NASA has teamed up with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and IBM’s research and development arm to create an artificial intelligence-powered weather and climate model. The Prithvi-weather-climate foundational system leverages 44 years of meteorological, Earth surface, solar radiation, and atmospheric data to offer a high-resolution view of current and future climate …
Read More »NASA Steps in to Get ESA's ExoMars Rover to the Red Planet
The European Space Agency’s long-delayed ExoMars mission is back on track with a little help from NASA. The US space agency has signed an agreement to offer launch services and lander components for the mission. With NASA’s help, the European Space Agency (ESA) hopes to get the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin …
Read More »OpenAI Debuts Multimodal GPT-4o
OpenAI’s big announcement Monday morning is GPT-4o, a faster, multimodal successor to its famed ChatGPT. The new model uses existing large language model (LLM) infrastructure to respond to audio, visuals, and text in real time, both verbally and on-screen. While ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users will have full access to …
Read More »Renewable Energy Sources Fulfilled 30% of Global Demand in 2023
Renewables provided a record 30% of the world’s energy needs in 2023, according to Ember, an independent climate think tank tracking global energy sources and consumption since 2000. While aggressive wind and solar policies have enabled regions like Brazil, China, and the Netherlands to quickly shift their grids toward cleaner …
Read More »New OpenAI Tool Can Detect Dall-E 3 AI Images With 98% Accuracy
The rapid proliferation of generative artificial intelligence is making it hard to know what’s real on the internet. More than any other company, ChatGPT maker OpenAI is driving this change. It has promised tools to identify AI content, and it’s finally delivering. Developers can now apply to help test its …
Read More »NASA's Designed a Super-Powerful X-ray Sensor With Just 36 Pixels
Some people are walking around with 200 million pixels in their pockets, but a recently launched space telescope doesn’t need nearly that many. NASA partnered with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to produce a new X-ray imaging chip called Resolve for the XRISM satellite. It has a whopping 36 pixels—not …
Read More »Pick up Microsoft Office Professional for Windows for Just $49.99
The business landscape today typically involves fast-paced efficiency. It’s almost a requirement now to have tools to support your day-to-day professional life. If you’ve been going without the help of Microsoft Office’s flagship suite of apps, this is probably a good time to pick it up. For a limited time, …
Read More »Big Apple Deals at Amazon: Save On AirPods, iPads, Phones, and More
Every once in a while, retailers get wild and slash the prices of Apple products across the board. We know that the company is gearing up to announce some new hardware, including the next generation of iPads, so search interest is high, and stores are capitalizing. The winner, as always, …
Read More »Okta Faces Spike in Credential Stuffing Attacks
Okta, a cloud-based software that helps employers manage employee access to applications, is facing a wave of credential-stuffing attacks. Though the company’s security team is working to block access requests originating from residential proxies, attackers are also using anonymizing services like TOR to route their attempts. These characteristics appear to …
Read More »NASA's Juno Probe Reveals Glass-Like Surface of Io's Giant Lava Lake
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was dispatched on a mission in 2011 to study the planet Jupiter. It has beamed back some truly stunning images and valuable data on the solar system’s largest planet. While in the neighborhood, Juno also took a closer look at some of the larger Jovian moons. The …
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