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Rozprašování diamantů do atmosféry je znovu ve hře

Klimatologové spolu s meteorology přicházejí se staronovou verzí záchrany planety. V nejnovějším čísle odborného časopisu pro geofyziky švýcarsko americký tým zvažuje ochlazovat Zemi vylepšováním stratosféry. http://www.osel.cz/13746-rozprasovani-diamantu-do-atmosfery-je-znovu-ve-hre.html

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Mikrobiální dravec Aureispira je jako pirát. Hákuje kořist a střílí z děl

Asi jen málokdo by čekal takovou romantiku na Petriho misce. Když mořské vláknité bakterie aureispiry strádají nouzí, připraví si molekulární háky, nabijí molekulární děla a vyrazí lovit bakterie. Když dostihnou svou oběť, zahákují ji, vypálí na ni salvu, proděravějí ji buněčnou membránu a nakonec sežerou, co vyteče. Napněte plachty, obzor je náš. Johoho.

http://www.osel.cz/13745-mikrobialni-dravec-aureispira-je-jako-pirat-hakuje-korist-a-strili-z-del.html

2mo | osel.cz
4 ways AI could negatively impact the 2024 election

The American public is on alert about artificial intelligence and the 2024 election.

A September 2024 poll by the Pew Research Center found that well over half of Americans worry that artificial intelligence—or AI, computer

Miss having a dedicated work phone? Here’s how to configure your iPhone to separate business from personal use

Smartphones have enabled us to attend to work from nearly anywhere. But their productivity power also frequently encroaches on our personal lives—making it too easy to reply to business emails or Slack messages when we should be focused on

This 10-second tweak will bring new life to any browser

When it comes to most home screens—on your phone, your computer, you name it—you’ve got endless-seeming options for customizing and taking control.

The one canvas you can’t easily paint, curiously enough, is your browser’s New Tab page. And from one device to the next, it might just be the surface some of us stare at most often.

Sure, New Tab pages are much more customizable than they once were. But wouldn’t it be nice to see the weather right t

Dutch carbon capture startup Skytree opens offices in US, Canada


Dutch startup Skytree has opened a new HQ in Toronto, Canada and a new office in Nashville, Tennessee, as it looks to cash-in on attractive government incentives for direct carbon capture (DAC) technologies.  Engineer-turned-entrepreneur Max Beaumont found

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Marvel Fusion breaks ground on $150M laser facility in Colorado


German startup Marvel Fusion and Colorado State University have broken ground on a $150M laser facility in a bid to commercialise fusion energy. Dubbed ATLAS, the facility will use three ultra-high intensity lasers to fire 7 petawatts of power — over

2mo | The Next Web
Google se spojil s Kairos POwer kvůli vývoji modulárních reaktorů

Společnost Google si hodlá pořídit spoustu malých modulárních štěpných reaktorů od Kairos Power, aby poháněly jejich datacentra. První modulární reaktor s oblázkovým palivem TRISO a chlazením tavenou solí chtějí připojit v roce 2030 a o pět let později (2035) chtějí napájet datacentra s 500 MW jaderné energie. http://www.osel.cz/13744-google-se-spojil-s-kairos-power-kvuli-vyvoji-modularnich-reaktoru.html

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Netflix shares are up, but some analysts are concerned about the streamer

This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission.

Netflix shares are rising by nine percent early Friday after the company Thursday evening beat with its revenue and profit, and forecast 2025’s revenue will be about in line with consensus, and that operating profit will continue to expand.

This was a turn-around from

Donald Trump is losing on TikTok

TikTok’s influence has become undeniable in the 2024 presidential election, with both camps leaning full force into the idea that if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. But that plan hasn’t worked out so well for Republican nominee Donald Trump.

An exclusive Newsweek review of TikTok data reveals that, on TikTok, the Trump campaign is bein

25 year-old Alabama man arrested for January hack of SEC’s X account

An Alabama man was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said.

Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, is accused of helping to break into the SEC

Google, Meta, and TikTok shut down a Russian drone factory’s accounts over bombshell investigation

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Posts on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok were taken down following an investigation by The Asso

Two Virginia congressional candidates debated an AI chatbot. It was weirdly normal

On Thursday night an AI chatbot participated in a ">political debate with candidates for a congressional seat, and, despite a few technical glitches, performed well. There was no robot voice, no off-topic tangents, no personal attacks, no odd “they’re eating the dogs” hallucinations. 

The chatbot was a stand-in for the man c

Hvězdná porodnice R136 vystřeluje masivní hvězdy jako nebeský raketomet

Nejvíce extrémní hvězdná porodnice v našem sousedství, která obsahuje nejvíce hmotné známé hvězdy, je ještě zajímavější, než se zdálo. Od svého vzniku před asi 1,8 miliony let odpálila dvě salvy masivních hvězd. Celkem jich je 55, řítí se rychlostí Mach 80 a v kosmicky dohledné době vybuchnou jako supernovy. http://www.osel.cz/13742-hvezdna-porodnice-r136-vystreluje-masivni-hvezdy-jako-nebesky-raketomet.html

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TikTok approved election misinformation ads despite its own ban, says watchdog

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads, according to a report pub

Samsung’s $17 billion Texas chip factory faces another setback. Here’s why

Samsung Electronics has postponed taking deliveries of ASML chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory in Texas as it has yet to win any major customers for the project, three people familiar with the matter said.

Samsung has been also holding off on placing orders to some other suppliers for the $17 billion fact

A Guide To Robots.txt: Best Practices For SEO via @sejournal, @vahandev

Get a comprehensive guide on using meta robots tags and robots.txt to control how search engine crawlers interact with your website.

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Vay secures €34M to bring remote-controlled cars to the streets of Europe


German “teledriving” startup Vay has secured €34mn from the European Investment Bank (EIB).   In January, Vay launched a commercial remote-controlled car service in Las Vegas. Now it wants to roll out the technology on its home turf. I

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TNW Conference 2025 theme spotlight: Sustainable Societies


A warming world will — and is already having — a profound impact on the things we all depend on: shelter, food, water, energy, medicine. Most nations have committed to drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to dial back the planet’s thermostat.  But tru

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Ultimate guide to the best AI tools to make your life and work easier

Generative AI tools have been popping up everywhere and becoming second nature to use. That’s thanks in part, to a familiar user experience. “If you’re using a generative AI model, you enter a prompt describing the output you’d like, and the program gives it to you,” explained Danica Lo, “whether it’s in the form of text, code, images, or—increasingly—sound and video.”

The most popular is ChatGPT, said Lo, a contributing editor at Fast Company

.AI domain names are the next big thing on the internet. That’s great news for Anguilla

The tropical British territory of Anguilla wasn’t known to many outside those who sought out its sun-kissed beaches. That was until the generative AI revolution. Suddenly, the island of around 16,000 people became a key broker in the future of our digital lives.

In the 1990s, it was given the domain n

How API security is evolving for the GenAI era

Ben Popper chats with Keith Babo, Head of Product at Solo.io, about how the API security landscape is changing in the era of GenAI. They talk through the role of governance in AI, the importance of data protection, and the role API gateways play in enhancing security and functionality. Keith shares his insights on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, protecting PII, and the necessity of human-in-the-loop AI development. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/10/18/how-api-security-is-evolving-

Meta partners with horror movie maker Blumhouse Productions to test Movie Gen

Facebook owner Meta said on Thursday it had teamed up with Blumhouse Productions, the Hollywood company behind popular horror films such as The Purge and Get Out, to put its new

New Chrome extension aims to detect deepfake AI-generated voices—but it’s far from perfect

Deepfakes have already been a problem in the 2024 presidential election—and could potentially become a bigger one as Nov. 5 draws near. But a new Chrome browser extension claims it can help people determine which audio clips they hear are legitimately from the candidates (and others) and which are fake.

The

‘I figured I ought not to waste the dinner credit’: Meta laid off staffers for taking advantage of the company’s meal scheme

Meta has sacked a number of staff for abusing the company’s $25 meal scheme to order everything but lunch—including acne pads, toothbrushes and wine glasses. 

The sacking of almost 30 staff in the company’s Los Angeles office, first reported by the Financial Times, included high-paid engineers earning six-figure salaries. 

One user of the anonymous chat app Blind wrote that they us

Google Search Has A New Boss: Prabhakar Raghavan Steps Down via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google replaces Search chief Raghavan with Nick Fox amid restructuring. Move follows criticism of ad-driven decisions affecting search quality.

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MrBeast’s YouTube dominance takes a dip

MrBeast’s YouTube growth has hit a rough patch. 

On Saturday, MrBeast uploaded a new video. “ ">7 Days Exploring An Underground City” amassed 56.5 million views within four days. For any other YouTuber, those numbers would be seismic. But, for YouTube’s most subscribed-to creator, the numbers are dramatically lower than his averages—and could be a sign of broader decline. 

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The Menendez brothers’ house is all over TikTok following the hit Netflix drama

With the recent release of the Netflix drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and the follow-up documentary The Menendez Brothers, true-crime enthusiasts are now turning their attention to the Beverly Hills mansion where it all went down. 

Posts of the house’s exterior and interior have been going viral on TikTok, gaining millions of views from those invested in the case. One

Robinhood launches desktop platform, seeks market share from traditional brokerages

Robinhood launched its long-awaited desktop platform and added futures and index options trading features to its mobile app on Wednesday, as the fintech firm aims to take market share from traditional brokerages.

The 11-year

Dominion voting systems is still a GOP bogeyman ahead of the election

The election is nearly here, and Dominion Voting Systems is once again on Republicans’ minds.

The voting machine-maker became the subject of conspiracy theories following the 2020 election, which Donald Trump falsely claims was rigged against him. The smear campaigns against Dominion led to death threats and, eventually, lawsuits: In 2023, Fox News

AI-generated child sex abuse images pose challenges for federal prosecutors

U.S. federal prosecutors are stepping up their pursuit of suspects who use artificial intelligence tools to manipulate or create child sex abuse images, as law enforcement fears the technology could spur a flood of

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pens a smart look at our AI future

Welcome to AI DecodedFast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei pens a cool-headed essay on the arrival of AGI

In the debate over artificial general in

Brain Drain: David vs Goliath

There are worries that GenAI systems may run out of fresh data as they scale. Synthetic data is an option, but using AI-generated data to train AI can degrade the model's performance. There may be a better solution. Can data quality overcome a loss of data quantity? https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/10/17/training-data-scarcity-synthetic-quality-model-genai-ai/

AlphaDog: Rozeznávání obrazu umělou inteligencí je nepříjemně zranitelné

Simulátor útoků na rozeznávání obrazu umělou inteligencí AlphaDog odhalil slabé místo v prvku alpha channel, který ovládá průhlednost obrázků. Útokem na alpha channel je možné zmanipulovat vidění autonomních vozidel, systémy pro rozeznávání obličejů nebo třeba pozměnit medicínské snímky. Pokud by to někdo provedl masivně, škody by mohly být nedozírné. http://www.osel.cz/13741-alphadog-rozeznavani-obrazu-umelou-inteligenci-je-neprijemne-zranitelne.html

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An Open Letter From The CEO Of Search Engine Journal via @sejournal, @itsduhnise

SEJ's CEO reflects on the recent acquisition of Search Engine Land by Semrush while reaffirming Search Engine Journal's commitment to independent, unbiased SEO journalism.

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Ask An SEO: What Links Should You Build For A Natural Backlink Profile? via @sejournal, @rollerblader

Uncover the truth about backlinks for SEO. Learn how focusing on your audience and creating brand demand can naturally lead to valuable backlinks.

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Has wave energy finally found its golden buoy?


In November 2023, violent Atlantic storm “Domingos” struck the northern coast of Portugal, generating record-high waves and leaving a path of destruction across much of Western Europe.  People on land were grappling with flooded homes, cl

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Upwork unveils new capabilities for its Uma AI platform

On Wednesday, work marketplace Upwork introduced a host of new AI capabilities involving Uma, what it calls its “mindful artificial intelligence” tool.

Uma is used to cut down time spent on listing jobs and helps match candidates with opportunities that are well suited for them. “Uma is built on top of industry-leading large language models, customized with Upwork’s historical platform data,” Dave Bottoms, an

‘I need to earn every vote’: From Fox News to Charlamagne, Kamala Harris is on a last-minute media blitz

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in Detroit with popular radio host Charlamagne tha God, further deepening her push to reach potential voters in a more relaxed environment. 

Tuesday’s hour-long, town hall-style interview with Charlamagne, The Breakfast Club co-host, served as an attempt to counteract weakening support from Black voters. Harris pushed back on claims that she was disconnected from the Black community, warned of

Jižní Korea odtajnila strategický raketový systém, impozantní Hyunmoo V

Jihokorejská armáda získala dvoustupňovou balistickou raketu střední doletu Hyunmoo V, která dopraví do vzdálenosti 3 tisíce kilometrů hlavici o hmotnosti 8 tun. Lákavým cílem by měly být silně opevněné bunkry, ukryté více než 100 metrů pod zemí. Jižní Korea intenzivně pracuje na odstrašení případných agresorů. http://www.osel.cz/13740-jizni-korea-odtajnila-strategicky-raketovy-system-impozantni-hyunmoo-v.html

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#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History

Graham Hancock a journalist and author who for over 30 years has explored the controversial possibility that there existed a lost civilization during the last Ice Age, and that it was destroyed in a global cataclysm some 12,000 years ago. He is the presenter of the Netflix documentary series "Ancient Apocalypse", the 2nd season of which has just been released. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep449-sc See below for timestamps, and to give feedback

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Capital One has a new tool to help keep track of all your subscriptions

Capital One launched on Wednesday a free, integrated subscription management tool, allowing customers to track, block, and cancel recurring payments from over 10,000 merchants directly through its mobile app.

The new tool should come as welcome relief for the many Americans who find themselves struggling to keep track of recurring payments. Whether it’s streaming services, fitness apps, or meal de

What are VTubers? The controversial class of streamers, explained

VTubers, the internet creators who use digital avatars while live-streaming, blew up on YouTube in the late 2010s. Since then, the streamers have expanded across other platforms. Twitch’s most popular streamer is VTuber Ironmouse, with 236,505 active subscribers

But lately, the VTubers have been in a panic. YouTube and Twitch accounts are continually shutting down their channels, citing a variety of rules including “u

How AI can unlock innovation across our nation’s research institutions

At a university campus in Rolla, Missouri (population 22,000), a small team of scientists is developing a glass powder that, when applied to wounds, significantly improves blood clotting and reduces risk of infection. In addition to saving lives, the technology has the industry excited for its commercial potential.

The Midwest university behind the research is not one you typically see on the front pages of news sites: it’s the Missouri University of Science and Technology, a land-

The Internet Archive is even more essential than I realized

It never dawned on me that I might be insufficiently grateful for the Internet Archive. For many years, I’ve used it on something close to a daily basis, including to research numerous articles I couldn’t have written otherwise. I’ve uploaded some of my own work to it, shipped off my grandfather’s scholarly library for scanning, and donated money (though not enough).

But over theplast week, I’ve grow

How Libya and Tuvalu are cashing in on their top-level domain names

Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it’s not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinct

Is ghosting someone online ever OK?

There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?

Fortunately, terminally online writers Delia Cai and St

Battlesnake With Brad Van Vugt

In this episode, Scott talks to Brad Van Vugt about Battlesnake.com a competitive online game where your code is the controller. Links: Battlesnake – https://play.battlesnake.com/ HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io 00:00 Intro 00:31 What is Battlesnake? 02:33 What need does Battlesnake fill? 09:31 HoneyBadger 10:20 What technology is used? 14:46 What else should people know about Battlesnake? […]

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DoNotPay will now call customer service hotlines for you

If you dread the thought of calling to change an airline ticket or negotiate your internet bill, a new artificial intelligence tool may provide a solution.

DoNotPay, which offers an assortment of consumer-friendly services like tracking subscriptions, generating burner phone numbers, and searching for unclaimed property, now features a bot that will call customer service numbers for users, navigate through p

What Is Click-Through Rate & Why CTR Is Important via @sejournal, @beyondthepaid

Learn why click-through rate (CTR) matters in online advertising. Find out how to increase your CTR and drive more traffic to your website.

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The tech startups shaking up construction in Europe


From the outside, it looks like a clean, modern social housing block. You can tell it’s new — there are 84 shiny solar panels on the roof and the fresh paint has barely dried on the walls. But it’s how this 56-dwelling building in Barcelona, com

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What is the new safe C++ proposal and what do programmers need to know?


In 2020, Google identified that more than 70% of its Chrome browser’s severe security bugs were in fact caused by memory safety issues. “That is,” the Chrome team said, “mistakes with pointers in the C or C++ languages which cause memory to be misinterpreted.”

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Sweden’s node.vc closes €71M fund for early-stage Nordic startups


Stockholm-based node.vc has closed a €71mn fund to back early-stage startups in the Nordics. “The Nordic tech ecosystem is thriving, especially in areas like AI, gaming, fintech, and climate tech,” John Elvesjö, managing partner at node.vc, told TNW. “We’re se

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TNW Podcast: Generative AI, academic publishing, and European funding with Anita Schjøll Abildgaard, Iris.ai


Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s special episod

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How Wikipedia is staying relevant in the AI era

Despite the rise of such AI models as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, “old-school” Wikipedia remains one of the most visited sites around the world—with 15 billion visitors every month. Maryana Iskander, CEO of Wikimedia, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, offers how the platform is holding ground against AI competitors, and navigating one of the most hotly debated issues of our time: Where can we find information that we can trust in 2024? 

This is an abridged transcript o

The Google Travel Takeover And What It Means For SEO via @sejournal, @JRiddall

Unlock the potential of Google Travel for your SEO strategy. Understand the implications of Google Flights and Google Hotels dominating travel search terms.

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