‘Great Debate’ Glossary
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss Glossary Cepheid: A type of variable star used to determine distance. Shapley used a relation between the period of variation of this type of star and its absolute magnitude to calibrate distances to globular clusters during the `GreatContinue Reading
Jill Tarter
Director: Center for SETI ResearchSETI Institute, 1984 – 2012Emeritus Chair for SETI Research How will humanity first discover ET Life? Best guess: TechnosignaturesWhile the astronomical community is planning for large telescopes, or robotic explorers that could uncover biosignatures within our solar system or in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets, theyContinue Reading
US citizen injured after wrongly arrested by ICE in Illinois
US citizen injured after wrongly arrested by ICE in Illinois, NewsFeed Bystander video of ICE agents forcibly arresting a US citizen in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, has gone viral after federal officers mistook the man for a suspect they were seeking. The man was hospitalised with head andContinue Reading
New York sues Polymarket over allegations of illegal gambling operations
The lawsuit comes two months after the state filed a similar lawsuit against competitor Kalshi., The lawsuit comes two months after the state filed a similar lawsuit against competitor Kalshi. New York State has filed a lawsuit against prediction market company Polymarket amid allegations that it violated state laws againstContinue Reading
Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame
So far, Canonical has followed a split kernel SRU cycle for Ubuntu, where regular fixes and security patches lived on separate tracks, with a full update every four weeks and a security-focused release at the two-week midpoint for urgent CVE fixes. If that concept is new to you, a StableContinue Reading
FOSS Weekly #26.39: Snapdragon X2, Ubuntu 26.10, Konsole, systemd Tricks and a New Project
First thing first. Yesterday, I mistakenly sent the Local AI Weekly newsletter to everyone. That was not supposed to happen. I’ll be more careful in the future. Let’s go with our regular dose of Linux and open source. Snapdragon X2 processor support should be coming to Linux soon. Qualcomm hasContinue Reading
Why Ethiopia’s new rebel alliance could transform the Tigray conflict | DW News
The battle lines in Ethiopia have dramatically changed. Armed groups that were once on opposing sides have joined a new alliance as fighting between Tigrayan forces and the federal government intensifies. The renewed clashes come nearly four years after the Pretoria peace agreement ended the devastating Tigray war. Now theContinue Reading
Hail is a multibillion-dollar problem — and could get worse
At a Colorado cold lab, scientists race to better understand hail in a warming world. The post Hail is a multibillion-dollar problem — and could get worse appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
FPF comments on White House’s defiance of judge’s media ban smackdown
Hours after Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., delivered a resounding defeat to Traitor 47 early this morning, restraining his administration from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and holding that the ban is likely unconstitutional, the administration defied the orderContinue Reading
“Colonial AI”: African Countries Seek Tech Sovereignty But Fear a New Digital Colonialism
Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is a member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, working on a strategy with the African Union to address the risks and benefits of AI for the continent. African countries face the threat of “colonial AI,” says Ndiaye. “When we talk about colonialism historically, that involvesContinue Reading
Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
Scientists discovered two tiny new snail species in Montenegro, showing that even Europe still holds animals unknown to science. One lives in the threatened Komarnica Canyon, where a proposed hydropower reservoir could destroy habitat before its full biodiversity is understood., Read MoreContinue Reading
Waymo offers new incentives for commuters on public transit
Waymo introduced its transit rewards program in the Bay Area this week, which gives riders credit for future rides when they connect their Waymo trip to public buses and trains., Read MoreContinue Reading
China, US have responsibility to ‘manage AI for good’: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the US have the ‘capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good’ and make sure that AI’s development remains under human control. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #unitedstates #china #xijinping #artificialintelligence Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4he7X2s 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with theContinue Reading