Help! An Employee of Budget Kept My Phone and I Can Prove It.
Dear Tripped Up, One day last July, I was dropping off a rental car at Budget’s location at Boston Logan International Airport when I misplaced my iPhone. As best as I can recall, I left…
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EU to review Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI
The European Union is investigating whether Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI amounts to a concealed merger amid efforts to regulate the rapidly advancing generative AI (genAI) sector. The European Commission, serving as the EU’s executive branch,…
AI’s New Frontier: Turning Sparse Sensor Data Into Gold
An innovation in using natural language models brings artificial intelligence to field-deployable sensors, including drones. Los Alamos National Laboratory is exploring the AI technology for locating and characterizing orphaned oil and gas wells that emit…
India, Mauritius forge partnership to develop Joint Small Satellite, sign MoU
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC) signed an MoU) to develop and deploy a Joint Small Satellite. The collaboration also opens avenues for MRIC’s support from their…
2024 will be ‘The year of AI glasses’
Apple’s pricey Vision Pro augmented reality platform is expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2024. But by the end of the year, I predict the platform of the year will be — drum…
Revolutionizing Electronics: Physicists Achieve Major Advance Using Graphene Spintronics
The NUS researchers demonstrated the emergence of robust spin-polarisation in graphene on a ferrimagnetic insulating oxide Tm3Fe5O12 (TmIG) with large spin-splitting energy of up to hundreds of meV. The observed spin polarisation in graphene with…
Google disables cookies so that no one else, only they can track your every move
Google has started disabling cookies, starting with 30 million Chrome users. Without cookies third party advertisers will no longer be able to track a user’s move. However, Google still has the ability to track everything…
Nvidia, Databricks investments value generative AI search startup at $520M
Perplexity AI, a generative AI search engine startup, has raised $73.6 million in new funding from investors including Nvidia, Databricks, and Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos. The deal values the company at $520…
The Future of Renewable Energy: Transparent Spectral Converters Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency
In an advancement in photovoltaic technology, a new GdPO4 glass-ceramic layer improves light-to-electricity conversion by utilizing UV light more effectively. This innovation enhances both the efficiency and durability of solar cells, offering significant potential for…
How to Be More Anonymous Online
If you don’t want to switch browsers, there are some browser extensions that can block trackers within Chrome. Both the Ghostery extension and EFF’s Privacy Badger will block trackers, with the latter not blocking ads…