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Isotope analyses unlock Iron Age secrets
Elemental and lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots are unlocking secrets of Early Iron Age trade routes and how indigenous Mediterranean communities functioned from about 2,600 years ago.
For the first time, a scientific team led by Flinders University archaeologists, working with the Institute of History (CSIC) in Spain, has examined the origins of Iron Age metal items from an archaeological site in southwest France and found they were sourced from a variety of Mediterranean locations.
The underwater site of Rochelongue, believed to be four small boats located west of Cap d’Agde in southwestern France and discovered in 1964, dates to about 600 BCE and its cargo included 800kg of copper ingots and about 1,700 bronze artifacts. They contain very pure copper with traces of lead, antimony, nickel and silver.
Singaporeans explain what it’s like working for a Chinese tech company
As they post openings overseas, more people are wondering what it’s like to work for them. This year, CNBC reported on tech workers in the United Kingdom who turned down job offers at TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, after encountering stories about an intense work environment there.
Those people cited fears of the so-called “996” work culture practiced by some companies in China, which requires employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. A TikTok spokesperson told CNBC in May of this year that “we absolutely do not have ‘996′ policies.”
CNBC interviewed 10 current and former employees of Chinese tech firms to ask what work life is like in those companies’ Singapore offices. Most requested anonymity owing to fear of repercussions or because they do not have permission to speak to the media.
OIA students create 3D ornaments for Foust Christmas Store
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Remember the Sony rootkit scandal? It was almost much worse
That time Rootkitting for Dummies might as well have been in Microsoft’s Plus! Pack.
IBM’s Revolutionary Artificial Intelligence Simulates the Real World
IBM has announced a new type of Simulation Software which is meant to train Artificial Intelligence Robots interact with the real environment in a rapid and cost effective manner. This type of AI Model Training is potentially going to be the future of training going forward.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 A playground for Robots.
02:10 How these Virtual Worlds are made.
05:25 How Simulations improve Artificial Intelligence.
09:06 Last Words.
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Asteroid Nereus Cruised Past Earth Today. In 39 Years It Could Be Mined For $5 Billion In Precious Metals
The possibility of space mining in future was thrown into sharp relief this weekend as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) called 4,660 Nereus passed our planet.
Worth an estimated $5 billion in precious metals and measuring 330 meters across, Nereus at no point came anywhere near being dangerous, getting no closer than 2.4 million miles/3.9 million kilometers at 13:51 UTC on Saturday, December 11, 2021.
That’s about 10 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
So why so much attention on Nereus?
There seemed to be a lot of misunderstanding about how dangerous—or otherwise—Nereus could be to Earth.
That’s because Nereus belongs to the subgroup of NEAs known as Apollo asteroids, which means that it will cross the path of Earth’s orbit at some point.
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