Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Gmail Unleashes ‘Email Emoji Reactions’ Onto an Unsuspecting World
You can now reply to an email just like it’s an instant messaging chat, tacking on a “crying laughing” emoji to an email instead of replying. Google has a whole support article detailing the new feature, which allows you to “express yourself and quickly respond to emails with emojis.” Like Read more…
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Researchers Say Current AI Watermarks Are Trivial To Remove
Researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) were able to easily evade the current methods of AI watermarking during testing and found it even easier to add fake emblems to images that weren’t generated by AI. “But beyond testing how easy it is to evade watermarks, one UMD team notably Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
A New Satellite Outshines Some of the Brightest Stars in the Sky
Last November, a satellite in low-Earth orbit unfurled into an expansive array that extends across nearly 700 square feet, about the size of a studio apartment. The satellite, BlueWalker 3, has since become one of the brightest objects in the sky, outshining some of the most radiant stars in the Read more…
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Men Overran a Job Fair For Women In Tech
“Every year the Grace Hopper Celebration, a conference and career fair aimed at non-males, brings women in the tech industry together,” writes long-time Slashdot reader piojo. “This year, a large number of men showed up. The women were not pleased.” AnitaB.org, the nonprofit that runs the conference, said there was Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Underground Thermal Energy Networks Are Becoming Crucial To the US’s Energy Future
Thirteen US states are now implementing underground thermal energy networks to reduce buildings’ carbon emissions as part of a nationwide push to adopt cleaner energy sources. Thermal energy networks use pipe loops that connect multiple buildings and provide heating and cooling through water-source heat pumps. Geothermal heat is commonly used Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
UN Report Urges Global End To Fossil Fuel Exploration by 2030
Fossil fuel exploration should cease globally by 2030 and funding to rescue poor countries from the impacts of the climate crisis should reach $200bn to $400bn a year by the same date, according to proposals in a UN report before the next climate summit. Countries were still “way off track” Read more…