Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators (Updated) (www.twz.com)
'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests (www.space.com)
A new study provides some theoretical underpinning to warp drives, suggesting that the superfast propulsion tech may not forever elude humanity....
[Neuralink] PRIME Study Progress Update — User Experience (neuralink.com)
China has a flourishing market for deepfakes that clone the dead. The same technologies are being used by Chinese people to make replicas of themselves, their children, and famous public figures. (www.technologyreview.com)
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed....
Big Tech Is Dominating the AI Lobbying Frenzy in Washington (time.com)
Google sued by US artists over AI image generator (www.reuters.com)
April 29 (Reuters) - Google has been hit with a new copyright lawsuit in California federal court by a group of visual artists who claimed the Alphabet unit used their work without permission to train Imagen, its artificial-intelligence powered image generator....
Humanity is one convincing deepfake away from a global catastrophe (thehill.com)
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the almost-apocalypse....
Humans share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of ‘dead internet’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Humans now share the web equally with bots, according to a major new report – as some fear that the internet is dying....
DeSantis signs bill banning lab-grown meat (thehill.com)
Researchers are making progress on producing cows from just stem cells, with no eggs or sperm involved. Some people are wondering if the same tech might one day work with humans. (www.technologyreview.com)
New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars. (www.adac.de)
Rooftop solar is being adopted so quickly in South Africa it has eliminated the country's previous problem with blackouts from its main electricity grid.
Further Info from Wietze Post, a South African renewables provider....
Swiss researchers have developed a hair-thin sheet battery that can be charged in 1 minute, and they think can be scaled up to make batteries for phones and cars. (ethz.ch)
A new space start-up wants to try out a long talked about space tech - solar thermal propulsion (arstechnica.com)
Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials (phys.org)
DARPA unleashes 20-foot autonomous robo-tank with glowing green eyes (www.techspot.com)
Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years (www.theguardian.com)
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
US and other G7 countries to phase out coal by early 2030s (electrek.co)
South Korea plans 120 GW space solar project (pv-magazine-usa.com)
Cheap solar gives desalination its moment in the sun (www.ft.com)
Cheap solar gives desalination its moment in the sun...
Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO (www.techspot.com)
'Exciting' discovery of material that can store greenhouse gases faster than trees (news.sky.com)
