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8 months agoExpression gottlieb
The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’
As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?
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8 months agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst oil and gas methane polluters
Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Prison living costs rule scrapped for wrongly convicted
Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, tells the BBC more still needs to be done.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
No charges after Britney Spears inadvertently hit herself in face in encounter with NBA rookie
In its investigation, which is now over, police determined that Victor Wembanyama's security guard did not willfully or unlawfully use force or violence against Spears.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Climate expert: ‘The harm will get worse’
Scientific testimony figures prominently in second day of Held v. Montana climate trial.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
In a first, a climate lawsuit from young people is going to trial
Sixteen young people who say the state isn’t doing enough to address climate change will get their day in court Monday. The lawsuit argues that lack of action violates plaintiffs’ rights under the state Constitution. This is the first youth climate lawsuit to ever make it all the way to trial in the U.S.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed
Millions of storage devices are being shredded each year, even though they could be reused. "You don't need an engineering degree to understand that's a bad thing," says Jonmichael Hands. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Circular Drive Initiative (CDI), a partnership of technology companies promoting the secure reuse of storage hardware. He also works at Chia Network, which provides a blockchain technology.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
It's becoming clear that AI is going to whack the mediocre middle of office workers
"Mediocrity will be automated." That was the verdict a top tech executive shared with me recently, describing the impact he predicted AI would have on the workforce. And while the phrasing might seem a bit harsh, there's growing evidence that he might be on to something. More specifically, AI could disproportionately impact the middle class of white-collar workers — the folks who are mid-career, mid-ability, mid-level, and yes, in some cases, mediocre. Here's why:
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Covid lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, China's former top scientist admits
Beijing officially investigated Wuhan lab, former head of China's Centre for Disease Control suggests...
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Adobe adds generative AI to Photoshop
Adobe said Tuesday morning it would integrate generative artificial intelligence into its popular Photoshop editing software, making the application more accessible to untrained users. The new AI tools will work similarly to other AI image creation technology, such as Midjourney and DALL-E, which allow people to produce pictures from simple text prompts.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says
If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care for heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses, a new study suggests. While Phoenix was the most extreme example, the study warned that other cities are also at risk. Since 2015, the number of major blackouts nationwide has more than doubled.
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1 year agoExpression gottlieb
HBO Continues to Have the Worst Timing
Somehow Warner Bros. Discovery thinks it’s a good idea to relaunch its HBO Max streaming service as just “Max” in the middle of a Hollywood shakeup.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
China overtakes United States on contribution to research in Nature Index
For the first time, China has overtaken the United States as the number one ranked country or territory for contributions to research articles published in the Nature Index group of high-quality natural-science journals. Data on author affiliations from the 82 journals tracked by the Nature Index show that China had a Share of 19,373 from January to December 2022, compared with 17,610 for the United States (see ‘Role reversal’).
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
Apple to Mass Produce Its Own MicroLED Displays for iPhones
Apple will mass produce its own microLED displays in order to lessen its reliance on Samsung and increase its own control over supply, laying the groundwork to realize its ultimate goal of bringing the technology to iPhones, reports Nikkei Asia.
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1 year agoCurrent Event gottlieb
BT to cut 55,000 jobs with up to a fifth replaced by AI
Telecoms giant BT is to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade, mostly in the UK, as it cuts costs. Up to a fifth of those cuts will come in customer services as staff are replaced by technologies including artificial intelligence. The headcount reduction from the current workforce of 130,000 includes staff and contractors.