China returned the first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon
China on Wednesday launched its first lunar satellite to land on the far side of the Moon to help scientists understand the terrain of the Moon and possibly shed light on the early history of the Moon and Earth. China plans to send its Chang’e 7 spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole in 2026 to search for water and other resources.
The Razr phones are going to make a big splash
Motorola has launched two new folding phones in the US, one of which features a new hinge to “improve dust resistance”. It added that it has also made the cover screen software more updated and added a new desk display mode to the phone’s flex mode. The Razr V3 can be used with the Gemini Assistant on the cover screen.
China has sent its first-ever samples from the far side of the moon
The first soil samples taken from the far side of the Moon arrived on Earth on Wednesday. The samples were delivered by the Chang’e 6 spacecraft, which landed at the moon’s south pole in December 2017. China plans to send its Chang’e 7 spacecraft to the moon’s south pole in 2026 to search for water and other resources.
Microsoft faces charges from the EU for abuses
The European Union (EU) has said it will impose a fine on Microsoft if it is found guilty of antitrust violations, if it cannot reach an agreement. In 2004, the EU had ordered Microsoft to offer a Windows operating system without Media Player bundled, which resulted in a Windows XP N version available only in EU markets.
Major record labels are suing the company behind ‘BSL Drizzy’
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed lawsuits against Suno, Udio and OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement. RIAA said Suno’s technology generates soundalikes of artists like Mariah Carey without the permission of them. It claimed Suno’s training data contains copyrighted material that has been “misappropriated” and “misused”. Suno CEO Mikey Schulman said Suno doesn’t allow user prompts based on specific artists.
After the US banned its software, a cybersecurity firm denied it was a hazard
US Commerce Department said it’ll be working with other government agencies to “get this message out” and “ensure a smooth transition” after it banned Kaspersky Lab from operating in the country. The agency added it wouldn’t disrupt the business of any of the Americans. Kaspersky said the ban is based on “geopolitical climate and theoretical concerns” rather than independently verifying if there was a risk.
The neo-Nazis are all on the same page
Extremists in the US are using AI to produce video content as well as text, images and videos, according to a report by Tech Against terrorism. The report said that with the release of OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation or manipulation platforms, extremists have been using them as a means of producing video content.
We are still waiting for the next big leap in artificial intelligence
Anthropic has unveiled its latest AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which it claims to be twice as fast as its previous model Claude. The new model is the first to be introduced under Anthropic’s new lineup that includes Haiku, Sonnet and Opus. The company said it will turn Claude into a tool for companies to securely centralised their knowledge.
Europe must be relevant in the age of artificial intelligence
As per a study published in the journal Nature, there is no clarity on how many of the models will fit the EU’s definition of “open source”. “To our surprise, it was the small players, with relatively few resources, that go the extra mile,” the study’s authors said. However, the authors identified the most and least open models.
Scientists say how fish know where sounds come from is up to them
Researchers have used PIVlab80, originally developed to measure motion of flowing particles, to analyse the motion of inner structures of submerged fish using an external speaker in a DAQ card. The fish position has a pressure of approximately 1 Pa and particle motion of around 8 MM s1, which is in line with the expected amplitude relationship between pressure and motion.