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Credit: The Seismic Record (2024). DOI: 10.1785/0320230049 Strange seismic wave arrivals from a 2010 earthquake under Spain were the clues that led to an unexpected discovery beneath the western Mediterranean: a subducted oceanic slab that has completely overturned. The waveforms paint a picture of a slab that descended rapidly into the Earth's mantle…

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has been under fire for the past day or so, thanks to its tendency to generate images that are politically correct as opposed to historically accurate. In response to user prompts, for example, not only has Gemini been producing everything from gender-swapped renditions of iconic paintings to female popes, it’s also flat-out refused to depict white people in response to certain prompts. Gemini, instead, has offered up images that include a black man appearing to represent George…

Intel has made a return to the foundry business and the company is making significant investments to give incumbents like TSMC and Samsung a run for their money. Samsung's already been having a tough time dealing with TSMC's dominance of the contract chipmaking segment, it now has to keep looking over its shoulder because of Intel as well. Samsung has been trying to speed up commercialization of highly advanced chipmaking processes in a bid to leap TSMC. The company previously confirmed that its 1.4nm fabrication process…

Anti-Defamation League has tapped journalist and documentary producer Deborah Camiel to lead the Media & Entertainment Institute it launched in September. The Los Angeles-based institute will work with companies and organizations in the media and entertainment industries to combat antisemitism and advocate for more nuanced and authentic portrayals of Jewish people in film, television and the news. “At a time when antisemitism has reached historic levels, I’m honored to be leading this new…

Reneé Rapp, Smashing Pumpkins, Brittany Howard, Justice, Hozier, and many more booked for Montreal fest this August Green Day, SZA, and Noah Kahan will serve as headliners at the 2024 Osheaga Festival, returning to Montreal this August. The diverse lineup for the three-day fest also boasts Justice, Reneé Rapp, Skepta, Melanie Martinez, Labrinth, Brittany Howard, Hozier, Chappell Roan, and the Smashing Pumpkins, who are making their first Osheaga appearance since 2007. Bladee, Rancid, Martin…

In terms of smartphone sales in Europe, Apple has topped Samsung for the first time in almost two years. For Apple, which has been lagging behind Samsung in the European market for some time, this is a huge turning point. Let’s examine the ramifications for the two tech behemoths and the smartphone market at large. In the fourth quarter of last year, sales of Samsung smartphones in Europe decreased by 12%. Whereas the sales of iPhones managed to surpass the market. As a result, for the first time in over two years, Apple…

For the first time, Apple secured seven out of 10 spots in the best-selling smartphones in 2023. From number 1 to number 7, the company’s iPhones secured these spots, followed by entry-level Samsung Galaxy A phones.This chart comes from Counterpoint Research’s Global Monthly Handset Model Sales Tracker, which says the combined market share of the top 10 smartphones in 2023 reached the highest ever at 20%, up from 19% in 2022. With that, Apple’s iPhone 14 was the best-selling smartphone in 2023, with the US and…

Clarke compared the noise emissions from low altitude aircraft to that of cars in three case studies using three types of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, or EVTOLs, that are popular with aircraft design companies: stopped-rotor aircraft, tilt-rotor aircraft, and a hexacopter. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois Dept. of Aerospace Engineering When aerospace engineer…

Bengaluru: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd’s CEO K. Krithivasan has said that Generative AI (Gen AI) will not lead to a hiring decline.…

From analysts’ reports, TRON looks like the next big deal in stablecoin payment. The coin has been putting up an impressive show for a while. Even though TRON is expected to gain dominance in the stablecoins league, an upcoming coin is expected to transform the entire crypto market, it is called Borroe Finance ($ROE). Let’s dive into more details and see the potential bright future of these projects. >>BUY $ROE TOKENS NOW<< Borroe Finance: AI Crypto with a Difference Borroe Finance’s presale of…