OS, the underlying platform for...

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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:Google says Android TV OS, the underlying platform for Google...

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Source: Twitter laid off ~40 ad optimization data scientists and engineers, as the company targets areas that leadership considers to be failing or unimportant (Erin Woo/The Information)

Source: Twitter laid off ~40 ad optimization data scientists...

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Erin Woo / The Information:Source: Twitter laid off ~40 ad optimization data scientists...

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Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $300M+ from Thrive and Founders Fund in a tender offer, valuing the company at ~$29B, up from $14B in its 2021 tender offer (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $300M+ from Thrive...

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Wall Street Journal:Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $300M+ from Thrive and...

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California's pay transparency law came into effect this week revealing some Big Tech salaries including $253K-$327K for a software engineering director at Meta (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

California's pay transparency law came into effect this...

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Kif Leswing / CNBC:California's pay transparency law came into effect this week...

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Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech giants struck a truce with the government, accepting slower growth and stricter controls as China eases its crackdown (Bloomberg)

Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech giants struck...

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Bloomberg:Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech giants struck a truce with the...

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Sources: Genesis Global laid off 30% of its staff, after a 20% cut in 2022, leaving the crypto lender with 145 workers, and is considering filing for bankruptcy (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Genesis Global laid off 30% of its staff, after...

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Wall Street Journal:Sources: Genesis Global laid off 30% of its staff, after a 20%...

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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Satellite, which lets phones with a Gen 2 SoC and an X70 modem text off the grid via Iridium's satellite network, coming in H2 2023 (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Satellite, which lets phones...

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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Satellite, which lets phones...

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Microsoft files a revised rebuttal to the FTC's lawsuit to block its Activision Blizzard deal, removing its claim that the FTC's structure is unconstitutional (Stephen Totilo/Axios)

Microsoft files a revised rebuttal to the FTC's lawsuit...

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Stephen Totilo / Axios:Microsoft files a revised rebuttal to the FTC's lawsuit to...

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Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut down its wealth management subsidiary HQ Digital on January 2; filing: HQ had $3.5B+ under management as of December 2022 (Kate Clark/The Information)

Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut down its wealth management...

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Kate Clark / The Information:Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut down its wealth...