COVID-19 lockdowns cut global fire activity by 12.3 percent.
How the world’s fires changed while humanity hit pause
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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Jensen Huang's resignation and the fallout from Nvidia's leadership crisis, follow Terrence O'Brien. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started On October […]
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AI DJs Completely Kill My Groove
YouTube Music and Spotify want synthetic hosts to curate your playlists. Their awkward banter and bogus song trivia are ruining the vibe.
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This AI Tamagotchi Turns Everyday Objects Into Needy Virtual Pets
A Carnegie Mellon student’s tiny E Ink gadgets, called OATs, give houseplants, skateboards, and dumbbells expressive personalities to nudge you toward better habits.
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SpaceX returned its Starship rocket on Saturday—but there's a catch
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Where was Nvidia’s security team?
Nvidia’s security chief quietly left in August, and now that CEO Jensen Huang has stepped down over his relationships, including one with an executive at a company suspected of funneling chips to China, a former intelligence officer says it’s the kind of leak that runs everyday conversations, which most corporate security teams are poorly equipped to catch.
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Watch SpaceX successfully execute the first ‘chopstick’ catch of Starship
After aborting a planned catch of Starship Flight 15's booster, SpaceX successfully captured Starship with its "Mechazilla" launch and catch tower for the first time. The company has performed 'chopstick' catches of its boosters before, but this is the first time the maneuver has successfully been executed on the Starship vehicle itself. SpaceX CEO Elon […]