Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024
Scientists say human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024. The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central comes after a year likely to be the world’s hottest on record. The heat scorched everywhere from cities in North America to West Africa to the Acropolis in Greece…
Human error to blame in Ascension data breach that impacted 5.6 million patients
In a filing with the Maine Attorney General’s office published on December 20, the American healthcare giant revealed that a staggering 5.6 million people had their personal and medical data exposed in a cyberattack earlier this year.Read Entire Article…
What to know about the spread of the bird flu
The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low…
AI-powered avatars can gesture naturally as they speak
An AI model that understands the interplay between human body language, speech and emotion enables digital avatars to move more realistically when speaking…
NANO Nuclear Will Adapt Micronuclear to Power Space Applications
NANO Nuclear Space (NNS) will focus on optimizing “ZEUS”, a solid core battery reactor, and “ODIN”, a low-pressure coolant reactor, for applications such as power systems for extraterrestrial projects and human sustaining environments, and potentially propulsion technology for long haul space missions. NNS’ initial focus will be on cis-lunar applications…
Virus that threatened humanity opens the future
Scientists have developed an innovative therapeutic platform by mimicking the intricate structures of viruses using artificial intelligence (AI…Cyber firm’s Chrome extension hijacked to steal user passwords
The data-loss startup says it was targeted as part of a “wider campaign to target Chrome extension developers.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Revisiting the 3 Biggest Hardware Flops of 2024: Apple Vision Pro, Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin
The hyped-up Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin, and Apple Vision Pro have continued receiving updates since their lackluster launches. How are things progressing? I tried them again to find out…
Chinese car maker GAC to use humanoid robots powered by solid-state batteries
Chinese automaker GAC on Thursday announced plans to trial humanoid robots across its car factories and produce components designed in-house for them at scale from next year, as it paves the way for small-scale production of the robots for internal use in 2026. The third iteration of GoMate…