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Did you miss your chance to apply for a Side Event at A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AI Week? Do not worry-- we've extended the deadline by 3 more days!You now have till May 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to send your proposition. This is your opportunity to get in touch with attendees of TC Sessions: AI and the dynamic Berkeley, California, community.Simply ...
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Seasonal COVID shots may no longer be possible under Trump adminSeasonal COVID shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin

Under President Trump, the Food and Drug Administration may no longer approve seasonal COVID-19 vaccines updated for the virus variants circulating that year, according to recent statements by Trump administration officials. ....

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today, beginning just a couple of minutes after 12:30 pm Central European Summer Time (10:30 am UTC, or about 6:30 am United States Eastern Daylight Time). ... National grid operators in Spain and Portugal confirm that a massive electrical blackout has actually struck the Iberian Peninsula today, beginning simply a couple of minutes after 12:30 pm Central European Summer Time (10:30 am UTC, or about 6:30 am US Eastern Daylight Time). The outage appears to have actually resulted in near-total loss of electrical energy in Spain, Portugal, the Principality of Andorra, and a minimum of some portions of southwest France.The impacts are extensive and prevalent; in major cities like Madrid, trains are not running, airports are not able to operate, and companies and schools have closed. People are still able to utilize cellular networks to interact so far (most cell towers and network operations centers have battery or generator backup systems). Electrical demand curve from Red Elctrica site revealing the outage. Electrical demand curve from Red Elctrica site showing the interruption. Credit: Red Elctrica Bloomberg energy reporter Akshat Rathi published on Bluesky that Spanish grid operator Red Electrica claims the failure is due to grid oscillation, a phenomenon that occurs when the system is not able to suppress oscillations that typically occur as sources and load go into and leave the system. Rathi quotes Bloomberg cybersecurity reporter Ryan Gallagher, keeping in mind that a cyber attack has actually been ruled out, and the fault is most likely technical: Initial investigations into the reason for the failures recommend a technical fault instead of a cyberattack, according to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). For the moment the investigation appears to indicate a technical/cable problem, said a spokesperson for the firm in an emailed declaration. Nevertheless, ENISA is closely keeping track of the circumstance and we are in contact with the appropriate authorities at national and EU level. Ars spoke straight to a reader called Tiago Carvalho, presently in Lisbon, Portugal. According to Carvalho, banks and supermarkets in Lisbon have actually been closed for hours, with a small number of stores and restaurants staying open and accepting only money. Tourists in Lisboa are still walking around taking pleasure in the bright weather condition, but locals are doing what they can to stockpile, preparing for 3 or more days without power. Carvalho says only his 5G information connection is practical; when reached via Discord, he described the conditions like this:7 fc93bd9d12870ae4377dd1dad18e335
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You've got simply 5 days to save approximately $210-- plus 50% off your plus-one-- and enter the minds of AI's most significant voices at A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AI.Imagine hearing firsthand from Anthropic's Jared Kaplan, OpenAI's start-up team, and top voices from companies like Khosla Ventures-- all in one day.June 5 is your opportunity to dive deep into AI ...
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Spain is about to face the challenge of a &black start&Spain is about to face the challenge of a “black start”

While the grids in Spain and Portugal are connected to each other, they have limited connections to elsewhere. ....

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iOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for yearsiOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for years

All three of the ChoiceJacking techniques defeat the original Android juice-jacking mitigations. ....

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Nuvo, a company that has built a social-like platform to facilitate easier purchasing of physical goods between businesses, has raised a $34 million Series A from Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, it tells A Technology NewsRoom exclusively.

The San Francisco-based startup previously raised $11 million in an undisclosed seed round led by Founders...

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Copy of Copy of DroneIn HBO’s The Last of Us, revenge is a dish best served democratically

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Supio, a startup that uses AI to automate data collection and analysis for legal teams, has raised $60 million in a funding round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Mayfield and Thomson Reuters Ventures.

The new capital, which brings Supio’s total raised to $91 million, will be put toward growth, hiring, and go-to-market efforts, c...

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Backblaze responds to claims of &sham accounting,& customer backups at riskBackblaze responds to claims of “sham accounting,” customer backups at risk

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Kintsugi, a Silicon Valley-based startup that helps companies offload and automate their sales tax compliance, has raised $18 million in new funding led by global indirect tax technology solution provider Vertex. The startup plans to enable more small and medium businesses to use its AI-enabled capabilities for tax calculations and filings.

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Trump&s hasty Take It Down Act has &gaping flaws& that threaten encryptionTrump’s hasty Take It Down Act has “gaping flaws” that threaten encryption

While the tech law is expected to achieve the rare feat of getting through Congress at what experts told Ars was a record pace, both supporters and critics also expect that the law will just as promptly be challenged in courts. ....

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Aquilina, who was speaking generally and not on the specifics of the anti-piracy campaign and its font use, said that using a font from a free source, with an "effectively implied license to use it," could be "a good defense," though "not a complete defense." Typically, a rightsholder would go after websites distributing copies of their font, not after users of the end product. ....

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AI cheating startup Cluely went viral last week with bold claims that its hidden in-browser window is “undetectable” and can be used to “cheat on everything” from job interviews to exams.

But some startups are claiming they can catch Cluely’s users. And Cluely says it’s ready to develop hardware products like smart glasses, or even brain chips, tha...

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What&s it like to be 70 years old in space? &All those little aches and pains heal up.&What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”

Not many people celebrate their birthday by burning a fiery arc through the atmosphere, pulling 4.4gs in freefall back to planet Earth, thudding into the ground, and emptying their stomach on the steppes of Kazakhstan. ....

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To be sure, Patrick Stewart's regal shipment in the early video game helps paper over a lot of possible weak points with the preliminary story. ... To be sure, Patrick Stewart's regal shipment in the early video game helps paper over a lot of prospective weak points with the preliminary story. And even beyond Stewart's outstanding performance, I appreciated how the writing is succinct and to the point, without the kind of drawn-out, pause-laden shipment that identifies many video games of the time.Once I escaped out into the more comprehensive world of Oblivion for the first time, I was a bit shocked to open my map and see that I could fast travel to a large variety of critical locations right away, without any requirement to find them for myself. I felt a bit like a guilty cheater warping myself to the location of my next quest waypoint instead of hoofing through the enormous forest that I'm sure numerous artists spent countless months meticulously constructing (and, more just recently, remastering). This horse is my own now. What are you gon na do about it? Credit: Bethesda Game Studios This horse is mine now. What are you gon na do about it? Credit: Bethesda Game Studios I felt less guilty after unintentionally taking a horse. After a key mission provider advised me to go take a horse from a neighboring steady, I was a bit surprised when I mounted the first horse I saw and heard 2 greatly armed guards close-by calling me a thief and leaping into pursuit (I think I must have observed the red icon before making my mount). No matter, I believed; they're on foot and I'm now on a horse, so I can get away with my inadvertent theft quite easily.Determined not to just fast-travel through the whole game, I discovered that galloping across a rain-drenched forest through the in-game night was nearly too climatic. I ended up turning up the suggested brightness settings a few notches so I might see the meticulously rendered trees and rocks around me.After dismounting to rid a cavern of some pesky vampires, I went back to the forest to find my stolen horse was no place to be found. At this moment, I had trouble choosing if this was merely a sensible take on an unsecured, unmonitored horse straying or if I was the victim of a janky engine that could not keep track of my mount.
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CaaStle, the embattled fashion startup whose board of directors accused its founder, Christine Hunsicker, of financial misconduct, is starting to face lawsuits from a partner and a supplier over missed payments and more allegations of fraud.

As first reported by Axios and by suits seen by A Technology NewsRoom, CaaStle is being sued by P180, a...

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50 years later, Vietnam&s environment still bears the scars of war
Large amounts of Agent Orange had been stored at the Da Nang airport during the war and contaminated the soil with dioxin. ....
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Tonner Drones Obtains Patent for Inhibitor in United States

– Tonner Drones has announced that its patent for the Inhibitor is granted in the USA. Tonner Drones owns the technology for an anti-recoil activation mechanism. It now has patents granted in Australia, United Kingdom, Europe (including Germany) and United States of America.

Tonner Drones is actively pursuing IP agencies to commercialize its...

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We’re in the final stretch. A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AI takes over Zellerbach Hall in almost a month, and the exhibit floor is almost completely booked.

If you’ve been considering showing off your AI product or innovation, now’s the time to commit. Exhibit tables are in short supply, and the May 9 deadline is fast approaching.

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DOGE could help Musk firms avoid $2.3B in government penalties, Democrats sayDOGE could help Musk firms avoid $2.3B in government penalties, Democrats say

yesterday from the Democratic staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. ....

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The Airborne Laser Communication Testbed (ALCT) is a research platform in high-data-rate communication systems designed to complement existing aeronautical radio frequency (RF) communications.

This innovative technology offers several distinct advantages: exceptional data transmission rates, resistance to jamming, enhanced physical security, and...

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Hungry to learn more about Anthropic, directly from Anthropic? You aren’t alone if so, which is why we’re so delighted to announce that Anthropic co-founder and Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan is joining the main stage at A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AIon June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall.

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VW Golf R interior

I remain perpetually wrong-footed by the Volkswagen Golf R, the more powerful all-wheel drive upgrade to the venerable VW Golf GTI. ....

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In a brand-new whitepaper, Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, states that emerging cost-efficient precision strike options that can be safely recovered and reused offer a strong option to more typically released 'One-Way Attack' or First Person View (FPV) drones.In the new paper, USE IT, DON'T LOSE IT: The Case for R.
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The AI revolution isn't coming-- it's currently underway, and the time to grab your Early Bird ticket ends in just 6 days. Do not miss your possibility to dive into the AI community and lock in the lowest rates.On June 5, A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AI takes control of UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall for a one-day event of the world's leading creators, inv ...
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OnePlus lowers Watch 3 price by $150, promises refunds for early buyersOnePlus lowers Watch 3 price by $150, promises refunds for early buyers

Things are still uncertain, but OnePlus claims to have made some adjustments to its supply chain so it can offer the Watch 3 at a more palatable price. ....

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Heven Announces Acquisition of Zepher Flight Labs

Manufacturer of hydrogen-powered drones, Heven, has announced its acquisition of Zepher Flight Labs (ZFL). This acquisition represents a step forward in Heven’s strategy to enhance its technological portfolio and expand its ability to deliver mission-critical capabilities to customers across the globe.

The integration of ZFL’s capabilities will add...

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