March 11, 2024 – Science Glimpse

In ironic twist, Midjourney bans rival AI firm employees for scraping its image data

Midjourney pins blame for 24-hour outage on “bot-net like” activity from Stability AI employee. [[{“value”:” Enlarge / A burglar with a flashlight and papers in a business office—exactly like scraping files from Discord. (credit: Getty Images) On Wednesday, Midjourney banned all employees from image synthesis rival Stability AI from its service indefinitely after it detected …

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SpaceX gets E-band radio waves to boost Starlink broadband

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[[{“value”:”SpaceX has secured conditional approval to use extremely high-frequency E-band radio waves to improve the capacity of its low Earth orbit Starlink broadband constellation. The post SpaceX gets E-band radio waves to boost Starlink broadband appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]] [[{“value”:” SpaceX has secured conditional approval to use extremely high-frequency E-band radio waves to improve the …

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Dawn of the multi-orbit era

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[[{“value”:”Multi-orbit broadband is about to get an important test run, as terminals that can switch between satellites in LEO and geostationary orbit come online. The post Dawn of the multi-orbit era appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]] [[{“value”:” Multi-orbit broadband is about to get an important test run, as terminals that can switch between satellites in LEO …

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DoD unveils investment strategy for its Office of Strategic Capital

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[[{“value”:”The Pentagon is seeking $144 million for OSC, created to attract private investment for tech companies in sectors like space, AI and cybersecurity The post DoD unveils investment strategy for its Office of Strategic Capital appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]] [[{“value”:” The Pentagon is seeking $144 million for OSC, created to attract private investment for tech …

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Buy Before Build: SSC’s Commercial Space Office seeks to disrupt business as usual

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[[{“value”:”COMSO Senior Materiel Leader Col. Richard Kniseley and Deputy Director Jeremy Leader explain how the Space Systems Command seeks to make use of commercial space assets instead of developing systems in-house. The post Buy Before Build: SSC’s Commercial Space Office seeks to disrupt business as usual appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]] [[{“value”:” COMSO Senior Materiel Leader …

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Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers

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Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of users who refuse to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000. The bold mass extortion attempt comes just days after Incognito Market …

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SAIC scores $444 million contract to upgrade data systems at U.S. space launch sites

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[[{“value”:”The company won a five-year contract from the U.S. Space Force to update launch instrumentation at East and West ranges The post SAIC scores $444 million contract to upgrade data systems at U.S. space launch sites appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]] [[{“value”:” The company won a five-year contract from the U.S. Space Force to update launch …

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OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics

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As Altman cements power, OpenAI announces three new board members—and a returning one. [[{“value”:” Enlarge / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6, 2023, in San Francisco. (credit: Getty Images) On Friday afternoon Pacific Time, OpenAI announced the appointment of three new members to the company’s board of directors …

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Busy Tag workplace expression display device shows what’s going on throughout the day

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Make sure anyone who visits you at work knows how you feel when you have the Busy Tag workplace expression display device. This gadget adds fun and functionality to your workday. – Color display: The high-resolution 262K color display.. [[{“value”:” Make sure anyone who visits you at work knows how you feel when you …

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Final frontier or final countdown?

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[[{“value”:”The recent disclosure of intelligence indicating that Russia is perhaps developing a nuclear weapon to target satellites in space sent shock waves through Washington. While details remain scarce, the threat scenarios could be real causes for concern. The post Final frontier or final countdown? appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]] [[{“value”:” The recent disclosure of intelligence indicating …

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