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UK announces AI funding for teachers: How this technology could change the profession

During the recent international AI Safety Summit held in the UK, the government announced a further £2 million to be invested in Oak National Academy—a publicly funded classroom resource hub—to develop artificial intelligence tools to help reduc.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 9th, 2023

The 2024 US Open Is Designed to Thwart Golf’s Big Hitters

Players, aided by technology, are hitting the ball farther than ever, and courses can’t keep getting longer—meaning operators are having to find smarter ways to keep the sport challenging......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Grand jury report faults San Francisco for inadequate climate threat planning

As climate change unleashes ever-more powerful storms, worsening floods and rising sea levels, San Francisco remains woefully unprepared for inundation, a civil grand jury determined in a report......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Study: Climate change drove the route shift of the ancient Silk Road in two distinct ways

Climate change has convincingly been linked to the evolution of human civilization on different temporal scales. In a recent study published in the journal Science Bulletin, researchers note that the role of climate change in influencing spatial chan.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Western agricultural communities need water conservation strategies to adapt to future shortages

The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water storage and supply, and climate change is expected to upend the reliability of this natural process. Many agricultural communities in this part of the country.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Silicon carbide/carbon microspheres maintain performance in harsh environments

With the rapid development of electronic information technology, electromagnetic wave absorption materials play a crucial role in military applications such as electromagnetic protection and stealth devices, as well as in the defense industry......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Google announces new security features to deter smartphone thieves

Google has announced that Android users in Brazil can look forward to some new security features that should deter thieves. The post Google announces new security features to deter smartphone thieves appeared first on Phandroid. Smartphone.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

"Synthetic" cell shown to follow chemical directions and change shape, a vital biological function

In a feat aimed at understanding how cells move and creating new ways to shuttle drugs through the body, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have built a minimal synthetic cell that follows an external chemical cue and demonstrates a govern.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Engineer explains the science behind metamaterials and MRI enhancement

In recent years, the field of metamaterials has experienced substantial growth, revealing exciting potential, especially in advancing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. Three new studies led by Dr. Xin Zhang, a BU College of Engineering Dis.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Transparent organic–inorganic hybrid photoresist enables precision machining of optical microstructures

Researchers at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (BOE) have developed a novel type of transparent organic–inorganic hybrid photoresist with highly tunable refractive index......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat

Food's role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time. The journey of a steak, fruit or salad from the vast expanses of agricultural lands to the plates on our tables leaves a significant footprint on the environment.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Drone test of planetary landing radar

This drone took to the sky over Finland to assess the suitability of one particular terrestrial technology for space: the radar systems found in many of today's cars, responsible for automated cruise control and other safe driving functions......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Major cybersecurity upgrades announced to safeguard American healthcare

Recent cyberattacks targeting the nation’s healthcare system have demonstrated the vulnerability of hospitals and payment systems. Providers across the health system had to scramble for funding after one attack on a key payment system. And some hos.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Study finds Arctic warming three-fold compared to global patterns

Global warming is an omnipresent issue, with widespread initiatives to draw down emissions and mitigate against the International Panel on Climate Change's worse-case scenario predictions of 3.2°C of warming by 2100 (relative to pre-Industrial level.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Open-source security in AI

New AI products are coming onto the market faster than we have seen in any previous technology revolution. Companies’ free access and right to use open source in AI software models has allowed them to prototype an AI product to market cheaper than.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

AuthenticID introduces deep fake and generative AI detection solution

AuthenticID released a new solution to detect deep fake and generative AI injection attacks. This new enhancement to their identity verification technology, developed by AuthenticID’s Product and Applied Research team, uses proprietary algorithms t.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Cruise robocars make a cautious return to Houston

Robocar specialist Cruise is restarting tests of its autonomous vehicles on the streets of Houston, Texas, following issues with its technology last year......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

A breakthrough technology could make CPUs 100x faster

Flow Computing claims that its parallel processing unit (PPU) could boost the performance of any CPU by up to 100 times......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

What is Apple Intelligence? Here’s how iOS 18’s AI features will change the way you use your iPhone, Mac, and iPad

The biggest news on one of Apple’s biggest days of the year was Apple Intelligence, a new suite of AI features coming later this year to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. Apple’s WWDC presentation covered a lot of ground as it outlined wha.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next

"T-Mobile will never change the price you pay," the carrier told users in 2017. Enlarge / T-Mobile logo above the Deutsche Telekom pavilion at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, on February 28, 2024. (credit: Getty.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40% from 1980–2020, greatly accelerating climate change

Emissions of nitrous oxide—a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane—continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10-million metric tons were released into the atmosphere primarily through farming practices, a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024