Think your energy bills are high when winter is at its coldest or summer is at its hottest? A key way to make heating less energy intensive and reduce fossil fuel emissions? Develop technologies that can heat large buildings more efficiently, like heat pumps. That’s the focus of anaccelerator programannounced Wednesday by the Department of Energy. Why heat pumps matter Residential heat pumps are a big deal, and they keep getting bigger....

The use ofpsychedelics to treatmental health disorders is expanding in popularity. It comes in different forms:esketmaine and racemic ketamine. The first esketamine treatment for depression wasapproved by the US Food and Drug Aministrationin 2019 as a nasal spray. A month of the Freedom hybrid program usually costs $299. Individual consultations for the program are on a first-come, first-served basis. Those interested will need tofill out an assessment to see if they qualifyand answer some questions about medical history....

Leslie Wu reading “Say 23”. When one thinks of poetry, perhaps Neruda, or Eliot, orShane Koyczancomes to mind. It has hosted its first annualCode Poetry Slam, a competition to turn computer code into poetry. Wearing Google Glass, she wrote her code projected onto a screen while speaking each word out loud. Kagen described code poetry as: A lot of different things depending on whom you ask. Poems that are readable to humans and readable to computers perform a kind of cyborg double coding....

Another ChatGPT metaphor involved kitchen appliances. Microsoft pledged toimprove performance. Cerf said he was surprised to learn that ChatGPT could fabricate bogus information from a factual foundation. “I asked it, ‘Write me a biography of Vint Cerf.’ It got a bunch of things wrong,” Cerf said. “We are a long way away from the self-awareness we want.” “ChatGPT sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers. Fixing this issue is challenging,” the AI research lab said when it launched ChatGPT in November....

Everything was going great following the probe’slaunch on June 28 atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster. But then it just stopped talking to Earth. On Wednesday, Advanced announced on Twitter that it was once again communicating with the Capstone ship. “The spacecraft is looking happy and healthy,” Advanced said. Anearlier update from Advanced Spacesimply said “an anomaly was experienced related to the communication subsystem.” However, the agency noted at the time that its first trajectory correction maneuver has been delayed....

No cause of death has been announced, but cardiac arrest is suspected, Posey told TMZ. The song hit No. More recently he appeared in reality shows such as Cookin' With Coolio and Coolio’s Rules. He also provided the theme song for the hit show Kenan & Kel. Holly Shit!!! I was just talking to him 2 weeks ago! He was performing in Europe… This is so Fd up…https://t.co/gFWO6FDKUQ This is sad news....

“The approved texts are a compromise,” Guterres said ina statement. But the COP26 agreement has no enforcement mechanism and only urges countries to act. And it promises moremoney to small and developing countries for mitigation and adaptation. “It’s a good deal for the world,“US climate envoy John Kerrytold The AssociatedPress. “It’s got a few problems, but it’s all in all a very good deal.” Others weren’t so sure. Climate activist Greta Thunbergdismissed the agreement as more of the same old talk without real action....

It’ll works across multiple devices and can understand context on the web, PC and across apps. ChatGPT also allows the ability to create custom GPTs andopened its GPT Store earlier this month. Microsoft says Copilot Pro will soon come to mobile. (New laptops we saw at CEShad a specialCopilot key built in.) Copilot Pro comes closer to Microsoft’s vision of what an AI-integrated Windows should look like. Microsoft iscurrently the most valuable company in the world, overtaking Apple last week....

The younger Kent will kiss friend and hacktivist Jay Nakamura in the No. 5 issue, out Nov. 9. But some readers' reactions have been anything but supportive. DC didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. TMZ also said the situation has since calmed down. Today, Superman, the strongest superhero on the planet, comes out as bisexual." Thecomicsindustry hasn’t exactly been known for its representation of male characters who aren’t straight....

Small modular reactors could be the answer to years of decline in the nuclear power industry. An SMR is generally defined as an advanced reactor that produces up to 300 megawatts per module. NuScale Power is the first company to receive design approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Its modules are 76 feet tall and 15 feet in diameter, and can generate 77 megawatts of electricity. Power generation from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas has contributed significantly to human-inducedclimate change....

In the same bill, Congress put $42.5 billion toward expanding internet infrastructure in rural areas. “That’s very lopsided and needs to be addressed.” So why hasnt an extension been passed if it’s so popular? Part of the reason might be the election itself. Most of the industry insiders I spoke with expressed skepticism about an ACP return anytime soon. One avenue for an extension might be pressure from internet providers themselves....

Hey, Bubblenauts! It’s the second episode of CNET.co.uk’s new gadget show, set aboard a little Bubble Ship, floating in space. This week we investigate the gluttonous power consumption of modern gadgets and prove that ‘digital’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘more advanced’. We also take a look at a laptop encased in bamboo and kick one particularly obnoxious mobile phone out of the airlock, where it explodes into a billion shards of ill-conceived plastic resin....

If you don’t already have aMy Best Buy account, you should. There’s no set expiration on this offer, but deals on Apple devices rarely last for too long. We’d recommend getting your order in soon if you’re hoping to grab a pair at this price. They support high-fidelity audio, and boast some of thebest noise-canceling capabilitieson the market right now. Plus, they’re equipped with Apple’s H1 chip and spatial audio for completely immersive listening....