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Trump Develops ‘Detailed’ Plan On Achieving Ukraine Peace: Telegraph

Trump Develops ‘Detailed’ Plan On Achieving Ukraine Peace: Telegraph

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Trump has long touted on the campaign trail that he can stop the Ukraine war in 24 hours while taking shots a Biden’s inability to oversee a negotiation that would ultimately end the war. The Daily Telegraph is now reporting, citing an unnamed source who is said to be close to the former president and current GOP frontrunner going into the November election, that Trump has developed a detailed plan for achieving Ukraine peace. AFP via Getty Images “There is a plan, but he’s not going to debate it with cable news networks because then you lose all leverage,” the source said. Below is the section of the Friday Telegraph report which previews the plan:  A source close to the Trump campaign has told The Telegraph that a detailed Ukraine-Russia peace plan has been drawn up but will not yet be disclosed in any detail before his in an effort to maintain leverage. Mr Trump will style himself as the only candidate who can end the war, with a simple “bumper-sticker” slogan, they said. “He wants to …

Sex differences don’t disappear as a country’s equality develops – sometimes they become stronger

Sex differences don’t disappear as a country’s equality develops – sometimes they become stronger

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The more gender equal a society is, the more similar men and women will be, adopting more similar interests, personality traits and behavioural patterns. Or so many people seem to believe. Statements like this might sound like truisms, but science shows reality may be more complicated. Several studies have found that some psychological sex differences, such as those in personality, are larger in more gender-equal countries. The same goes for countries that are more educated, prosperous and otherwise have better living conditions. This has become known as the gender-equality paradox. Until recently, it was unclear how widespread this pattern might be. My team, which included research assistant Kare Hedebrant, tried to address that in a recently published study, where we investigated which psychological sex differences are associated with living conditions and, if so, how. The study covered a range of themes, from personality and cognitive functions to sexting and circadian rhythm. Our study focused on mostly western countries but used some data from other countries such as India and Kenya. We reviewed 54 articles that …

Manufacturing giant develops revolutionary system to detect counterfeit art | Art theft

Manufacturing giant develops revolutionary system to detect counterfeit art | Art theft

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Revolutionary technology invented to identify counterfeit spare parts in the car and aerospace industries has now been adapted to detect counterfeit works of art. The developers of the “optical recognition system” claim they have created “tamper-proof digital fingerprints” of paintings and sculptures that could, for example, enable museums to spot – within seconds – whether an original work has been swapped with a fake. A German museum recently fell victim to such crime. An employee replaced three paintings with fakes, selling the originals to treat himself to a Rolls-Royce and other luxuries. The technology, called Origify, was developed by Bosch in 2017 to stop the trade in fake spare parts for cars and planes. The German manufacturing company is the biggest supplier for the car industry. Until developing Origify, it had struggled to combat counterfeiting and other fraud in manufacturing and the replacement parts market where, with unregulated networks of dealers and repair shops, it is easier for counterfeiters to bring in illegal products. Such counterfeit parts include exhaust sensors that are too small to …

Harvard develops a solid state battery that charges in minutes

Harvard develops a solid state battery that charges in minutes

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Researchers at Harvard University have developed a new solid state battery that can be recharged in 10 minutes. Harvard’s latest solid-state battery breakthrough The lithium metal battery researchers developed at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) can also be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times — more than any other pouch battery cell. The research published in Nature Materials describes a new way to make solid-state batteries with a lithium metal anode. Xin Li, Associate Professor of Materials Science at SEAS and senior author of the paper, said: Lithium metal anode batteries are considered the holy grail of batteries because they have ten times the capacity of commercial graphite anodes and could drastically increase the driving distance of electric vehicles. Our research is an important step toward more practical solid-state batteries for industrial and commercial applications. One of the biggest challenges in designing solid-state batteries is the formation of dendrites on the surface of the anode. Dendrites are projections of metal that can build up on the lithium surface …

Thread, which develops a platform to autonomously inspect utility assets, raises M

Thread, which develops a platform to autonomously inspect utility assets, raises $15M

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Thread (not to be confused with Threads), a startup developing a robotics platform to collect inspection data for utilities, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Badlands Capital with participation from Minnkota Power Cooperative, Generational Partners, Rosecliff Ventures, Excell Partners, Homegrown Capital and Kevin O’Leary’s Wonder Fund North Dakota. Joshua Riedy co-founded Thread several years ago with Jim Higgins, an aviator, and Travis Desell, a computer scientist. The three met at the University of North Dakota while creating software for FedEx, and — building on that experience — decided to refocus their efforts on digitizing and modernizing energy assets, like wind turbines. Riedy, Higgins and Dessell began working with Xcel Energy, a regional investor-owned utility, on its digital transformation efforts. After securing initial funding from Microsoft’s TechSpark program, the trio launched Thread — which they claim is only second North Dakota company to reach a Series A round. “The pandemic disrupted supply chains and highlighted the industry’s dependence on third-party service providers to inspect and monitor their …

CertifID, which develops products to prevent wire fraud, raises M

CertifID, which develops products to prevent wire fraud, raises $20M

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CertifID, a startup developing fraud prevention tech for the real estate market, today announced that it raised $20 million in a funding round led by Arthur Ventures at “over double” its previous valuation. CertifID primarily develops products to fight wire fraud. The startup’s co-founder, Thomas Cronkright, launched the company in 2017 after losing $180,000 to fraud at his real estate title agency in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Typically, in wire fraud involving real estate transactions, criminals find information about upcoming real estate closings by hacking into email accounts — often potential homeowners. Posing as legitimate reps of financial institutions, they email homebuyers fraudulent wire transfer instructions. More than 13,000 people were victims of wire fraud in the real estate and rental sector in 2020, with losses of more than $213 million — an increase of 380% since 2017, according to FBI data. Cronkright later teamed up with Tyler Adams, a former lead product manager at BCG’s corporate investment and incubation division, to build a platform to protect home buyers, home sellers and real estate businesses from …

MIT develops a motion and task planning system for home robots

MIT develops a motion and task planning system for home robots

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Why aren’t there more robots in homes? This a surprising complex question — and our homes are surprisingly complex places. A big part of the reason autonomous systems are thriving on warehouse and factory floors first is the relative ease of navigating a structured environment. Sure, most systems still require a space be mapped prior to getting to work, but once that’s in place there tends to be little in the way of variation. Homes, on the other hand, are kind of a nightmare. Not only do they vary dramatically from unit to unit, they’re full of unfriendly obstacles and tend to be fairly dynamic, as furniture is moved around or things are left on the floor. Vacuums are the most prevalent robots in the home, and they’re still being refined after decades on the market. This week, researchers at MIT CSAIL are showcasing PIGINet (Plans, Images, Goal, and Initial facts), which is designed to bring task and motion planning to home robotic systems. The neural network is designed to help streamline their ability to …

Krablr develops generative AI language to boost crab yields

Krablr develops generative AI language to boost crab yields

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Krablr, the real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen, has announced yet another pivot in its business model. Following a successful transition from crab pricing to crab futures trading, the company is now setting its sights on a new, cutting-edge technology: generative AI. Krablr’s latest pivot is focused on developing a new language in which the company can communicate with crabs in order to convince them to breed more and increase yields. The company plans to use generative AI to develop a new language that will be optimized for communication with crustaceans. According to Krablr’s CEO, the company’s latest pivot is a response to the growing demand for sustainable and environmentally-friendly fishing practices. “We believe that by communicating with crabs in their own language, we can work with them to increase their populations and ensure the long-term sustainability of our industry,” he said. Crabs haggle over yields in the Krablr boardroom: A scene from the competitive world of crustacean procreation Krablr’s new generative AI language is still in development, but early tests have been promising. …