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SCI & TECH3d agoAn AI safety timeline since Hugging FaceThe article outlines a timeline of developments in AI safety since the emergence of Hugging Face as a prominent platform. This provides context on the evolution of efforts to ensure the responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECH3d agoThese Chinese coastal cities might be flooded by 2100International scientists have warned that rising sea levels, driven by melting Antarctic ice, will be 15-20% higher in China's coastal cities like Hong Kong and Shanghai than the global average.newsbytesapp · india
SCI & TECH3d agoAI’s quiet safety gatekeepers are stepping into the spotlightThe intensifying AI safety debate is bringing a small group of third-party evaluators into the center of a multitrillion-dollar industry.CNBC
SCI & TECH3d agoStarlink India Launch: What Must Happen Before You Can Buy It?Starlink has secured initial satellite communication authorisations but still needs spectrum allocation and final security clearances. Its eventual impact will depend on pricing, coverage and the ability to compete with India's existing broadband services.btin_co_in · india
SCI & TECH3d agoAdesina: Africa must build, not just adopt, future technologiesBy Jimoh Babatunde Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African countries to invest in homegrown technologies and advanced computing, saying the continent must move beyond adopting foreign innovations to developing technologies capable of competing globally. “Africa must not simply adopt the technologies of the future; we must […] The post Adesina: Africa must build, not just adopt, future technologies appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
SCI & TECH3d agoGround Robots Are Arriving on the Front LinesFor years, ground autonomy lagged well behind its counterparts in the air. That gap is starting to close. Jonathan is joined by Ryan Hartman (Ondas Sentinel) and Scott Philips (Forterra) to examine what it takes to field autonomous ground vehicles in combat. The conversation ranges across what Ukraine and Gaza have taught them, what operating without GPS and resilient communications really looks like, air-ground teaming, and more. Image: Lance Cpl. Talan Werner via DVIDS. The post Ground Robots Are Arriving on the Front Lines appeared first on War on the Rocks.War on the Rocks
SCI & TECH3d agoAI and nuclear war threaten human extinction by 2100, report warnsSky News World
SCI & TECH3d agoNazareth Castellanos, Spanish neuroscientist: 'Connection between people is not given by proximity but by attention'Las respuestas fisiológicas producidas por el contacto con los otros.Por qué es tan importante la forma de estar y escuchar.Clarín
SCI & TECH3d agoBerlin to BITS Pilani: How Nobel-winning Optogenetics connects to parasite research in HyderabadLight has become more than a means of observation; it is a way to intervene, test, and uncover cause-and-effect relationships, said Nishith Gupta, professor of Biological Sciences at BITS PilanThe Hindu
SCI & TECH3d agoDiaspora: Shattered Armistice Free Fan-Made Battlestar Galactica ModA comprehensive look at the long-running legacy of Battlestar Galactica and the impressive fan-made mod Diaspora: Shattered Armistice, which utilizes the open-source FreeSpace 2 Engine to deliver a voice-acted, multiplayer sci-fi experience set 40 years after the Cylon war.headtopics · united states of america
SCI & TECH3d agoSpaceX could be worth far more than global economy: MuskElon Musk has expanded his vision for SpaceX, suggesting that the rocket and satellite company could eventually be worth "orders of magnitude more" than the current global economy.newsbytesapp · india
SCI & TECH3d agoFarming and solar power are competing for land. Can agrivoltaics solve the problem?Agrivoltaics could help to prevent farmland abandonment by protecting crops and boosting income. But some say the solution ignores the real problems.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH3d agoESA director general reveals €10bn plan to get to space without NASAThe space industry, currently valued at €600 billion, is expected to grow by 10% a year, according to European Space Agency (ESA) director general Josef Aschbacher. He spoke to the Big Question about how Europe can benefit from this booming industry.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH3d agoThe problem with your AI therapistMillions are turning to chatbots for help with mental health but a technology that can’t go beyond words won’t heal themFinancial Times
SCI & TECH3d agoNanotechnology expert Antonio Facchetti joins HKUST from Georgia Tech in the USMaterials scientist and chemist Antonio Facchetti, formerly of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as a chair professor in its newly established department of materials. Facchetti, who was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering last year for his “contributions to the engineering of commercially viable electronic materials and devices”, researches semiconductors, dielectrics for thin-film and...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoWhy are our children not flourishing at school?AI is detonating the tired system of factory education that has predominated since the last centuryFinancial Times
SCI & TECH3d agoArchaeologists Gear Up to Search for Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane Off Pacific IslandA joint effort by the Archaeological Legacy Institute and Purdue University is set to investigate a submerged anomaly on Nikumaroro Island, potentially the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's 1937 Lockheed Electra 10‑E, in hopes of resolving a decades‑old aviation mystery.headtopics · united states of america
SCI & TECH3d agoSpirit of Hong Kong Awards: biotech firm eyes cervical cancer test breakthroughHong Kong biotech entrepreneur Ricky Chiu Yin-to is seeking to make cervical cancer screening easier through urine-based HPV testing, using sample-concentration technology developed by his company. His company, Phase Scientific, made its name during the Covid-19 pandemic through its rapid antigen test, Indicaid. The product received US emergency-use authorisation in July 2021, was used in Hong Kong community testing and sold in more than 30 countries. At the start of the pandemic, the firm...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoHangzhou is doubling down on tech – minus the viral hypeA year ago, a Unitree robot kickboxing could light up social media. When DeepSeek released its latest open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, developers around the world rushed to test it. This year, however, Hangzhou’s latest technology bets have barely made a ripple. The city’s “New Eight Steeds” – eight deep-tech companies in fields ranging from smart glasses and inference graphic processing units (GPUs) to compute-in-memory chips and space computing – are a very different proposition...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoAI capitalism has become a continuously expanding ecosystemA framework is emerging, centrally constituted by Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon/AWS, Alphabet/Google, OpenAI, Meta/Facebook, Oracle, SpaceX, and Anthropic, among others.Clarín
SCI & TECH3d agoIt's official | Texas confirmed that air taxis will start operating from this dateUn programa de pruebas avanzará durante los próximos tres años.Clarín
SCI & TECH3d agoCommunity plants 2,000 trees to restore Little Spokane RiverSPOKANE, Wash. — Hundreds of volunteers gathered at the Waikiki Nature Preserve on Saturday to participate in a large-scale environmental restoration effort aimed at revitalizing the Little Spokane River.kxly · united states of america
SCI & TECH3d agoGroup of researchers travelling 830 miles to remote island in quest to find Amelia Earhart’s planeA TEAM of researchers have set off on an 830-mile odyssey to examine an object that could be the wreck of Amelia Earhart's plane. The group are roughly halfway through an epic voyage to the remote atoll and have high hopes that they could solve the mystery of the famed aviator's disappearance. Earhart vanished in...thesun · united states of america
SCI & TECH3d agoGroup of researchers travelling 830 miles to remote island in quest to find Amelia Earhart’s planeA TEAM of researchers have set off on an 830-mile odyssey to examine an object that could be the wreck of Amelia Earhart's plane. The group are roughly halfway through an epic voyage to the remote atoll and have high hopes that they could solve the mystery of the famed aviator's disappearance. Earhart vanished in...thescottishsun · united kingdom