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Interlune wants to start digging for helium-3 by 2030
short by Editor InceptiveMind / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Interlune aims to become the first private company to mine the moon's natural resources and sell them back on Earth. Interlune will initially focus on helium-3 - a helium isotope - which is extremely scarce on Earth but abundant on the Moon. The plan is to have a pilot plant on the moon by 2028 and begin operations by 2030.
read more at Inceptive Mind
Coffee chain Third Wave to get new CEO
short by Aditi / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Third Wave Coffee appoints Rajat Luthra, former head of KFC India and Nepal, as CEO, effective April 3. Founder Sushant Goel will undergo a nine-month handover period before transitioning to a board member role. The move follows a $35 million funding round in September led by private equity firm Creaegis and existing investor WestBridge Capital.
read more at thearcweb.com
AI says it mistyped, doesn’t accept it gave wrong answer: Gates
short by Ashley Paul / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Billionaire Bill Gates said AI doesn't accept that it was wrong and instead says it "mistyped" if it makes an error in Sudoku. "You've to do a lot of recursive reasoning [in Sudoku] and [AI] doesn't know to take extra time," Gates said. "[AI] is so apologetic and it says it'll try again but...it gets it wrong again," he added.
read more at Hindustan Times
IAE tests V2500 engine on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel
short by Editor InceptiveMind / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
IAE AG has successfully tested the V2500 engine with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The V2500 engine currently powers the A320ceo family aircraft and the Embraer C-390 Millenium. "This test with 100% SAF demonstrates that V2500 engines can continue contributing towards making aviation more sustainable in the decades ahead," said Kim Kinsley, president of IAE AG.
read more at Inceptive Mind
Google blocks man's email for uploading nude childhood pic on Drive, gets HC notice
short by Hiral / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Gujarat High Court issued a notice to Google India for blocking a man's email account for uploading a nude childhood picture on Google Drive. The man had uploaded photos on Drive, including a picture of him being bathed by his grandmother as a toddler. Google said this amounts to "explicit child abuse" and blocked everything, he said in his plea.
read more at PTI
Chinese firm EHang begins sale of ₹3-crore flying taxis: Report
short by Debaroti Adhikary / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle maker EHang has started selling its EH216-S model flying passenger taxi on online platform Taobao for 2.39 million yuan (around ₹3 crore), Reuters reported. This comes after the unmanned passenger copter, which can carry two passengers, gained safety approval certification from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in October 2023.
read more at Reuters
Instagram hacks: the new crypto con
short by Rupesh / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Instagram account hacks are surging, with victims losing access within moments. Hackers, using schemes from crypto frauds to facial recognition, now offer "recovery" services exploiting victims further. Experts warn against sharing OTPs & stress the importance of two-factor authentication. The recovery process is fraught, with official support slow & hackers demanding payment for dubious services.
read more at boomlive.in
Airtel offering 1000GB data free OTT channels and TV
short by Pravesh Maurya / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Airtel has launched two new wireless broadband plans to compete with Jio which also includes free OTT, TV channels and many other free services. Airtel has launched two new wireless broadband plans to compete with Jio. This 1000 GB date plan comes with free OTT, TV channels. The new plans come in Rs 699 and Rs 999.
read more at Informal Newz
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft sent readable message to Earth
short by Editor InceptiveMind / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
NASA engineers are a step closer to solving the communication problem that left Voyager 1 spacecraft unable to send usable data back to Earth. On March 3, the team detected activity from one section of the FDS that was different from the rest of the computer's garbled data stream. The new signal contains a readout of the entire FDS memory.
read more at Inceptive Mind
After Dot-com failed, we had 16 months of money left: Bikhchandani
short by Debaroti Adhikary / on Monday, 18 March, 2024
Speaking about the early days of Info Edge, Co-founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani said they were struggling after 9/11 attacks and failure of Dot-com in early 2000s. "We had about 16 months of money left," he said at the Startup Mahakumbh 2024. He added that they started implementing whichever customers' feedback "made sense" and that is how Naukri.com took off.
read more at ET Now
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