Meta’s AI ‘personas’ might launch next month
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta could launch AI-powered “personas” in its services — which include Facebook and Instagram — as soon as next month, giving users a new…
Sabine Hossenfelder Predicts LK-99 Superconductor Failure and Fade into Obscurity
Sabine Hossenfelder predicted that the first superconducting replications will fail and then we will never hear of LK-99 and doped Larkanite superconductors again. The first replication failures is correct. However,…
India and China Superconductor Researchers Publish Negative LK-99 Replication Attempts on Arxiv
Arxiv – Semiconducting transport in Pb10-xCux(PO4)6O sintered from Pb2SO5 and Cu3P Li Liu, Ziang Meng, Xiaoning Wang, Hongyu Chen,Zhiyuan Duan, Xiaorong Zhou, Han Yan, Peixin Qin*, Zhiqi Liu* School of…
China National Lab Paper Gold Doping LK-99 Will Also Make Superconductors
China Arxiv – First-principles study on the electronic structure of Pb10−xCux(PO4)6O (x=0, 1) Junwen Lai,1, 2, ∗, Jiangxu Li,1, ∗ Peitao Liu,1, † Yan Sun,1, ‡ and Xing-Qiu Chen1 1Shenyang…
Lawrence Berkeley Lab Simulations Support Lk-99 Superconductor
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab simulated this using heavy-duty compute power from the Department of Energy, and looked to see what would happen to the ‘electronic structure’ of this material, meaning,…
Argonne National Lab LK-99 Superconductor Replication Status
If reports that Argonne National Lab has completed synthesis of LK-99, proposed room temperature superconductor from South Korean researchers, are correct then characterization information should be released in 1-3 days.…
SEC Told Coinbase to Delist Every Asset Except Bitcoin
The SEC told Coinbase “you need to delist every asset other than bitcoin. We believe every asset other than bitcoin is a security. JUST IN – The SEC told Coinbase…
Google will ‘supercharge’ Assistant with AI that’s more like ChatGPT and Bard
Illustration: The Verge Google is planning to update Assistant with features powered by generative AI, according to a report from Axios. In an email obtained by the outlet, Google tells…
Chevy’s Blazer EV starts shipping, and the electric SUV will cost buyers a little extra
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Chevy’s Blazer EV is now going to cost interested buyers quite a bit more. Customers who have ordered the all-wheel-drive RS trim of…
End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry
Enlarge / Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket rolls out of its hangar at Wallops Island, Virginia. Its two Russian engines are visible on the back of the first stage. (credit: NASA/Patrick…