OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough
The company announced a new technique to make the workings of its systems more transparent, but people familiar with OpenAI say more oversight is needed. ⌘ Read more

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Ten years of data preceding a rockfall in the French Alps suggest the need for more comprehensive monitoring systems
In August 2023, 14,000 cubic meters of sandstone and shale detached from a slope in the French Alps. This rockslide at La Praz closed a road and a major railway between France and Italy at least until the end of 2024. ⌘ Read more

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The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform
Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure. ⌘ Read more

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ODrive Micro: Compact Brushless Servo Controller with CAN and USB
CrowdSupply recently showcased the ODrive Micro, an advanced, compact servo motor drive developed by ODrive Robotics for precise motion control in space-constrained robotics applications. It leverages ODrive’s established software and hardware ecosystem to support integrated robotic systems. ODrive Micro offers a straightforward setup and flexible integration. The device includes an onboard magnetic angle sensor f … ⌘ Read more

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Mali-G610 Achieves OpenGL ES 3.1 Conformance
Collabora recently announced a significant milestone: the Panthor kernel driver and Mesa Panfrost driver have achieved official conformance for OpenGL ES 3.1 on the Mali-G610 chip, part of the 10th generation of Mali GPUs, known as “Valhall”. According to Collabora’s latest news, achieving conformance involved passing tens of thousands of test cases, providing assurance to […] ⌘ Read more

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RealPage Says Rental Pricing Tech Is Misunderstood, but Landlords Aren’t So Sure
The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren’t entirely convinced. ⌘ Read more

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The 289 Best Prime Day Deals and Biggest Discounts On Our Favorite Gadgets
From laptops, tablets, phones, and smartwatches to Amazon Echo Dots, these are the best Prime Day deals and the biggest discounts on all your favorite WIRED gear. ⌘ Read more

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Astronomers detect dozens of new pulsating white dwarfs
Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected 32 new bright pulsating DA white dwarfs of the ZZ Ceti subclass. The finding was reported in a research paper published July 9 on the pre-print server arXiv. ⌘ Read more

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Japanese honeybees slap nest-invading ants with their wings to knock them away
A trio of environmental specialists at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, in Japan, has found that Japanese honeybees sometimes resort to slapping ants with their wings to prevent their entry into their nest. ⌘ Read more

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10 facts about Republicans in the U.S.
J. Baxter Oliphant,  enior Researcher  -

Stephan: The MAGAt Party: overwhelmingly White, less educated, frightened by immigration, incapable of understanding economics, and hostile to those who don’t think as they do, or look as they do. We are two countries in a single nation.

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Trump’s Environmental Impact Endures, at Home and Around the World
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_Stephan: Criminal Trump tried to trash as many of the policies designed to protect us from the destruction of climate change as he could in order to serve the interests of the petroleum industry billionaires whose interests align with his. The damage was far greater than anyone knew, or few know today. Here is a good assessment of what he has done. If Trump and Vance, who is also a flu … ⌘ Read more

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California needs a million EV charging stations — but that’s ‘unlikely’ and ‘unrealistic’
ALEJANDRO LAZO,    -  Bakersfield.com

_Stephan: Charging is the major obstacle to ending the carbon era. I have been telling you for several years now that the gas station model for EV charging isn’t going to work. The major roads need to be built to charge the vehicles that drive over them. Not every road, just the bigger ones. It will be cheaper and mu … ⌘ Read more

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A Trump-owned company sells $299 sneakers with an image of his bloodied face after rally shooting
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON,    -  abc News / Associated Press

Stephan: There is simply no limit to criminal Trump’s sleaziness. Can you imagine Dwight Eisenhower, or Theodore Roosevelt, or any other Republican President as vulgar as this? I certainly can’t.

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Review: Ugreen Nexode 100W 20000mAh Power Bank Offers Ample Juice to Go
Popular accessory brand Ugreen has built up a veritable lineup of portable power banks and chargers in the last few years, with several options to serve the needs of gadget users on the road. It can be hard to work out what kind of unit will meet your particular requirements, but if you are looking for a compact USB-C/A bank that has enough juice to fully recharge your smartphone and laptop a … ⌘ Read more

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Prime Day Has Brought the Google Pixel 7A to an Incredibly Low Price (2024)
The midrange Pixel 7A from 2023 is now just $249, an all-time low price, and the Pixel Fold also sees its most significant price drop ahead of Google’s August hardware event. ⌘ Read more

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