Revolution

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It was a very good year in France for electric cars, for all kinds of reasons – among them, new cheaper cars entering the market supported by generous government subsidies. In 2023, 26% of new cars sold in France were battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, a huge 47% jump from 2022.  According to French auto industry group Plateforme automobile and reported by RFI, 26% of new cars sold in France were battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles,…

As 2023 comes to a close, America Ferrera can look back fondly on her year in Hollywood, especially as one of the key stars of the Barbie movie alongside Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera and more. Amid being part of 2023’s biggest blockbuster, Ferrera reflected on her over two decades in Hollywood by talking candidly about what it was like having her body scrutinized in the public eye in the early days of her career. A lot has changed in regard to how Hollywood perceives a range of body types (and it still has a…

The telecommunications industry has become an indispensable part of our interconnected society, fueling various functions ranging from traditional calls to lightning-fast Internet and the ever-expanding Internet of Things (IoT). With the constant evolution of this sector, the dynamic duo of AI and ML is revolutionizing the telecommunications industry, propelling it towards greater network efficiency, unparalleled customer service, and fortified security measures. These cutting-edge technologies equip telecom companies…

Recent research led by Indiana University and the University of Chicago Medicine suggests that the drug α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) could revolutionize type 1 diabetes treatment. Building on a decade of studies, DFMO has demonstrated potential in reducing insulin dependency and is now being tested in a larger clinical trial to assess its impact on beta cell preservation and disease modification.Recent research led by Indiana University School of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Chicago Medicine…

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium — these foundational materials are literally what the modern world is built on. Without sand for glass, say goodbye to our fiber optic internet. No copper means no conductive wiring. And a world without lithium is a world without rechargeable batteries.For the final installment of Hitting the Books for 2023, we're bringing you an excerpt from the fantastic Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway. A finalist for the Financial Times and…

Integrating Innovations in Continual Learning Advancements Towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Including VOYAGER, DEPS, and AutoGPT.Authors: Elahe Aghapour, Salar RahiliIntroduction:In the past decade and especially with the success of deep learning, an ongoing discussion has formed around the possibility of building an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The ultimate goal in AGI is to create an agent that is able to perform any task that a human being is capable of. A core capability required for such an…

This is, by my count, Robert Service’s 12th book that touches on the Russian Revolution, either substantively or tangentially. So far, we’ve had a biographical triptych on Stalin, Trotsky and Lenin; a trilogy on the last; two broad surveys of modern Russia; a monograph on the last tsar and another on the Bolsheviks; and a general account for students. By now, he could churn out another history on autopilot. He is, thankfully, too clever for that. What we have here is the work of a lifetime, a reflective volume alert to…

Dell It’s time to bid a slow farewell to the SO-DIMM memory standard we’ve grown used to seeing in some of the best laptops. A new standard just got approved by JEDEC, the organization that defines specifications for various types of memory — and it’s going to be faster, offer higher capacity, and take up far less space. What’s the catch? Unsurprisingly, it’s likely going to cost a pretty penny. According to JEDEC’s official announcement, the new memory module is called CAMM2, and it’s not exactly as new as it might…

In August 1791, a group of enslaved Haitians met in the woods of Bois Caïman, on the north coast of Haiti, and conducted a secret Vodou ceremony that planted the seeds for the Haitian Revolution. This collective ritual, which would go on to inspire a mass uprising, now forms the energetic inspiration for Haitian saxophonist Jowee Omicil’s latest album, Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite. Over an hour, Omicil transposes the imagined energy of the ceremony into a free jazz interpretation, switching between several…

“What if there was a better way to make and deliver pizza to you?” asked CNBC’s Jim Cramer—shirtsleeves rolled up, wagging his finger at the camera—as he passionately set up a segment of his popular Mad Money show in June 2018. “Turns out, there is, which brings me to Zume, Inc., a Silicon Valley–based startup trying to bring this industry to the modern era.” Cramer, on location in Mountain View, California, and standing in front of a shiny red food truck, quickly introduced Zume’s robots, cuing up footage of a robotic…