The world’s largest renewable energy and transmission project has received key approval from government officials. Solar power from Australia will be carried 2,672 miles (4,300 kilometers) to Singapore over undersea cables in what’s being called the Australia-Asia Power Link project. SunCable aims to produce 6 gigawatts of electricity at a Read more…
Climate scientists who were mocked and gaslighted after speaking up about their fears for the future have said acknowledging strong emotions is vital to their work. The researchers said these feelings should not be suppressed in an attempt to reach supposed objectivity. Seeing climate experts’ fears and opinions about the Read more…
Ahead of the debut of Apple’s private AI cloud next week, dubbed Private Cloud Compute, the technology giant says it will pay security researchers up to $1 million to find vulnerabilities that can compromise the security of its private AI cloud. In a post on Apple’s security blog, the company Read more…
UnitedHealth Group said a ransomware attack in February resulted in more than 100 million individuals having their private health information stolen. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first reported the figure on Thursday. The ransomware attack and data breach at Change Healthcare stands as the largest known digital Read more…
Starting next week, Google Photos will label when an image was edited with AI. Photos edited with tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser and Zoom Enhance already include metadata based on technical standards from The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) to indicate that they’ve been edited using generative AI. The Read more…
The White House is directing the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to increase their adoption of AI, expanding the Biden administration’s efforts to curb technological competition from China and other adversaries. The edict is part of a landmark national security memorandum published Thursday. It aims to make government agencies step up Read more…