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Cruise’s robotaxi service will likely shut down as GM pulls its funding

2 mn readGeneral Motors said it would no longer fund its Cruise robotaxi service as it seeks to focus its spending on autonomous vehicle development specifically for personally owned vehicles. Now Cruise employees will be combined with GM’s internal teams working on advanced driver assist systems, like Super Cruise, as well as its project to develop autonomous vehicles to sell […]

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Almost on schedule despite seven eruptions near Svartsengi

< 1 mn readConstruction work on the expansion and renovation of the Svartsengi geothermal power plant has been going well and it is almost on schedule, despite seven volcanic eruptions on the other side of Mt Sýlingarfell and Mt Þorbjörn since the first shovel was taken two years ago. The total cost of the construction is estimated at […]

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‘The JuJu Effect:’ JuJu Watkins begins to build new legacy at USC

3 mn readBefore JuJu Watkins even stepped on the court for her first college basketball game with the University of Southern California, it’s clear she had already made an impact. Episode four of “On the Rise: JuJu Watkins,” the new documentary series presented by State Farm, delves into the beginning of Watkins’ freshman year at USC, including her adjustment […]

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Google unveils ‘mind-boggling’ quantum computing chip

3 mn readGoogle has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world’s fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete. The chip is the latest development in a field known as quantum computing – which is attempting to use the principles […]

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Ancient tablet carved with Ten Commandments set for auction

2 mn readA stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments that was carved anywhere between 300 to 800 A.D. will go on the block at Sotheby’s next week and is expected to fetch up to $2 million, the auction house said. Sotheby’s announced last month it would auction off the tablet, the oldest known artifact of its kind. Inscribed […]

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Roman scutum: An 1,800-year-old shield dropped by a Roman soldier who likely died in battle

2 mn readName: Painted Roman scutum (long shield) What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. What it tells us about the past: This tall, semi-cylindrical shield, which is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, is one of the few surviving […]

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