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Half of cybersecurity jobs might not be real, wasting time for everyone
With “ghost jobs” on the rise, applicants for cybersecurity – and tech positions in general – are particularly affected by the trend to keep placements open for jobs they have zero chance of ever getting.
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Star Trek cast now in orbit, but moon burial abandoned due to fuel leak
Star Trek’s creator and crew were launched into deep space towards their final resting place this week – successfully piggybacking on NASA’s attempt at its first moon landing in decades – but a second moon burial spaceflight, also carrying dozens of human remains, is now abandoned. The fate of those remains? Cybernews has the details.
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Machine learning bridges “reality gap” in quantum devices
Researchers have discovered a way to overcome one of the key challenges in quantum computing – the so-called “reality gap,” which results in seemingly identical quantum devices behaving differently.
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NASA moon landing and Star Trek space burial in question after positioning snafu
NASA’s first soft lunar landing since the 1972 Apollo 17 – and a deep space burial mission for Star Trek castmates and its creator – are now up in the air after the Astrobotic Peregrine moon lander hits a positioning snafu in space.
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VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year
Volkswagen presented its first vehicles featuring ChatGPT, to be available for customers in North America and Europe mid-year at the 2024 CES electronics trade fair.
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Google crafts helper robot to make you snacks and wipe your table
Google helps robots make decisions faster, and better understand and navigate their environments.
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Computer storage prices to rise enormously in 2024
After a rebound, the price of NAND Flash memory is expected to rise by an additional 50% or even higher in 2024, market analysts say. That would make computer SSD drives more expensive.
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Berlin researchers hacked Tesla autopilot to unlock “Elon mode”
Three IT security researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) glitched Tesla’s driving assistant into activating a powerful “Elon mode” and were able to access the company’s secrets, Spiegel reported. Allegedly, all Tesla models are vulnerable to this attack.
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Tech to avoid while last-minute holiday shopping
The holidays are a time to over-indulge, buy gifts, and visit loved ones. For those who are security conscious, want...
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Orange cat Taters brings NASA closer to deep space
NASA has transmitted a cat video from 19 million miles away using laser communications. This is a world first and will enable further space exploration.
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Cybernews podcast #19: should we use AI to try to find aliens?
Some say the study of UFOs, or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), as they’re called nowadays, could be boosted by artificial intelligence (AI).
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Spotify’s staff will shrink by 17% this year
Spotify will reduce its total headcount by around 17% across the company, it said in an email on Monday, after laying off 6% of this staff in January citing higher costs.
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Spot the Artist: a robot dog takeover at NGV Triennial in Melbourne
“First, Spot was the muse. It was a passive object in my art. And then the muse became the artist,” painter Agnieszka Pilat says of her breakthrough exhibition in Australia.
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Signal’s Whittaker slams French govt for app ban
Meredith Whittaker, the president of the foundation behind the messaging app Signal, lamented the French government’s decision to ban officials from using the app, calling the decision “dangerously misleading.”
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Meta’s Threads EU launch scheduled for December – WSJ
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta plans a December launch of its X-alternative, Threads, in the EU, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Amazon announces new cloud AI chip as Microsoft rivalry intensifies
Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a new artificial intelligence chip for its cloud computing service as competition with Microsoft to dominate the market for artificial intelligence heats up.
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China vs US: who’s winning the race for AI supremacy
The foremost global superpowers, the US and China, are competing for AI dominance, trying to complete the same puzzle using different pieces. And the US lead is not as clear-cut as many perceive.
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Hyundai opens robot-run factory in Singapore
Boston Dynamics robot dogs patrol the production floor of the South Korean auto giant’s new plant in Singapore.
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Cybernews podcast #17. AI in war: arms race begins now
The wars of the future will hinge on technology, with human ethics taking a back seat.
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Firefox users frustrated over alleged 5 second-delay on Youtube
A heated discussion has erupted on online forums among Firefox users, who believe that YouTube may intentionally slow down video loading times on its rival browser. The company said those with ad blockers "may experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser."
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