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This week in science news, we saw SpaceX rockets punching temporary holes in our planet’s atmosphere, heard about new technology for smart glasses that use sonar, and learned of the incredible sleeping patterns of chinstrap penguins.
It seems like not a week goes by without another SpaceX launch, but this time, it’s not what…
From 1h ago 05.31 EST Cop28 president claims ‘no science’ showing fossil fuel phaseout needed Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE president of the Cop28 climate talks, told a meeting that there was no science showing a phase-out of fossil fuels was necessary to limit global heating to 1.5C (2.7F) above preindustrial levels.
There was an unwelcome sense of “digital deja vu” this week for opponents of facial recognition technology (FRT). In the wake of the Dublin riots there has been renewed impetus around the potential use of the controversial law-enforcement tool by gardaí.
Dublin riots drag row over facial recognition technology back into spotlight…
NASA had initially planned for the Artemis 3 mission to land humans on the Moon in 2025, around 52 years after the last Apollo mission landed astronauts in 1952. But now, the United States Government Accountability Office says the space agency will not be able to do that until 2027 at the…
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Here is your weekly Pro Recap of the past week’s biggest headlines in the electric vehicle space:…
“While one might be locked in a tech arms race and a competition today, best it remains a competition than degrade into a confrontation, let alone degrade into a conflict.”
As head of the UK army – known as Chief of the General Staff – Sir Mark was intimately involved in providing British…
But the speed and scale of shorting activity around Pilbara Minerals in just a matter of weeks is astounding.
Hedge funds have now amassed a $2.3 billion position against it. In just six weeks, a further $980 million has been wagered on a price drop without any obvious catalyst to increase the shorts’…
John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, and Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, president of Cop28, at the climate summit in Dubai on Saturday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
The United States and 21 other countries pledged on Saturday at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050,…
Hi, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that highlights some of the more noteworthy moments in tech over the past few days. The holiday season is nigh upon us, but the tech industry waits for no one — on the horizon are IBM, AMD and Intel conferences, plus the…
Larry Summers, recently appointed as a board member at the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI , expressed the significance of the company’s work as “extraordinarily important.” He emphasized the importance of OpenAI operating as a “corporation with a conscience.”
According to a report from Bloomberg, Larry Summers stated on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week…
