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Aug 8, 2023

Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing Chat is coming to mobile browsers

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Microsoft first launched Bing Chat six months ago, and the company says it has “seen nine consecutive quarters of growth on Edge,” most likely thanks to the fact Microsoft had locked Bing Chat to its own browser. There have also been over 1 billion chats on Bing Chat and over 750 million images generated using the service.

Windows Copilot, powered by Bing Chat, is also coming to Windows 11 soon. Microsoft is currently testing this sidebar in builds of Windows 11, and it’s looking like it will likely roll out to all Windows 11 users later this year.

Aug 8, 2023

Historic Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission Sends Breathtaking Photos Of Lunar Surface

Posted by in category: space travel

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shared some spectacular images from its Chandrayann-3 mission, showcasing the monumental moment in India’s space history. This marks the country’s third lunar exploration mission which will also include a lunar landing of a rover.

Chandrayann-3 launched on July 14, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, and is made up of a lunar lander, propulsion module, and a rover. If the Indian spacecraft is able to successfully land on the moon, it would make India only the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the surface of the moon, with the other three being the United States, Russia, and China. However, before the lunar landing is attempted, Chandrayann-3 has sent back some stunning images of the lunar surface.

Aug 8, 2023

PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin backed by the US dollar

Posted by in category: futurism

It’s rolling out over the next few weeks.

Aug 8, 2023

TSMC board to vote Tuesday to build German factory-Handelsblatt

Posted by in categories: economics, government

BERLIN, Aug 7 (Reuters) — Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC’s (2330.TW) board of directors on Tuesday will decide in favour of building a factory in the German city of Dresden, the Handelsblatt daily reported, citing government sources in Germany.

The German government will provide 5 billion euros ($5.49 billion) to support the construction of the factory, Handelsblatt’s report said on Monday.

The German economy ministry declined to comment on the report, as did the government of the eastern state of Saxony, where Dresden is located.

Aug 8, 2023

Worldcoin’s Iris-Scan ID Proposition Is Best Considered With Eyes Wide Open

Posted by in categories: privacy, robotics/AI

Company’s offer of $60 along with proof you aren’t a robot has hidden risks. Why trust a private enterprise with your biometric data?

Aug 8, 2023

Whale of a whale may be biggest animal ever

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A massive extinct whale may have just stolen the title of biggest animal ever. According to a paper published today in, the creature—dubbed Perucetus colossus—could have weighed as much as 340 tons—nearly 75% more than the largest blue whales, the all-time record holder. That estimate comes from a 39-million-year-old partial skeleton unearthed in Peru. Even if the calculation turns out to be an overestimate, the animal was clearly huge, experts tell. The rotund giant would likely have been too sluggish to chase small but abundant critters like krill, the researchers say. Instead, its manateelike proportions (above in artist’s reconstruction) suggest it fed on the sea floor—though without a skull to examine, whether it was similarly vegetarian or preferred a more carnivorous diet remains a mystery.

Aug 8, 2023

A mother-daughter duo will join an 80-year-old Olympian on Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight on Thursday. Here’s how to watch live

Posted by in category: space

The mission, named Galactic 2, is the company’s first flight with paying customers on board. Tickets had been on sale for as much as $450,000.

Aug 8, 2023

Is there a sinister side to the rise of female robots?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes?

Aug 8, 2023

Stability analysis of a model gene network links aging, stress resistance and negligible senescence

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension

The naked mole rat lives much longer than iI’s than other members of its species. Can it’s ability to repair DNA and fold proteins be employed in Humans to extend our lifespan?


Several animal species are considered to exhibit what is called negligible senescence, i.e. they do not show signs of functional decline or any increase of mortality with age. Recent studies in naked mole rat and long-lived sea urchins showed that these species do not alter their gene-expression profiles with age as much as other organisms do. This is consistent with exceptional endurance of naked mole rat tissues to various genotoxic stresses. We conjectured, therefore, that the lifelong transcriptional stability of an organism may be a key determinant of longevity. We analyzed the stability of a simple genetic-network model and found that under most common circumstances, such a gene network is inherently unstable. Over a time it undergoes an exponential accumulation of gene-regulation deviations leading to death.

Aug 8, 2023

JLExp39 (1).pdf

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Superconductivity the Meissner effect and persistent currents and the Josephson effect.


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