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Futurism

Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails

Of all the startups that have come and gone, the personal finance company Klarna might be one of the best bellwethers for the finance industry overall. Specializing in "buy now pay later" microloans — tiny loans for individual purchases that don't need to go through a bank — Klarna hit app stores ...

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Futurism

Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails

Futurism

Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon

During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing this week, experts warned that the United States is at risk of having China beat it to the Moon as its Artemis program continues to lag behind. Earlier this month, China's lunar exploration program tested its "Lanyue" lunar lander at a facility outside of Beijing, ...

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Futurism

Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon

Futurism

China's Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble

China's electric vehicle industry is, by most accounts, far superior to ours in the United States: the cars are cheaper, the consumers more primed to purchase them, and they have lots of viable options outside of Tesla. Unfortunately, that competition comes with a price — or rather, with a price war. ...

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Futurism

China's Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble

Futurism

NASA Finds Evidence That Mars Devoured Huge Chunks of Other Planets

The Red Planet had a grisly history. New examined data taken by NASA's retired InSight lander suggest that there may be giant chunks of rocky material deep inside the mantle of Mars, which were lodged there after a barrage of massive objects slammed into its surface some 4.5 billion years ago. Some ...

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Futurism

NASA Finds Evidence That Mars Devoured Huge Chunks of Other Planets

Futurism

A Strange Conspiracy Theory Is Reportedly Spreading Inside OpenAI

Paranoia is as natural to Silicon Valley as lip fillers are to Los Angeles. In the Bay Area, you can't throw a rock without hitting a startup founder convinced everyone is out to steal his ideas or poach his staff — a state of mind reaffirmed by the fact that sometimes, people very much are trying ...

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Futurism

A Strange Conspiracy Theory Is Reportedly Spreading Inside OpenAI

Futurism

Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars

Blind Date Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar visitor, widely believed to be a comet, screaming through the solar system. With the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers had a closer look at the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, revealing an unexpectedly high ratio ...

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Futurism

Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars

WIRED Science

It’s Possible to Remove the Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water. Will It Happen?

New research shows that filtration systems that remove PFAS can also get rid of other harmful substances. Whether they’ll actually be introduced is a different matter entirely.

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WIRED Science

It’s Possible to Remove the Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water. Will It Happen?

WIRED Science

This Blood Thinner Is More Effective Than Aspirin at Preventing Heart Attacks

Aspirin is commonly prescribed to patients with coronary artery disease to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but a new analysis has found that another drug, clopidogrel, is more effective and just as safe.

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WIRED Science

This Blood Thinner Is More Effective Than Aspirin at Preventing Heart Attacks

WIRED Science

Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution

Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic.

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WIRED Science

Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution

Singularity HUB

Scientists Just Made 'Biological Qubits' That Act as Quantum Sensors Inside Cells

Such sensors could one day carry out MRI at the scale of individual cells or aid researchers in drug development. The post Scientists Just Made 'Biological Qubits' That Act as Quantum Sensors Inside Cells appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Singularity HUB

Scientists Just Made 'Biological Qubits' That Act as Quantum Sensors Inside Cells

Science - The Verge

New York Times Science

Could a Pill Fix the Brain?

Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury.

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New York Times Science

Could a Pill Fix the Brain?

New York Times Science

In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape

A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.

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New York Times Science

In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape

New York Times Science

The Space Rock Stars of Brazil

An all-female research group, As Meteoriticas, scours the South American country’s interior aiming to preserve meteorites for scientific study and public display.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

The Space Rock Stars of Brazil

New York Times Science

3 Psychiatric Tools That Could Boost the Brain’s Natural Healing

They work for depression and P.T.S.D. Could they also help the brain repair itself after a neurologic catastrophe?

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New York Times Science

3 Psychiatric Tools That Could Boost the Brain’s Natural Healing

National Science Foundation

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory speeds into the design phase

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NSF NQVL) is coming into sharper focus with the selection of the first four teams that will design high-tech infrastructure...

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National Science Foundation

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory speeds into the design phase

National Science Foundation

NSF announces funding to establish the National AI Research Resource Operations Center

The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a new solicitation to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center (NAIRR-OC). This marks a critical...

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National Science Foundation

NSF announces funding to establish the National AI Research Resource Operations Center