Google’s DeepMind AI Can Solve Math Problems on Par with Top Human Solvers
Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad…
Holonym Acquires Gitcoin for Largest Proof of Humanity
The acquisition integrates Gitcoin Passport with Holonym’s Human Network to boost identity verification. It plans to generate over 34.5 million zero-knowledge (ZK) credentials. This is more than triple the proofs offered by Worldcoin. This move positions Holonym as the top provider of privacy-focused onchain reputation and Sybil detection solutions…
Tesla Over One Million Miles Per Year Runrate for Unsupervised Driving
All 1500+ new Tesla cars drive from the Fremony factory to the loading docks every day. This is about 2000 miles per day of driving without a human driver. They could also drive from truck offloads to shipping lots in Austin, Shanghai, Berlin. It will move up from 2000 miles per day to 6000-20000 miles…
Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada
Ecuador’s largest Indigenous organization is vowing to fight a proposed free trade agreement with Canada. Critics say the deal favours mining corporations and could encourage human rights abuses in the ecologically and culturally diverse South American country…Story Protocol confirms public mainnet to launch on Feb. 13
The Web3 IP protocol aims to provide an open market for programmable intellectual property, enabling creators and rights holders to protect their IP…
Boosting evolution: How humans unintentionally altered the skulls of pigs
Short snouts and a flat profile — within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices introduced at the beginning of the 20th century. The researchers analyzed 3D scans of 135 skulls of wild boars and domestic…
Apple and Google take down malicious mobile apps from their app stores
Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective apps for carrying a data-stealing malware. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…Human remains found off California embankment finally identified decades later
However, amateur sleuths seem to have made the connection years ago…
US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED…