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Russia and China are in a battle with the U.S. over control of an obscure tech agency

4:19pm October 14, 2022

by Jenna McLaughlin

One tech agency has been making sure communications travel across borders for over a century. Now, Russia and China are in a battle with the U.S. and its Western allies over control of that agency.

Google announced late Wednesday that it would permit the Trump-backed social media site Truth Social to be downloaded through its app store, making the service available to millions of new users.

World News

Google is now distributing Truth Social, Trump's Twitter alternative

11:18am October 14, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

It is an about-face for the tech giant, which had blocked Trump's social media app from Google Play, its app store, over content that can incite violence.

The San Vicente reservoir in San Diego County stores water from as far away as the Colorado River. Pumping water into a smaller reservoir in the surrounding mountains could store excess solar power until it's needed, when the sun sets.

Environment

'Water batteries' could store solar and wind power for when it's needed

10:31am October 14, 2022

by Dan Charles

San Diego has an ambitious plan to store renewable energy, using extra solar power to pump water up a mountain. This old-style "water battery" technology could be set for a revival.

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This scanning electron microscope image shows a neural culture growing on a high-density multi-electrode array. This system allowed researchers to train neurons to play the video game Pong.

Brain cells in a lab dish learn to play Pong — and offer a window onto intelligence

10:10am October 14, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

A dish of brain cells learned to play the 1970s video game Pong. The research could help computers become more intelligent

A screenshot of the GreenTeam's electric car on the track where it broke the record for fastest acceleration of an electric vehicle.

German students break the world record for fastest accelerating electric car — again

5:01am October 14, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The electric racing car, built by 20 University of Stuttgart students known as the GreenTeam, can go from 0 to about 62 miles per hour in just 1.461 seconds.

Netflix's announcement of its lower-cost Basic with Ads plan comes after the company this year suffered a drop in subscribers for the first time in more than a decade.

National

Netflix will roll out a cheaper plan with ads for $6.99 per month in November

7:01pm October 13, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The Basic with Ads plan will include 15-to-30-second ads before and during shows and films, as well as have a smaller selection of content due to licensing restrictions.

A news stand displaying a publication with the word "misinformation" printed on it is seen in Manhattan, New York, United States on October 30, 2018.

Eyeballs and AI power the research into how falsehoods travel online

5:01am October 13, 2022

by Huo Jingnan

Getting a sense of falsehoods online might sound straightforward, but it isn't. Researchers use state-of-the-art algorithms but it also comes down to lots of scrolling and reading.

This year's 25 MacArthur Fellows will each receive $800,000, a "no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential," according to the MacArthur Foundation website.

An ornithologist, a cellist and a human rights activist: the 2022 MacArthur Fellows

1:01pm October 12, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."

A painting of multicolored dots by artist Damien Hirst burns at the Newport Street Gallery in London on Tuesday as part of his project "The Currency." For it, he released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could either keep the non-fungible token, in which case the painting would be burned, or keep the painting, in which case they would lose the NFT.

Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands more

10:25am October 12, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

As part of his project "The Currency," Damien Hirst released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could keep either the non-fungible token or the painting.

Yael Bensoussan, MD, is part of the USF Health's department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. She's leading an effort to collect voice data that can be used to diagnose illnesses.

Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice

8:10am October 10, 2022

Everything from your vocal cord vibrations to breathing patterns when you speak offers potential information about your health. Researchers are collecting voice data to one day use in an app.