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Technology
US Government Sues Apple for Manipulating Market
In a shocking move, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), backed by a total of 16 US state district attorneys along with the District of Columbia, filed on Thursday an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Apple.
This unprecedented –for Apple...
Technology
Elon Musk Releases Grok: Should We Cheer or Should we Fear?
In a groundbreaking move on Sunday night, Elon Musk's AI startup xAI released its brand-new, cutting-edge chatbot, Grok, as an open-source project. This resulted in a lot of excitement but equally drew a lot of criticism.
The development, which was...
Technology
World’s Largest Computer Chip Can Power Supercomputer 8 Times Faster
Researchers have developed the largest computer chip ever made. It's packed with 4 trillion tiny switches called transistors. The creators of this chip say it's destined to run an incredibly strong artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer in the future.
The new...
Ancient Greece
The Cosmos of Ancient Greece’s Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics and especially geometry.
By Evaggelos Vallianatos
The second century BC was a time of the golden age of Greek science, and civilization centered in the kingdoms of the empire of Alexander...
Technology
World’s First PC Rediscovered by Accident in UK House Clearance
House clearers in the UK made a rediscovery of two Q1 microcomputers, believed to be the world's first single-microchip PCs. This finding adds to the world's count of surviving units, now totaling three.
Brendan O'Shea, the founder of Just Clear,...
Environment
Never-Before-Seen Ore With a Rare Earth Element Discovered
Chinese researchers have recently discovered a new ore called niobobaotite in the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou, which contains the rare earth element niobium. This is a significant advancement in materials science and mining considering niobium is highly valued...
Greek news
Sophia, the First Robot With a Passport Comes to Greece
Sophia, one of the world's most advanced humanoid robots, whose name means 'wisdom' in Greek, is set to visit the Greek city of Nafpaktos to attend a panel titled artificial intelligence and ethics.
In October 2017, Sophia was granted Saudi...
Europe
AI Machine Cannot Be Called an Inventor, UK Court Rules
In an important decision, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has declared that a machine cannot be credited as the inventor of new products or ideas in a patent. This ruling addresses the important question of who, or...
Technology
Google to Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4
Starting January 4th, Google will block cookies for about thirty million Chrome users, which is one percent of the total users. This move is part of their Privacy Sandbox project, which aims to replace cookies with a better system...
Ancient Greece
The Best Video Games That Take You Straight to Ancient Greece
Over the last several years, video game companies have been using Ancient Greece as a backdrop at a spectacularly fast pace.