Sun 11 February 2024: Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday announced plans to shift one million people to Mars. “We are mapping out a game plan to get a million people to Mars,” Musk wrote in a post on X.com. “Civilisation only passes the single-planet Great Filter when Mars can survive even if Earth supply ships […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: US newspaper The Washington Post says it has seen internal guidance from tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, that shows a debate is occurring within the company over how to flag user posts containing the word “zionist”. The Washington Post says the move would be to “counter […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: Google released a free artificial intelligence app on Thursday that would allow individuals to write, read and perform a number of other tasks in their life without using their own minds. In a few weeks, Google will put Gemini’s features into its existing search app for iPhones, where Apple would prefer […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: In a successful liftoff early Thursday, SpaceX launched NASA’s nearly $1 billion PACE satellite to monitor the health of the planet, from its oceans to its atmosphere, offering crucial data for understanding and combating climate change, according to the US space agency. Though the mission faced multiple cancelation threats, PACE’s liftoff […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: While conscious use of technology makes our lives easier, unconscious use can lead to addiction. With the numerous innovations that technology brings, everything is at our fingertips with just a single touch. For individuals with gambling addiction, online gambling behavior is also just a click away on online platforms. In the context of the […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: A year after being cleared for the test, billionaire Elon Musk’s Neuralink has implanted its wireless brain chip in a human for the first time. Musk announced that the patient received the implant on Sunday and “is recovering well”. The device is meant to have several applications, from restoring motor functionality […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: The UK has announced plans to invest more than 100 million pounds ($125 million) in artificial intelligence (AI) research and training. In line with plans unveiled on Tuesday, the government would establish nine new AI research hubs around the United Kingdom, fund studies looking into the ethical application of AI in […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: In 2004, as broadband was replacing dial-up internet and mobile phones with colour screens were gaining popularity, on February 4, a social network, named “TheFacebook”, was launched by 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates at Harvard University. Facebook was named after the physical student directory distributed at universities at the […]
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Sun 04 February 2024: Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook’s parent firm, Meta Platforms, jumped to fourth place on the world’s billionaires list Friday, as Meta shares soared on strong financial results, according to a tally. The Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List said Zuckerberg’s net worth jumped $27.6 billion, or 19.88% to $167 billion. […]
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Sun 04 February 2024: Geely Holding Group (0175.HK), a Chinese automaker, announced on Saturday that it has launched 11 low-Earth orbit satellites, marking its second dispatch, as part of its efforts to increase the precision of its navigation for autonomous vehicles. According to Reuters, the satellites were launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in […]
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