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Health

Wildfires Overwhelm Air Quality Monitoring Systems

Wildfires are reversing decades of U.S. air quality progress, as smoke from events like Canadian fires pushes pollution back into…

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Newswire

Europe’s Top 5 Launcher Challenge Contenders Revealed

Europe has shortlisted five rocket startups (Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, PLD Space, and Orbex) for a funding competition…

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Newswire

Northwood Space Tests Next-Gen Phased Array Antenna Successfully

Northwood Space successfully tested its next-gen phased array antenna system, enabling seamless multi-orbit satellite communication and addressing ground station limitations.…

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Automotive

Nissan hit by US-China trade war impact

Nissan is reducing Leaf production due to rare-earth mineral shortages caused by US-China trade tensions, impacting critical EV components. China's…

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AI & Tech

AGI Debate Divides Microsoft and OpenAI

Microsoft and OpenAI disagree on defining AGI, with some reports linking it to a $100 billion profit benchmark, highlighting widespread…

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News

China Leads in Next-Gen Space Reuse Technology

China achieved a breakthrough in space technology with two satellites (SJ-21 and SJ-25) successfully docking in high Earth orbit, demonstrating…

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Artificial Intelligence

Gemini Can Access Third-Party Apps on Android Unless You Act

Google's Gemini AI now accesses third-party apps on Android by default, overriding prior user settings unless manually adjusted, even for…

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BigTech Companies

Affordable Apple A18 MacBook: What Can It Really Do?

Rumors suggest Apple may release an affordable MacBook with an A18 Pro chip, potentially breaking its $1,000 entry barrier for…

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Business

New Law by Trump & Congress May Disrupt Your Wi-Fi

A recent legislative change allows the FCC to reallocate Wi-Fi spectrum (including the 6 GHz band) to major mobile carriers,…

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AI & Tech

Major Training Shift Sparks LLM Capability Boom

In 2023, experimental projects like BabyAGI and AutoGPT aimed to transform GPT-4 into an autonomous problem-solving agent by chaining reasoning…

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Cybersecurity

Covert Surveillance App Exposes 62,000 User Passwords

A security flaw in the Android surveillance app Catwatchful exposed 62,000 users' sensitive data, including unencrypted passwords and email addresses.…

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Artificial Intelligence

xAI Data Center Approved for 15 Turbines, But 24 Spotted in Imaging

The Shelby County Health Department approved an air permit for xAI’s Colossus data center, allowing 15 methane gas turbines with…

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Health

Judge Blocks DEI Grant Ban Over Vague Definition

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's revocation of NIH grants unlawful, citing arbitrary decision-making and potential racial and anti-LGBTQ+…

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Health

Rice Holds Secret to Better Non-Alcoholic Beer

Rice is emerging as a key ingredient in improving the taste and brewing process of non-alcoholic beer, addressing flavor challenges…

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News

Double Detonation: New Evidence in Supernova Research

Astronomers have found new evidence for a "double detonation" theory in Type Ia supernovae, challenging the traditional view that they…

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Artificial Intelligence

X’s AI Community Notes: Potential Risks and Pitfalls

X's AI-powered Community Notes aim to speed up fact-checking by generating notes at scale, but experts warn of risks if…

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Artificial Intelligence

NYT to Access Deleted ChatGPT Logs After Court Win Over OpenAI

A US court has ordered OpenAI to indefinitely preserve all ChatGPT logs, including deleted conversations, amid a copyright dispute with…

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Health

Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine Outperforms Traditional Shot in Trial

Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine showed 27% better protection than traditional flu shots in a phase 3 trial with 41,000 participants,…

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BigTech Companies

Pentagon Eyes SpaceX for Key Role in Sensor-to-Shooter Network

The Pentagon is shifting its satellite strategy, potentially replacing existing military systems with a next-generation network like SpaceX's Starlink, backed…

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Health

RFK Jr.’s Health Dept. Dismisses Nature as ‘Junk Science,’ Ends Subscriptions

Federal agencies like NASA, USDA, and DOE are ending subscriptions with Springer Nature, citing high costs and labeling the content…

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