Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 4/25/25. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 4/25/25. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Perplexity’s Browser Wants to Watch Everything You Do
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas just dropped a bomb: their AI-powered browser will track everything users do online—every scroll, click, and search—to serve ultra-targeted ads. Think of it like Google on steroids, but instead of just reading your search terms, it’s studying your whole digital body language. The pitch? More relevant ads. The catch? It’s basically surveillance in a shiny interface. This dropped April 24 and has the tech world buzzing over the privacy fallout.
#ai #privacy #startups #ads #technology
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Adobe Just Supercharged Its AI Toolbox
Adobe dropped a big Firefly update, rolling image, video, audio, and vector generation into one powerhouse—like giving creatives a Swiss Army knife on steroids. It’s now tied tighter into Creative Cloud and even works on mobile. Think of it as Adobe's way of making AI feel less like a gimmick and more like a real teammate for designers, editors, and everyday creators.
#firefly #adobe #creativity #aiart #technology
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Are AI Models More Than Just Code?
Anthropic just kicked off a bold new research project asking a wild question: should we care about the welfare of AI systems? Think of it like ethics for robots—exploring when and how AI might matter morally. It's not about feelings, but about future-proofing how we build and align smarter systems. This could shift how we talk about AI safety, kind of like moving from crash-test dummies to self-aware copilots.
#aiethics #aisafety #anthropic #futureofai #technology
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Could Conscious AI Deserve Rights One Day?
some ai systems are already outsmarting us in narrow tasks, but are they conscious? it’s still a taboo topic in serious research circles—no one wants to be “that person” giving robots feelings. but that's changing. researchers are starting to explore the idea of ai welfare as models get smarter. no one's saying they're conscious yet, but keeping an eye out—without losing focus on human safety—might be worth it.
#aiethics #consciousness #futurism #artificialintelligence #technology
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The Prompt That Breaks Every AI Brain
On April 24, a Hacker News thread asked users to share prompts that stump even the smartest AIs. The idea? Most public prompts have likely been used to train models—so personal benchmarks can be gamed. Folks chimed in with mind-bending challenges: twist a classic riddle, reference an obscure indie film, or ask about something that literally doesn’t exist. It's like giving AI a Rubik’s cube... with missing pieces.
#ai #languagemodels #machinelearning #hackernews #technology
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Driverless Trucks Hit the Texas Fast Lane
Aurora Innovation is about to roll out driverless semi-trucks on a 200-mile stretch of I-45 between Dallas and Houston by month’s end. After years of testing behind the scenes, these robotic rigs are heading for the real world. But there’s a twist—because they don’t have human drivers, Aurora sued the feds over a rule requiring roadside warning devices. It's a legal showdown between 21st-century tech and decades-old regulations. Buckle up—change is coming fast.
#driverlesstrucks #aurorainnovation #texashighways #automation #technology
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Why NASA’s Still Paying More for Space Launches
Even with reusable rockets like SpaceX’s Falcon 9 flying almost weekly, NASA’s paying more today than it did 30 years ago to launch into space. The catch? Space is busier than ever. With SpaceX sending up Starlink satellites like clockwork and the Pentagon eyeing it as its go-to launch partner, demand’s sky-high. Think Uber surge pricing—but for orbit. More rockets, more rides, but no price drop yet.
#spacex #nasa #rockets #spacelaunch #technology
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If quantum computing is the future, how fast will we need to upgrade our security?
#askleo
Are smart homes making our lives easier or just giving hackers more entry points?
#askleo
NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design
The experimental X-66 aircraft was at the forefront of NASA’s plans to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.
NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.
Until recently, the US space agency and Boeing touted the X-66 as a great leap for sustainable aviation. That aircraft design featured extra-long, thin wings supported by diagonal struts. Though those plans have been put on ice, they still believe in the benefits of thin-wing technology.
Their new project “would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations,” NASA explained in a statement.
Re-focusing on thin-wing technology
The re-evaluation would see Boeing focus on a “ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology”, NASA explained on it website.
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing. The experimental aircraft was at the forefront of NASA’s plans to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.
The transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) aircraft was scheduled to make its first flight in 2028. If flight demonstrations were successful, Boeing planned to start operating the aircraft commercially in the 2030s.
Apple and Meta are fined this Wednesday, Apple was fined €500 million and Meta €200 million (about $230 million) for breaching new digital competition rules.
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Who fined them? What country is this?
!summarize #technology #pix
NASA tests 14-inch hybrid rocket motor for smoother and safer Moon touchdowns
Humanity is returning to the Moon with NASA’s ambitious Artemis campaign.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center experts in Huntsville, Alabama, are conducting crucial tests for a safe lunar landing.
They have been firing a 14-inch 3D-printed hybrid rocket motor, developed at Utah State University, over 30 times.
This hybrid motor combines solid fuel with gaseous oxygen to generate a powerful exhaust stream, mimicking the conditions of a real lunar lander.
“Firing a hybrid rocket motor into a simulated lunar regolith field in a vacuum chamber hasn’t been achieved in decades,” said Manish Mehta, Human Landing System Plume & Aero Environments discipline lead engineer.
“NASA will be able to take the data from the test and scale it up to correspond to flight conditions to help us better understand the physics, and anchor our data models, and ultimately make landing on the Moon safer for Artemis astronauts.”
Understanding the interaction with lunar surface
Serving as a vital tool for ground testing and data collection, this hybrid motor will shape the design and operation of the actual Artemis lunar landers.
Powerful engines are necessary for a lander module to brake from lunar orbit and achieve a soft touchdown.
The NASA Human Landing System (HLS) will transport astronauts to and from the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.
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“By integrating frequency interval matching with center-of-gravity optimization, we systematically aligned the harvester’s resonant frequency with the bee’s thorax vibration, enabling efficient energy conversion without compromising flight stability,” Jieliang Zhao, PhD, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology and corresponding author of the study revealed.
The resulting piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) integrates flexible, low-mass PVDF films, a double-crystal design to boost voltage output, and precise tuning to the bees’ natural vibration frequency of 210–220 Hz. According to co-author Jianing Wu from Sun Yat-sen University, the design removes the need for bulky batteries, significantly extending the functional lifespan of insect cyborgs.
!summarize #tsla #cernbasher #tsla
According to Zhao, the bees maintained normal flight behavior even with the PEH attached, quickly recovering from flips within two seconds and hovering with ease, thus demonstrating minimal biomechanical disruption. However, although the harvester shows strong performance in energy density and biocompatibility, challenges in energy storage and scalability still need to be addressed.
“Future work will focus on integrating energy management circuits and expanding this methodology to other flying insects, such as dragonflies and butterflies, to establish standardized energy solutions for biohybrid systems,” the researchers concluded.
It should be noted that nuclear weapon testing leads to a lot of problems for the environment. The United Nations opened the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996. It banned all nuclear explosions, whether for military or peaceful purposes.
To monitor compliance, its verification regime is designed to detect any nuclear explosion conducted anywhere – underground, under water or in the atmosphere.
Study proposes earthquake tremors can hide nuclear test explosions
The new study by Los Alamos scientists states that the success rate of advanced detectors to identify a 1.7-ton nuclear weapon exploded underground falls to just 37 percent in the case of an earthquake happening within 155 miles (250 km) distance within 100 seconds.
This is a significant dip compared to the 97 percent identification ac
This is a significant dip compared to the 97 percent identification accuracy for the same detector when there are no earthquake tremors in the vicinity.
The study sheds light on the topic of explosion masking and how difficult it is to track it because there is very little data available.
Moreover, the scientists also found that overlapping waveforms do not just hide explosions, but they can also hide other smaller earthquakes and other seismic events.
The masking effect dropped detection to just 16 percent from 92 percent in these situations.
“This may mean that we probably underestimate a lot of the low magnitude seismicity that is sourced during a swarm or an aftershock sequence,” Carmichael said as per a report by Phys.
Our study compares correlator performance when we deliberately inject templates into earthquake signals relative to baseline operation that processes target waveforms injected into data that is absent of known seismicity. We find that a correlator that uses an explosion‐sourced template and that can reliably detect a 1.7 ton shallowly buried explosion in background noise (a 0.97 detection rate) is unlikely to detect the same event in noisy earthquake interference (a 0.37 detection rate). This masking remains significant when explosion and earthquake origin times separate by as much as 100 s. We also find that the performance of correlators that use a template sourced by an earthquake is even more degraded and can fall from a 0.92 to a 0.16 detection rate during earthquake swarms. We conclude that earthquake seismicity can mask explosion signals with significant probability and that swarms can also mask significant repeating earthquake seismicity.
Local officials and residents at odds
The controversy has divided Memphis.
Mayor Paul Young has been a long-time supporter of Musk’s project. Speaking at a public forum after the news broke, Young said xAI wasn’t running all of the gas turbines. “There are 35, but there are only 15 that are on,” Young told WREG News. “The other ones are stored on the site.”
He added that xAI has a pending application with the Shelby County Health Department to operate 15 of the turbines officially. But that hasn’t satisfied concerned residents.
Meanwhile, the health department is preparing for its first public hearing on the issue, scheduled for Friday. Local officials will listen to residents, environmental lawyers, and company representatives at that hearing.
For the Artemis III mission, astronauts will travel to lunar orbit in the Orion spacecraft and then dock with the lander system to descend to the Moon’s surface.
As a lander’s engines fire to slow down before landing, the powerful rocket exhaust plumes will interact with the hazardous lunar soil called regolith.
This process might create craters and unstable ground directly beneath it, also launching lunar soil particles at high speeds in multiple directions.
The lunar regolith could pose potential risks to the crew, lander, payloads, and future infrastructure placed on the lunar surface.
To unravel the complexities of this exhaust’s interaction with the lunar surface, the NASA team is conducting tests using this hybrid rocket motor.
“We show that by changing their diet, the stem cells can rejuvenate and turn into ‘super stem cells’. It forces them to metabolize their energy in a different way than they normally would, and that process essentially reprograms the stem cells,” says first author Robert Bone.
“What is really striking is that they’re not just better at differentiating, but they stay fit and keep healthy much better over time compared to stem cells in standard culture conditions. And it is done with a relatively simple method,” adds corresponding author Joshua Brickman.
Following criticism that they had not effectively kept phone use in check the previous day, Vatican officials told visitors on Thursday to put their phones away and not take any photos as they went by the coffin.
According to a 1996 Vatican directive, photographing or filming the Pope on "his sickbed or after death" is forbidden except in cases where the interim administrator, known as the camerlengo, approves for documentary purposes.
In the almost 30 years since the directive was issued, technological advances have made smartphones — and their onboard cameras — ubiquitous and have sometimes led to awkward situations when public figures die, and the solemnity of ceremony and ritual competes with the personal desire to document the moment.
Former President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, will also be attending the funeral. Russian Premier Vladmir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jiping are not expected to attend, according to Bloomberg.
Father James Martin, editor at large for American Magazine, a Jesuit publication, told Bloomberg that he believes the Cardinals who will select a next Pope will consider global politics as part of their choice.
"It's natural for the college of cardinals to consider the signs of the times, that is what is going on in the world," Martin said to Bloomberg. "So broadly speaking they will be considering the geopolitical situation."
Trump has not weighed in on who should be the next Pope, only offering praise to Pope Francis.
Mangione's arraignment for the killing last December attracted several dozen people to the federal courthouse in Manhattan, including former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served about seven years in prison for stealing classified diplomatic cables.
Mangione, who has been held in a federal jail in Brooklyn since his arrest, arrived to court in a mustard-colored jail suit. He chatted with one of his lawyers, death penalty counsel Avi Moskowitz, as they wanted for the arraignment to begin.
Late Thursday night, federal prosecutors filed a required notice of their intent to seek the death penalty.
That came weeks after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she would be directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for what she called "an act of political violence" and a "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America."
It was the first time the Justice Department said it was pursuing capital punishment since President Donald Trump returned to office Jan. 20 with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration.
Mangione's lawyers have argued that Bondi's announcement was a "political stunt" that corrupted the grand jury process and deprived him of his constitutional right to due process. They had sought to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.
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Buzz battery? Tiny rice-sized tech backpack turns bees into power generators
The use of nature-inspired designs has led to major advancements in powering insect cyborgs more efficiently.
A team of scientists has pulled off a tiny breakthrough by creating an ultralight piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) that taps into the buzz of bees’ thorax vibrations to generate electricity without clipping their wings.
The researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology, and their colleagues from Sun Yat-sen University, both in China, designed the device to match the bees’ natural thorax vibrations, allowing it to harvest energy efficiently without disturbing their flight.
Built from flexible PVDF films and weighing just 46 milligrams, the harvester, which is lighter than a grain of rice, produces impressive energy outputs while letting the bees hover, flip, and fly as if nothing had changed.
By precisely tuning the device to match the bees’ thoracic vibration frequency and optimizing its center of gravity, the researchers achieved a notable energy output of 5.66 volts and a power density of 1.27 milliwatts per cubic centimeter.
A tiny energy harvester from bees
While recent advances in bio-inspired engineering have brought science closer to efficient energy harvesting for insect cyborgs, creating lightweight devices that don’t interfere with flight still poses a challenge.
To tackle the issue while introducing new design paradigms for micro-scale biological energy harvesting systems, the research team aligned the harvester’s resonant frequency with the bees’ thorax vibrations and optimized its center of gravity. With this, they achieved efficient energy conversion without disrupting the insect’s stability.
!summarize #ago #asi #intelligence #davidshapiro
Is AI about to become our most useful coworker or our biggest competitor?
#askleo
Will the metaverse be our new social playground or a digital prison?
#askleo
Can blockchain technology really save us from the next major data breach?
#askleo
Elon Musk’s supercomputer sparks outrage with 33 methane turbines in Memphis
The Southern Environmental Law Center revealed xAI operated at least 35 methane gas turbines without air permits, contributing to significant pollution.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is building a massive supercomputer facility in Memphis, Tennessee. But what was pitched as a futuristic investment in the city is now facing serious environmental criticism.
Since the supercomputer—nicknamed “Colossus”—was powered up last summer, local residents and environmental activists say it has become one of the largest air polluters in Shelby County.
“Colossus” is being used to support xAI’s chatbot Grok and is housed in a building the size of 13 football fields. Musk has already announced plans to double the size of the facility.
Earlier this month, tensions boiled over when the Southern Environmental Law Center revealed that xAI had quietly brought in 35 portable methane gas turbines to run the data center. These turbines, the group says, have the capacity to power a city—and to pollute like one too. What’s more concerning is that they were installed without air permits.
“It is appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight,” said Amanda Garcia, a senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center.
“xAI’s failure to disclose that it’s running dozens of these polluting turbines at its south Memphis data center has left Memphians in the dark about what is being pumped into the air they breathe every day.”
The group discovered the turbines by analyzing satellite images and later captured thermal photos showing 33 turbines emitting heat, suggesting that most, if not all, were operational at the time.
Who invented the computer?
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Who owns SpaceX?
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What is the forecast for humanity to colonize Mars?
What is virtual reality?
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I hope that one day not too far away, this type of technology will be accessible to as many people as possible at a very low cost.
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