The first US Moon landing in 1972 by Odysseus
The Odysseus Moon Lander has landed at the South Pole on the Moon. The private US mission was paid for by NASA and the space agency is counting on firms like Intuitive Machines to help ferry equipment to the Moon in preparation for sending astronauts to the lunar surface. The lander, operated by US-based Intuitive Machines, landed at the south pole after a nine-day journey.
The first US Moon landing has been more than 50 years in the making
The US has become the first country to land a private mission on the Moon after Odysseus, a solar-powered spacecraft, landed on the lunar surface on Wednesday. NASA paid for much of the private mission, but is counting on companies like Intuitive Machines to help bring equipment to the Moon in order to get astronauts back there.
The drawbacks of artificial intelligence are shown by the “Woke” image generator
Several users have claimed Google’s new AI-powered search tool ‘Gemini’ doesn’t distinguish between people based on their race, gender and sexual orientation. A user wrote, “Can’t get a US senator’s name from 1800s!” Another user said, “When I compared images of Black and Native American women on Gemini, it didn’t distinguish between the two groups.” “It’s a powerful tool,” a user wrote.
A private company is about to land on the moon
Intuitive Machines’ ‘Odysseus’ lander, the first private spacecraft to land on Moon, touched down at the lunar south pole on Wednesday morning. The mission is a part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme, which aims to collect important data about the Moon’s surface. Odysseus had launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last week.
AT&T has cellphone service for tens of thousands of people
US telecom carrier AT&T said that it is working “urgently” to restore service to some of its customers across the country after services went down for about two hours on Thursday. Reports of the outage increased from a few at around 3:30 am ET to more than 73,000 by around 8 am, according to Downdetector. However, the number of reports had dropped to less than 62,000 by 10:30 am.
The mark of the company was missing after it was noted that there were racially diverse Nazis
Google has said it’s aware that its image generation tool, Gemini, is offering inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions. “We’re working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately. It’s a good thing that people all over the world use it. But it’s missing the mark here,” Google said. Earlier this month, Google first started offering image generation through Gemini.
The quantum computing attacks are going to be defended by Apple
Apple has announced that it is developing a new messaging protocol, PQ3, for iMessage which it claims to be the first to reach ‘Level 3 security’. “PQ3 is…the first messaging protocol to reach what we call Level 3 security, providing protocol protections that surpass those in all other widely deployed messaging apps,” it added. Apple said it will replace its existing encryption protocols by year-end.
The Alabama ruling that frozen embryos are children could have an effect on instruemental procedures
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state. A spokesman with American Society for Reproductive Medicine said at least one Alabama fertility clinic has been instructed by their affiliated hospital to pause IVF treatment in the immediate wake of the decision.
The robot will help to map methane pollution from space
The US has introduced the Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024 (AIEIA) to establish standards for assessing artificial intelligence’s environmental impact. The bill directed National Institute for Standards and Technology to collaborate with academia, industry and civil society to create a voluntary reporting framework for AI developers and operators. It also asks the government to encourage the use of renewable energy.
You will be able to share a usernames with Signal, instead of your phone number
Messaging app Signal has added a new feature that enables users to create a username in the app. Users will be able to generate a QR code or link to their username after they create a username. Other users will be allowed to claim their previous name, even if you change your username whenever you want according to the FAQ page.