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META IS ENDING ITS FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM IN FAVOR OF A 'COMMUNITY
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Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a series of major changes to
the company's moderation practices due to a shifting political and
social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. The fact
checking program will be replaced with a community-driven system.
Content moderation policies that reduced the amount of political
content in user feeds will be undone. The election was a major
influence on Meta's decision - Zuckerberg has criticized governments
and legacy media for pushing more and more censorship.
CES 2025: THE 12 MOST IMPRESSIVE PRODUCTS SO FAR (9 MINUTE READ) [6]
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest week in tech each
year. This year has so far seen announcements from Samsung, Abbott,
and Dell, as well as some new and innovative brands with cool
concepts. This article contains a list of the most impressive tech so
far, which includes AI-integrated TVs, over the counter continuous
glucose monitors, a device that can fully charge a phone in seconds,
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reactors underground. The depth will act as a substitute for the tons
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plans to lower its reactors on cables down a 30-inch, one-mile-deep
borehole. Any maintenance will require hauling the reactor to the
surface, which would take about an hour or two. Deep Fission is
targeting between five to seven cents per kilowatt-hour, half of what
new nuclear power costs today in the US. It has yet to receive a
license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
BLUE GHOST LUNAR LANDER SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON JANUARY 15TH (2 MINUTE
READ) [8]
The last lander to successfully reach the surface of the Moon's
cratered Mare Crisium region was the Soviet Luna 24 probe in August
1976. SpaceX is preparing to launch two landers there on January 15.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lander will carry 10 NASA payloads to
the surface. It will collect data using tools designed to measure
various particulate compositions, thermal properties, and the
electromagnetic activity of both the Moon and the Earth. The other
lander, Resilience, is from Japanese spacecraft firm iSpace.
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There are three parts to Google's new Home APIs on Android: the
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and control both cloud-connected and Matter devices across Google Home connected devices, the Commissioning API simplifies device setup, and
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manage home automations directly in apps. All developers can now
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months.
AGENTS (59 MINUTE READ) [11]
Intelligent agents are considered by many to be the ultimate goal of
AI. AI has made it possible to develop intelligent autonomous agents
to act as assistants, co-workers, and coaches. The potential economic
value of these agents is enormous. This article provides an overview
of agents and the aspects that determine the capabilities of an agent
and discusses how to evaluate agents to catch failures. AI-powered
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market. A good way to do this is to find a moat. This article attempts
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the age of AI. It splits them into dead moats, short-term moats,
strong moats, and uncertain moats. Businesses should evaluate their
moats, use and learn about AI, systematize, move quickly, make strong decisions, and work on their ability to predict the future.
SILICON VALLEY IS SO DOMINANT AGAIN, ITS STARTUPS DEVOURED OVER HALF
OF ALL GLOBAL VC FUNDING IN 2024 (2 MINUTE READ) [13]
Data repeatedly shows that the San Francisco Bay Area is still the
best place for venture-backed startups. Startups in the area received
$90 billion of VC investment in 2024, 57% of the global venture
funding spent last year. The area has a high density of everything,
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NVIDIA CEO SAYS HIS AI CHIPS ARE IMPROVING FASTER THAN MOORE'S LAW (5
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Moore's Law predicted that the number of transistors on computer
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