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Feb 8, 2024

Endpoint security startup NinjaOne lands $231.5M at $1.9B valuation

Posted by in category: security

NinjaOne, a startup offering tools to manage and secure endpoints in enterprise settings, has raised $231.5 million at a $1.9 billion valuation.

Feb 8, 2024

New NASA photos show fiery eruptions from volcanos on Jupiter’s moon

Posted by in category: space

In new images captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, fiery volcanic activity is seen erupting across Jupiter’s moon, Io.

Io is the third-largest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons and is the most volcanically active celestial body in our solar system, with roughly 400 active volcanos, according to the agency.

Marking the second flyby of Jupiter’s scorching moon in the last 22 years, NASA’s orbiter came within about 930 miles of Io and captured two twin volcanic plumes spewing into space from the moon’s surface.

Feb 8, 2024

ScreenAI: A Vision-Language Model for UI and Infographics Understanding

Posted by in category: futurism

Join the discussion on this paper page.

Feb 8, 2024

Temperature inside Chicxulub crater after dinosaur-killing asteroid hit revealed with ‘paleothermometer’

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

Researchers measured the temperature of the Chicxulub crater 66 million years ago, unlocking mysteries of the dinosaur-dooming mass extinction event.

Feb 7, 2024

SpaceX Tests Using Drone Ships to Support Starlink Coverage at Sea

Posted by in categories: drones, internet

SpaceX confirms to the FCC that it’s exploring using its sea-based drone ships to also act as ‘gateways’ for Starlink.

Feb 7, 2024

Electrify America set to open its first indoor EV charging station to the public this week

Posted by in categories: energy, internet, space, sustainability

EV charging network Electrify America will soon offer the public an EV charging experience safe from the elements, where drivers can pull in, plug in, and chill out while their vehicle replenishes. This flagship indoor charging station kicks off a potential future in which you don’t have to wait in your car or outside while you charge… It also has complimentary Wi-Fi.

Electrify America is one of the largest open DC fast charging networks in the US that is investing billions into expanding EV infrastructure to support the growing number of zero-emissions vehicles hitting roads.

Outside of the Tesla Supercharger network, Electrify America is easily the most prominent and recognizable name in its respective space, expanding cleaner energy alternatives like solar farms to support its growing number of EV charging stations.

Feb 7, 2024

Toyota commits $1.3 billion to EV development in Kentucky

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Toyota announced today that it will invest $1.3 billion in the development of future electric vehicles at its flagship Kentucky facility.

The Japanese automaker said it would bring an all-new, three-row battery electric SUV to the U.S. market thanks to the investment. Toyota has now committed nearly $10 billion in investments to the Kentucky plant, aiming to build high-quality vehicles and offer job stability to its employees at the factory.

The investment is also set to support the addition of a battery pack assembly line to the Kentucky plant. The batteries used in the packs assembled in Kentucky will come from Toyota’s Battery Manufacturing Plant in North Carolina.

Feb 7, 2024

Ford will unveil its all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year

Posted by in category: transportation

The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup.

After unveiling the new Puma on Wednesday, Ford said that the all-electric Gen-E model will be revealed later this year.

Ford announced last October that it would be ending production of its once-best-selling Fiesta model to focus on its next-gen EVs. The American automaker already revealed the electric version of its best-selling SUV, the Explorer, last March.

Feb 7, 2024

Ethics and AI in Education: Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Ethical Judgments

Posted by in categories: education, ethics, robotics/AI

“The way we teach critical thinking will change with AI,” said Dr. Stephen Aguilar. “Students will need to judge when, how and for what purpose they will use generative AI. Their ethical perspectives will drive those decisions.”


Can AI be integrated into the classroom? This is what a recent study titled “AI in K-12 Classrooms: Ethical Considerations and Lessons Learned” hopes to address and is one of three studies published in the “Critical Thinking and Ethics in the Age of Generative AI in Education” report by the USC Center for Generative AI and Society. The purpose of the study is to examine the ethics behind how teachers should use AI in the classroom and holds the potential for academics, researchers, and institutional leaders to better understand the implications of AI for academic purposes.

“The way we teach critical thinking will change with AI,” said Dr. Stephen Aguilar, who is the associate director for the USC Center for Generative AI and Society and one of the authors of the study. “Students will need to judge when, how and for what purpose they will use generative AI. Their ethical perspectives will drive those decisions.”

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Feb 7, 2024

ESA will send a triangle of satellites into space to study gravitational waves

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics, satellites

New LISA satellite trio will be able to detect the forgotten ‘middle children’ of the black hole family.