TECH NEWS 10-NOVEMBER-2023

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                            10-NOVEMBER-2023

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Robot confuses man for a box of vegetables, pushes him to death in factory

In a tragic incident, a robotics company worker in South Korea was killed after a robot failed to differentiate him from the boxes of vegetables it was handling. The incident took place when the man, an employee in a robotics company and in his 40s, was carrying out the inspection of the robot. According to a report by the Korean news agency Yonhap, a man in his 40s was crushed to death by a robotic arm while inspecting it at a factory. The robotic arm. which was assigned to lift and place vegetable boxes on conveyor belts, apparently mistook the man for a box and grabbed him, pushing his body against the conveyor belt and crushing his face and chest. The man was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries. read more

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Elon Musk locked himself in his office after acquiring Twitter, worried employees thought of calling the cops

Elon Musk's Twitter (now called X) acquisition made a lot of headlines last year. The much-publicised deal was all that the tech world could talk about and shortly after Musk took charge of the micro-blogging website, he made various changes to the company. One of the changes that he made involved firing the company's then CEO Parag Agrawal along with other senior level employees. read more

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Al maps Antarctic icebergs in 0.01 seconds, 10000 times faster than humans

In a significant breakthrough, researchers from the University of Leeds have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can map large expanse of Antarctic icebergs in satellite images with remarkable speed and accuracy.
The lead author of the study. Anne Braakmann-Folgmann, conducted her research during her PhD tenure at the University of Leeds. She is currently working at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromso. read more

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How can students identify the careers that will be first replaced by Al?

Artificial intelligence stands poised to revolutionise various industries, from manufacturing to healthcare to finance, promising a vivid array of opportunities to supercharge efficiency, productivity, and innovation. Yet, like a double-edged sword, its boundless potential casts shadows of uncertainty, stoking apprehensions about the toll it may take on specific professions.

The spotlight shines brightly on artificial intelligence, with its potential to reshape the job market. However, the soaring penetration of Al among various sectors has also sparked concerns among budding professionals and students eager to know about the most vulnerable careers for technology. read more

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Webb telescope solves riddle of how planets form. It involves water vapour

Scientists have long been studying how planets in the universe form, what drives the complicated process over millions of year for a planetary body to take shape and using Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope they have unveiled the process of planet formation.
The team observed water vapour in protoplanetary disks, confirming a physical process involving the drifting of ice-coated solids from the outer regions of the disk into the rocky-planet zone. read more

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