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AI-generated beer commercial contains joyful monstrosities, goes viral
30-second spot set to "All Star" may inspire awe—or nightmares.
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Tiny dolls appeared in their mailbox with a note, ‘We’ve decided to live here’
Nearly a year later, the dolls are still there, now with items including furnishings and a service dog, all mysteriously appearing under cover of night.
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48% of people under 42 spend more time socializing online than off
Deloitte has found that today's entertainment trends are driven by younger generations and the content they create. And that could have big implications for everyone.
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First working wooden transistor marks a step toward biodegradable tech
Wood isn’t usually very good at conducting electricity, but now scientists have created the first functional wooden transistor. It’s not the best, and it requires some processing, but it does work and could help make for biodegradable electronics.
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Gordon Lightfoot, legendary folk singer-songwriter, dies at 84
One of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot recorded 20 studio albums and penned hundreds of songs, including “Carefree Highway," “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
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AI is helping to identify skills gaps and future jobs. An expert explains how
“Believe it or not, if you take a forensic accountant and teach them some cyber, they can become a cybersecurity expert,” says Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centred AI. “There's a lot of skill overlap in those two professions, even though you wouldn't have thought of it without looking at the underlying data.”
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Latest chapter of $2 billion Apple Watch patent battle ends in mistrial
The ongoing US District Court lawsuit from Masimo against Apple ended Monday with a mistrial after jurors couldn't reach a unanimous vote. Masimo is a medical firm suing Apple for stealing trade secrets to build the Apple Watch. It won its preliminary case with the International Trade Commission, but Masimo also brought its charges in front of the US District Court in April.
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An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth's ecosystems than we knew
Data from 123 sites across all continents, including Antarctica, show mosses affect all major soil functions critical for sustaining life on Earth.
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Some Apple staff are sounding off about Tim Cook's back-to-office drive and say it's...
Some Apple staff are not happy about CEO Tim Cook's back-to-the-office drive, which he's previously said was essential for the company. The iPhone maker emailed employees in March threatening to take action against those not going in at least three days a week.
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Software engineers are panicking about being replaced by AI
Tech workers are beginning to panic about the possibility that AI is coming for their jobs. Since ChatGPT captured headlines late last year, workers have taken to the anonymous networking site Blind to question whether AI will make their jobs obsolete. Software engineers on the site, which requires users to verify their employee email addresses, have written dozens of posts on the issue — from polls on when AI will replace them to admissions that the "golden age is over."
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The Most Commonly Repeated Vaping Statistic Is Fake
But one of those "guesstimates" has gone on to become the most cited piece of vaping misinformation globally: e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. The problem is, it's wrong.
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Amazon beats expectations in first quarter earnings as shares jump 11%
E-commerce behemoth, in the midst of aggressively cutting costs including laying-off 27,000 workers, reported revenue growth
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Even Apple employees hate Siri and are skeptical of its future, new report says
A new report from The Information today goes in-depth on the apparent chaos inside teams at Apple working on Siri and artificial intelligence. According to the story, “organizational dysfunction and a lack of ambition” have plagued Apple’s efforts to improve Siri and the backend technology that powers it.
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Seres to start selling 'poop pill' in June at $17,500 per course
Price gouging much?
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Here's how the data we feed AI determines the results
Generative AI hallucinations are the least of our problems
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The Glorious Return of an Old-School Car Feature
Automakers are starting to admit that a new car technology didn’t work out.
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FAA grounds SpaceX Starship after explosion
Musk loyalists said launch wasn't a failure. Tell that to folks, wildlife covered in dust, ash, debris
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KubeCon Database Trends
Databases continue to have trouble fitting into the world of Kubernetes and containers. There’s progress, but more effort is needed.
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Why it's hard to defend against AI prompt injection attacks
In the rush to commercialize LLMs, security got left behind
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NASA's Perseverance rover loses its hitchhiking 'pet rock' after more than a year...
The rover has finally lost a pesky rock that had become lodged in its front left wheel "like a pebble in its shoe." The stone had accompanied the rover for more than half its time on the Red Planet.
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Bill Gates says A.I. chatbots will teach kids to read within 18 months: You'll be...
Soon, artificial intelligence could help teach your kids and improve their grades. That’s according to billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who says AI chatbots are on track to help children learn to read and hone their writing skills in 18 months time.
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I jumped out of a plane to learn the benefts of stress
I’m sitting in the back of the plane when the pilot announces we’ve reached maximum altitude. One of the crew gets up and – somewhat theatrically – slides open the side of the plane. In ones and twos, we shuffle towards the open door. When it comes to my turn, standing on the edge of a two-mile vertical drop, I’m more terrified than I’ve ever been.
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Chromebooks' short lifespans are creating 'piles of electronic waste'
Chromebooks have always been a popular option for schools due to the relatively cheap prices, but they exploded in popularity during the Covid pandemic as kids did their schoolwork from home. However, they may not be such a good deal after all, according to a new report called Chromebook Churn from the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). They found that many Chromebooks purchased just three years ago are already breaking, creating electronic waste and costing taxpayers money.
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My High-Flying Life as a Corporate Spy Who Lied His Way to the Top
I was just looking to make rent when I stumbled into a part-time gig stealing secrets from Wall Street elite. I made millions once I realized how desperate we humans are for someone who will actually listen.
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How A.I.-powered robots are changing retail
An army of inventory robots is being deployed to help retailers appease angry customers, boost sales and respond to the ongoing worker shortage.
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Majority of TikTok users in city take hit to mental health after misinformation
The majority of TikTok users in Brighton say they have been negatively impacted by health misinformation on the platform. With many self-claimed medical experts using the social media service to share advice and diagnoses, snippets of false information are being openly consumed by unknowing users. It has resulted in 85.7 per cent of TikTok users in the city seeing a downturn in their mental wellbeing after watching the fake videos.
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iPadOS 17 Again Rumored to Drop Support for These iPads
Apple in iPadOS 17 will drop support for the first-generation 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro as well as the fifth-generation iPad, according to French tech website iPhoneSoft. This is the second time we have heard claims regarding iPad device compatibility for the next operating system Apple is developing. Early last month, a source with a proven track record for upcoming software updates said the same three models will not be supported.
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Elon Seems To Think The Cruelest Thing He Can Do To People… Is To Pretend They Want To Associate...
Let’s start this post out by noting that a key reason Elon Musk said he was getting rid of the legacy Twitter verification system was that it was arbitrary and unfair and created a “lords and peasa…
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Humans Will Achieve Immortality by 2030, Former Google Engineer Claims
Immortality has been a dream of human beings since the dawn of time. Mankind´s fascination with cheating death is reflected in scientific records, mythology, and folklore dating back at least to ancient Egypt. Now, Ray Kurzweil, a former Google engineer, claims that humans will achieve immortality by 2030 – and 86 percent of his 147 predictions have been correct.
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Live bacteria battery
Scientists from Binghamton University have developed a technology for creating batteries with extremely long storage times without losing energy. Calculations show that such a battery can last for at least 100 years in a closed state and will give a charge after activation. The trick is that inside the battery, there are no chemical elements but a living organism - a kind of "spirit of the battery." In fact, the device is more correctly called a biogenerator because energy is generated here when the bacterium Bacillus subtilis begins to create spores.
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