EU sanctions imposed on Russia-owned rocket-maker Khrunichev Center will not slow rocket production, but they will impact customer demand, center chief Alexey Varochko said this week in an interview with the Russian News Agency TASS.
On February 23, the EU passed its 10th round of sanctions on Russia, which put the rocket maker on the list of prohibited entities.
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The Khrunichev Center is a Russian-owned launch manufacturer resp
Over the last few months, layoffs have gripped the tech industry’s workforce. Facing macroeconomic challenges that are impacting revenue forecasts and financial performance, the tech giants are in unprecedented times destined for the history books.
Among the macro pressures and turbulent markets, one of glimmers of light this year has been in emerging technologies, specifically the radical growth and adoption of AI. While AI isn’t exactly new, the world hasn’t b
An upbeat woman takes to TikTok to bring users along for her mid-morning hydration hit. She rummages through a caddy full of flavor packets, screaming “crushed pineapple” once she picks one. She grabs her cup of ice and water, then moves toward her “water bar,” which is stocked with Jordan’s Skinny Mixes brand syrups.
“Dragon fruit açai? Nah. Coconut, let’s do that,” Tonya Spanglo, who goes by @takingmylifebackat42, says t
Over half of the data that companies collect is for single-use purposes. We give companies Social Security and credit card numbers, addresses and phone numbers, emails, and health data. That information, called “dark data” in internet circles, generally sits stored away, long forgotten by users. Dark data comes from many different sources: when a company declines to delete a former employee’s information, for example, or when a company is acquired but declines to wipe its
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Notion AI is like a robot that has read and analyzed the entire internet. Its training enables it to make detailed suggestions based on millions of documents it has studied. It’s basically a prediction engine guessing what words will work best based on a prompt or text you’ve written. The capacity to draw instantl
The United States government is considering a national ban of TikTok, a social media application used by over 150 million Americans. Although the primary reason for the ban is privacy concerns, it presents an opportunity to consider other potential risks.
It is well known social media apps can negatively impact mental health outcomes, a fact even acknowledged by Facebook’s leaked internal research. The impact social media use may have on our cognitive abilities
Political pressure continues to mount on TikTok, the super popular video app owned by China’s ByteDance. In the United States, TikTok is now banned on government devices as lawmakers debate how to address its Beijing ties. And around the world, 40 other countries have taken similar measures.
Meanwhile, Lemon8, another social network owned by the same Chinese company, has emerged and begun to top the charts. As its popularity surges in America, here are some things you sh
Valley legend and super investor Ron Conway is reportedly planning a meeting of leading influencers in the burgeoning AI industry to talk about how to develop AI systems without stumbling into potentially catastrophic unintended consequences.
Axios’s report of the meeting comes just a week after hundreds of tech and scientific community members signed a letter calling for a “pause” in the development of generative AI systems. Meeting attendees will reportedly di
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued guidance warning consumers to avoid using free public charging stations because “bad actors” have figured out ways to hijack connected devices.
In a tweet, FBI Denver wrote that hackers can introduce harmful malware and monitoring software onto your phone, tablet, or computer when connected to public USB ports in locations such as airports.
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Actor Diana-Maria Riva is all too familiar with one of her shows being canceled. For a performer, it’s a painful, unfortunate part of show business. But this was different.
In December, Riva was floored when she found out that Gordita Chronicles, her recently canceled family comedy, would be removed from HBO Max’s vast streaming library—one of dozens of shows that HBO last year effectively wiped from existence for U.S. viewers. Among others, Westworld, The