Tech rivals chase ChatGPT as AI race ramps up
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
Chasing Microsoft, global tech giants have rolled out announcements on how they will implement ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence into their world leading platforms and applications, with YouTube the latest to present plans.
Here is a roundup of how the world's biggest tech companies plan to surf the AI wave:
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Microsoft has gone the furthest in pushing out generative A CHIPS Act just the first step in addressing threats to US leadership in advanced computing
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
When Liu He, a Chinese economist, politician, and "chip czar," was tapped to lead the charge in a chipmaking arms race with the United States, his message lingered in the air, leaving behind a dewy glaze of tension: "For our country, technology is not just for growth... it is a matter of survival."
Once upon a time, the United States' early technological prowess positioned the nation to ou China invests $1.9 bn in top chipmaker: report
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
China is pumping $1.9 billion into its top memory chipmaker, according to media reports, as US restrictions on semiconductor exports threaten Beijing's tech ambitions.
Semiconductor manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) is set to receive 12.9 billion yuan from the state-owned National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing government Drugs from the deep: scientists explore ocean frontiers
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" - all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic.
A medicinal molecule could be found in microbes scooped up in sediment, be produced by porous sponges or sea squirts - barrel-bodied creatures that c Media briefing on the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission
Friday, 03 March 2023 09:15
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The Independent Enquiry Commission tasked with analysing the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission shares its findings.
Earth from Space: Poyang Lake, China
Friday, 03 March 2023 08:00
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter. Loss of flight VV22: Independent Enquiry Commission announces conclusions
Friday, 03 March 2023 06:10Press Release N° 7–2023
On Tuesday 20 December 2022, Arianespace announced the loss of the Vega-C VV22 mission after its launch at 22h47 local time in French Guiana (2h47 CET/1h47 GMT on 21 December 2022). The mission was carrying two payloads, Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth observation satellites for Airbus Defence and Space.
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Galactic seascape White House cybersecurity strategy warns of ‘complex threat environment’
Thursday, 02 March 2023 20:34
The White House on March 2 released a national cybersecurity strategy that points at Russian and Chinese hackers as major threats to U.S.
China’s Shenzhou-15 astronauts conduct secretive second spacewalk
Thursday, 02 March 2023 20:28
A pair of Chinese astronauts conducted their second extravehicular activity in recent days, with China for the first time providing no advance indication nor details of the event.
Raytheon wins $250 million contract for missile-tracking satellites
Thursday, 02 March 2023 17:53
The Space Development Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies a $250 million contract to build seven missile-tracking satellites for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation
Juice’s Ariane 5 booster transferred to launch vehicle integration building
Thursday, 02 March 2023 13:20
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Launcher booster on top of a platform running along rails, pulled by a lorry. The image is taken outdoors, the sky is cloudy, in the foreground is a path and some trees Core of Juice’s Ariane 5 rocket prepared for launch
Thursday, 02 March 2023 13:17
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Part of an Ariane 5 launcher in a large warehouse Juice’s Ariane 5 stands up straight
Thursday, 02 March 2023 13:11
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Part of a launcher inside a room that looks like a warehouse CesiumAstro wins SDA contract for Link 16 antennas
Thursday, 02 March 2023 11:30
SAN FRANCISCO — CesiumAstro won a $5 million contract from the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to develop active electronically scanned array antennas compatible with the Link 16 tactical data network.