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South Yorkshire is set to host Britain’s first factory dedicated to building small modular reactors (SMRs), marking a significant boost for the region’s economy and the UK’s nuclear industry. Holtec, a privately owned nuclear company headquartered in Florida, has chosen South Yorkshire as its preferred location for the £1.5 billion facility after considering sites across the country, including in the West Midlands, Cumbria, and Teesside. The factory could create up to 3,000 high-tech jobs, manufacturing components for SMRs—a technology that could become central to the UK’s planned nuclear revival. Holtec is exploring several sites in the county, including areas around…

Ravi Coutinho took a picture of himself on May 22, 2023, hoping to mark the beginning of his recovery from alcohol use disorder. Webber Coutinho family hide caption toggle caption Webber Coutinho family For people with the most severe forms of mental illness, the problem of not being able to find treatment can be deadly. Ravi Coutinho tried very hard to find treatment for his depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorder. He met frustration at every turn as he tried to find mental health care providers who took his insurance, which seemed to have an adequate network. NPR’s Rhitu Chatterjee…

A NASA astronaut and two record-setting Russian cosmonauts are set to head back to Earth on Monday (Sept. 23), and you can watch their homecoming live.Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, with Tracy C. Dyson, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub aboard, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday at 4:37 a.m. EDT (0837 GMT) and land on the steppe of Kazakhstan about 3.5 hours later.You can watch all the action live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the space agency.NASA’s coverage will begin today (Sept. 22) at 10:15 a.m. EDT (1415 GMT), to show…

Computational reproducibility poses a significant challenge in scientific research across various fields, including psychology, economics, medicine, and computer science. Despite the fundamental importance of reproducing results using provided data and code, recent studies have exposed severe shortcomings in this area. Researchers face numerous obstacles when replicating studies, even when code and data are available. These challenges include unspecified software library versions, differences in machine architectures and operating systems, compatibility issues between old libraries and new hardware, and inherent result variances. The problem is so pervasive that papers are often found to be irreproducible despite the availability of reproduction materials. This…

The most common API actions called by attackers via compromised credentials earlier this year included InvokeModel, InvokeModelStream, Converse, and ConverseStream. However, attackers were also recently observed using PutFoundationModelEntitlement and PutUseCaseForModelAccess, which are used to enable models, along with ListFoundationModels and GetFoundationModelAvailability, in advance in order to detect which models an account has access to. This means that organizations that have deployed Bedrock but not activated certain models are not safe. The difference in cost between different models can be substantial. For example, for a Claude 2.x model usage the researchers calculated a potential cost of over $46,000 per day but…

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Cardano and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson expressed deep concern over the new DeFi platform venture of former President Donald Trump known as World Liberty Financial. Speaking in interviews, Hoskinson said the venture is likely to turn into a political flashpoint. This might add to the already delicate situation surrounding regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States. Through his comments, the executive expressed an emerging discomfort about seeing how politics is penetrating into the digital finance world from the top echelons of the industry. Trump: Political Polarization And Crypto The biggest fear Hoskinson has is political polarization due to Trump in…

Dear Ethereum explorers, Announcements are coming one after another as we get closer to Devcon. Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of a quadratic funding round for SEA communities by clr.fund! We see the excitement and grassroots energy in Southeast Asia growing and have witnessed the passion from local builders firsthand during our SEA tour in April. A special initiative: Quadratic funding for SEA communities 👏 Southeast Asian Ethereum communities are organizing a quadratic funding round together with clr.fund specifically for the region! The Devcon team is proud to support this initiative by contributing to the matching pool with…

Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs and the onchain frontierDear Bankless Nation,Yesterday, the first issue of the new ETH Investors Club (EIC) magazine went live digitally, with physical copies redeemable via NFTs on the way. The EIC effort is focused on spotlighting Ethereum’s current landscape through high-quality essays, and I’m honored that my piece, The Infinite Story Machine, was featured in the inaugural “Culture Corner” section. In this essay, I lay out my overarching view of Ethereum as a novel kind of cultural engine for storymaking. This concept largely informs how I approach the NFT landscape, so for today’s…

Ronin Network has announced the addition of seven new games to its platform, following the launch of its developer support program, Ronin Forge.This move aims to diversify the blockchain gaming offerings available on Ronin and attract a broader audience.The new titles span a variety of genres, including MMORPGs, battle royale shooters, and strategy games. Source: RoninWhat games are coming to Ronin?Each successful Ronin Forge applicant was awarded a $50,000 USD grant in $RON and access to build on the Ronin platformThese games introduce varied gameplay experiences and mechanics, contributing to the network’s goal of becoming a more comprehensive platform for…