Google, Apple, Meta and other huge tech companies join US consortium to advance responsible AI

A whole bunch of big tech companies, have joined a U.S.-based effort to advance responsible AI practices. The American AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) will count Meta, Google, Microsoft and Apple among its members. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo just announced the group's many new members and said they will be responsible for carrying out the … Read more

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off 570 workers

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Even is not safe from . The agency announces it is cutting approximately 530 employees from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California amid budget uncertainty. This represents eight percent of the establishment's workforce. JPL is also laying off around 40 contractors, just weeks after imposing a hiring freeze and . The workers are now … Read more

TikTok loses Taylor Swift’s songs and the verdict on the Galaxy S24 Ultra

After negotiations with TikTok failed, Universal Music made good on its threat to remove the music from the social media platform. That means more from TayTay, more Drake and more than… every other artist that falls under its umbrella. Elsewhere, the CEOs of the world's most influential social media platforms have (sometimes) had a real … Read more

Tesla recalls over 2 million EVs because the warning light text is too small

must carry out another massive recall of its electric vehicles. THE noticed that the font size on several dashboard lights is . As such, the company is recalling nearly 2.2 million electric vehicles – almost all cars sold in the United States – to address the issue. Fortunately, both for Tesla and its customers, the … Read more

eBay will pay $59 million to settle DOJ suit involving over pill press machine sales

eBay e-commerce platform from the Department of Justice that he helped sell pill presses, which are used to make legitimate and counterfeit prescription drugs. The platform has sold thousands of these presses, as well as other products for creating pills, such as molds, stamps, dies and encapsulation machines. For the uninitiated, encapsulating machines are used … Read more

The European Space Agency will test 3D printing metal on the ISS

The first metal 3D printer used in space is to the International Space Station. The Cygnus NG-20 resupply mission, which carries the 180 kg (397 lb) printer, was launched on Tuesday and is expected to arrive in SSI THURSDAY. Astronaut Andreas Mogensen will install the printer, which developed for the . The machine will then … Read more

Meta will offer some of its data to third-party researchers through Center for Open Science partnership

Meta partners with the Center for Open Science (COS) to “topics related to well-being”. It appears the program will delve into our social media data, but on a voluntary basis, as COS says it will use a “privacy-preserving” dataset provided by Meta for the study. The agency says the study should help people understand “how … Read more

Japan’s SLIM lunar probe returns to life more than a week after landing upside down

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The Japanese lunar lander regained power nine days after landing on the surface of the Moon. almost upside down and was subsequently extinguished, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) announcement. A change in the position of the sun allowed the solar panels to receive light and charge the probe's battery, allowing JAXA to re-establish communication. Things … Read more