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From Atomic to Nuclear Clocks - and a Leap in Timekeeping Accuracy?(2024-12-08 03:00:03)

"In September 2024, U.S. scientists made key advances towards building a nuclear clock — a step beyond an atomic clock," according to ScienceAlert: In contrast to the atomic clock, the transition measured by this new device happens in the nucleus, or core, of the atom (hence the name), which ...
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OpenAI Partners with Anduril, Leaving Some Employees Concerned Over Militarization of AI(2024-12-08 00:00:06)

"OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Anduril," wrote the Verge this week, noting that OpenAI "used to describe its mission as saving the world." It was Anduril founder Palmer Luckey who advocated for a "warrior class" and autonomous weapons during a talk at Pepperdine University, saying ...
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Wuhan Lab Researcher Fully Sequences Genomes of Coronavirus Samples From 2004 to 2021, Finds No Close Relatives to SARS-CoV-2(2024-12-07 21:00:03)

60-year-old Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli led the Wuhan Institute of Virology's group studying bat coronaviruses (prompting Science magazine to call her "Bat Woman"). In June of 2020 Scientific American described Zhengli as "distressed because stories from the Internet and major media have repeated...
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What Arm's CEO makes of the Intel debacle(2024-12-07 18:00:08)

Arm " is worth almost $150 billion," writes the Verge, "which is now considerably more than Intel." "With the news earlier this week that Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger 'retired' and Intel is evaluating its options for a possible spinoff or outright sale, I wanted to hear what [Arm CEO Rene] Haas though...
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Thanks to Microsoft Collaboration, iFixit Now Sells Genuine Xbox Repair Parts (2024-12-07 12:00:12)

"We're excited to be working with Microsoft to keep Xboxes running longer and out of the waste heap," iFixit's director of sustainability told The Verge. iFixit now sells genuine Xbox parts you can use to repair your Xbox Series X or S and offers official guides to help with fixes [including both ...
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