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NASA has put out a call for applicants to participate in its next simulated one-year Mars surface mission to help inform the space agency’s plans for human exploration of the Red Planet. The second installment of the three anticipated ground-based missions, known as the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA 2), is set to commence in the spring of 2025.
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A passenger has won a civil case against Air Canada in a legal row over the validity of an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s advice.
Whilst mourning the death of his grandmother, Jake Moffatt took to the travel company’s chatbot to plead his case about a refunded flight on the grounds of the air carrier’s bereavement policy.
Air Canada however, had stated that Mr Moffatt did not follow the “...
Apple could be set to face a massive fine of around $539 million (€500m) from the European Union over alleged breaches of its competition laws.
As reported by the Financial Times, the issue stems from an antitrust complaint filed by Spotify in 2019, relating to Apple’s anti-competitive App Store functions which hindered third-party music streaming services on its devices.
The App Store rules, at...
One of the best co-op shooters of all time, Deep Rock Galactic is riding high at the moment. With the spin-off Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launched last week in Early Access and currently, according to data at SteamDB, is the number one Trending game and the current number one on the Popular Releases chart, miles ahead of the Tomb Raider remasters on the list in a distant second, the team at...
Although nothing had ever been confirmed, there had been enough rumors flying around that the Nintendo Switch 2 was to be released in time for the holidays this year, with a potential announcement as early as next month.
On Friday, stories began to circulate that Nintendo was now telling its key developers that the hardware would be pushed back until Q1 next year. The reason suggested is not...
The Federal Trade Commission has approved a regulation prohibiting impersonating a government agency or commercial entity, and it is pursuing action against the use of artificial intelligence in impersonation fraud schemes.
The rule, which the commission finalized on Thursday, gives the FTC more powerful instruments to fight impersonation schemes. With the new rule, the Federal Trade Commission (...
As the fight against deepfakes heats up, one company is helping us fight back. Hugging Face, a company that hosts AI projects and machine learning tools has developed a range of “state of the art technology” to combat “the rise of AI-generated ‘fake’ human content” like deepfakes and voice scams.
This range of technology includes a collection of tools labeled ‘Provenance, Watermarking and...
A huge lawsuit against Meta, the owners of Facebook, has been given the go-ahead by a judge in a case estimated to be worth up to £3bn.
The case, which claims “Facebook has struck an unfair bargain with its users,” is being brought by Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen on behalf of 45 million Facebook users. She first tried to sue Meta in 2023 but was unsuccessful.
Upon revision, however, the new claim was...
In a huge review of its 2023 achievements and progress, the Epic Games Store has also laid out plans for what new things players can expect from the digital storefront this year. Breaking down its success stories from last year, EGS said it had a total of 270M+ PC customers with a total spend of $950 million.
A big part of Epic Games Store’s draw is the weekly free games it gives away simply for...
Launching to coincide with the NBA All-Star Weekend comes NBA Infinite on iOS and Android devices tomorrow (17th of February).
The officially licensed mobile sports game is a real-time PvP basketball game that will let you play 3v3, 1v1 duels, or even 5v5 modes, and it has a huge 4 million plus pre-registrations.
Getting the sign-off from the NBA is fundamental to that number, who by signing up...