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After 18 Years, Europe’s Largest Nuclear Reactor Starts Regular Output
Finland finally began regular output Sunday from its first new nuclear power plant in more than four decades. Reuters reports that the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor is also Europe’s first new nuclear plant in 16 years. Construction started in 2005, with the plant due to open four years later Read more…
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Should Managers Permanently Stop Requiring Degrees for IT Positions?
CIO magazine reports on “a growing number of managers and executives dropping degree requirements from job descriptions.” Figures from the 2022 study The Emerging Degree Reset from The Burning Glass Institute quantify the trend, reporting that 46% of middle-skill and 31% of high-skill occupations experienced material degree resets between 2017 Read more…
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Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Closes Its Final Three Plants
Germany’s final three nuclear power plants close their doors on Saturday, marking the end of the country’s nuclear era that has spanned more than six decades. [D]espite last-minute calls to keep the plants online amid an energy crisis, the German government has been steadfast. “The position of the German government Read more…
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Undercutting Microsoft, Amazon Offers Free Access to Its AI Coding Assistant ‘CodeWhisperer’
Amazon is making its AI-powered coding assistant CodeWhisperer free for individual developers, reports the Verge, “undercutting the $10 per month pricing of its Microsoft-made rival.” Amazon launched CodeWhisperer as a preview last year, which developers can use within various integrated development environments (IDEs), like Visual Studio Code, to generate lines Read more…
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Mars Helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ Completes 50th Flight After Two Years on Mars
“Two years have passed since the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, carrying with it the Ingenuity helicopter, created from off-the-shelf components, the helicopter was only designed to last about five flights. Instead, two years later, having become the first aircraft to fly and land on another planet, Ingenuity successfully completed Read more…