Month: December 2024
China science popularization
In 2003, the China Association for Science and Technology launched a nationwide series of science popularization activities, with such campaigns held 22 times since then. Over 200,000 activities were held across the country in September this year. To institutionalize this approach, the law designates September as the annual national science popularization month.Twenty-two years since its
Alt coins to consider next year for investment
Investors increasingly look for opportunities to turn small investments into massive profits as the cryptocurrency market expands.With 2025 coming fast, some altcoins are worthy investments for potentially high returns. Rexas Finance is one of the front-runners due to its unique approach to tokenizing real-world assets. The fractional ownership tools, ease of use, and steadily increasing
ChatGPT’s savage reply
While most users utilise ChatGPT for professional and personal reasons, some users try to test the intelligence of the AI by tricking it through games. However, one such attempt by a user ended badly when the chatbot flipped the script and ended up roasting them.In a playful encounter, a user tried to outsmart ChatGPT in
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion
Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $6 billion in its latest funding round, pushing its total capital raised to $12 billion at a valuation of $50 billion.Major investors in this funding round include Nvidia, AMD, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, and Sequoia Capital, among others. Only previous investors who backed Musk’s earlier ventures, such as
Apple subsidiary sued over Conflict Minerals
The DRC alleges that the Cupertino, Calfornia-headquartered company uses minerals “pillaged” from the Congolese territory and launders them through international supply chains. They also accuse Apple of using misleading commercial practices to assure customers that its supply chains are free of conflict minerals. Apple, which strongly disputes the DRC claims, said that in early 2024
Parker Solar Probe Sun Mission
The Parker Solar Probe, equipped with a robust heat shield, made the closest-ever approach to our dynamic star, coming some 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the stellar surface. That’s seven times closer than any other probe. The mission is designed to fly into the sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, which spawns many of
Ankara led rebels push back by Kurdish forces
Since the fall of the totalitarian rule of Bashar Assad earlier this month, clashes have intensified between the U.S.-backed group and the SNA, which captured the key city of Manbij and the areas surrounding it. The intense weekslong clashes come at a time when Syria, battered by over a decade of war and economic misery,
New Syrian Government coalition
Syria’s historic ethnic and religious minorities include Muslim Kurds and Shi’ites who feared during the civil war that any future Sunni Islamist rule would imperil their way of life as well as Syriac, Greek and Armenian Orthodox Christians, and the Druze community. Some Syria’s former rebel groups have agreed to join the new administration under
Ban of Chinese Drones in the US
Lawmakers in Washington are seeking to ban new sales of drones from two dominant Chinese manufacturers, arguing they could be used to spy on Americans and that the low-cost models are hurting the U.S. drone industry.The economic and technological rivalry between the United States and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying
Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerabilities
As quantum computing evolves, its potential to disrupt blockchain-based systems like Bitcoin is becoming more evident. Bitcoin’s security relies on cryptographic principles that could be compromised by sufficiently powerful quantum computers. a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, today announced that it is at the