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US Steel seeks to forge the future of high technology in factories new and old

US Steel seeks to forge the future of high technology in factories new and old

In a US Steel Corp. mill on the Mississippi River, an automated crane lifts and lowers 1,000 degree hot steel coils into open squares, using a machine learning algorithm to calculate the optimal spot for each coil to cool quickly before shipping . This automated steel coil yard, laid out like a giant chessboard, is …

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Effective altruism pushes a dangerous brand of 'AI security'

Effective altruism pushes a dangerous brand of ‘AI security’

Since then, the quest to proliferate increasingly broad linguistic patterns has accelerated, and many of the dangers we warned of, such as mass publication of hateful texts and misinformation, continue to manifest themselves. Just a few days ago, Meta released his “Galactica” LLM, which is supposed to “summarize academic papers, solve mathematical problems, generate Wiki …

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Corruption trial tests US business against Venezuelan kleptocrats

Corruption trial tests US business against Venezuelan kleptocrats

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. – For years, as the United States intensified pressure on Venezuela’s socialist government, dozens of allegedly corrupt insiders traversed the U.S. criminal justice system, cutting off plea bargains to avoid lengthy prison sentences and saving prosecutors the work of having to prove their cases in search. But not Claudia Diaz. A former …

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Cloud software suffers a cold November rain.  Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn the tide?

Cloud software suffers a cold November rain. Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn the tide?

The week after Thanksgiving could determine if cloud software is still too big or if there are tasty leftovers for Wall Street. It was a tough month for cloud software stocks, which had their worst week on record to start November and saw cold rains continue to fall amid a perceived slowdown in business spending …

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Researchers: AI in connected cars has reduced rush-hour congestion

Researchers: AI in connected cars has reduced rush-hour congestion

Associated Press TRAVIS LOLLER NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As millions of people travel the freeways this Thanksgiving, many will encounter areas of stationary traffic for no apparent reason – no construction or accidents. Researchers say the problem is you. Human drivers just don’t do a good job of navigating heavy traffic, but an experiment using artificial …

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North Carolina awarded $6.4 million in internet improvement grants

North Carolina awarded $6.4 million in internet improvement grants

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Idaho Receives First Grants for Massive Project to Bring Internet to All Americans

Idaho Receives First Grants for Massive Project to Bring Internet to All Americans

Idaho will be the third state to receive funding to plan to expand high-speed Internet access to all state residents. The National Telecommunications and Information Agency is expected to make an official funding announcement this morning. Idaho receives nearly $5 million in planning funds for this purpose. Eventually, Idaho and other states will receive a …

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Federal money available for internet service

Federal money available for internet service

Country the United States of AmericaUS Virgin IslandsU.S. Minor Outlying IslandsCanadaMexico, United Mexican StatesBahamas, Commonwealth ofCuba, Republic ofDominican RepublicHaiti, Republic ofJamaicaAfghanistanAlbania, People’s Socialist Republic ofAlgeria, People’s Democratic Republic ofAmerican SamoaAndorra, Principality ofAngola, Republic ofAnguillaAntarctica (the territory south of 60 degrees S)Antigua and BarbudaArgentina, Argentine RepublicArmeniaArubaAustralia, Commonwealth ofAustria, Republic ofAzerbaijan, Republic ofBahrain, Kingdom ofBangladesh, People’s Republic …

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Ukraine suffered a communications blackout when 1,300 SpaceX satellite units went offline due to funding issues |  CNN Politics

Ukraine suffered a communications blackout when 1,300 SpaceX satellite units went offline due to funding issues | CNN Politics

Washington CNN — Ukraine’s fears that its troops will lose access to Elon Musk’s crucial Starlink internet service intensified last week after 1,300 army satellite units were taken offline, two sources familiar with the outage say. . Small, easy-to-use satellite dishes made by Musk’s private rocket company, SpaceX, have been universally hailed as a revolutionary …

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