Inside the secret chocolate garden built to avert a cocoa crisis
Giving chocolate a fighting chance Maciej Gorzelinski/EyeEm/Getty READING keeps its secrets well. Some might call the town 60 kilometres west of London undistinguished. Exotic is certainly not the word. But hidden in a walled garden in a field to the south of the town is a destination both special and unique. Without what goes on…
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly. The jury…
South Korea Financial Regulator Proposes Consumer Protection Rules for Crypto Users
The rules are scheduled to take affect on July 19 next year. Source link
AI predicts age of newly discovered supernovae within milliseconds
The remnants of a supernova MPIA/NASA/Calar Alto Observatory Artificial intelligence can accurately predict the age of supernovae and other rare stellar explosions within milliseconds of a telescope spotting them. That could prove useful for projects like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which is slated to begin observing in 2025….
Ford will cut weekly production of F-150 Lightning in response to slowing demand
According to a memo viewed by the outlet, Ford told its dealers to prepare for an average production volume of 1,600 electric trucks from its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, starting next year. The company currently churns 3,200 trucks out of that factory each week. Emma Bergg, a spokesperson for Ford, declined to…
Taiwan Completes Wholesale CBDC Technical Study, Central Bank Official Says
Chu says CBDCs “can serve as the operational basis for tokenization” as traditional financial institutions increasingly experiment with digitizing real-world assets. But these innovations may also pose significant risks to financial stability, consumer protection, anti-money laundering measures and market integrity, Chu warned. Source link
COP28: Clash over the future of fossil fuels reaches fever pitch
COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber leading a plenary session Sean Gallup/Getty Images Hopes of a strong stance from COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber on phasing out the production and use of fossil fuels have been dashed at the climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A draft agreement on the world’s approach to…
Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV
Google is about to fully move on from the Google Play Movies & TV. It had already moved Android and iOS users to the Google TV app, removed the app from every Roku and most smart TVs, and pulled the app from Android TV in October. In a recently published support document, however, Google detailed…
Bitcoin (BTC) Price Dips Near $40K in Steepest Drawdown Since August; LINK, ADA, XRP Lead Crypto Losses
Over the space of a few minutes Sunday evening, BTC plunged to near $40,500 from around $43,800 in what could be termed a “flash crash.” Prices quickly recovered to $42,400, but then started to slide again during U.S. afternoon hours to as low as $40,200, a level it broke through on the way up a…
MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines | MIT News
In late November, faculty, staff, and students from across MIT participated in MIT Generative AI Week. The programming included a flagship full-day symposium as well as four subject-specific symposia, all aimed at fostering a dialogue about the opportunities and potential applications of generative artificial intelligence technologies across a diverse range of disciplines. “These events are…