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NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot

December 16, 2022
In the coming days, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to begin building the first sample depot on another world. This will mark a crucial milestone in the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign, which aims to bring Mars samples to Earth for closer study. The depot-building process starts when the rover drops one of its titanium sample tubes carrying a chalk-size core of…
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NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

December 16, 2022
A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)…
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Here’s what the Galaxy S23, S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra look like, as shown by dummy units

December 16, 2022
Samsung is expected to unveil its next flagship lineup, the Galaxy S23 series, in February. Ahead of the new year, though, a handful of dummy units offer a first look at what the Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra look like in person. Earlier this morning, images of the “dummy units” of the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra were posted to SlashLeaks by one of the site’s larger…
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Top AI startup news of the week

December 16, 2022
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Back in 2013, funding to companies using artificial intelligence (AI) was $3 billion, with fewer than 1,000 deals, according to Crunchbase. In 2021, AI startup funding peaked at $69 billion…
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Most iPhone City COVID restrictions end, including controversial point-to-point system

December 16, 2022
Foxconn has ended most iPhone City COVID restrictions, after the local government removed its Zhengzhou plant from a “high risk” classification. The Chinese government also finally appears to be ending the ultra-strict COVID Zero policy which was behind the restrictions. Of particular note, the iPhone assembler has ended its controversial point-to-point system, which was a significant source…
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Microsoft promises Call of Duty on PlayStation amid UK scrutiny

December 16, 2022
Connect with gaming and metaverse leaders online at GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 3 this February 1-2. Register here. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today it has completed the first part of its investigation into the Activision Blizzard-Microsoft acquisition. While the findings were inconclusive, Microsoft made a promise in response. It reassured players it…
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