Tech companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft are doing well financially. Their significant earnings allow them to significantly increase funding for artificial intelligence development. The arrival of ChatGPT at the end of 2022 caused a surge in interest in artificial intelligence. Suddenly, AI was high on the agenda of the world’s largest tech companies. They […]
Solar panel owners with a fixed or variable energy contract must pay for the supply of surplus solar power to the electricity grid. Until recently you could come under such a return fine with a dynamic energy contract. But more and more energy suppliers are now also counting back costs for dynamic contracts. The puzzle
It was long thought that ten thousand steps a day were necessary for a healthy lifestyle. Researchers have now discovered that seven thousand steps already have major health benefits. After that limit, the health benefits increase less rapidly. The research was published on Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet. It is the largest review
Het OM heeft donderdagavond alle interne systemen losgekoppeld van het internet. Dat gebeurde na een waarschuwing van het Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum over een gevonden kwetsbaarheid. Die kwetsbaarheid is gevonden in Citrix NetScalers, een systeem waarmee werknemers online toegang krijgen tot de kantooromgeving. Dat schrijft demissionair minister David van Weel (Justitie en Veiligheid) in een
Various AI programs claim to recognize emotions such as joy, anger, or stress in people. However, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) doubts whether they can actually do so after conducting research. In practice, these systems bring risks and ethical issues. With cameras in public spaces, a posture or facial expression can be read.
A museum in the American city of Denver has found a fossil of a dinosaur under its own parking space. The Denver Museum of Nature and Sciences is known for the exhibitions of Dinosaurs. The museum will exhibit the found bot itself. The bone found has about the dimensions of an ice hockey puck. The
Chimpanzees, like humans, seem to adopt seemingly useless behavior from each other. Researchers at Utrecht University observed that the apes were sticking blades of grass in their ear or behind without any clear reason. Fellow chimpanzees copied that behavior, even though it was not useful. Chimpanzees in a sanctuary in Zambia were dangling a blade
A man who died in Egypt 4,500 years ago had ancestors from North Africa and Mesopotamia. Researchers examined DNA from his skeleton and found the first genetic evidence connecting cultures from both regions. The human remains were found in a tomb in Nuweirah, about 250 kilometers south of Cairo, the current Egyptian capital. The man
The largest Martian rock ever to fall to Earth will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s later this month. The British auction house expects the Mars meteorite NWA 16788 to fetch millions. The rock is approximately 37 centimeters long, 28 centimeters high, and 15 centimeters thick, and weighs around 25 kilos. This makes it almost twice
Astronomers have seen evidence for the first time that a star has exploded twice. Exploding stars are not new, but the fact that the same star can explode twice has not yet been established. The researchers speak of the “most important explosions in the universe.” It concerns a so-called type 1a supernova. A supernova is