Prices of the electricity we use to charge

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Just How Many Robots Can One Person Control at Once?
A DARPA project overturns longstanding assumptions
"In a study funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), experts show that humans can single-handedly and effectively manage a heterogenous swarm of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial vehicles, while feeling overwhelmed only for brief periods of time during an overall small portion of the mission."

Just How Many Robots Can One Person Control at Once?

A DARPA project overturns longstanding assumptions

spectrum.ieee.org

 

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Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
"An Australian start-up has launched the "first commercialised biological computer" made of human brain cells at a conference in Barcelona."

Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells

In 2022, a Melbourne start-up announced they’d taught neurons in a dish to play Pong. Now, they’re selling a "biological computer" made of thousands of human neurons.

www.abc.net.au

World's first "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" runs on living human cells

The world's first "biological computer" that fuses human brain cells with silicon hardware to form fluid neural networks has been commercially launched, ushering in a new age of AI technology. The CL1, from Australian company Cortical Labs, offers a whole new kind of computing intelligence – one…

newatlas.com

 

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Engineers create first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-flat-telescope-lens-capture-faraway.html

 

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GSA prepares to sell over 400 federal properties
A new list of “non-core assets” includes the FBI and DOJ headquarters in Washington.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/gsa-sell-400-federal-properties-00212071

 

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A New AI Worry: Many Young Coders No Longer Know How Their Code Really Works
Research recently showed that using AI may impact workers’ long term critical thinking powers. Another alarm bell raises worries that overreliance on AI to help write code will also have a long-term on the workplace.

https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/a-new-ai-worry-many-young-coders-no-longer-know-how-their-code-really-works/91151569

 

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Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked

Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked

To decarbonize road transport, the world must move away from petrol and diesel cars and towards electric vehicles and other forms of low-carbon transport.

ourworldindata.org

 

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The solar system is teeming with 1 million 'alien invaders' from Alpha Centauri
"One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little) gray rocks," asteroids from the triple star system Alpha Centauri."

https://www.space.com/the-universe/asteroids/solar-system-teeming-with-1-million-alien-invaders-from-alpha-centauri

 

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Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs

Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs

Prices could go up within the next couple of days.

www.theverge.com

 

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Sorry , but what makes it fraudulent ?

that's not the point i need to blow u up for profit as u fart so much you are destroying the solar system.

there is no law if i kill everyone anyway £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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The muon’s magnetic moment exposes a huge hole in the Standard Model – unless it doesn’t

The muon’s magnetic moment exposes a huge hole in the Standard Model – unless it doesn’t – Physics World

Alex Keshavarzi digs into the showdown between two competing Standard Model predictions of the muon, which may reveal undiscovered particles hiding in the vacuum

physicsworld.com

 

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An equation of state for dense nuclear matter such as neutron stars

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-equation-state-dense-nuclear-neutron.html

 

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Hydrogen becomes a superfluid at nanoscale, confirming 50-year-old prediction
"This discovery deepens our understanding of quantum fluids and could inspire more efficient hydrogen storage and transport for clean energy,"

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-equation-state-dense-nuclear-neutron.html

 

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Hydrogen cyanide and acetylene detected in a brown dwarf atmosphere for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-hydrogen-cyanide-acetylene-brown-dwarf.html

 

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Authorities worldwide can see more than ever, with Big Tech as their eyes

https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-data-requests-surge

 

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Another ‘near miss’: Citigroup mistakenly credited a customer account with $81 trillion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/citigroup-mistakenly-credited-a-customer-account-with-81-trillion.html