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Oct 23
New ways to get inspired with generative AI in Search
We’re testing new ways to get started on something you need to do — like creating an image that can bring an idea to life, or a written draft when you need a starting po…
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Oct 23
How Android phones help us be ourselves
New updates to Android 14 make it even easier to customize your device and find new ways to express yourself.
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Oct 23
An award to celebrate the best in climate journalism
Climate journalists, researchers and journalism students convened at the News Impact Summit in Lisbon, Portugal this week.
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Oct 23
Space 5G Changes Course
It’s the season for space-based cellular service, courtesy of a recent string of announcements from companies around the world. Huawei upgraded its China-only satellite service from messaging to video calling this summer using its latest handset, the Mate 60 Pro, while AST SpaceMobile made its first 5G voice and data…
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Oct 23
New technique makes AI hallucinations wake up and face reality
Chatbots have an alarming propensity to generate false information, but present it as accurate. This phenomenon, known as AI hallucinations, has various adverse effects. At best, it restricts the benefits of artificial intelligence. At worst, it can cause real-world harm to people. As generative AI enters the mainstream, the alarm…
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Oct 23
Britons throw away nearly half a billion ‘fast tech’ items annually, research shows
According to Material Focus, around 471 million ‘fast tech’ items were binned in the past year, with an average cost of around £4 per item. But while many of the items are perceived to be disposable, even low-cost electricals contain precious materials such as gold, aluminium and lithium, which should…
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Oct 23
5 things to do at the new Google Visitor Experience
We opened the Google Visitor Experience in Mountain View that offers new spaces for the community and visitors, including a Google Store.
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Oct 23
Europe outpaces US and China in hydrogen investment, says EU president
From transportation to heavy industries, clean hydrogen has emerged as a key element in the transition to climate neutrality — and the EU wants to ensure that the fossil-fuel alternative joins its arsenal. In a speech to representatives of hydrogen’s entire value chain, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen set…
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Oct 23
World’s first hydrogen-powered gas turbine run by European consortium
The Hyflexpower consortium has successfully adapted a combustion system of a Siemens Energy SGT-400 gas turbine for hydrogen. The consortium was formed by Britain’s Centrax, French energy company Engie, the German Aerospace Center, Siemens Energy and European universities, with financial support from the EU. The test was carried out at…
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Oct 23
German anti-racism agency quits X amid Israel-Palestine disinformation wave
Germany’s federal anti-discrimination agency (FADA) said Wednesday it was quitting X, formerly known as Twitter, due to an “enormous rise” in hate speech. “Due to the enormous rise in anti-trans and queer rhetoric, racism, misogyny, and antisemitism, we no longer believe X is an acceptable environment for the profile of…