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NASA’s partner sends human cells to space to study aging
A team of scientists and the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab sent tissue chips into space to research immune cells and find ways to stop them from aging.
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Falling Starlink satellites might soon start killing people
Falling debris from SpaceX‘s Starlink satellites could injure or kill a person every two years and threaten to down an aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says.
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Could mining in outer space solve our environmental problems?
Space is full of precious metals and resources that the Earth's economies could take advantage of at a low environmental cost. While the exploration of space continues, could space mining become a reality?
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Russia fines Google $164K for not keeping user data inside the country
A Moscow court imposed 15 million roubles ($164,000) fine on Google for repeated refusal to store Russian users' data on servers inside Russia.
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Tesla forbids Cybertruck buyers to sell for a year or risk $50K fine
You shall not sell the Cybertruck. Buyers of Tesla’s long-awaited electric pickup trucks must now sign an agreement prohibiting them from selling them to a third party.
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Social media’s GDPR fines exceed $3 billion
Meta, TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter) have collectively been fined over $3 billion, with almost a third of the fines prompted by the mishandling of children’s data.
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Facebook forcing Europeans to choose: pay up or agree to ads and tracking
Meta now demands that its European users swallow one of two pills: either pay €9.99-12.99/month to use Facebook without ads, or continue using for free, but “your info will be used for ads.” And the privacy policy is pervasive.
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ESA’s Euclid space telescope delivers first photos
European astronomers have released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope, which is designed to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energy – the hidden forces thought to make up 95% of the universe.
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WeWork files for bankruptcy with debts of $19 billion
WeWork, the SoftBank Group-backed startup whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office sector globally, sought US bankruptcy protection on Monday.
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Musk’s AI startup xAI to be integrated with X
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will be integrated into his social media platform X and also be available as a standalone app, the billionaire businessman has announced.
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Jury sides with Tesla in first fatal Autopilot crash trial
Tesla has won the first US trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several other lawsuits and federal investigations related to the same technology.
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The hacker who breached NASA to prove that UFOs exist
In the heart of Wood Green, a forgotten suburban corner of North London, lay a dingy room steeped in shadows, where a solo hacker wasted no time to wash, shave, meet anyone, or sometimes even eat. He had just accessed classified military and NASA networks, where UFO Research and secret technologies were hidden.
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Germany court bans LinkedIn from ignoring browser “do-not-track” setting
The business and employment-focused social media platform LinkedIn has no right to ignore users that set the “do not track” function on their browser. The ruling in the Berlin Regional Court has also prohibited LinkedIn from disregarding other user privacy features.
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Revolut client loses €127k, seeks refund to no avail
Investment scam victims make, on average, dozens of payments and lose tens of thousands before realizing that they’ve been tricked. Some Revolut customers go to extreme lengths to get their money back. However, their reimbursement claims are almost always rejected.
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Fighting back against automation: must-have skills revealed
Tech is advancing into high and low skill jobs alike. Cybernews asked experts what traits do we, as human beings, need to focus on to ensure that we still have jobs after the robot revolution.
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Researchers find LLMs printing copyrighted materials from books like Harry Potter
Researchers have demonstrated that large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, memorize large chunks of copyrighted materials. The chatbots accurately repeated more than 50 words from books like Harry Potter.
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Google Chrome may soon change your IP address for added protection
Google is working on a free VPN-like feature that may soon be introduced in its Chrome browser. Two IP hops in the same country will add a layer of privacy security for users. However, it won't be useful for accessing services abroad.
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Apple Watch screen glitches frustrates users
Apple’s most advanced and expensive watch, the Ultra 2, seems to be having problems with an always-on display.
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YouTube is cracking down on adblock users: pay or disable
YouTube has introduced an anti-adblock feature, which alerts users with pop-ups and interrupts the viewing experience. The adblocking community is already working on ways to defeat the feature, but YouTube seems to be changing its detection scripts constantly.
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UN using AI to help resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
The United Nations is deploying AI models in an effort to reach a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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