Recent reports indicate that US authorities are investigating Meta, formerly known as Facebook, over its potential involvement in the illegal sale of medications. Prosecutors in Virginia are delving into whether Meta’s social media platforms are being used to facilitate and profit from illicit drug sales. This investigation comes in response to documents and sources close
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A recent fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The crash occurred on February 24 on Interstate 10 where a Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV equipped with the company’s partially automated
Voice disorders can greatly impact a person’s ability to communicate effectively. This can be due to various conditions such as pathological vocal cord issues or recovering from laryngeal cancer surgeries. However, there is hope on the horizon thanks to a team of engineers at UCLA who have developed an innovative device to help individuals with
Reddit is under scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into the social media platform’s practices regarding the sale, licensing, or sharing of user-generated content for use in training artificial intelligence models. This inquiry was disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, following a letter from the FTC expressing
Boeing recently issued a warning to airlines operating its 787 Dreamliner model after a LATAM plane experienced a terrifying mid-flight incident while en route to New Zealand. The incident resulted in injuries to dozens of passengers, prompting Boeing to urge airlines to inspect specific switches in the cockpit. In a statement, Boeing emphasized the ongoing
US prosecutors are seeking a severe sentence of 40 to 50 years for Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder and CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange platform. This comes after Bankman-Fried was found guilty of multiple charges including fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. The prosecution argues that such a lengthy sentence is necessary to reflect the
A recent study published in the Journal of Remote Sensing in February 2024 introduced a novel approach to estimating both direct and diffuse solar radiation. Researchers incorporated data augmentation techniques with the LightGBM machine learning model to analyze sunshine duration data from a vast network of 2,453 weather stations across China. This method effectively addresses
LED technology has come a long way since Thomas Edison’s invention of the incandescent lamp in 1879. While the first red LEDs were introduced in 1969, it wasn’t until 1998 that white LEDs were successfully commercialized by Japan’s Nakamura Shoji. This marked a significant milestone in the lighting industry and paved the way for LEDs
The development of flexible sensors with exotic sensing capabilities has been a significant advancement in the field of technology in recent years. However, the challenge lies in accurately measuring complex deformations resulting from forces or strains from multi-axes due to the Poisson’s effect of sensing materials, hindering the independent perception of biaxial stimuli. Researchers have
The recent ruling by a UK court regarding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has brought to light the ongoing saga surrounding Australian computer scientist Craig Wright. After an almost two-month trial, the judge, James Mellor, delivered a comprehensive dismissal of Wright’s claims, stating that the evidence against him was “overwhelming.” Wright,