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Kitchen experiments shed light on Mars's volcanic rootless cones

Phys.org 

Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous explosions resulting from the interaction between surface lava and water bodies like lakes and rivers. Unlike regular volcanoes originating from magma rising from deep underground, rootless cones form when lava covers a water-containing layer, triggering explosive reactions.

Nvidia loses $500bn as Chinese AI firm jolts tech shares

The Punch 

United States chip-maker, Nvidia led a rout in tech stocks Monday after the emergence of a low-cost Chinese generative Artificial Intelligence model that could threaten US dominance in the fast-growing industry. The chatbot developed by DeepSeek, a startup based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, has shown the ability to match the capacity of

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The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback

The Verge 

The Pebble Time Round just got a new lease on life. | Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge

Eric Migicovsky still wears his Pebble. Thirteen years after he founded the wearables company and found huge success on Kickstarter, and more than eight years after he sold the company to Fitbit, which was then acquired by Google, Migicovsky’s watch still works. (In case you’re wondering: when I saw him at CES a few weeks ago, he appeared to be wearing a white Pebble Time Round model. But he has a box... Читать дальше...

Israeli Prison Service mistakenly releases inmate a year early

Haaretz.com 

Yasin al-Sana's petition for early release from his 45-month sentence was rejected by a majority of the parole board. But prison officials only read the minority opinion and released him last week prematurely. The error was discovered Sunday, and the prisoner re-arrested

South Africa to face Salah in AFCON, Nigeria draw Tunisia

France24.com (en) 

Hosts Morocco face giantkillers Comoros in the opening match of the 24-team tournament on December 21 while title-holders Ivory Coast will come up against five-time winners Cameroon. Sudan, a country ravaged by civil war, drew Algeria, and the clash of Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to be another group-stage highlight. Prolific scorer Salah has won multiple honours with Liverpool, but victory in the AFCON has eluded him. He came closest by finishing a runner-up in 2017 and 2022. Читать дальше...