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France Adds First New Nuclear Reactor to Its Grid Since 1999(2024-12-23 03:00:02)

Saturday France connected a new nuclear reactor to its grid "for the first time in a quarter century..." reports Bloomberg, "adding low-carbon electricity supply at a time when a sputtering economy has made demand sluggish." The Flamanville-3 reactor — the first such addition since Civaux 2 wa...
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Drones Collide, Fall From Sky in Florida Light Show, Seriously Injuring 7-Year-Old Boy(2024-12-23 00:00:07)

"Drones collided, fell from the sky and hit a little boy after 'technical difficulties' during a holiday show..." reports the Orlando Sentinel. They note that a press release from the city said the 8 p.m. show was then cancelled: The company behind the drones, Sky Elements, was in its second yea...
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ChatGPT Mocks a Human Author. Who Owns That Paragraph?(2024-12-22 21:00:03)

It's not who owns AI training data. The Boston Review asks who owns its output? In a conversation with Microsoft's Copilot, I invited the AI to speculate what kind of thing it might write if it were not confined to answering human prompts. Among its answers was this response about its own intelli...
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'Human Vs. Autonomous Car' Race Ends Before It Begins(2024-12-22 18:00:07)

A demonstration "race" between a (human) F1 race car driver Daniil Kvyat and an autonomous vehicle was just staged by the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League. Describing the league and the "man vs. machine" showdown, Ars Technica writes, "Say goodbye to the human driver and hello to 95 kilograms of...
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Apple Reportedly Plans a Doorbell That Unlocks Your Door With Face ID(2024-12-22 15:00:03)

Engadget reports: Apple is developing a smart doorbell and lock system that would use Face ID to unlock the door for known residents, Mark Gurman reports in the Power On newsletter. The face-scanning doorbell would connect to a smart deadbolt, which could include existing HomeKit-compatible third-...
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