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Are data caps really necessary in 2024? Thats the question the Federal Communications Commission is asking in aformal inquirythat opened this month. Yes, data caps are still a thing Data caps have become rarer in recent years. However, some notable providers still charge fees or throttle your speeds when you exceed your monthly data allowance. Some of this has already been happening. In a dissenting statement, Republican commissioner Brendan Carr strongly pushed back on the inquirys legality....

Should we treat AI with the same respect we give to people? A recentTalker Research surveysuggests that nearly half of Americans think we should. 39 percent even think that our past behavior toward these technologies could be remembered or used against us someday. Coneyl Jay / The Image Bank / Getty Images Its not just a matter of habit68 percent of polite users say, “Its just my way.” But not everyone agrees....

Topping the Specops rankings is Georgia Tech, followed by Kansas and Florida. Each of those schools showed up more than 5 million times. (On the gridiron, only Florida is currently ranked in theAP Top 25 football poll). The team mascots most frequently mentioned were the Utah Utes, Florida Gators and New Mexico Lobos. It’s worth mentioning that the researchers excluded nicknames used either by multiple schools or by professional sports teams....

Google wouldn’t exist without publishers filling up its search results. WhenChatGPTbecame available to the public in late 2022, it caught the tech industry off-guard. Since then, Google, Microsoft and Meta haveinvested billions in AI. For many sites, a majority of their traffic comes from Google Search. Even subscription-driven sites still have to optimize content for Google. This is all while Google continues to hitrecord profitsandstock valuationsas the media industry reels frombrutal layoffsamid anuncertain advertising market....

In November, Pew Research found that16% of Americanssay they have bought or traded cryptocurrency. As more Americans invest in crypto assets, reporting cryptocurrency on income taxes has become a greater concern.

Apple is one of a handful of companies that has achieved true, lasting dominance in the tech world. It’s become a fixture of 21st century life and even a tech superpower. Getting to the top is one thing, staying there is another. Apple’s proven adept at that, dating back at least to the launch of theiPhone17 years ago. But now Apple’s having a bit of a moment, and not the kind it might wish for....

The ashes of late actress Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek TV series, will be launched into space later this year. Celestis, a private company that conducts memorial spaceflights, said Friday it will carry her cremated remains about 186 million miles into space, beyond NASA’sJames Webb Space Telescope, aboard a Vulcan Centaur rocket. “We are truly honored to add a legendary actress, activist, and educator to the Enterprise Flight manifest,” Celestis CEO Charles M....

Here are 10 sites you’ll want to check out to get your questions answered. Quora Upvoting and downvoting filters for better quality questions and answers. Questions and responses kept together for easier reading. ​ Can follow questions and keep up with additional responses. Anyone can answer questions, regardless of expertise. Answers can be of questionable accuracy. ​ A social-like site open to abuse by bots and provocateurs. Yahoo Answers A venerable and popular answer site....

Astra is a new commercial rocket company with quite a pedigreeof formerNASAandSpaceXpros behind it. On Thursday, Astra attempted its first operational satellite launch, but it didn’t quite go as planned. The payload wasn’t successfully deployed into orbit. NASA had four CubeSats – small research satellites – on board.NASASpaceflight carried a live feedof the event. The video appeared to show the vehicle spinning or tumbling several minutes after launch. “We are deeply sorry to our customers NASA and the small satellite teams....

The space agency isworking on a systemthat will allow astronauts to do their jobs using aChatGPT-like interface. The cold, unforgiving vacuum is not a place for the errors thatAI is known for, however. ChatGPT in Space NASA is reportedly devising anAI chat systemfor Lunar Gateway, a proposed space station. Astronaut using artificial intelligence.Westend61 / Getty Images The system could use AI to detect and fix problems and to chat with astronauts....

That’s not science journalist hyperbole, by the way. Astronomers dub these systems cataclysmic variables, and it’s an apt name. The pair, which reside around 3,000 light-years from the Earth, has been tagged ZTF J1813+4251. The ZTF catalog allows astronomers to look for rapid changes in brightness from stars. That’s how the researchers found this peculiar pair. “This is a special system,” said Kevin Burdge, an astrophysicist at MIT. He notes that it’s “one of the most beautifully behaved cataclysmic variables known....

Do you need that in a sentence? Sure, I can help. “A magnetorotational hypernova may be to blame for the mysterious chemical composition of star SMSS J200322.54-114203.3.” In the very early years of the universe, some 13 billion years ago, there was a star. It was also spinning rapidly and had a very strong magnetic field. As it began to run out of fuel, its time as a star came to an end....

Astronomers have detected smaller black holes andlarger black holesfor decades. But there’s a big question left unanswered: Where are all the medium-size black holes? The missing link between the smaller and larger black holes has long eluded scientists. Buta studypublished Wednesday in the Astrophysical Journal may have discovered where these intermediate black holes live. In the past, astronomers had theorized the existence of medium-size black holes. But the problem was how to find them....