• Mon, March 17, 2025

by: CNN

History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first "fully successful" commercial operation on the moon.

by: MyJoyOnline

Court receives amended charge sheet, autopsy report in KNUST murder case

The prosecution handling the murder case of Miss Joana Deladem Yabani has submitted an amended charge sheet and an autopsy report to the court, marking a key development in the ongoing trial.

by: GeekWire

Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

by: Variety

Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies 'Exploit' Copyrighted Works

More than 400 Hollywood creative leaders urged the Trump White House to not roll back copyright protections at the behest of AI companies.

by: GeekWire

Sen. Cantwell pushes for 'technology NATO' as one way to counter China rather than tariffs

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) speaks alongside National Foreign Trade Council President Demetrios Marantis at a Washington Council of International
  • Tue, March 18, 2025

by: Bisnow

Bay Area Life Sciences Conference

Bay Area life sciences conference will cover the factors behind stabilizing supply and demand for lab space, biotech growth, funding, tenant needs, flexible and sustainable lab spaces, and the growth of the Peninsula market.

by: cnbctv18

IIT Madras, ISRO launch Fluid And Thermal Science Research Centre

The centre will serve as a hub for research in heat transfer, cooling systems, and fluid dynamics, with ISRO scientists collaborating with IIT Madras faculty and researchers.

by: Gizmodo

Tesla's Self-Driving Fails the Wile E. Coyote Test

At the risk of spoiling the video for you, the Tesla leaves a cartoonishly large hole in the wall after Autopilot plows right through the thing at about 40 miles per hour.

by: CNN

Satellites powered by solid metal could one day use space junk for fuel

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat to fuel source.

by: Insider

31 of the top defense tech venture capitalists to know

A new wave of techno-optimist patriotism and rising geopolitical tensions are driving more venture capital investing to defense tech startups.

by: Sciencing

The Rare Shark Species That Will Outlive Us All

The mysterious Greenland shark has an unusually long lifespan, and scientists are beginning to think they finally know why.

by: Moneycontrol

Karnataka bets big on emerging tech: Bengaluru to host Quantum Summit

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has said Quantum Research Park Phase-2 will be set up with a grant of Rs 48 crore over the next three years in collaboration with IISc, Bengaluru

by: NDTV

IIT JAM Results 2025 To Be Out Soon, Check Details

Delhi will announce the Joint Admissions Test (JAM) 2025 results soon. Students who appeared in the IIT JAM exam will be able to check the results by visiting the official website, jam2025.iitd.ac.in,

by: KSTP

Stuck astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back to Earth

NASA's two stuck astronauts are finally on their way home after more than nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule early Tuesday,

by: onmanorama

Central University of Kerala gets first science-background Vice-Chancellor in Prof Siddu Algur

Prof Siddu Payappa Algur is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala (CUK), Kasaragod

by: Yahoo

400 Hollywood Creatives Push Back on OpenAI and Google's Calls to Train AI on Copywritten Material

Celebrities including Ron Howard, Cate Blanchett, Cynthia Erivo and Paul McCartney submitted a letter to a White House office stating "America's global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries.

by: Astronomy

Inside radioisotope generators, the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last for decades.

by: MSN

How circulation patterns of surface currents could help clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A study published in Ocean Science has analyzed surface currents as observed from satellites to identify regions that—due to their circulation patterns—attract objects drifting nearby into large garbage patches. "With this information, we can let the ...

by: Newsweek

Our Universe Was Born With 'Anti-Universe' Twin, Claims Physicist

Theoretical physicists James Hartle and Stephen Hawking, for example, proposed that rather than having a strict beginning as we would understand it, the universe evolved out of a "no-boundary" state in which time and space were intertwined.

by: TAG24

Hollywood stars urge Trump to protect film and TV from AI

Hundreds of Hollywood stars have urged Donald Trump's White House to protect film, TV, and music copyrights against big tech and artificial intelligence.

by: SciTechDaily

Physicists Bend Time Inside a Diamond, Creating a Brand-New Phase of Matter

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter known as "time crystals" and the even more advanced "time quasicrystals." Thes

by: pix11

Newark 16 and 17-year-olds prepare to vote in April school board election

A celebratory atmosphere inside the gym at Newark School of Data Science and Information Technology, as students ages 16 and 17 registered to vote in their school

by: NextBigFuture

Astronauts Return Safely on SpaceX Dragon

Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have returned on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

by: PCMag

Nvidia Teams Up With Harvard, MIT to Supercharge Quantum Computing With AI

A new Boston-based facility will bring together researchers and Nvidia's latest GB200 NVL72 rack-scale hardware to achieve 'accelerated quantum supercomputing.'

by: Wired

'It's a Heist': Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

by: 9NEWS

'Wake-up call': Planet sees hottest year since records began

The planet has seen its hottest year since records began 175 years age, experts say in a chilling warning. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says climate change has now reached "new heights" with "irreversible consequences".

by: Reuters

NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

by: CNET

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for March 19, #177

Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition offers some fun categories today.

by: NHK

Japan researchers help Thai fish farmers with new technology

Japanese researchers are helping develop ways of farming local marine species in Thailand, where invasive animals are damaging the ecosystem.

by: NextBigFuture

SpaceX Crew Dragon Returning With Stranded Astonauts

The SpaceX Crew Dragon has undocked from the Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have donned SpaceX spacesuits ahead of their return to Earth on board Dragon.

by: Newsweek

Mind and Machine: David Eagleman on What the Brain Can Teach Us About AI

Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.

by: Reuters

South Korea keen to avoid impact on US cooperation after 'sensitive' country designation

South Korea's acting president urged ministries on Monday to work with the U.S. to avoid any negative impact on science, technology and energy cooperation after the U.S. Department of Energy designated South Korea a 'sensitive' country.

by: CNET

The Weirdest New Smart Home Appliances You Can Actually Buy

Weird doesn't mean bad. Here are some of our favorite strange new smart home appliances you can actually buy right now.

by: Moneycontrol

IIT JAM Result 2025 out today @ jam2025.iitd.ac.in, direct link here

Delhi is scheduled to announce the results of the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2025 today, March 18, 2025.

by: cnbctv18

ISRO Kulasekarapattinam spaceport will see first SSLV launch in 2027

The state-of-the-art research Centre, housed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will focus on critical advancements in spacecraft and launch vehicle thermal management — a key area for India's expanding space ambitions.

by: Newsweek

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks passing the planet this week. The asteroid, known as "2025 DU25," will zip past at a distance of approximately 692,000 miles, according to NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

by: NextBigFuture

GTC March 2025 NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's GTC 2025 keynote describes AI advances and reaching $1 trillion per year for AI data centers.

by: NextBigFuture

NVIDIA Omniverse Provides Simulation and Optimization of AI Data Centers

Nvidia AI and simulation is used for faster and more profitable AI data centers.
  • Wed, March 19, 2025

by: AZoCleantech

Scottish Engineers' Vision is Making Wind Turbines More Profitable and Efficient

Edinburgh-based Reoptimize Systems, a pioneering spin-out from the University of Edinburgh, is transforming wind energy efficiency with groundbreaking technology.

by: YourStory

Building a scalable and sustainable age-tech business in India

As traditional family-based eldercare evolves, there is an urgent need for innovative age-tech solutions to redefine care for the elderly and improve their lives with respect to healthcare, mobility,

by: techUK

Meet the Innovators: Spencer Lamb, Chief Commercial Officer at Kao Data

Kao Data leads the industry, pioneering the development and operation of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing. With hyperscale-inspired facilities east and west of London, and northern England's largest data centre planned for Greater Manchester, they are home to technology's most demanding computing infrastructure.

by: SHINE

Going beyond textbooks to turn today's students into tomorrow's scientific pioneers

Early STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education should go beyond textbooks, encouraging young minds to observe, question and engage with the challenges of our times before diving into technical training. A student who sees a problem firsthand is far more likely to develop a passion for solving it.

by: AZOM

Simplifying Complex Macrocycle Production for Material Science Applications

Reviewed by Lexie CornerMar 19 2025 Researchers at the University of Vienna's Institute of Organic Chemistry have developed a new method for creating azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a family of complex ring-shaped molecules with significant potential in material science.

by: IFLScience

Dolphins Greet NASA Astronauts In Gulf Of Mexico As They Return From The ISS

Nevertheless, NASA will be relieved to have the two safely back on Earth, after a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned them just off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. The two were joined by Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague as they landed in the ocean at 5:57 pm EDT on Tuesday, March 18.

by: MLive

Trump power plant pollution rollbacks threaten Michiganders, advocates warn

Environmental advocates say loosening mercury pollution restrictions and requirements to slash carbon emissions at power plants amounts to a "denial of science" and will risk the health of communities.

by: Nature

The biggest machine in science: inside the fight to build the next giant particle collider

The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to its ruin.

by: Reuters

Euclid mission data release is step toward grand atlas of the cosmos

The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale structure in order to better understand the mysterious cosmic components dark energy and dark matter.

by: techUK

The UK and Japan - Building an Exemplar Bi-Lateral Tech Partnership

Through the UK Japan Tech Forum, convened by techUK and JEITA, the UK and Japanese tech sectors have come together to speak with one voice on the opportunities we see from closer cooperation.

Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies 'Exploit' Copyrighted Works

More than 400 Hollywood creative leaders urged the Trump White House to not roll back copyright protections at the behest of AI companies.
The article from Variety discusses Hollywood's growing concerns over the potential misuse of AI in exploiting copyrighted material. Industry leaders are urging former President Donald Trump to take action to prevent AI technologies from infringing on copyrights. The piece highlights how AI can replicate or manipulate content, potentially undermining the value of original works and the rights of creators. Hollywood executives and artists are calling for stronger legal protections and regulations to ensure that AI development respects intellectual property rights. This push comes amidst broader discussions on AI ethics, copyright law, and the future of creative industries in the face of advancing technology.

Read the Full Variety Article at:
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hollywood-urges-trump-block-ai-exploit-copyrights-1236339750/

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