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SpaceX may launch Starlink in the Philippines in December

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SpaceX may launch Starlink in the Philippines in December to deliver WiFi to the underserved community. In May, we reported that SpaceX’s Starlink had been approved in the Philippines as a Value-Added Service (VAS) provider. ” If SpaceX is ready then the Philippines should be ready also.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

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All the parts of our computing systems today are benchmarked—that is, compared to similar components in a controlled way, with quantitative score assessments. Benchmark data can even end up (often accidentally) being part of models’ training data, compromising the benchmark’s validity. These benchmarks help drive innovation.

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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Musser created the more affordable desktop model shown at top for the Seattle World’s Fair. Two years later, the Philippines’ Atomic Energy Commission contributed a siderite, a nickel-iron meteorite. Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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A look at the current political climate in countries such as the United States and the Philippines would show this. And for the most part, this is okay, especially if members of certain tribes are willing to coexist with the other. It is then no surprise that tribalism is prevalent everywhere. Sustainable/electric cars are the future!!

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