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Forced Adoptions From Ukraine in USA
An investigation by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab identified 314 children from Ukraine who have been placed in a “systematic program of coerced adoption and fostering” since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The treatment of the Ukrainian children may constitute a war crime or crimes against humanity, and could even support a case of genocide
China Bans critical minerals export to US
China produces almost all the world’s supply of critical minerals needed to make advanced technologies such as semiconductors. Beijing has been tightening its grip on the materials, in retaliation for U.S. export controls. In October, China began requiring its exporters to disclose, step by step, how the minerals would be used in Western supply chains.China
ChatGPT Glitch
ChatGPT itself is not able to give any information about why it is unable to write the name, with the chatbot claiming to not have any restrictions on writing specific names unless they fall under specific privacy or copyright criteria. ChatGPT users have spotted an unusual glitch that prevents the AI chatbot from saying the
Bitcoin and XRP
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is to say a type of digital currency. Unlike traditional currencies – the dollar or pound, for example – Bitcoin is not controlled by centralised financial institutions. This makes it popular for people who think decentralisation can bring financial freedom, but it also makes it extremely volatile with it rising
Chinese lidar sensors
Chinese-made lidar sensors could expose the U.S. military to hacking and sabotage during a conflict.Lidar sensors use lasers to generate a digital three-dimensional map of the world around them. While most commonly found in driver-assistance systems in the automotive industry, they are also used in critical infrastructure such as ports, where they help automate cranes.While
The Potential of robotaxis and self-driving
Trump’s transition team is looking for policymakers for the Department of Transportation and one of its agencies in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to spearhead self-driving regulation, likely easing the rules to enable faster development. Tesla (TSLA) investors have good reason to watch the bromance between billionaire CEO Elon Musk and President-elect Donald
Samsung to discontinue Dex APP
Samsung’s One UI 7 is slated to bring a lot of visual and under-the-hood changes. While the tech giant hasn’t shared many details of how the Android 15-based skin will look like on the other hand the company said that Samsung DeX, the feature that allowed users to connect their Galaxy device to a Windows
Bitcoin’s surge
Bitcoin is now the world’s first and most popular cryptocurrency, having experienced growth in unimaginable proportions since its invention. Now that it’s in the process of crossing $100K, one can safely say that its journey from being a relatively unknown commodity has been nothing but remarkable in the past few years.The drivers for Bitcoin’s move
The City on Mars
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long promised to make humanity interplanetary by establishing a permanent outpost on Mars. With the help of his space company’s gigantic Starship rocket, the mercurial entrepreneur wants to ensure the “long-term survival of consciousness” by ferrying a million settlers to permanent residency on the Red Planet by 2050.Beyond political, technological,
AI power usage
The latest generation of large language models requires significantly more computing power and energy than previous AI models. As a result, tech leaders are rallying to accelerate the energy transition, including investing in alternatives like nuclear energy.Advances in AI technology are sending shockwaves through the power grid. Meta and Google aim to achieve net-zero emissions