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“This will change the paradigm of Moore’s Law.”

Moore’s Law predicted that the number of transistors on a microchip would double every year after 1960, though that rate would eventually hit a wall due to the fact silicone loses electrical properties past a certain size.

One possible solution comes in the form of 2D materials, also known as single-layer materials. These incredibly delicate two-dimensional sheets of perfect crystals are only a single atom thin. Crucially, at the nanometer scale, they can conduct electrons far more efficiently than silicon.

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The new modification was made following a coolant leak in a Russian Soyuz rocket attached to the International Space Station.

NASA modified the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance capsule, which is currently attached to the International Space Station (ISS).

The crew capsule now features another seat and can carry one more NASA astronaut than was originally intended, a NASA blog post reveals.

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This comes as a result of the decline in the cryptocurrency market and the failure of exchanges.

Genesis Global Capital, a cryptocurrency lender, is laying the groundwork for bankruptcy this week. Bloomberg.

The representatives of the crypto lender did not immediately respond to the requests for comment. The sources said the talks would continue and the plans could change anytime.

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The train will be the world’s fastest ground-based transport technology if the project goes as planned.

An ultra-fast hyperloop train in China has completed its first test runs, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

The world’s fastest ground-based transport technology.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.

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After solar power, it’s time we tried snow power.

Researchers from the Japanese city of Aomori have begun to study methods to create electricity from snow to provide a sustainable energy supply and meet any power shortages.

Last year there was so much snow in the city the local authorities had to spend about $46 million (5.9 billion Yen) just to remove it from the buildings and roads.

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In the world of spreadsheets and data analysis, a new player has emerged to shake up the game. Akkio, the easy-to-use AI company, has launched Chat Data Prep, a revolutionary machine learning platform that allows users to transform data using ordinary conversational language.

Gone are the days of struggling with complicated formulas and formatting commands in Excel. With Akkio’s Chat Data Prep, users can simply type in conversational language to make changes to their spreadsheet data. Leveraging AI and large language models, the platform interprets the user’s requests and makes the necessary changes to the data.

According to Jonathon Reilly, co-founder of Akkio, this new method of interacting with data results in a 10-fold reduction in the time it takes to prepare data for analysis. With Chat Data Prep, users can reformat dates, perform time-based math operations, and even fix messy data fields with a simple conversational command.

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As FTX news subsided in recent weeks, the new CEO of the crypto exchange shared that he is exploring the possibility of restarting the company, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

John Ray III, the new FTX CEO, said in an interview that “everything is on the table,” in regards to reviving the bankrupt company’s international exchange and he has set up a task force to explore that opportunity.

WSJ also reported that Ray is looking into whether reviving the main international exchange would provide greater value to company’s customers and creditors as he and others try to return funds lost.

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In a recent interview, Altman discussed hype surrounding the as yet unannounced GPT-4 but refused to confirm if the model will even be released this year.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has addressed rumors regarding GPT-4 — the company’s as yet unreleased language model and latest in the GPT-series that forms the foundation of AI chatbot ChatGPT — saying that “people are begging to be disappointed and they will be.”

During an interview with StrictlyVC, Altman was asked if GPT-4 will come out in the first quarter or half of the year, as many expect. He responded by offering no certain timeframe. “It’ll come out at some point, when we are confident we can do it safely and responsibly,” he said.

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