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The upcoming historic launch of Astrobiotic’s Peregrine lander was originally set for Christmas Eve. However, a new update from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) has called off the launch, pushing it to 2024 due to issues with ground systems.The news surfaced this week when Tory Bruno, the chief executive of the ULA, announced the delay. The launch of the Peregrine lander is a huge deal, as it will be the first under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which will see NASA payloads delivered…

This new image of supernova remnant SN 1006 combines data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The red, green, and blue elements reflect low, medium, and high energy X-rays, respectively, as detected by Chandra. The IXPE data, which measure the polarization of the X-ray light, is show in purple in the upper left corner, with the addition of lines representing the outward movement of the remnant’s magnetic field. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO (Chandra); NASA/MSFC/Nanjing…

Firefighters worked overnight Monday to extinguish a blaze that erupted at a historic yacht club in Marina del Rey.The Los Angeles County Fire Department said it received a call around 11:30 p.m. Monday for a structure fire at the California Yacht Club in the 4400 block of Admiralty Way, said Fred Fielding, a Fire Department spokesperson. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and fire engulfing the two-story building, fire officials said. Video from news outlets showed large flames consuming the structure as smoke billowed…

On Friday, December 8, Europe reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union (EU) rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The political agreement is seen as a landmark moment for the EU and now, it is expected that the rest of the process to enact the AI Act. As per reports, the sticking points where the bloc failed to find consensus were governments' use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT. Now that the agreement is in place, you should know the key…

Following marathon talks between European Union lawmakers and member states since Wednesday, the EU has reached a landmark agreement to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). This agreement will lay down provisional rules for the use of AI across the EU. Here’s an explainer.What is the EU agreement and why is it significant?The EU on Friday came to a political agreement on the rules for governing AI, bringing it closer to being the first major global power to establish enforceable AI legislation.Elevate Your Tech Prowess…

The world’s first comprehensive laws to regulate artificial intelligence have been agreed in a landmark deal after a marathon 37-hour negotiation between the European Parliament and EU member states.The agreement was described as “historic” by Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner responsible for a suite of laws in Europe that will also govern social media and search engines, covering giants such as X, TikTok and Google.Breton said 100 people had been in a room for almost three days to seal the deal. He said it was…

The Washington Post reports that after a marathon 72-hour debate European Union legislators Friday have reached a historic deal on a broad-ranging AI safety development bill, the most expansive and far-reaching of its kind to date. Details of the deal itself were not immediately available.The proposed regulations would dictate the ways in which future machine learning models can be developed and distributed within the trade bloc, impacting its use in applications ranging from education to employment to healthcare. AI…

When Marlee Matlin began her career 35 years ago, she says there was “nothing” in terms of accessibility in the awards industry space. But that’s begun to change, especially following her film CODA’s best picture win in 2022, including at the 2023 Oscars, where she saw a “significant improvement.” “I’ve seen changes in award shows and how they are perceived by people who attend them, by producers, by the people who make the decisions as to what to present on the air — all the little things,” she tells The…

In 2023, heavy rains in the Horn of Africa led to widespread flooding, displacing hundreds of thousands and causing extensive damage, despite early climate predictions warning of such events. Heavy rainfall in the Horn of Africa submerged entire towns in floodwater. Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October and November 2023. The floods came in the wake of the most prolonged drought on record, which left millions of people food insecure between 2020 and 2023. Since October 1,…

EIRSAT-1 is Ireland’s first satellite, designed and built by students from University College Dublin participating in ESA Academy’s Fly Your Satellite! program. Credit: ESA Watch the live launch broadcast of Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 on ESA Web TV Channel 2 and ESA YouTube, currently scheduled for December 1. Coverage of this historic moment is set to begin at 19:00 CET/18:00 GMT.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64-hEGeXZY Built by students at University College Dublin under guidance of ESA’s Education Office,…