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"Sentinel plants" could save crops via stress sensors in leaves:
Specially tagged "sentinel plants" could soon provide an early warning of crop problems such as insect damage or bacterial infection.
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22 April 2024.
Video: World's first dogfight between AI and human pilot:
An F-16 fighter plane running on artificial intelligence has engaged in the first-ever aerial dogfight exercise with a human-piloted counterpart.
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22 April 2024.
First Approved Emulator App Appears In Apple’s App Store Under New Rules:
Well, that was fast. It was just earlier this month that we talked about some interesting new rules Apple instituted for its App Store when it comes specifically to emulation apps.
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22 April 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.
As Empire AI dawns, Cornell lays groundwork for public good:
Empire AI, a $400 million effort to create a shared academic research computing facility, is set to advance dozens of ambitious, cross-disciplinary projects at Cornell.
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22 April 2024.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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28 December 2021.
TikTok says it will fight US ban or forced sale after bill passes:
Platform’s future in US in doubt after House approves bill ordering Bytedance to sell stakeTikTok has said it will fight any ban or forced sale of the app’s US operation in the courts, after the House of Representatives passed legislation targeting the viral video platform.
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23 April 2024.
Perception of when old age starts has increased over time, shows study:
As people get older, they revise the age they consider to be old upwardsNone of us are getting any younger, but it appears the age at which we are considered old has moved upwards over the generations.
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23 April 2024.
How to join and use Meta's Threads:
Available for iOS and Android and on the web, Threads is accessible to Instagram users who'd like to try a social network other than X, aka Twitter.
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22 April 2024.
What is Earth Day and what has it achieved?:
The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment.
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22 April 2024.
Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust:
Sales of vegan meat are trending downward in the US, with companies scrambling to win back customers.
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22 April 2024.
TikTok ban expected to become law, but it's not so simple. What's next?:
The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend.
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22 April 2024.
Findings suggest ILF3 may function as a reader of telomeric R-loops to help maintain telomere homeostasis:
Dysregulated R-loops can cause stalled replication forks and telomere instability.
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22 April 2024.
Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR:
Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.
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22 April 2024.
Osmond Resources Seeks ASX Quotation Expansion:
Osmond Resources Limited (AU:OSM) has released an update.
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22 April 2024.
Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?:
H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time.
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22 April 2024.
Oncologists' meetings with drug reps don't help cancer patients live longer:
Drug company reps commonly visit doctors to talk about new medications.
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22 April 2024.
Protest group says Google has fired more staff over sit-ins opposing work for Israel:
After firing 28 people for protesting its cloud deal with Israel by occupying its offices, Google reportedly spent the weekend letting go of more staff to bring the number of employees let go over the incident to an even 50.
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22 April 2024.
Gaming Giant Embracer Group Is Splitting Into Three Companies:
Jess Weatherbed reports via The Verge: Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group announced plans on Monday to split itself into three distinct games and entertainment companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends.
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22 April 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.
Haunting photo of Earth and moon snapped by China's experimental lunar satellites:
China's experimental moon satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 are testing lunar communications and navigation tech.
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22 April 2024.
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy:
On a foggy morning in early February last year, dozens of journalists from around the world gathered outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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09 February 2022.
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.
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