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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -In India, Bollywood stars are asking judges to protect their voice and persona in the era of artificial intelligence. One famous couple's biggest target is Google's video arm YouTube. Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, known for her iconic Cannes Film Festival red carpet appearances, have asked a judge to remove and prohibit creation of AI videos infringing their intellectual property rights. But in a more far-reaching request, they also want Google ordered to have safeguards to ensure such YouTube videos uploaded anyway do not train other AI platforms, legal papers reviewed by Reuters show. A handful of Bollywood celebrities have begun asserting their "personality rights" in Indian courts over the last few years, as the country has no explicit protection for those like in many U.S. states. But the Bachchans' lawsuits are the most high-profile to date about the interplay of personality rights and the risk that misleading or deepfake YouTube videos could train other AI models. The actors argue that YouTube's content and third-party training policy is concerning as it lets users consent to sharing of a video they created to train rival AI models, risking further proliferation of misleading content online, according to near-identical filings from Abhishek and Aishwarya dated September 6, which are not public. "Such content being used to train AI models has the potential to multiply the instances of use of any infringing content i.e. first being uploaded on YouTube being viewed by the public, and then also being used to train," the filings said. Representatives for the Bachchans and Google spokespersons did not respond to Reuters' queries. The Delhi High Court last month asked Google's lawyer in court to submit written responses before the next hearing on January 15. YouTube's India managing director, Gunjan Soni, last month described the platform as "the new TV for India". With around 600 million users, India is YouTube's biggest market globally, and it is popular for entertainment content like Bollywood videos. LAWSUIT ALLEGES YOUTUBE VIDEOS ARE 'EGREGIOUS' Indian courts have already started to back Bollywood stars upset about generative AI content damaging their reputation. In 2023, a Delhi court restrained the misuse of Anil Kapoor's image, voice and even a catchphrase he often used. Reuters is first to report details of the Bachchans' specific challenge against Google, which was contained in court filings spanning 1,500 pages where they mostly target little-known sellers for unauthorised physical merchandise like posters, coffee mugs and stickers with their photos, and even fake autographed pictures. They are also seeking $450,000 in damages against Google and others, and a permanent injunction against such exploitation. The lawsuits contain hundreds of links and screenshots of what they allege are YouTube videos showing "egregious", "sexually explicit" or "fictitious" AI content. The judge in early September ordered 518 website links and posts specifically listed by the actors to be taken down, saying they caused financial harm to the couple and harmed their dignity and goodwill. Reuters, however, found videos similar to the examples of infringing videos cited in Abhishek's papers on YouTube. Among them: a clip showing Abhishek posing but then suddenly kissing a film actress using AI manipulation; an AI depiction of Aishwarya and her co-star Salman Khan enjoying a meal together while Abhishek fumes standing behind; and a crocodile chasing Abhishek as Khan tries to save him. Khan was in a relationship with Aishwarya long before her marriage. His spokesperson did not respond to Reuters' queries. AI CAN GENERATE BOLLYWOOD LOVE STORIES YouTube's data-sharing policy states creators can opt in to share their videos for training models of other AI platforms, like OpenAI, Meta and xAI. YouTube adds: "We can't control what a third-party company does" if users share videos for such training. The Bachchans argue in their filings that if AI platforms are trained on biased content that portrays them in a negative manner and infringes their intellectual property rights, then AI models "are likely to learn all such untrue" information, leading to its further spread. Eashan Ghosh, chair professor for intellectual property rights at the National Law University Delhi, said it would be difficult for actors to build a direct case against YouTube since their grievances are mostly with creators and personality rights infringement. But "it wouldn't be beyond the pale for the court to nudge YouTube to write something into their user policies or set up a queue jump for celebrity claimants to get quicker responses to legal requests," he said. YouTube in May disclosed that it had paid more than $2.4 billion to Indian creators in the last three years. The actors alleged that creators infringing their personality rights can make money when videos become popular. Reuters found a channel on YouTube titled "AI Bollywood Ishq" that shares "AI-generated Bollywood love stories". Its 259 videos have garnered 16.5 million views. The most popular video with 4.1 million views shows an AI animation of Khan and Aishwarya in a pool, while another shows them on a swing. In a tutorial, the channel explains it used simple text prompts to create an image via X's Grok AI and then turned it into a video using Chinese AI startup MiniMax's Hailuo AI. A Reuters test generated an AI video showing lookalikes of Bollywood stars Khan and Abhishek in a fistfight within five minutes. Grok, MiniMax and the owner of YouTube channel @AIbollywoodishq did not respond to Reuters' queries. It was unclear whether the YouTube channel consented to sharing those videos for AI training. "Content is made only for entertainment and creative storytelling," the channel's page said. (Reporting by Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -In India, Bollywood stars are asking judges to protect their voice and persona in the era of artificial intelligence. One famous couple's biggest target is Google's video arm YouTube. Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, known for her iconic Cannes Film Festival red carpet appearances, have asked a judge to remove and prohibit creation of AI videos infringing their intellectual property rights. But in a more far-reaching request, they also want Google ordered to have safeguards to ensure such YouTube videos uploaded anyway do not train other AI platforms, legal papers reviewed by Reuters show. A handful of Bollywood celebrities have begun asserting their "personality rights" in Indian courts over the last few years, as the country has no explicit protection for those like in many U.S. states. But the Bachchans' lawsuits are the most high-profile to date about the interplay of personality rights and the risk that misleading or deepfake YouTube videos could train other AI models. The actors argue that YouTube's content and third-party training policy is concerning as it lets users consent to sharing of a video they created to train rival AI models, risking further proliferation of misleading content online, according to near-identical filings from Abhishek and Aishwarya dated September 6, which are not public. "Such content being used to train AI models has the potential to multiply the instances of use of any infringing content i.e. first being uploaded on YouTube being viewed by the public, and then also being used to train," the filings said. Representatives for the Bachchans and Google spokespersons did not respond to Reuters' queries. The Delhi High Court last month asked Google's lawyer in court to submit written responses before the next hearing on January 15. YouTube's India managing director, Gunjan Soni, last month described the platform as "the new TV for India". With around 600 million users, India is YouTube's biggest market globally, and it is popular for entertainment content like Bollywood videos. LAWSUIT ALLEGES YOUTUBE VIDEOS ARE 'EGREGIOUS' Indian courts have already started to back Bollywood stars upset about generative AI content damaging their reputation. In 2023, a Delhi court restrained the misuse of Anil Kapoor's image, voice and even a catchphrase he often used. Reuters is first to report details of the Bachchans' specific challenge against Google, which was contained in court filings spanning 1,500 pages where they mostly target little-known sellers for unauthorised physical merchandise like posters, coffee mugs and stickers with their photos, and even fake autographed pictures. They are also seeking $450,000 in damages against Google and others, and a permanent injunction against such exploitation. The lawsuits contain hundreds of links and screenshots of what they allege are YouTube videos showing "egregious", "sexually explicit" or "fictitious" AI content. The judge in early September ordered 518 website links and posts specifically listed by the actors to be taken down, saying they caused financial harm to the couple and harmed their dignity and goodwill. Reuters, however, found videos similar to the examples of infringing videos cited in Abhishek's papers on YouTube. Among them: a clip showing Abhishek posing but then suddenly kissing a film actress using AI manipulation; an AI depiction of Aishwarya and her co-star Salman Khan enjoying a meal together while Abhishek fumes standing behind; and a crocodile chasing Abhishek as Khan tries to save him. Khan was in a relationship with Aishwarya long before her marriage. His spokesperson did not respond to Reuters' queries. AI CAN GENERATE BOLLYWOOD LOVE STORIES YouTube's data-sharing policy states creators can opt in to share their videos for training models of other AI platforms, like OpenAI, Meta and xAI. YouTube adds: "We can't control what a third-party company does" if users share videos for such training. The Bachchans argue in their filings that if AI platforms are trained on biased content that portrays them in a negative manner and infringes their intellectual property rights, then AI models "are likely to learn all such untrue" information, leading to its further spread. Eashan Ghosh, chair professor for intellectual property rights at the National Law University Delhi, said it would be difficult for actors to build a direct case against YouTube since their grievances are mostly with creators and personality rights infringement. But "it wouldn't be beyond the pale for the court to nudge YouTube to write something into their user policies or set up a queue jump for celebrity claimants to get quicker responses to legal requests," he said. YouTube in May disclosed that it had paid more than $2.4 billion to Indian creators in the last three years. The actors alleged that creators infringing their personality rights can make money when videos become popular. Reuters found a channel on YouTube titled "AI Bollywood Ishq" that shares "AI-generated Bollywood love stories". Its 259 videos have garnered 16.5 million views. The most popular video with 4.1 million views shows an AI animation of Khan and Aishwarya in a pool, while another shows them on a swing. In a tutorial, the channel explains it used simple text prompts to create an image via X's Grok AI and then turned it into a video using Chinese AI startup MiniMax's Hailuo AI. A Reuters test generated an AI video showing lookalikes of Bollywood stars Khan and Abhishek in a fistfight within five minutes. Grok, MiniMax and the owner of YouTube channel @AIbollywoodishq did not respond to Reuters' queries. It was unclear whether the YouTube channel consented to sharing those videos for AI training. "Content is made only for entertainment and creative storytelling," the channel's page said. (Reporting by Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -When Daniel Ek founded Spotify in 2006, a viable music product was a "moon shot." The global music industry was struggling with years of declining sales, online music piracy was rampant, and services like Apple's iTunes were pricey. Ek believed if access to music was as easy as turning on a tap – in a way that was legal and fair to artists – users would come. The key was streaming, not downloads, an idea that revolutionized the industry and catapulted Spotify into a $140 billion music powerhouse. The serial entrepreneur, who announced on Tuesday he will step down as Spotify's CEO next year, has his sights set on building the next Spotify — albeit not in the music industry. Ek wants to focus on technology that drives "progress in areas that matter most to society." "I am often asked, 'How do we build more Spotifys out of Europe?'" Ek said in a note to Spotify employees on Tuesday. "That’s why several years ago, I announced my intention to help create more of these supercompanies – companies that are developing new technologies to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time." Ek has pledged to invest through his venture capital firm Prima Materia 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) of his own wealth in European “moonshot” projects — early-stage startups in deep technology, AI, and climate and health tech. The billionaire's motto is to not just invest, but to build businesses for the long term, driven by his belief that global champions can be built in Europe. "I’ll share more about how I’ll put some of my builder energy there," Ek said in the letter, referring to his outside engagements. "But today is about Spotify."  WAR TECH SPARK ARTIST BACKLASH In 2018, Ek co-founded Neko Health to help people stay healthy through preventive measures and early detection. The company has raised $325 million in total funding. Ek has also invested in Germany's Helsing, a maker of AI-controlled combat drones that has received over a billion dollars to become the largest defence startup in Europe, valued at $12 billion. This investment, though, has drawn criticism. Music groups including Massive Attack, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and Hotline TNT removed their music from Spotify in protest.  "Music and weapons are not a good mix," said Simon Dyson, analyst at Omdia. With some high-profile artists pulling their music from the service, "the sounds of protest are starting to become a distraction," he said. The company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Ek has weathered criticism before, from artist pay disputes to controversies around Spotify’s podcast investments. Supporters credit him with creating a legal model that drew listeners away from piracy, but critics note Spotify's outsized influence on artists, which has often translated to inequity for independent labels. FROM CODER TO MUSIC INDUSTRY DISRUPTOR As a 23-year-old coder, Ek started Spotify to challenge online music piracy with a legal alternative, something even big music companies were struggling to address. When he steps down from the CEO role next year to become executive chair, he will pass the reins of a music giant to his two long-trusted aides, Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom. Ek, now 42, grew up in a Stockholm suburb and worked in several startups before teaming up with co-founder Martin Lorentzon to start Spotify.  His proposition – music funded by subscriptions and ads – helped redirect fans from piracy and pulled labels, artists and advertisers into a single marketplace.  Under Ek, Spotify pushed three big levers that reshaped the business: price-disciplined subscriptions, algorithmic playlists that could mint hits overnight, and an ever-widening content range, from podcasts to audiobooks.  Ek’s legacy is visible in Spotify user habits – a monthly fee that millions treat as a utility, playlists that serve as cultural gatekeepers, and podcasts that have become a daily routine.  A Netflix miniseries, "The Playlist", showcased the birth and rise of Spotify in 2022.  Although Ek plans to focus on building other companies, he intends to stay involved in Spotify. "I will be more involved than a typical U.S. chairman, so think of it a little bit like moving from a player to a coach," Ek told journalists on Tuesday.     ($1 = 0.8511 euros) (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Editing by Sayantani Ghosh and Lisa Shumaker)

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(Reuters) -Alphabet's YouTube TV and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal on Wednesday agreed to a short-term contract extension, averting a blackout and ensuring YouTube TV subscribers retain access to NBCUniversal programming while negotiations continue. Popular NBC shows including "Sunday Night Football" and "America's Got Talent" were at risk of being unavailable on YouTube TV after midnight on Tuesday if the two sides failed to reach an agreement, a standoff that could influence the future of television. "We've reached a short-term extension with Google to avoid YouTube TV customers losing access to NBCUniversal programming as we continue negotiations," a NBCU spokesperson said. A YouTube spokesperson confirmed the statement. Carriage talks had stalled over the rates that YouTube TV, which ranks among the four largest U.S. pay-TV distributors, will pay to carry the shows of NBCUniversal to its 10 million subscribers. NBCUniversal offered YouTube the same terms it extended to other large TV distributors – including Amazon's Prime Video Channels – and is looking to include its streaming service as part of the bundle of programming that YouTube TV distributes, Reuters reported on Tuesday. YouTube now accounts for the largest share of TV viewing in the U.S., ahead of streaming rival Netflix and traditional media companies such as Disney , according to analytics firm Nielsen. (Reporting by Aditya Soni and Preetika Parashuraman; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -When Daniel Ek founded Spotify in 2006, a viable music product was a "moon shot." The global music industry was struggling with years of declining sales, online music piracy was rampant, and services like Apple's iTunes were pricey. Ek believed if access to music was as easy as turning on a tap – in a way that was legal and fair to artists – users would come. The key was streaming, not downloads, an idea that revolutionized the industry and catapulted Spotify into a $140 billion music powerhouse. The serial entrepreneur, who announced on Tuesday he will step down as Spotify's CEO next year, has his sights set on building the next Spotify — albeit not in the music industry. Ek wants to focus on technology that drives "progress in areas that matter most to society." "I am often asked, 'How do we build more Spotifys out of Europe?'" Ek said in a note to Spotify employees on Tuesday. "That’s why several years ago, I announced my intention to help create more of these supercompanies – companies that are developing new technologies to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time." Ek has pledged to invest through his venture capital firm Prima Materia 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) of his own wealth in European “moonshot” projects — early-stage startups in deep technology, AI, and climate and health tech. The billionaire's motto is to not just invest, but to build businesses for the long term, driven by his belief that global champions can be built in Europe. "I’ll share more about how I’ll put some of my builder energy there," Ek said in the letter, referring to his outside engagements. "But today is about Spotify."  WAR TECH SPARK ARTIST BACKLASH In 2018, Ek co-founded Neko Health to help people stay healthy through preventive measures and early detection. The company has raised $325 million in total funding. Ek has also invested in Germany's Helsing, a maker of AI-controlled combat drones that has received over a billion dollars to become the largest defence startup in Europe, valued at $12 billion. This investment, though, has drawn criticism. Music groups including Massive Attack, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and Hotline TNT removed their music from Spotify in protest.  "Music and weapons are not a good mix," said Simon Dyson, analyst at Omdia. With some high-profile artists pulling their music from the service, "the sounds of protest are starting to become a distraction," he said. The company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Ek has weathered criticism before, from artist pay disputes to controversies around Spotify’s podcast investments. Supporters credit him with creating a legal model that drew listeners away from piracy, but critics note Spotify's outsized influence on artists, which has often translated to inequity for independent labels. FROM CODER TO MUSIC INDUSTRY DISRUPTOR As a 23-year-old coder, Ek started Spotify to challenge online music piracy with a legal alternative, something even big music companies were struggling to address. When he steps down from the CEO role next year to become executive chair, he will pass the reins of a music giant to his two long-trusted aides, Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom. Ek, now 42, grew up in a Stockholm suburb and worked in several startups before teaming up with co-founder Martin Lorentzon to start Spotify.  His proposition – music funded by subscriptions and ads – helped redirect fans from piracy and pulled labels, artists and advertisers into a single marketplace.  Under Ek, Spotify pushed three big levers that reshaped the business: price-disciplined subscriptions, algorithmic playlists that could mint hits overnight, and an ever-widening content range, from podcasts to audiobooks.  Ek’s legacy is visible in Spotify user habits – a monthly fee that millions treat as a utility, playlists that serve as cultural gatekeepers, and podcasts that have become a daily routine.  A Netflix miniseries, "The Playlist", showcased the birth and rise of Spotify in 2022.  Although Ek plans to focus on building other companies, he intends to stay involved in Spotify. "I will be more involved than a typical U.S. chairman, so think of it a little bit like moving from a player to a coach," Ek told journalists on Tuesday.     ($1 = 0.8511 euros) (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Editing by Sayantani Ghosh and Lisa Shumaker)

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By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -When Daniel Ek founded Spotify in 2006, a viable music product was a "moon shot." The global music industry was struggling with years of declining sales, online music piracy was rampant, and services like Apple's iTunes were pricey. Ek believed if access to music was as easy as turning on a tap – in a way that was legal and fair to artists – users would come. The key was streaming, not downloads, an idea that revolutionized the industry and catapulted Spotify into a $140 billion music powerhouse. The serial entrepreneur, who announced on Tuesday he will step down as Spotify's CEO next year, has his sights set on building the next Spotify — albeit not in the music industry. Ek wants to focus on technology that drives "progress in areas that matter most to society." "I am often asked, 'How do we build more Spotifys out of Europe?'" Ek said in a note to Spotify employees on Tuesday. "That’s why several years ago, I announced my intention to help create more of these supercompanies – companies that are developing new technologies to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time." Ek has pledged to invest through his venture capital firm Prima Materia 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) of his own wealth in European “moonshot” projects — early-stage startups in deep technology, AI, and climate and health tech. The billionaire's motto is to not just invest, but to build businesses for the long term, driven by his belief that global champions can be built in Europe. "I’ll share more about how I’ll put some of my builder energy there," Ek said in the letter, referring to his outside engagements. "But today is about Spotify."  WAR TECH SPARK ARTIST BACKLASH In 2018, Ek co-founded Neko Health to help people stay healthy through preventive measures and early detection. The company has raised $325 million in total funding. Ek has also invested in Germany's Helsing, a maker of AI-controlled combat drones that has received over a billion dollars to become the largest defence startup in Europe, valued at $12 billion. This investment, though, has drawn criticism. Music groups including Massive Attack, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and Hotline TNT removed their music from Spotify in protest.  "Music and weapons are not a good mix," said Simon Dyson, analyst at Omdia. With some high-profile artists pulling their music from the service, "the sounds of protest are starting to become a distraction," he said. The company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Ek has weathered criticism before, from artist pay disputes to controversies around Spotify’s podcast investments. Supporters credit him with creating a legal model that drew listeners away from piracy, but critics note Spotify's outsized influence on artists, which has often translated to inequity for independent labels. FROM CODER TO MUSIC INDUSTRY DISRUPTOR As a 23-year-old coder, Ek started Spotify to challenge online music piracy with a legal alternative, something even big music companies were struggling to address. When he steps down from the CEO role next year to become executive chair, he will pass the reins of a music giant to his two long-trusted aides, Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom. Ek, now 42, grew up in a Stockholm suburb and worked in several startups before teaming up with co-founder Martin Lorentzon to start Spotify.  His proposition – music funded by subscriptions and ads – helped redirect fans from piracy and pulled labels, artists and advertisers into a single marketplace.  Under Ek, Spotify pushed three big levers that reshaped the business: price-disciplined subscriptions, algorithmic playlists that could mint hits overnight, and an ever-widening content range, from podcasts to audiobooks.  Ek’s legacy is visible in Spotify user habits – a monthly fee that millions treat as a utility, playlists that serve as cultural gatekeepers, and podcasts that have become a daily routine.  A Netflix miniseries, "The Playlist", showcased the birth and rise of Spotify in 2022.  Although Ek plans to focus on building other companies, he intends to stay involved in Spotify. "I will be more involved than a typical U.S. chairman, so think of it a little bit like moving from a player to a coach," Ek told journalists on Tuesday.     ($1 = 0.8511 euros) (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Editing by Sayantani Ghosh and Lisa Shumaker)

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(Reuters) -Google and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal have entered a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, Variety reported on Wednesday, citing a Google spokesperson. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru)

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(Reuters) -Google and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal have entered a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, Variety reported on Wednesday, citing a Google spokesperson. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru)

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SIMP-0136 is a strange celestial object somewhere between a planet and a star. Using the new space telescope, researchers have now spotted a curious phenomenon on this so-called brown dwarf. Dublin (dpa) – Northern lights, or auroras, are not exclusive to Earth. Astronomers have already detected this phenomenon on most planets and many moons in our solar system. Now, an international research team has reported the discovery of similar luminous displays on the brown dwarf SIMP-0136, located 20 light-years away. These auroras heat the upper atmosphere of the celestial object by 250 degrees Celsius, according to findings published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. "These are some of the most precise measurements of the atmosphere of any extra-solar object to date, and the first time that changes in the atmospheric properties have been directly measured," said Evert Nasedkin of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. The researcher noted that the James Webb Space Telescope enables the detection of temperature changes as small as five degrees Celsius over such vast distances. SIMP-0136 rotates once every 2.4 hours, during which its brightness and temperature fluctuate. What is SIMP-0136? SIMP-0136 is a brown dwarf, a celestial object that's somewhere between a planet and a star. While planets shine by reflecting the light of their central star, stars like our Sun generate light and heat through nuclear fusion — the merging of hydrogen into helium. Brown dwarfs, often referred to as "failed stars," have masses between 12 and 75 times that of Jupiter. However, the pressure and temperature in their cores are insufficient for standard hydrogen fusion. Instead, they fuse the rarer "heavy hydrogen" isotope deuterium into helium, producing only minimal heat. SIMP-0136, for instance, has a surface temperature of around 1,500 degrees Celsius. Surprisingly, researchers discovered that its upper atmosphere is 250 degrees hotter, suggesting that it's getting external energy from auroras. Auroras occur when electrically charged particles, such as electrons and atomic nuclei, enter a celestial object's atmosphere along its magnetic field. Smallest known object with auroras beyond the solar system On Earth, auroras are caused by charged particles from the Sun. In the case of SIMP-0136, however, the particles originate from interstellar space, as the brown dwarf is a solitary object that does not orbit a star. Astronomers had previously detected auroras on two other brown dwarfs, but these were significantly more massive than SIMP-0136. With a mass of just 15 times that of Jupiter, SIMP-0136 is the smallest known celestial object beyond our solar system to exhibit auroras. This makes it particularly intriguing for astronomers. SIMP-0136 is close to the mass threshold of 12 Jupiter masses, which separates planets from brown dwarfs. As such, it serves as "an ideal analogue for the directly imaged exoplanet population," Nasedkin and his colleagues write, particularly for studying their atmospheres. Until now, astronomers believed that atmospheric temperature changes on such objects were primarily influenced by cloud cover. However, SIMP-0136 demonstrates that auroras can have a previously underestimated impact on atmospheric temperatures. The following information is not intended for publication dpa fm zlw yyzz n1 waw coh

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By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Arm Holdings said on Tuesday it planned to appeal a judge's ruling in a licensing dispute against Qualcomm that left the chipmaker's jury victory intact. Qualcomm secured a key win in U.S. federal court in Delaware last year, with a jury finding that central processor units made by its subsidiary Nuvia were properly licensed under an agreement with Arm. The jury reached a verdict on two out of three counts, and deadlocked on the third count, which resulted in a mistrial. Arm had asked Judge Maryellen Noreika to either throw out the verdict on the two counts where Qualcomm won, or have a new trial. The judge declined both of Arm's requests. "Arm remains confident in its position in its ongoing dispute with Qualcomm and will immediately file an appeal seeking to overturn the judgment," Arm said in a statement. Qualcomm said the decision affirmed its position that it did not breach its agreement with Arm. "Our right to innovate prevailed in this case and we hope Arm will return to fair and competitive practices in dealing with the Arm ecosystem," Ann Chaplin, Qualcomm's general counsel, said in a statement. Arm supplies Qualcomm and other chip firms such as Apple and Taiwan's MediaTek with key technologies used in their chip designs. (Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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