Month: December 2023
Israeli investment platform our crowd today announced $13 million in capital commitments for $50 million. Israel Resilience Funda fund launched by the organization shortly after the…
A study by Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that applying a gentle electric current to the cerebellum increases an individual’s ability to transfer skills from virtual…
Age verification technology could be heading to adult content sites after these three sites were added to the list of platforms subject to the most stringent…
Rite aid It has been Banned US drugstore giant’s use of facial recognition software comes after Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finds ‘reckless use of facial surveillance…
A team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed a new statistical method, BridgePRS, to improve predictions of disease in non-European populations,…
Al Mada Holding The Group is one of Africa’s largest private investment funds. The privately held company, headquartered in Casablanca, operates in a variety of sectors,…
by Lindsay Dorman, NASA Earth Observatory December 20, 2023 December 17, 2023 Increased solar activity has led to widespread aurora borealis across Canada. A surge in…
bird Submitted Under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Codecapping off a turbulent year for the electric scooter company. in press release Bird confirmed today that it has entered…
This year, the rise in popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) has been substantial. This is not good news for anyone. Even if you prefer a sturdy…
NEOWISE Mission This artist’s concept shows the Wide Field Infrared Surveyor (WISE) spacecraft orbiting the Earth. The NEOWISE mission will find and characterize asteroids.Credit: NASA/JPL-California Institute…
One of the benefits of using Kubernetes to handle container orchestration is that containers are ephemeral, lasting as long as needed and then disappearing. This was…
Earth’s magnetosphere, essential for protecting us from solar radiation, is in sharp contrast to Mars, which has lost its protective field. Studying this shield, especially through…
ShareChat is in the final stages of discussions to secure about $50 million in new funding that would bring the startup’s valuation below $1.5 billion, according…
Diagram of interacting thick and thin filaments within cardiac sarcomeres based on structural cryo-electron tomography data. Credit: MPI of Molecular Physiology Scientists have captured the first…
Based on the interpretation of the inscription, the bricks date back to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (c. 604-562 BC). The item was plundered from its…
The European Union plans to support its own AI startups by providing access to processing power for model training on the region’s supercomputers, announced and launched…
Scientists have used environmental TEM to uncover atomic-level secrets about how water vapor interacts with metals, causing corrosion and passivation. Their research provides insights into improved…
Identity and access management company Okta acquires security company Spera. According to Okta, the Spera acquisition is expected to close during the fiscal first quarter, beginning…
This figure shows surface currents simulated by MPAS-Ocean.Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory, E3SM, U.S. Department of Energy A new solver algorithm for the MPAS-Ocean model will…
blue originNew Shepard has officially resumed operations, with the company today successfully launching a suborbital rocket for the first time in more than 15 months. The…
by University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences December 19, 2023 A study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign revealed the effects…
astrobotic’s first lunar module is ready for launch. The company announced Tuesday that the lander, called Peregrine, has completed final inspection and refueling after mating with…
Tesla wants to suspend a federal lawsuit against it for racial bias against black workers at its Fremont assembly plant. The electric car maker said in…
One study found that women who currently use oral contraceptives have lower rates of depression than women who previously used them. The study, which included 6,239…
Micromobility.com (formerly Helbiz) was delisted from Nasdaq on Monday after the company violated the exchange’s listing rules, according to a regulatory filing. Competitor Bird, the only…
NASA has made a significant advancement in deep space communications by successfully transmitting high-definition video from 19 million miles away. This breakthrough paves the way for…
Volkswagen Group is the latest automaker to announce it will adopt Tesla’s so-called North American Charging Standard (NACS), and one of the last major automakers to…
Proteins come together to create the foam in gin fizz.alex oberheiser You may think that complex equations and alcohol don’t or shouldn’t mix. But when you…
Despite the continued regulatory crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry and the collapse of some of its leading figures, the underlying decentralized technology continues to push internet…
Even though the economy is showing some improvement, 2024 may not be much better than 2023 in terms of startups getting a slice of the budget…
Research in England and Wales shows an alarming increase in the number of decomposing bodies found, which is linked to social isolation and indicates a breakdown…
The last thing I wrote was breaker — a platform that connects record labels, artists, and brands with social media influencers to run large-scale campaigns in…
It was shocking for AI, as it moved from niche to mainstream technology faster than ever before. But 2024 will be the year when this hype…
Zimbabwe’s largest national park has seen the death of at least 100 elephants in recent weeks due to drought, a grim indication of the impact of…
Google today announced that it will pay $700 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Attorney General’s Office in a lawsuit over the Google…
Poor forecasting of food demand results in more waste than expected. According to someone sauce, U.S. grocery stores throw away 10% of the approximately 44 billion…
When a strong laser pulse hits a steel alloy, the material briefly melts where it is irradiated, forming a small magnetic region.Credit: HZDR / Sander Munster…
Comcast has confirmed that hackers who exploited a security vulnerability rated critical gained access to sensitive information of approximately 36 million Xfinity customers. The vulnerability, known…
sales force is announced plan to obtain Spiff, a platform that automates commission management for sales teams. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in…
Researchers have made significant progress in understanding neuromuscular diseases by developing a two-dimensional neuromuscular junction model using pluripotent stem cells. This model enables high-throughput drug screening…