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Salesforce AI Update
In order to help enterprises engaged in field service, Salesforce is enhancing its Data Cloud offering to deliver new capabilities to its Service Cloud. One of the new capabilities is the Asset Health Score that uses an integration of real-time data from an asset, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) or enterprise asset management (EAM)
SpaceX’s mega Starship Fourth test
SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. SpaceX came close to avoiding explosions in March, but lost contact with the spacecraft as it careened out of space and blew up short of its goal. The booster also ruptured in flight, a
Training AI using Facebook and Instagram Data
Tech firms have been rushing to find fresh, multiformat data to build and improve models that can power chatbots, image generators and other buzzy AI products. Plans to use peoples’ public posts and images on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools belonging to parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights
Israel and Hizbullah war
Israel and Hizbullah have kept up a low-intensity conflict since October, when the Lebanese group started firing rockets in support of Hamas in Gaza. Over recent weeks, however, that conflict has escalated.Rocket and drone attacks by Hizbullah, the Lebanese Shia militia, sparked wildfires that have burned more than 3,700 acres in northern Israel and the
Israel Use of white Phosphorus in Lebanon
The Israeli military has repeatedly used white phosphorous in Lebanon in recent months, adding to concerns of war crimes by the Israeli military in the region since the onset of its war against Hamas. White phosphorous, a waxlike chemical substance that ignites when encountering oxygen, is usually not considered a chemical weapon, but human rights
Censuring Iran over Uranium Stockpile
The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board has censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, calling on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running investigation and reverse its decision to bar several experienced U.N. inspectors. The development comes just over a week after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has
Netflix support on Old devices
Netflix is going by the wayside on older devices, and older Apple TVs have joined the list of streaming boxes losing access to one of the best streaming services. The 2nd gen and 3rd gen Apple TV are old enough that they do not run tvOS and don’t have access to an App Store, so
China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft mission
China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has landed on the unexplored far-side of the Moon and then re-launched from the lunar surface carrying precious soil samples. The probe touched down nearly one month after launching from Earth in one of China’s most ambitious lunar missions to date. The main aim of Chang’e-6 is to collect the first samples
£13.6bn lawsuit against google
Google must face a £13.6bn lawsuit alleging it has too much power over the online advertising market, a court has ruled. Google parent company Alphabet called the case “incoherent” in its attempts to get the legal action dropped. The cases concerns advertising technology, usually shortened to adtech, which decides which online adverts people see, as
Boosting Japan’s falling birth rate
Japan’s capital Tokyo will launch its own dating app as part of government efforts to boost the plunging national birth rate. Stating one’s income is common on Japanese dating apps, but Tokyo will require a tax certificate slip to prove the annual salary. It’s not unusual for municipalities to organise matchmaking events in Japan, where