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The economy has been good—but not in the way voters wanted

Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential race on Tuesday in large part because Americans are dissatisfied with the economy. According to an NBC News exit poll, 31% of voters cited the economy as their top issue.

While President Joe Biden oversaw the economy of the past four years, Harris, in inheriting his position atop the Democratic ticket,

Apophis: a European space mission gets up close with an asteroid set to brush by Earth


The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), will rendez

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How wasted heat from our bodies could generate green energy


If you’ve ever seen yourself through a thermal imaging camera, you’ll know that your body produces lots of heat. This is in fact a waste product of our metabolism. Every square foot of the human body gives off heat equivalent to about 19 matches per hour. Unf

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EU funding powers 10% of European startup ecosystem, study finds


About one in every 10 European startups that have raised VC investment are also backed by an EU grant of equity financing, according to a research project conducted by Dealroom and Dealflow.eu. While the full report is expected to be published later this year, the

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Do we need a European DARPA to cope with technological challenges in Europe?


The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is often held as a model for driving technology advances. For decades, it has contributed to military and economic dominance by bridging the gap between military and civilian applications. European policy

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Ježíšův zázrak pohledem limnologů

Izraelsko australský tým zkoumající mechanismus tepelné stratifikace v Galilejském jezeře, nabídl alternativu události popsané v Bibli jako množení chlebů. http://www.osel.cz/13770-jezisuv-zazrak-pohledem-limnologu.html

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‘Okay, so I was wrong’: Checking in on the TikTok creators who predicted Kamala Harris would win

Donald Trump is set to be the next president of the United States. Yet, in an election cycle where national and swing-state polls were neck-and-neck for weeks, it was easy to believe that Vice President Kamala Harris was on track for a landslide victory—or at least, that’s what your TikTok feed might have suggested.

“For the astrology girlies, I have been studying

What Trump’s win could mean for Google’s antitrust cases

Donald Trump will likely dial back some of the antitrust policies pursued under the administration of President Joe Biden, potentially including a bid to break up Alphabet’s Google ov

Gen Zers are landing job interviews through TikTok

Social media isn’t just for mindless scrolling—for jobseekers it’s also a way to find out who’s hiring, and to connect with hiring managers.

“Hi Jubilee, this is my application for your Digital Media Producer role,” says the user @filmwcolleen in a TikTok application to the media company Jubilee that has recently gone viral, netting over 346,000 views to do. “Hire her do it do it DO IT,” one person

What Elon Musk really wants

If there’s one person former president Donald Trump can thank for his decisive election night victory, it’s Elon Musk. The tech billionaire propelled Trump to a second term on a wave of $119 million in funding to his America PAC, a spree of $1 million giveaways to registered

Silicon Valley leaders are congratulating Donald Trump on his election win

Leaders of the biggest tech companies are taking to social media to congratulate Donald Trump after being reelected for a second presidential term. While Silicon Valley is largely made up of Democrats, a large number of influential executives announced this year that they were throwing their support behind Trump.

Fast Company rounded up a number of Big Tech leaders’ resp

Here’s what Trump’s win means for space policy

Here are our biggest takeaways from election night—and what they mean for space policy in D.C.

Top of the ticket

Former President Donald Trump will be heading back to the White House in January. The previous Trump administration led significant changes in the space landscape, including the establishment of the Artemis program, the re-launch of the National Space Council, and the founding of the Space Force.

In

What Donald Trump’s election win means for Silicon Valley

Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, taking up office (once again) in January.  Any change in administration signals a shift in priorities, and a new person in power would sweep out some of their predecessor’s policies—especially given the way Trump’s attitudes and politics sit at the polar opposite of the previous administration. 

Here’s how the tech sector could be impacte

Did Elon Musk’s X help Trump win the election?

In the wake of Donald Trump’s massive Election Day victory, Fox News host Bret Baier questioned whether Elon Musk might be “the future” of the Republican Party. Indeed, Musk hitched his fate to Trump when he bankrolled some of Trump’s campaign through his America PAC, and hit

I’m the CEO of an AI company, and this is the BS behind AI

There has never been a technology as conducive to BS as AI.  

Why? AI is a massively disruptive, transformative, once-in-many-generation advancement that holds great promise for business and society. Meanwhile, our modern capitalist economy is uniquely skilled at converting such leaps into dollars. Not value, mind you, but cold, hard greenbacks.  

Tracing the origin, no bull

Even b

AI-Enhanced Keyword Selection In PPC via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Discover how AI enhances PPC keyword strategies, from finding new keywords to optimizing existing campaigns and refining negative keyword lists for better results.

The post AI-Enhanced Keyword Selection In PPC appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-enhanced-keyword-selection-in-ppc/529732/

Supermasivní černá díra v raném vesmíru hltá hmotu a překračuje limity

Webbův dalekohled vystopoval supermasivní černou díru LID-568 ve vesmíru starém asi 1,5 miliardy let. Je to sice lehká supermasivní černá díra s hmotou „pouze“ asi 7,2 milionů Sluncí, ale hmotu požírá tak intenzivně, že u toho mnohonásobně překračuje Eddingtonův limit. http://www.osel.cz/13769-supermasivni-cerna-dira-v-ranem-vesmiru-hlta-hmotu-a-prekracuje-limity.html

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Meta slapped with a $15 million fine by South Korea. Here’s why

South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their politi

Elon Musk says it’s ‘pointless’ to build a human-driven $25,000 Tesla

When Reuters reported in April that Tesla had scrapped plans for a long-promised, next-generation $25,000 electric vehicle, the automaker’s stock plunged. Chief Executive

ChatGPT Search May Have A Shot At Google via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

Explore how ChatGPT Search challenges Google, its impact on businesses, and why investing in AI Search could be a game-changer in the digital landscape.

The post ChatGPT Search May Have A Shot At Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-search-may-have-a-shot-at-google/531796/

How Pop Crave and Pop Base became major news sources in the 2024 presidential election

On the afternoon of September 15, when news began to break about a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, one upstart celebrity news aggregator beat most major news organizations to the punch. Pop Crave, a pop culture-focused account with 1.8 million followers, posted that Trump was unharmed by the attempt at 2:41—well before it was shared by the accounts of the Associated

How Google is helping developers get better answers from AI

Today’s guest is Logan Kilpatrick, a senior product manager at Google, who tells Ben about his journey from software engineering to machine learning to product management, all with an emphasis on reducing developer friction. They talk through the challenges of non-determinism in AI models and how Google is addressing these issues with a new feature: Grounding with Google Search. Plus, what working at the Apple Store taught Logan about product management. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/11/05/ho

Apple Intelligence will help AI become as commonplace as word processing


When Apple’s version of AI, branded as Apple Intelligence, rolls out in October to folks with the company’s latest hardware, the response is likely to be a mix of delight and disappointment. The AI capabilities on their way to Apple’s walled-ga

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Pennsylvania judge rules that Elon Musk’s daily $1 million voter giveaway can proceed

A Pennsylvania judge ruled that Elon Musk and his super PAC to continue its daily $1 million giveaway to registered voters in swing states through Tuesday’s presidential election.

Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta denied Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s request to issue an injunction and stop the controversial giveaway. Foglietta didn’t immediately explain his reasoning. The ruling came after Musk’s lawyers claimed the winners were paid

Perplexity rolls out an AI election information hub. Use it at your own risk

While most major AI services, including OpenAI and Google’s Gemini, are staying quiet about the election, Perplexity is going all in on the 2024 presidential race. The AI service has set up a hub that offers background and, starting Tuesday, purported real-time information about the results. But you might want to think twice before using it.

The Election Information Hub, as it’s called, i

‘Shark Tank’s Jane Lu says this AI-generated job app was the ‘worst email I’ve ever received’

Applying for jobs can be time-consuming. However, for those using ChatGPT to help streamline the process, you should still do your own proofreading . . . at the bare minimum. 

“This may very well be the worst email I’ve ever received . . . also one of the funniest,” says businesswoman Jane Lu, founder of the online fashion retailer Showpo and a star on the Australian Shark Tank. The

How to get ahead of bad chatbots

In a recent announcement from the White House, the Biden-Harris administration revealed its plans to make bad chatbots a thing of the past. Part of a government-wide effort called “Time Is Money,” the idea is to take on the “limitations and shortcomings” of customer

Politická příslušnost přebíjí pravdu při konzumaci zpráv

Rafinovaný výzkumu demografického vzorku Američanů, kteří si mysleli, že se podílejí na zkoumání paměti a komunikace, odhalil, že lidé bez ohledu na politický světonázor, vzdělání nebo schopnost uvažovat velmi výrazně politicky filtrují zprávy, které se k nim dostanou. Nejhorší jsou ti, kteří považují sami sebe za nejvíce objektivní. http://www.osel.cz/13768-politicka-prislusnost-prebiji-pravdu-pri-konzumaci-zprav.html

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Why this tiny English village doesn’t want a data center next door

Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of Abbots Langley was converted into homes that preserve its centuries of history. Now, its residents are fighting to stop a development next door that represents the future.

A proposal to build a data center on a field across the road was rejected by local authorities amid fierce opposition from villagers. But it’s getting a second chance from British Prime Minister Keir S

USC researchers offer a glimpse inside the right-wing echo chamber on X and Telegram

Researchers at the University of Southern California say they found evidence of thousands of X and Telegram accounts working together to artificially popularize right-wing narratives. 

Influence groups coordinate to share specific content in order to create the appearance of widespread grassroots support for a given idea or opinion. Those artificially heightened engagement numbers then tell the social platform’s algorithm to distribute the content even more widely.

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YouTube is eating the TV industry’s lunch

YouTube’s advertising revenue has yet to reach a ceiling in its exponential growth. In Alphabet’s recent earnings call, the company claimed $8.9 billion in quarterly revenue from YouTube ads alone. At this rate, YouTube ads revenue could match that of the entire broadcast advertising industry for 2024.

Meanwhile, the television market continues to decline

‘Now I’m a big boy and I like it’: Young men on TikTok are turning to testosterone boosters

“What happens to your package downstairs when you start testosterone replacement therapy?” asks TikTok user @kmartfit. “You’re gonna notice that your libido and sex drive go through the roof.” 

@kmartfit, who posts hormone optimization content to his almost 80,000 followers, adds that it helps you lose body fat “so that pouch around the trunk of your package

The case for OpenAI becoming a B Corp

The cofounder of B Lab, the global nonprofit that came up with the B Corp certification for accountable, sustainable, and transparent companies, believes that OpenAI should sign up to its system and dedicate itself to becoming more responsible.

Andrew Kassoy tells Fast Company that as the leader of the AI revolution, the makers

A brief summary of language model finetuning

Here's a (brief) summary of language model finetuning, the various approaches that exist, their purposes, and what we know about how they work. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/10/31/a-brief-summary-of-language-model-finetuning/

Research roadmap update: November 2024

An update to the research that the User Experience team is running over the next quarter. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/11/04/research-roadmap-update-november-2024/

Making Social Media & SEO Work Together via @sejournal, @krisjonescom

Explore the synergy between social media and SEO. Discover how social media can significantly boost your online visibility and improve your search engine rankings.

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/making-social-media-seo-work-together/527280/

Ideogram is a great AI tool for making quick—and free—visuals

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Even if you can’t draw or take a decent photo, you can now illustrate anything. Services like UnsplashPexels, and free 

The biggest employee turnover is about to happen. Why it’s a matter of national security

As the United States gears up for another Presidential election, government agencies face a daunting challenge that extends far beyond the ballot box. While elections signify the democratic process at work, they also represent one of the largest predictable instances of high employee turnover in the public sector. This mass transition of power and personnel creates a perfect storm for potential data breaches, threatening the int

How To Optimize Your Ecommerce Site For Holiday Shoppers via @sejournal, @wburton27

Don't miss out on holiday sales. Optimize your ecommerce site for peak shopping periods and attract shoppers during the festive season.

The post How To Optimize Your Ecommerce Site For Holiday Shoppers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-optimize-your-ecommerce-site-for-h

Get more from Google with these 5 search superpowers

Google is an incredibly powerful search engine, but many users aren’t tapping into its full potential. And with nearly limitless results on any given topic, effective searching is about being specific and using the right tools for the job.

Here are several tricks to help you refine your searches and find exactly what you’re looking for more efficiently.

AI could transform visual effects in film — but the emerging field is mired in copyright issues


While many people in the creative industries are worrying that AI is about to steal their jobs, Oscar-winning film director James Cameron is embracing the technology. Cameron is famous for making the Avatar and Terminator movies, as well as Titanic. Now he has jo

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Polsko sází v obraně proti dronům na futuristický protiletecký kanón ráže 35 mm

Polská společnost PIT-Radwar vyvíjí vysoce mobilní protiletecký systém SA-35 s automatickým kanónem ráže 35 mm, který zajišťuje obranu krátkého dosahu proti letounům, vrtulníkům, střelám s plochou dráhou letu a rozmanitým dronům. Velmi účinný je i proti malým a levným sebevražedným dronům, s nimiž mají konvenční protiletecké systémy velký problém. http://www.osel.cz/13767-polsko-sazi-v-obrane-proti-dronum-na-futuristicky-protiletecky-kanon-raze-35-mm.html

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How to spot ‘cheapfakes’ online, according to 2 misinformation experts

Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father’s dead body, whimpering in Arabic, “Don’t leave me.” The second purports to show a pregnant woman with her abdomen slashed open and claims to document the testimony of a paramedic who handled victims’ bodies after Hamas’s attack in Israel on October 7, 2023.

Even though these videos come from different sides of the I

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