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What do we know about drone attacks in Russia?

Russia has repeatedly accused Ukraine of carrying out drone strikes on its territory in recent months. Russia’s defence ministry said three drones were downed in the country’s capital Moscow on 30 July, with two crashing into offices. Although Ukraine hasn’t claimed responsibility for specific incidents, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that attacks on Russian territory […]

eBay Workers Fight Back Against Union-busting Tactics

In recent months, eBay has found itself embroiled in a heated battle with its first union, the TCG Union-CWA. What started as a hopeful victory for workers has quickly turned into a struggle for recognition and fair treatment. In this article, we will delve into the details of the ongoing conflict, examining the unfair labor […]

Llama 2: What to know about Meta’s ChatGPT competitor

On Tuesday, Meta announced Llama 2, a new version of its large language model. Lots of attention has been paid to LLMs like OpenAI’s GPT-4 which powers ChatGPT and Google’s PaLM 2 which powers Bard, but don’t sleep on Meta’s efforts to compete in the generative AI arena. Unlike GPT-4 and PaLM 2, which are […]

AI and You: Google’s News Ambitions, Tech Companies Sign White House Pledge

Get up to speed on the rapidly evolving world of AI with our roundup of the week’s developments. This recap of some interesting developments around generative AI was written by a human. I say that because of a report this week that Google is working on a new AI tool called Genesis that’s supposed to […]

El éxito inicial de Threads podría ser solo a corto plazo

Mark Zuckerberg ha usado el poderío de Meta para darle un inicio acelerado a su nueva red social. Pero eso podría ser útil solo hasta cierto punto. Una gran empresa tecnológica con miles de millones de usuarios presenta una nueva red social. Aprovechando la popularidad y la escala de sus productos, la empresa pretende que […]

El ranking de las empresas más valiosas del mundo según su capitalización de mercado

Este 2023, destacó el desempeño de Estados Unidos, que logró posicionar ocho de sus empresas entre las primeras 10, así como el rol de las tecnológicas, que dominan la lista Como suele realizarse cada año, se conoció el nuevo ranking de las empresas según su capitalización de mercado, a julio de 2023. Si bien era […]

Revelan las increíbles imágenes que un satélite ‘cazador de rayos’ captó en el exterior de la Tierra

El satélite puede detectar continuamente rápidos destellos de luz en la atmósfera de la Tierra. El primer instrumento satelital capaz de detectar continuamente rayos en Europa y África ya se ha encendido. Las nuevas animaciones del innovador Lighting Imager confirman que el instrumento revolucionará la detección y predicción de tormentas severas, informa la Agencia Espacial […]

This environmentally conscious smartphone is finally coming to the US

The Murena Fairphone 4 is available for $599 and runs on a Google-free /e/ operating system instead of the standard Android OS. The Fairphone 4 — a user-repairable smartphone built using ethically sourced materials — is finally coming to the US, almost two years after it first debuted back in September 2021. Well, sort of […]

The One-Shot Drug That Keeps on Dosing

Chronic illness patients often struggle to keep up with medications that need frequent, timely doses. What if a single shot lasted for months? On average, patients with chronic illnesses follow their prescribed treatments about 50 percent of the time. That’s a problem. If drugs aren’t taken regularly, on time, and in the right doses, the […]

Surprise! Weaker bonds can make polymers stronger

By adding weak linkers to a polymer network, chemists dramatically enhanced the material’s resistance to tearing. A team of chemists from MIT and Duke University has discovered a counterintuitive way to make polymers stronger: introduce a few weaker bonds into the material. Working with a type of polymer known as polyacrylate elastomers, the researchers found […]