Porsche‘s big plans for the 2024 motorsport season are to clinch titles in major endurance championships, including Le Mans, and dominate the esports series. The plan of the Porsche sports car maker revealed at the annual “Night of Champions,” also includes diverse customer racing activities. During the Weissach development center gala, Nicolas Leutwiler was honored […]
Continue ReadingIn a surprising turn of events amid the ongoing global uncertainties, Israeli startup Mine has successfully raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. The investment was co-led by Battery Ventures and PayPal Ventures, with a substantial investment from Nationwide, a prominent insurance company. Mine CEO, Gal Ringel, emphasized the company’s resilience in […]
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Scientists have learned a lot about why people believe in conspiracy theories and how they harm society over the past couple of decades. Yet little is known about how the groups targeted by conspiracy theories feel and behave. Our new research found that conspiracy theories can make people from their target communities want to help […]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to make a major impact on many sectors of society over the coming decades. Some of these effects may be positive, others less so. When ChatGPT was released, education, a profession that prides itself on integrity and high ethical standards, was rocked by the prospect that AI could allow […]
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NASA and its partners have started the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center to share information about the climate. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, and other United States government leaders unveiled the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center Monday during the 28th annual United Nations Climate Conference (COP28). “NASA data is essential […]
Continue ReadingIn a speech at the JNF-USA Conference in Denver, Colarado last week, Erel Margalit, Founder and Chairman of JVP & Margalit Startup City, outlined a vision for Israel to transcend the challenges it faces in light of the October 7 Hamas attacks. Margalit’s speech resonated with a call for a paradigm shift in Israel’s […]
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Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be one of the hardest to answer in science. Despite the seemingly boundless expanse of the universe, which implies there’s potential for abundant life, the vast distances between stars render the search akin to locating a needle in a cosmic haystack. The Search for […]
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Rats have a somewhat unfortunate tendency to enjoy living where people live. That’s how a biologist tried to explain people’s hatred for the rodents in a television news feature about rats gnawing electrical cables in parked cars in the southern Swedish town of Malmö. The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, is one of the species best […]
Continue ReadingDo you have a dormant Gmail account? It’s time to wake up. As of Friday, Google started deleting any accounts that have been inactive for two years or more. Not only will the account be deleted, but all the photos, calendars, and files stored on Google’s servers will be permanently removed. Why would Google […]
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With the recent sacking and swift rehiring of Sam Altman by OpenAI, debates around the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) are once again in the spotlight. What’s more unusual is that a prominent theme in media reporting has been the ability of AI systems to do maths. Apparently, some of the drama at […]
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