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California imposes permanent water restrictions on cities and towns (www.newsweek.com)

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Climate Change is already a significant cause of food price inflation, and from now on, researchers say this food inflation will get larger with every year that goes by. (archive.ph)

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The Hunt for the Most Efficient Heat Pump in the World (www.wired.com)

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NASA's Space Trash Hit a Florida Home. The Family is Suing. (www.supercluster.com)

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When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade (theconversation.com)

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OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public (www.tomshardware.com)

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Texas has overtaken California as the US state with the biggest solar power capacity. (archive.ph)

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Researchers have developed a technique called natural language embedded programs (NLEPs) that improves the performance of large language models by generating Python programs to solve complex tasks. (scitechdaily.com)

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Goldman Sachs and Economists are Backtracking on Generative AI's Value - Is BigTech's investment in Generative AI warranted? Trillion dollar bets that look increasingly like gambling. (www.ai-supremacy.com)

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A Concentrated Beam of Particles and Photons Could Push Us to Proxima Centauri (www.universetoday.com)

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No CRISPR: oddball ‘jumping gene’ enzyme edits genomes without breaking DNA. (www.nature.com)

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The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery (www.bbc.com)

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'Robot suicide' rocks South Korea, authorities investigate a 'depressed' cyborg's sudden 'death' (www.hindustantimes.com)

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There's a Small Problem With the AI Industry: It's Making Absolutely No Money (futurism.com)

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Watch: Figure’s 01 humanoids now working at BMW’s car plant in US (interestingengineering.com)

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"In January 2024, Figure signed its first commercial agreement with BMW to deploy its humanoid robot in the German carmaker’s production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Now, the California-based robotics firm has released a video showcasing its 01 humanoid robot executing its first job by participating in the vehicle assembly process."

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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Researchers say they've used cutting-edge gravitational wave research to shed new light on a nearly 2,000-year-old mystery. (futurism.com)

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NASA Discovers Strange Spectral Formations High Over the Earth (futurism.com)

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Vatican is going solar, Pope to transition City to 100% green energy (interestingengineering.com)

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Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks (newatlas.com)

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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy has announced its largest contract to date, a milestone 15-year deal to sell 320 megawatts of power to Southern California Edison (www.latimes.com)

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Hyundai Is Putting Tesla To Shame with EVs ... What Happened? (www.youtube.com)

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Why the Major Studios Won't Use AI Video Generators Extensively Anytime Soon—And Why That Puts Them in a Bind (dougshapiro.substack.com)

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MIT's bionic leg upgrade has amputees walking like the wind • The Register (www.theregister.com)

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China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces • The Register (www.theregister.com)

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