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Dissimilar redundancy — Boeings Starliner finally soars, but mission control reports more helium leaks Despite the new leaks, mission control says Starliner can still dock with the space station. Stephen Clark – Jun 6, 2024 6:39 am UTC Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner capsule lifts off aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket.United Launch Alliance reader

Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s annual Tribeca Festival, which opened Wednesday night and runs through June 16, will look a little different this year. For the first time, Tribeca will give awards to short films generated by artificial intelligence. It’s one of the entertainment industry’s first public embraces of the new technology, which many

(AP) — When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos — and questions. Tori and Sam Earle “adopted” an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. Matthew Eppinette and his wife chose to forgo IVF out of ethical concerns and have no

quit your lying — Can a technology called RAG keep AI models from making stuff up? The framework pulls in external sources to enhance accuracy. Does it live up to the hype? Chris Stokel-Walker – Jun 6, 2024 11:00 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 0 Weve been living through the generative

The gun trial of first son, Hunter Biden, started Monday, with jury selection. First lady Jill Biden was in attendance, and the Bidens spent the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware in preparation for the trial. Hunter Biden is charged with illegally purchasing and possessing a firearm while abusing or being addicted to drugs, which violates federal

Call T-Mobile for backup — T-Mobile hopes youll buy $30 Home Internet Backup for when cable goes out Backup plan is $30 every month for service that’s meant to be used infrequently. Jon Brodkin – Jun 5, 2024 9:09 pm UTC Enlarge / T-Mobile logo exhibited during Mobile World Congress on February 28, 2019 in

DISINFO STORM — Russian agents deploy AI-produced Tom Cruise narrator to tar Summer Olympics With only weeks until the Games start, expect more to come, Microsoft says. Dan Goodin – Jun 5, 2024 9:41 pm UTC Enlarge / A visual from the fake documentary “Olympics Has Fallen” produced by Russia-affiliated influence actor Storm-1679.Microsoft reader comments

Its no secret that Disney isnt doing well lately. They just laid off nearly 15% of the workforce at Pixar, their movie studio that used to produce guaranteed hits. But Pixars recent films Elemental and Lightyear were bombs, and the division hasnt turned a profit in more than two years. People just didnt go for

Jun 6 2024 Queen Mary University of London Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new method for predicting dementia with over 80% accuracy and up to nine years before a diagnosis. The new method provides a more accurate way to predict dementia than memory tests or measurements of brain shrinkage, two

On Tuesday,JanoverIncJNVR announced that it has officially launchedJanover Insurance GroupInc, its newinsurtechsubsidiary for commercial property insurance andmore. The company also announces it has been granted insurance licenses in Texas and Florida, with multiple applications in progress in several other states. Our ability to navigate large complex transactions in a marketplace model, particularly in multifamily and

i don’t recall — Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasnt earned Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary. Andrew Cunningham – Jun 4, 2024 5:15 pm UTC Enlarge / The Recall feature as it currently exists in Windows 11 24H2 preview builds.Andrew Cunningham

Loading… Loading… Five startups have been chosen to join Mastercard's MA Start Path blockchain and digital assets program to develop blockchain use cases and user experiences. The program will see Mastercard connect with industry experts and fintech firms to explore different use cases for digital assets and blockchain technology for solving real-world problems. Read the

Excitement still guaranteed — SpaceX is about to launch Starship againthe FAA will be more forgiving this time The FAA has approved a license for SpaceX’s fourth Starship launch, set for Thursday. Stephen Clark – Jun 5, 2024 3:56 am UTC Enlarge / The rocket for SpaceX’s fourth full-scale Starship test flight awaits liftoff from

blowing the whistle — Ex-OpenAI staff call for right to warn about AI risks without retaliation Open letter argues for AI whistleblower provisions due to lack of government oversight. Benj Edwards – Jun 4, 2024 9:52 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 32 On Tuesday, a group of former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees published

Loading… Loading… Darius Bruner, CEO of 8blockchainfund, manages a turnkey special purpose vehicle (SPV) fund that uses AI technology to streamline business capital formation. In a detailed discussion, Bruner describes his journey from managing a $500 million cannabis fund to developing innovative web-based avatars for budtenders and his ongoing expansion of AI applications in both

Accurate forecasts, finally? — No physics? No problem. AI weather forecasting is already making huge strides. New model that predicts global weather can run on a single desktop computer. Eric Berger – Jun 3, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / AI weather models are arriving just in time for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.Aurich Lawson

Loading… Loading… SoFi Technologies Inc SOFI , a prominent player in the online personal finance and banking sector, has been on a rollercoaster ride in the stock market over the past year. The San Francisco-based company provides a wide array of financial products and services, including student loan refinancing, mortgages, personal loans, credit cards, investing

Opening arguments are expected to be heard at a Wilmington, Delaware, courthouse on Monday in Dominion Voting Systems defamation trial against Fox News, which has been accused of telling vacuous lies about the 2020 presidential election and the tech companys role.  At stake is some $1.6 billion, the amount Dominion demands in restitution, along with