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• After Launch by SpaceX in January, Firefly Aerospace's Lunar Lander Reaches Moon Orbit

  16-02-2025 22:41 via science.slashdot.org
  
  "A robotic lander from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is now in orbit around the Moon," reports Spaceflight Now, "and going through its final preparations to land in the coming weeks."Its arrival comes nearly a month after the spacecraft launched onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This is the third mission launched as part of the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, an initiative designed to bring science and technology demonstrations to t
  
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• Argentinian President Promotes Memecoin. It Then Crashed 95% as Insiders Cashed Out

  16-02-2025 20:53 via news.slashdot.org
  
  gwolf (Slashdot reader #26,339) writes: On Friday, February 14, Libertarian Argentinian president, Javier Milei, promoted the just-created $LIBRA cryptocoin, created by the Viva la libertad project, strongly aligned with his political party, La Libertad Avanza. Milei tweeted, "This private project will be devoted to promote growth of the Argentinian economy, funding small startups and enterprises. The world wants to invest in Argentina!"
  It is worth noting that the project's website was register
  
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• Time Flows Forward or Backward At Quantum Levels, Researchers Suggest

  16-02-2025 19:53 via science.slashdot.org
  
  "What if time is not as fixed as we thought?" That's the question raised in an announcement from the University of Surrey.
  "Imagine that instead of flowing in one direction — from past to future — time could flow forward or backward due to processes taking place at the quantum level."This is the thought-provoking discovery made by researchers at the University of Surrey, as a new study reveals that opposing arrows of time can theoretically emerge from certain quantum systems. For cen
  
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• What If People Like AI-Generated Art Better?

  16-02-2025 18:34 via slashdot.org
  
  Christie's auction house notes that an AI-generated "portrait" of an 18th-century French gentleman recently sold for $432,500. (One member of the Paris-based collective behind the work says "we found that portraits provided the best way to illustrate our point, which is that algorithms are able to emulate creativity.")
  But the blog post from Christie's goes on to acknowledge that AI researchers "are still addressing the fundamental question of whether the images produced by their networks can be
  
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• Lawsuit Accuses Meta Of Training AI On Torrented 82TB Dataset Of Pirated Books

  16-02-2025 17:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  "Meta is involved in a class action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement, a claim the company disputes..." writes the tech news site Hot Hardware.
  But the site adds that newly unsealed court documents "reveal that Meta allegedly used a minimum of 81.7TB of illegally torrented data sourced from shadow libraries to train its AI models."Internal emails further show that Meta employees expressed concerns about this practice. Some employees voiced strong ethical objections, with one noting that us
  
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• Amazon Tests Robots For Automating Fulfillment Centers

  16-02-2025 16:34 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  Yahoo Finance shares an interesting prediction. Amazon has an "under-the-radar robot push" that "could boost its profit margins big-time, Morgan Stanley managing director Brian Nowak said."
  Nowak said Amazon has quietly developed six significant next-generation fulfillment centers in the past three years that bring automation front and center... Amazon now has industrial robots that can increase efficiencies across the storage, inventory management, pick and packing, and sorting order fulfillmen
  
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• Alleged 'CEO Shooter' Luigi Mangione Raises $297K Online

  16-02-2025 13:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Luigi Mangione faces first-degree murder charges. On Valentine's Day he posted his first public comments online, reports People magazine, with Mangione saying he's grateful for the support he's receiving:Earlier this week, Mangione accepted $297,000 in donations to cover his legal bills from the December 4 Legal Committee, which is stewarding a fundraiser on GiveSendGo for his legal defense, according to a post shared by the group. (A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to PEOPLE th
  
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• Are Fast Programming Languages Gaining in Popularity?

  16-02-2025 09:34 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  In January the TIOBE Index (estimating programming language popularity) declared Python their language of the year. (Though it was already #1 in their rankings, it had showed a 9.3% increase in their ranking system, notes InfoWorld.) TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen says this reflects how easy Python is to learn, adding that "The demand for new programmers is still very high" (and that "developing applications completely in AI is not possible yet.")
  In fact on February's version of the index, the top ten l
  
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• AI Bugs Could Delay Upgrades for Both Siri and Alexa

  16-02-2025 06:34 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Bloomberg reports that Apple's long-promised overhaul for Siri "is facing engineering problems and software bugs, threatening to postpone or limit its release, according to people with knowledge of the matter...."Last June, Apple touted three major enhancements coming to Siri:
  - the ability to tap into a customer's data to better answer queries and take actions.
  - a new system that would let the assistant more precisely control apps.
  - the capability to see what's currently on a device's screen
  
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• Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For You to Trust an AI?

  16-02-2025 03:34 via ask.slashdot.org
  
  Long-time Slashdot reader shanen has been testing AI clients. (They report that China's DeepSeek "turned out to be extremely good at explaining why I should not trust it. Every computer security problem I ever thought of or heard about and some more besides.")
  Then they wondered if there's also government censorship:It's like the accountant who gets asked what 2 plus 2 is. After locking the doors and shading all the windows, the accountant whispers in your ear: "What do you want it to be...?" So
  
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• Despite Plans for AI-Powered Search, Reddit's Stock Fell 14% Thsi Week

  16-02-2025 01:09 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  "Reddit Answers" uses generative AI to answer questions using what past Reddittors have posted. Announced in December, Reddit now plans to integrate it into their search results, reports TechCrunch, with Reddit's CEO saying the idea has "incredible monetization potential."
  And yet Reddit's stock fell 14% this week. CNBC's headline? "Reddit shares plunge after Google algorithm change contributes to miss in user numbers."
  A Google search algorithm change caused some "volatility" with user growth i
  
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• Despite Plans for AI-Powered Search, Reddit's Stock Fell 14% This Week

  16-02-2025 01:09 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  "Reddit Answers" uses generative AI to answer questions using what past Reddittors have posted. Announced in December, Reddit now plans to integrate it into their search results, reports TechCrunch, with Reddit's CEO saying the idea has "incredible monetization potential."
  And yet Reddit's stock fell 14% this week. CNBC's headline? "Reddit shares plunge after Google algorithm change contributes to miss in user numbers."
  A Google search algorithm change caused some "volatility" with user growth i
  
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