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The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset from Washington, DC, on Dec. 17, 2020. The two planets drew closer to each other in the sky as they headed towards a “great conjunction” on Dec. 21, where the two giant planets appeared a tenth of a degree apart. View and download the full image here. See skywatching highlights, including meteor, asteroid, and planet sightings in What’s Up for Dec. 2023. Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Source link

Widely accepted as the oldest established Christmas sea swim, people have been turning up on Brighton’s shoreline on Christmas Day to enter the waters since 1860. The event is not organised by any particular group but still manages to bring in hundreds of spectators and participants every year. Here’s what time the event is expected to take place in 2023, plus other bits of information such as how to swim safely in cold water. Swimmers often enjoy a hot drink or glass of champagne after coming out of the sea (Image: Andrew Gardner) What time will Brighton’s Christmas Day swim…

Location : The M5 northbound between junctions J7 and J6 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 06:30 and 06:45 on 6 December 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 20 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Image Credit: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Britney Spears shared throwback photos of her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden, and her dad, Jamie Spears, out and about in years past. The photo carousel comes amid a December 5 report by Us Weekly that confirmed that Jamie, 71, had his leg amputated after a serious infection. In the first Instagram photo [SEE HERE] Britney carried one of her sons as she rocked a pink crop top and purple shorts with a ball cap and sunglasses. Her other son was carried by a bystander, and she appeared to be surrounded by an entourage while out…

It’s safe to say that VCs struck while the iron was hot this year where it concerned generative AI. While venture capital investments overall fell compared to last year thanks to macroeconomic challenges and other related factors, startups in the generative AI space — and AI more broadly — did quite well. Funding for AI-related startups surpassed $68.7 billion in 2023, according to PitchBook, with generative AI vendors like OpenAI, Stability AI and Anthropic accounting for a substantial portion of that figure. And it appears that the sector will likely close the year with substantially higher investments than the past…

The Startup Club is pleased to invite you to our EdTech Investment Conference. If you are a startup looking for the next investment round, this event presents a unique opportunity for intimate networking with potential investors. If you are a Business Angel or an Investment Fund Manager, our conference will allow you to discover carefully selected, innovative companies. We welcome startups from all spectrum of EdTech industry: online content delivery, in-classroom tablets, interactive projection screens and whiteboards and MOOCs and more. Meet the Advisory panel: Alexandre Glaser – Principal at Educapital Hannes Aichmayr – Associate at Brighteye Ventures Tea Elezi…

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DEBT Box and other defendants in a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit want the case tossed after the court found the agency lied to secure a temporary restraining order against them.“The SEC got this case wrong. Badly wrong,” lawyers for Digital Licensing Inc., which does business as DEBT Box, told Utah federal court Judge Robert Shelby in a Dec. 4 motion to dismiss. “The SEC should not be allowed to continue to spin a false narrative to avoid dismissal.” The SEC won a temporary restraining order to freeze DEBT Box assets on Aug. 3, claiming the firm would remove evidence…

Sound and noise inside prisons can affect both staff and inmates, so a thorough understanding of that noise is crucial when designing prison spaces. Credit: Helen Farley Prisons are typically noisy environments, filled with clanking metal bars and echoing concrete surfaces. This level of constant noise is harmful to both prisoners and staff, but there are few guidelines for designing better, quieter facilities. James Boland, an acoustician for SLR Consulting, employed insights from the field of sensory criminology to better understand the unique acoustic needs inside prison environments. His presentation will take place Dec. 6, as part of Acoustics 2023…

Residents and visitors are being urged to support the community crowd-funding campaign to help repair the eastern wall of the Church of the Good Shepherd on Shoreham Beach and its cavalry war memorial. The memorial commemorates the lives of 12 local men who died during the First World War and seven who died during World War Two. Situated between the Widewater Lagoon and Shoreham Beach nature reserves, the Church of the Good Shepherd (CoGS) is 110 years old and has weathered decades of wind and rain.  The wall, on which the memorial hangs, is badly cracked and in need of repair.…