Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research led by Griffith University on Australia’s Gold Coast and Andrés Bello University in Chile, has shown that surfing contributes about US$1 trillion a year…
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Australia targets tech giants with ‘harmful content’ standards
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australia’s internet watchdog wants to force technology giants to crack down on deepfake child abuse material and “pro-terror content” under new, industry-wide protocols being developed in…
Investors in OpenAI seek return of fired CEO, US media report
Sam Altman, the since-fired CEO of OpenAI, is seen taking part in a discussion on artificial intelligence in San Francisco on November 16, 2023. Major investors in OpenAI, the company…
Study identifies familial germline EGFR T790M variant in lung cancer
A new familial lung cancer caused by an inherited mutation in EGFR has been described in a study published online Oct. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Geoffrey R.…
Viral TikTok raises concerns about a commonly prescribed contraceptive. What you need to know
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A viral TikTok video by online influencer Morgan Roos has panicked some users of a commonly prescribed injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera. In the video, Roos said…
This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects
A new high-throughput, multimaterial 3D inkjet printer uses computer vision to rapidly and automatically control the amount of material being printed in real-time. This rendering shows a robot being built…
Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode
SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 18, 2023. SpaceX on Saturday made progress in the second test launch of…
S. Korea’s T1, Weibo Gaming of China clash in League of Legends final
South Korea’s T1, a League of Legends powerhouse, are aiming for a fourth world championship. South Korean powerhouse T1 take on China’s Weibo Gaming in the League of Legends world…
Galactic ‘Lightsabers’: Answering Longstanding Questions About Jets from Black Holes
The one thing everyone knows about black holes is that absolutely everything nearby gets sucked into them. Almost everything, it turns out. “Even though black holes are defined as objects from which…
Ghana’s flood victims blame government for overflowing dam destruction
Last month, a government-owned electricity company deliberately spilled water from its dam, displacing tens of thousands Janet Ofeforpa was at her family cassava farm in south-east Ghana when overflowing water…
