News from the woods #141 🐋
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This episode discusses various technological advancements, travel destinations, and fascinating discoveries in nature.
Business & Technology 👨💻 * Meta needs data centers to develop the AI it doesn’t have. So for now it’s building them as “ tent cities ”. * There’s a jacket out there that makes water. One day we’ll go on a trek and won’t have to haul water with us! * ChatGPT is losing its lead fairly fast. Will the upcoming “super-app” save it? * Midjourney, known mainly for its AI images, is now trying to move into healthcare . It’s developing a full-body ultrasound scanner meant to create a 3D image of the body within a minute. Will it be another Theranos, or a real revolution? Travel 🧳 * If you’re near Los Angeles, take a look inside this abandoned hospital . * Here are the 40 best newly opened hotels in the world. * If you’re feeling the heat, take a trip to Lapland … Nature ⛰️ * Scientists have discovered (or rather re-mapped) a giant hidden network of underground fungi that stretches practically beneath the entire world and is seriously long. * Beautiful photos from Antarctica . * This one is truly unbelievable - 7 kilometers below the surface of the sea, scientists found a whale graveyard that stretches an incredible 1,200 kilometers. Hundreds of skeletons and remains up to 5 million…
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