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Cambridge University said it was suspending donations from fossil fuel companies. Britain's Cambridge University confirmed on Monday that it has adopted a moratorium on new funding from fossil fuel companies after a campaign from students and academics. The decision to halt funding until a review is carried out follows recommendations in a report by former UN climate change envoy Nigel…

Sony launched the PS VR2 headset back in February of 2023, with a lot of confidence in its success. That hasn't materialized into actual huge sales numbers, however, and today a rumor claims the company has chosen to halt production of the headset in order to clear up existing inventory. Sony is allegedly sitting on a pretty large stockpile of PS VR2s, amid dwindling sales that have shrunk every single quarter since the headset's release. IDC says Sony moved 595.5K units in Q1 last year, 435.5K in Q2, 343.6K in Q3, and…

Spanish regulators have ordered Worldcoin to pause operations over fears that the company’s eyeball-scanning technology may intrude on users’ privacy.   Worldcoin — co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in 2019 —  uses orbs to scan people’s eyes in exchange for a digital ID and some cryptocurrency.   According to the order issued by Spain’s privacy watchdog yesterday, Worldcoin must stop collecting and processing personal data in the country. It must also stop processing any data it previously…

Police said they believe opponents of the factory’s planned expansion set a high-voltage pylon ablaze overnight, knocking down power across the region. Police said they believe opponents of the factory’s planned expansion set a high-voltage pylon ablaze overnight, knocking down power across the region. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is…

Tesla's German plant started operations in 2022. Tesla halted production at its German factory Tuesday after high-voltage lines supplying the carmaker's only European plant were set on fire in an act of "sabotage" claimed by a far-left group.…

Thousands of U.S. Walmart locations reported problems with the company’s point-of-sale system. Thousands of U.S. Walmart locations reported problems with the company’s point-of-sale system. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

President and C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery has gone "pencils down" on a potential acquisition of Paramount Global, halting talks after several months of kicking the tires on merging the media companies, according to people familiar with the matter.Skydance Media, the film and TV studio run by David Ellison, is still performing due diligence on a potential…

February 22, 2024 @ 5:12 PM Megaproducer Tyler Perry has put a planned $800 million expansion of his Atlanta, Georgia, studio on hold after seeing the capabilities of OpenAI’s new model Sora, which lets users create video images from text prompts. “Being told that it can do all of these things is one thing, but actually seeing the capabilities, it was mind-blowing,” he told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday of Sora, which debuted on Feb. 15. Perry, whose new film, “Mea Culpa” premieres on Netflix on…

US Justice department appoints first AI officer to navigate technology challenges; Google halts AI generated people images over racial inaccuracies;  ITMO researchers utilise AI to accelerate carbon nanoparticle synthesis for cancer diagnosis; Majority of Indian consumers prefer AI over human interaction, reveals Adobe report- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. US Justice department appoints first AI officer to navigate technology challengesThe U.S. Justice Department appoints its first AI officer,…

Last Updated: February 20, 2024, 11:05 ISTBengaluru Metro: Technical Glitch Halts Purple Line Services, Causes Major Delays. (Photo: @NammaMetro/Facebook)Bengaluru Metro Update: Technical glitch on Bangalore's Purple Line disrupts metro services, causing delays and overcrowding. BMRCL works to restore normalcy.Metro train services on the Purple Line faced a major disruption today due to a technical snag, causing significant delays for passengers.The issue arose in the early hours between Baiyappanahalli and…