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February 11, 2023
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CNET

7 Ways Microsoft Uses AI to Make You Actually Care About Bing

It isn’t just ChatGPT on the Bing website. Microsoft blends OpenAI’s language technology with its own Bing search engine. Stephen Shankland headshot.

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WIRED

News Publishers Are Wary of the Bing Chatbot’s Media Diet

Two years ago, Microsoft president Brad Smith told a US congressional hearing that tech companies like his own had not been sufficiently paying media companies for the news content that helps fuel search engines like Bing and Google.

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Space.com

Relive SpaceX Starship’s epic 31-engine burn with these photos

Dramatic new photos commemorate a milestone moment on SpaceX’s planned journey to Mars. SpaceX plans to help humanity get a foothold on the Red Planet with its next-generation Starship vehicle, which consists of a giant first-stage booster called Super …

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NPR

Review: ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ is open world magic, but can’t escape Rowling controversy

Harry Potter may be to millennials what Star Wars was for Gen X: a surprise hit that sparked a generation-defining phenomenon. But unlike that tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Wizarding World hasn’t boasted prolific video game …

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Nintendo

Get ready for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

*Paid Nintendo Switch Online membership required at the time of purchase and redemption of a Nintendo Switch Game Voucher. The Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers must be redeemed within 12 months from purchase date, have no cash value and cannot be transferred, …

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Nextgov

NASA Uses AI to Design Mission Hardware

Defined by a human designer, and filled in by an artificial intelligence program, this scaffold was milled from a solid block of aluminum and features connections for mirrors and instruments as well as pathways preserved for laser light and human hands …

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CNET

How AI Will Make Bing Something You Actually Care About

It isn’t just ChatGPT under a Bing logo. Microsoft blends OpenAI’s language technology with its own Bing search engine. Stephen Shankland headshot.

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SpaceNews

Blue Origin wins first NASA business for New Glenn

Updated 2:20 p.m. with contract value. WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has won its first NASA award for its New Glenn rocket, with the agency selecting the large rocket to launch a pair of Martian smallsats. NASA announced Feb. 9 it selected New Glenn for the …

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UNC Research

A Crystal Ball for Chemistry

A few years ago, UNC-Chapel Hill chemist Scott Warren and his lab began working with Honda, Caltech, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop a better battery — one powered by fluoride instead of lithium.

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Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

Shakopee BBQ restaurant Mr. Pig Stuff closes, plans new location as it keeps on catering

Shakopee-based Mr. Pig Stuff has closed its location at 1561 1st Avenue after 13 years of business. The family-owned BBQ restaurant and caterer said they hope to move in the next year after a new location is constructed.

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