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Dec 25, 2023

Ubisoft Stops Hackers From Stealing 900GB of Data

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Ubisoft reportedly stopped hackers from stealing 900GB of data from the company, including user data from the game Rainbow Six Siege.

The company reportedly discovered the breach 48 hours after the hack, at which point it revoked the hackers’ access before they could remove any data, BleepingComputer reports.

Still, the hackers reportedly were able to access Microsoft Teams conversations, the Ubisoft SharePoint server, and the Confluence and Mongo DB Atlas.

Dec 25, 2023

Two U.S. firms to launch spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other

Posted by in category: space travel

The missions in January, if successful, will result in the first lunar landing by a private company.

Dec 25, 2023

India’s Aditya-L1 sun mission to conduct critical insertion into halo orbit

Posted by in category: futurism

Aditya-L1, India’s first mission to study the Sun, is set to conduct a complex manoeuvre that will insert it into the halo orbit around Lagrange Point 1 (L1) — considered to be the most significant of the Lagrangian points for observation of the Sun.

The insertion into L1, a point of gravitation equilibrium between the Earth and the Sun, is a critical phase of the mission that requires precise navigation and control. According to scientists, the meticulous process involves ensuring that the spacecraft maintains its trajectory to successfully enter the halo orbit.

Dec 25, 2023

Cosmic Oddity Explained: Astrophysicists Discover Why Our Supergalactic Plane Lacks Spiral Galaxies

Posted by in categories: physics, space, supercomputing

Astrophysicists have discovered why spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are rare in the Supergalactic Plane, a dense region in our Local Universe. The research, led by Durham University and the University of Helsinki, used the SIBELIUS supercomputer simulation to show that galaxies in dense clusters on the Plane often merge, transforming spiral galaxies into elliptical ones. This finding, which aligns with telescope observations and supports the standard model of the Universe, helps explain a long-standing cosmic anomaly about galaxy distribution.

Astrophysicists say they have found an answer to why spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way are largely missing from a part of our Local Universe called the Supergalactic Plane.

The Supergalactic Plane is an enormous, flattened structure extending nearly a billion light years across in which our own Milky Way galaxy is embedded.

Dec 25, 2023

This Multi-Purpose Moon Habitat Looks Cool as Hell

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

It’s especially relevant these days considering that America’s NASA is planning to get boots on the ground as soon as late 2025 as part of its Artemis program, with the construction of a permanent habitat following sometime in the 2030s — that is, if everything goes according to plan.

And while we’ve seen plenty of early mockups and renders, we may finally be honing in on some actual designs of what such a future fixture on the Moon could look like.

Last week, Thales Alenia Space announced it had signed a contract with the ASI to build the “first permanent outpost on the Moon” — and the news has us giddy with excitement.

Dec 25, 2023

US Compels Saudi Fund to Exit AI Chip Startup Backed by Altman

Posted by in categories: finance, robotics/AI

The Biden administration has forced a Saudi Aramco venture capital firm to sell its shares in a Silicon Valley AI chip startup backed by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, an exit that could have broader implications for the Middle Eastern country’s growing investments in US technology.

Dec 25, 2023

Robin Williams’ Daughter Disgusted by Efforts to Bring Her Dad Back With AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda is fed up with artificial intelligence being used to mimic her father’s voice.

In an Instagram story transcribed by The Hollywood Reporter, Williams said that she stands in solidarity with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) protests against increasing the use of AI in Hollywood in part because of the ways the technology has been used to recreate her father’s inimitable voice.

“I am not an impartial voice in SAG’s fight against AI,” the daughter of the late actor wrote in a since-expired post. “I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/re-create actors who cannot consent, like Dad.”

Dec 25, 2023

An agency created an AI model who earns up to $11,000 a month because it was tired of influencers ‘who have egos’

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

At the time of publication, 56 photos had been shared on López’s Instagram account. Images of her dressed in lingerie have also been posted on Fanvue, a subscription platform similar to OnlyFans.

Her most recent Instagram Stories show her drinking cocktails on a night out and going to the gym. The agency created the images using Photoshop.

Cruz said she was created with a “personality” and “based on what society likes most,” per Euronews.

Dec 25, 2023

Reframing employee health: Moving beyond burnout to holistic health

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience

For most adults, the majority of waking daily life is spent at work. That offers employers an opportunity to influence their employees’ physical, mental, social, and spiritual health.

To support the move to better health, the McKinsey Health Institute (MHI), along with other organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), are highlighting a more modern way to view health beyond illness and its absence.1 Adding years to life and life to years, McKinsey, March 29, 2022; A 2022 MHI survey on global health perspectives found that more than 40 percent of respondents who reported having a disease still perceived their health as good or very good, while more than 20 percent of those who reported no disease said they were in fair, poor, or very poor health. Embracing the concept of holistic health—an integrated view of an individual’s mental, physical, spiritual, and social functioning2 Previous work from MHI has defined each dimension of health in detail. For more details, see Adding years to life and life to years. Using this definition means that we emphasize “functioning.

Dec 25, 2023

Your brain doesn’t detect reality. It creates it. | Lisa Feldman Barrett

Posted by in categories: innovation, neuroscience

This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.

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