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Hot Jupiter planet spotted with a tail like a colossal comet:
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a tail, like a gigantic comet.
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21 December 2024.
Pudu unveils a life-size walking humanoid robot for warehouse tasks:
Chinese startup Pudu Robotics wants you to put its latest robot to work.
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20 December 2024.
This Week In Techdirt History: December 15th – 21st:
Five Years Ago This week in 2019, the biggest copyright trolls were facing some issues in court and trying new strategies, while the Sons of Confederate Veterans were sued over a bogus DMCA takedown and we analyzed the choice of venue.
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21 December 2024.
LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features:
In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools.
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12 December 2023.
In American fiction, it’s a small world after all:
Despite being unbound by space and time, fictional protagonists in American literature travel fewer miles than their nonfiction counterparts, according to a Cornell-led research team that used artificial intelligence to analyze nearly 13,500 books from the last 230 years.
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19 December 2024.
AI learns to distinguish between aromas of US and Scottish whiskies:
One algorithm identified the five strongest notes in each drink more accurately than any one of a panel of expertsNotch up another win for artificial intelligence.
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21 December 2024.
Stonehenge may have been erected to unite early British farming communities, research finds:
The altar stone, which we now know is from Scotland, may have been a gift or marker of political allianceFive thousand years after the first monument was created at Stonehenge, it continues to give up dramatic new secrets – such as the “jaw-dropping” revelation earlier this year that its central stone had been transported more than 700km to Salisbury plain from the very north of Scotland.
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21 December 2024.
The best power banks you can buy in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed:
We tested the best portable power banks from Anker, Ugreen, Baseus, and more to help you find the ultimate solution for reviving your drained devices.
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22 December 2024.
Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end:
Planned legal changes will see three neonicotinoid pesticides completely banned from any future use.
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21 December 2024.
How AI deepfakes polluted elections in 2024:
The most visible use of AI in many countries was to create memes and content whose artificial origins weren't disguised.
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21 December 2024.
NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost lander, moon's surface:
Say cheese again, moon.
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21 December 2024.
Google Proposes Fix to Solve Search Monopoly:
The search giant’s proposals included allowing flexibility for companies and consumers in choosing a search engine.
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21 December 2024.
Crockett to Speaker Johnson: Expect no favors from House Democrats:
Rep. #JasmineCrockett (D-TX) told Ali #Velshi that House Speaker #MikeJohnson shouldn't expect any favors from House .
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21 December 2024.
The best power banks you can buy in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed:
We tested the best portable power banks from Anker, Ugreen, Baseus, and more to help you find the ultimate solution for reviving your drained devices.
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22 December 2024.
How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower as It Peaks During the Winter Solstice:
The astronomical event, which overlaps with the Winter Solstice, is often overlooked because of the winter chill.
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21 December 2024.
'Conan the Bacterium' can survive extreme radiation, and scientists finally know why:
In the 1950s, scientists exposed a tin of meat to a dose of radiation that they expected would kill all forms of life.
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13 December 2024.
Jeans brand Edwin embraces 'made in Japan' label:
TOKYO -- In a shrinking market for jeans, denim maker Edwin is fighting to be one of the last brands standing in Japan.
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21 December 2024.
Luigi Mangione's Ghost Gun Was Only Partially 3D-Printed:
"More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of those homemade plastic weapons has now been found in the hands of perhaps the world's most high-profile alleged killer," Wired wrote this month:
For the community of DIY gunsmiths who have spent years honing those printable firearm models, in fact, the handgun police claim Luigi Mangione used to fatally shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is as recognizable as the now-famous alleged shooter himself — and shows just how practical and lethal those weapons have become.
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22 December 2024.
Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor:
Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday.
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07 March 2023.
James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe's oldest planets exist:
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets.
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21 December 2024.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
