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Not Dead Yet: Japan’s Upside-Down Moon Lander Unexpectedly Wakes Up After Lunar Night
The SLIM lunar lander unexpectedly sprung back to life after hibernating during the freezing lunar night, sending a signal back to Earth more than a month after ending up face down on the Moon. On Monday, Japan’s space agency revealed that it reestablished communication with its lander. Yes, breaking this into two sentences can improve…
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What Is ANC and Why Do I Need It in My Headphones?
You’ve probably seen the letters ‘ANC’ everywhere when shopping for headphones or earbuds. But you’ve probably got a vague idea of what ANC does and often wondered if you really needed it or not. We’ve put together a little guide explaining what it is, how the noise-canceling tech works, and why (or why not) you…
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Google Will Relaunch Gemini in a ‘Few Weeks,’ After Its Racial Controversy
Google launched a new AI image generator earlier this month that, for all intents and purposes, was incapable of generating consistent images of white people. As you might expect, rightwing influencers wasted no time in noticing this issue and promptly accused the tech giant of reverse racism. After temporarily disabling the image generator’s capabilities last…
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Google Says It “Got It Wrong” Over Its AI Imagery
Google apologized on Friday saying its team “got it wrong” with a new image generation feature for its Gemini AI chatbot after various images it created that were devoid of white people went viral. A company exec firmly denied that it purposefully wanted Gemini to refuse to create images of any particular group of people.…