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A team of scientists at Princeton University has developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence tool that could help solve one of fusion power’s most persistent challenges—maintaining plasma stability inside reactors. The system, known as Diag2Diag, can “see” what sensors miss, recreating lost or incomplete data to help control plasma—the ultra-hot fuel that powers fusion. The innovation, … Read more
They want surveillance states to be the new normal Source: Reuters ICE plans to hire 30 contractors whose only job would be sifting through social media to find posts that could warrant deportation. They’re looking for private vendors that will operate a multi-year surveillance program to scour Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other platforms, using … Read more
Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.
The wearables help dairy farmers gather more data so their animals are happier and produce more milk.
New scrollable feed, image tools spotted as Google experiments with Gemini redesign Google is reportedly preparing a significant overhaul of its Gemini AI app, shifting it away from its current chatbot-style interface towards a more visually engaging experience. According to tech crunch, the redesign, first spotted in the app’s code by Android Authority, introduces a … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has embarked on a global fundraising initiative spanning East Asia and the Middle East, seeking financing and manufacturing partners to meet the company’s demand for its computing capacity, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the meetings. Altman has held discussions since late September in Taiwan, South … Read more
The first full moon of 2025, a supermoon, will brighten skies across Pakistan on October 7, according to the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco). The phenomenon occurs as the Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, known as perigee, at a distance of about 361,400 kilometres (224,599 miles). At this point, it … Read more
Amazon (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday that gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth. Speaking at the Italian Tech Week in Turin, Bezos also compared the surge in artificial intelligence … Read more
China’s deep dive for data. Literally. Underwater data centre being developed by Chinese maritime technology company Highlander is seen under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, in China’s eastern Jingsu province. Source: x.com/japantimes China’s really gone off the deep end with this one. They’re building a server pod near Shanghai that will be submerged underwater … Read more
ChatGPT creator OpenAI will soon introduce controls allowing the owners of content rights to dictate how their characters are used in its AI video-generating tool Sora and plans to share revenue with those who permit such use. The artificial intelligence company will give rights holders “more granular control over generation of characters,” Chief Executive Sam Altman posted on his blog on Friday. Altman said options for copyright owners, … Read more