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Feb 22, 2022

You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The USCO says copyrighted works ‘must be created by a human being.’.

Feb 22, 2022

Two More Energy Companies Go Under As Crisis Worsens

Posted by in category: energy

Whoop Energy and XCel Power have ceased trading – affecting around 550 customers.

Consumers from both energy firms will be designated a new supplier by market regulator Ofgem – through its supplier of last resort process.

Whoop Energy (Whoop) provides gas and electricity to 262 customers, including 50 households (domestic consumers).

Feb 22, 2022

Large content platforms want to contribute to the cost of European digital infrastructure

Posted by in category: energy

New applications in energy, defense and telecommunications could receive a boost after a team from The University of Texas at Austin created a new type of “nanocrystal gel”—a gel composed of tiny nanocrystals each 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair that are linked together into an organized network.

Feb 22, 2022

DJI updates Fly app, Mavic Air 2 drone firmware

Posted by in category: drones

DJI is rolling out a new firmware update for the Mavic Air 2 drone. At the same time, the technology giant is updating the DJI Fly app to version 1.5.10.

According to DJI’s release notes, the update “optimizes user experience and improves overall software stability.”

Feb 22, 2022

AMD (AMD) — Market capitalization

Posted by in category: futurism

The following link provides a fun graph. The key to remember is that a woman replaced the male CEO on October 8, 2014. In fact, all 4 CEOs before her were male.


As of February 2022 AMD has a market cap of $185.31 Billion. This makes AMD the world’s 66th most valuable company according to our data.

Feb 21, 2022

The Bewildering Architecture of Indoor Cities

Posted by in category: transportation

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Interior Urbanism describes interior spaces so large that they behave like cities. These kinds of constructions can develop either as an adoc growth over time, or as a planned and cohesively designed set of volumes. Each has its own opportunities and problems when it comes to efficiency and architectural integrity. This video explores both and uses Chicago’s Pedway and John Portman’s Hyatt Regency near O’Hare airport as examples. Stewart Hicks visits these examples, discusses the implications of bringing our urbanism indoors, and compares and contrasts the spatial qualities of each approach — the contingent and gritty urbanism of the Pedway, with the pristine perfection of the hotel lobby and conference center.

Continue reading “The Bewildering Architecture of Indoor Cities” »

Feb 21, 2022

Elon Musk’s brain chip company Neuralink responds to monkey abuse allegations

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Following multiple news organizations covering allegations of animal abuse at Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain chip company, the tech developer issued a statement on its animal welfare policies.

Earlier this month, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine announced lawsuits against the University of California, Davis and Neuralink over its treatment of the macaque monkeys used to test the experimental brain implants developed by Musk’s company.

Feb 21, 2022

The future looks bright for UK solar

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Last year’s figures marked the first time the market saw sustained, subsidy-free growth across residential, commercial and utility scale projects, according to trade body Solar Energy UK.

Feb 21, 2022

More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries

Posted by in category: futurism

The omicron BA…2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.

Feb 21, 2022

Scientists Are Data Mining Black Holes to See If They Are Holograms

Posted by in categories: cosmology, holograms, quantum physics, robotics/AI

There are few places in the universe that invite as much curiosity—and terror—as the interior of a black hole. These extreme objects exert such a powerful gravitational pull that not even light can escape them, a feature that has left many properties of black holes unexplained.

Now, a team led by Enrico Rinaldi, a research scientist at the University of Michigan, have used quantum computing and deep learning to probe the bizarre innards of black holes under the framework of a mind-boggling idea called holographic duality. This idea posits that black holes, or even the universe itself, might be holograms.