Photo: Michael Gonzalez (Getty Images) Tesla’s big, bold trillion-and-a-half-dollar bet on bitcoin’s “long-term potential” is starting to look more and more like a dud. The company, at the behest of CEO Elon Musk, purchased $1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency back in February. Now, according to two new fillings with the SEC, the company says …
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Researchers used data from the Dark Energy Survey and the South Pole Telescope to re-calculate the total amount and distribution of matter in the universe. They found that there is about six times as much dark matter in the universe as there is regular matter, a finding consistent with previous measurements. But the team also …
The image on the right was generated by taking the training data caption for the left image “Living in the light with Ann Graham Lotz” and then feeding it into the Stable Diffusion prompt. Image: Cornell University/Extracting Training Data from Diffusion Models One of the main defenses used by those who are bullish on AI …
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Conceptual image of space junk in Earth orbit. Illustration: SCIPHO (AP) An old rocket body and military satellite—large pieces of space junk dating back to the Soviet Union—nearly smashed into each other on Friday morning, in an uncomfortable near-miss that would have resulted in thousands of pieces of debris had they collided. LeoLabs, a private …
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The Nothing Phone (1). Photo: Florence Ion/Gizmodo Nothing, the company behind the light-up Nothing Phone (1), is still nothing in the US, and its CEO wants that to change. Speaking to InverseNothing CEO Carl Pei expressed a renewed focus on competing in the US market with its upcoming second-generation Phone (2). “We decided to make …
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A Tesla Model S burst into flames on Saturday while the driver was on a highway outside Sacramento, forcing authorities to bring in significant manpower and thousands of gallons of water to get the fire under control. The Metro Fire of Sacramento said the driver of the Model S was traveling at highway speeds on …
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The Falcon 9, loaded with 56 Starlink satellites, at the moment of ignition, on Thursday, January 25.Screenshots: SpaceX SpaceX’s freakishly reliable Falcon 9 continues to impress. The rocket delivered 56 Starlink satellites to Earth orbit this morning, and with a collective weight of around 17.4 metric tons, it’s now the heaviest payload ever lifted by …
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An illustration of varicella zoster virus, the cause of chickenpox and shingles.Illustration: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Common viral infections may be having far-reaching effects on our brain health, new research suggests. The study found a link between dozens of different viral exposures and a later increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. More research will …
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The rocket engine test occurred at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Image: NASA As NASA gears up for a return to the Moon with the Artemis missions, the administration has announced that its researchers have successfully developed and tested a new type of supersonic rocket engine called a rotating detonation rocket engine. …
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Elon to Tesla Investors: Twitter is your friend.Photo: Christian Marquardt – Pool (Getty Images) Tesla CEO Elon Musk tried to convince investors that his chaotic ownership of Twitter was actually good for the electric carmaker, despite the fact that Tesla shareholders have seen their stock price plummeted since Musk decided to buy the blue bird …
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