AI Completed Beethoven"s Unfinished Tenth Symphony
Ahmed Elgammal, Professor and Director of the Art & AI Lab at Rutgers University, writes via The Conversation: When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as hi.....»»
Watch Rocket Lab launch storm-monitoring satellites
Rocket Lab has successfully completed the first of two missions for NASA, deploying storm-monitoring satellites in time for the upcoming hurricane season......»»
NOAA"s GOES-U satellite completes solar array deployment test
GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series, recently completed a successful test deployment of its solar array to ensure it will function properly in space......»»
Six months into Elon Musk"s Twitter: The fall of verification and birth of Twitter Blue in one very long chart
In the six months since Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the billionaire has turned the platform on its head by overhauling how it decides which accounts to verify......»»
After nearly two years, Virgin Galactic’s space plane returns to the sky
The spacecraft takes a step toward commercial spaceflight. Enlarge / Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft completed a glide test Wednesday. (credit: Virgin Galactic) The VSS Unity spacecraft did not make a powered flig.....»»
Apple Maps brings Look Around to six Central Europe countries
Continuing the rollout of Look Around plus redesigned navigation, and three-dimensional landmarks, Apple Maps is now covering another half-dozen nations.Just over two weeks since Apple completed the new version of Apple Maps for Finland, Norway, and.....»»
Original iPad vs 2021 & 2022 iPad -- what 13 years of development can do
It's been well over a decade since Apple shipped the first iPad to the world. Here's how the modern ninth and tenth generation iPad, aimed at the same audience, have improved over the original model.2010, 2021, and 2022 iPad modelsAfter Apple experim.....»»
NOAA"s GOES-U satellite completes pre-launch acoustics tests
GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series, recently completed acoustics testing as part of a rigorous testing program to ensure it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting in space 22,236 miles above Earth......»»
The first JWST spectrum of the GRB 221009A afterglow
Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic and luminous events known to occur in the Universe. Short-lived flashes of gamma rays that typically last from a a tenth of a second to less than an hour, gamma-ray bursts may for a brief period of time outshin.....»»
White-tailed deer blood shown to kill bacteria that causes Lyme disease
As tick season kicks in across the country, the executive director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) and his team have completed research that offers a promising lead i.....»»
Apple pushing Apple Music Classical hard with new TV spot
To tantalize would-be listeners, Apple Music Classical has offered a sneak peek at an exclusive performance of one of Beethoven's concertos by two talented women in classical music.Apple Music Classical rolled out on Monday, providing curated access.....»»
Researchers used DNA from Beethoven"s hair to shed light on his poor health—and stumbled upon a family secret
Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples......»»
Hyundai recalls 568,000 crossovers, pickups for fire risk
Hyundai is recalling 568,000 vehicles and advising owners to park their vehicles outside and away from structures until a repair is completed......»»
Intel"s acquisition of Tower Semiconductor expected to be completed in 1H23
After more than 12 months, Intel said the planned acquisition of Israel-based Tower Semiconductor might be delayed again and is expected to be completed by the first half of 2023......»»
Beethoven’s genome, sequenced for first time, yields clues on cause of death
Composer had genetic predisposition to liver disease and hepatitis B infection. Enlarge / Portrait of Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 (credit: Beethoven-Haus Bonn) Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest compo.....»»
Amazon to cut another 9000 jobs
Amazon annouces another 9,000 jobs to be eliminated only a few months after announcing 11,000 jobs to be eliminated earlier this year. Amazon completed Phase 2 of its operational plan last week. CEO Andy Jassy announced in a blog post that.....»»
Tragedy plus time equals a BlackBerry comedy
The rise and especially the calamitous fall of BlackBerry precipitated by Steve Jobs and the iPhone is the subject of a new movie, opening in theaters in May.Six months after it completed post-production and the search for a distributor ramped up, "B.....»»
Foxconn reports 10% drop in profits, says demand is declining
Apple's major iPhone supplier Foxconn saw its profits for the latest quarter drop a tenth compared to the year before.Foxconn has been investing in expansion in China, Vietnam, and India, but its latest Q4 earnings call included both the 10% drop, an.....»»
ActiveFence acquires Rewire to help customers identify harmful text-based content
ActiveFence has completed the acquisition of Rewire, a London-based startup that’s building AI for online safety. Combining ActiveFence’s Trust and Safety platform, content detection AI models and scalable API with Rewire’s repertoi.....»»
NASA-ISRO science instruments arrive in India ahead of 2024 launch
The NISAR Earth science mission has moved a step closer to its 2024 launch. Its science payload of two radar systems, one built by NASA and the other by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), recently completed the journey from NASA's Jet Pro.....»»
Fermilab completes the first-of-its-kind prototype of a superconducting accelerator module
Technical staff at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have completed a prototype of a special superconducting cryomodule, the first of its kind in the world. The national lab is home of the Proton Improvement Plan I.....»»