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8th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony - Arrivals

At Gala Held By Tech’s Billionaires, Breakthrough Prize Winners Deride ‘Fake News’ And ‘Anti-Intellectualism’

Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan (right) attend the 8th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at … [+] NASA on November 03, 2019 in Mountain View, California. ( Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images Some of the top scientists who accepted Breakthrough Prize awards for their work in physics and biology used the nationally broadcast ceremony to

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Blizzard bosses reduce gamer’s ban and release prize money

Image copyright Activision Blizzard US gaming publisher Activision Blizzard has reversed its decision to withhold prize money from a player who expressed support for the Hong Kong protests. Professional gamer, Ng Wai “Blitzchung” Chung, said in Mandarin, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age,” on a live broadcast after a tournament. He was banned for

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Blizzard to give back Hearthstone Grandmasters winner Ng Wai Chun his prize money, ban halved to six months- Technology News, Firstpost

Agence France-PresseOct 12, 2019 15:44:52 IST Gaming company Blizzard Entertainment said Friday China had nothing to do with its decision to punish an e-sports champion who voiced support for Hong Kong protestors, but eased the controversial sentence. Activision Blizzard booth at E3. Image: AP After a week of backlash from players, employees, and US politicians,

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Lithium-Ion Batteries Work Earns Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 3 Scientists

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists who developed lithium-ion batteries, which have revolutionized portable electronics and are very likely powering a device you’re using now to read this article. Larger examples of the batteries have given rise to electric cars that can be

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Pioneers of lithium-ion batteries will receive Nobel Prize

The three men most directly responsible for pioneering the lithium-ion batteries that power nearly every electronic device you own will win the Nobel Prize in chemistry this year (via Engadget). The three scientists are John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin, M. Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University, and Akira Yoshino of Meijo University.

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Nobel prizes starts with physiology or medicine prize

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes are to be announced over the next week, to include two literature laureates and the coveted Nobel Peace Prize. Events begin Monday with the award for physiology or medicine. The physics prize is handed out Tuesday and the following day is the chemistry prize. This year’s double-header Literature

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Black Hole Imaging Scientists Win 2020 Breakthrough Prize

Making a monumental scientific breakthrough is really kind of its own reward. Even so, it’s always nice to get extra recognition in the form of unexpected money. For the 347 scientists around the world who made history when they captured the first image of a black hole, the event itself is pretty sweet. The cake

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Facebook Will Spend $10 Million and Offer a Cash Prize to Detect Deepfakes

Facebook will offer a cash prize to the person or group that can build a next-generation way to detect deepfakes — and it’s even creating its own original deepfakes for participants to work with. The Deepfake Detection Challenge is a partnership between Facebook, Microsoft, the Partnership on AI, and academics. Facebook has put up $10

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