Google Maps may extend its generative AI feature to everyone, according to several reports. The feature was unveiled at the… Continue reading Google Maps may expand generative AI feature to everyone The post Google Maps may expand generative AI feature to everyone appeared first … | Continue reading
Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for potential evidence of past life,” according to the official mission objectives. Read more... | Continue reading
Medically, AI is helping us with everything from identifying abnormal heart rhythms before they happen to spotting skin cancer. But do we really need it to get involved with our genome? Protein-design company Profluent believes we do. Continue Reading Category: Biology, Science T … | Continue reading
Peter West in aeon: ‘Philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations.’ This provocative remark comes from the paper ‘Linguistic Philosophy and Perception’ (1953) by Margaret Macdonald. Macdonald was a figure at the institutional heart of Britis … | Continue reading
Lilly Tozer in Nature: How the brain processes visual information — and its perception of time — is heavily influenced by what we’re looking at, a study has found. In the experiment, participants perceived the amount of time they had spent looking at an image differently dependin … | Continue reading
Cisco's strategic shift away from standalone event platforms towards integrated solutions within their Webex Suite marks the end of an era for virtual event platforms. -Miguel Neves | Continue reading
at the same time, it's a wasted opportunity. If only it looked great... The post new Garmin Connect v5.0 – now live appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
In the dying stages of innovation, companies at the top of the heap use their market power to maintain their high profits. The post Suckage begins here: why search engines now prioritize advertising over good UX appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
These guys really believe they're up to something, and they for sure might be! With an unparalleled passion, The Baby Goats continue to captivate their listeners hearts with a warm collection of songs infused with dreamy nostalgia. | Continue reading
Boutique French motorcycle maker DAB Motors has launched its first production electric moto. Billed as a "fusion of luxury and technology," the limited-run DAB 1α sports a 25.5-kW (peak) motor, 150-km/h battery and a host of collaborative design touches. Continue Reading Category … | Continue reading
Games Workshop, the creators of the much-loved 40k universe, have unveiled a Darktide board game. Unfortunately, the rendition of Fatshark’s… Continue reading Warhammer 40,000: Darktide gets a disappointing board game treatment The post Warhammer 40,000: Darktide gets a disappoin … | Continue reading
The US Senate votes to force Bytedance to sell TikTok — or see it banned in the US. Social media is the new geopolitical battleground. | Continue reading
The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. I am taken with the hot animal of my skin, grateful to swing my limbs and have them move as I intend, though my knee, though my shoulder, though something is torn or tearing. Today, a dozen squid, dead on the harbor beach:… | Continue reading
Meta’s long-awaited AI assistant has finally been unveiled, much to the confusion of its users, who claim that the chatbot… Continue reading Is Meta AI any good and can it be turned off? Users’ react to ‘useless’ to latest chatbot The post Is Meta AI any good and can it be turned … | Continue reading
Generative AI is attracting attention as the technology has progressed in leaps and bounds in recent years, offering fresh ways to solve user problems. Since it's a relatively new area in terms of its practical application, figuring out how to start building with LLMs (large lang … | Continue reading
Ha! A mistaken vocal inflection produced by the waitress when you mentioned you have a boat. Oh! Often produced involuntarily when you realize you are much kinkier than you thought you were. Wham! Your drunk uncle describing the impact of his 2018 Dodge Ram during his first DUI. … | Continue reading
"Opens new opportunities for simpler cost reductions and deeper integration with renewable energy sources." Alcoholic drinks giant to power its production sites with giant 'brick toaster' battery — here's why it's important first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Introduction Writing and selling your own book is not complicated. The following post shows my approach to self-publishing. Publishing books is cool for many reasons. My main reason is not to make money through self-publishing, but to show how I operate as Interim Manager and Int … | Continue reading
One of the most popular traditional kids activities is making a compass with a needle, cork and magnet. This simple… The post How To Make A Compass with Cork & Needle appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
We have the best chicken recipes for kids and the whole family. We love grilled chicken – it is one… The post 20 Delicious Grilled Chicken Recipes Which The Whole Family Will Love appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Space Simulators can be big business. The two biggest in recent times, Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen have made a… Continue reading Elite Dangerous takes a leaf out of Star Citizen’s book a decade later and starts selling ships for real money The post Elite Dangerous takes a le … | Continue reading
Every technology is a transitional technology. This book makes the case that the complexity of modern technology is, well, complex! Systems are designed by so many people that their outputs are an utter mystery to anyone - even those deeply enmeshed within them. It is somewhat sc … | Continue reading
A younger successor to Caspar David Friedrich, and prominent member of the Düsseldorf School, he was both a Romantic and an influence on the Hudson River School. | Continue reading
Have you seen that photo of a dog attempting to make sweet and passionate love to a robot dog? It’s gone viral on sites like Reddit, Instagram, and X. But it’s fake. Hopelessly, tragically fake. Read more... | Continue reading
I see so many cool indie projects that have been made by really talented developers, and I'm very jealous! The internet, or more specifically, the small web seems to be awash with cool projects. Whether it's Robb with EchFeed tool, Vincent with Tinylitics and Scribbles, or Herman … | Continue reading
Things have been rough for Spotify. There was anti-vaccine misinformation prominently featured on a Joe Rogan podcast on the app, which garnered quite a lot of criticism, and earlier this month, it also once again raised its prices. The famous music streaming app is also notoriou … | Continue reading
The company's in profit, and ad revenue increased 18%. Sponsored by Podcastle. Create, Edit, Publish, and Grow your podcast -- all in one collaborative, AI-powered platform. Make your voice heard with Podcastle. Visit https://podnews.net/update/spotify-billion for the story links … | Continue reading
Law professor Dan Solove has a new article on privacy regulation. In his email to me, he writes: “I’ve been pondering privacy consent for more than a decade, and I think I finally made a breakthrough with this article.” His mini-abstract: In this Article I argue that most of the … | Continue reading
Sometimes I look back a what I have just written and wonder if I am in some kind of fever… Continue reading Cat people rejoice – new feline gore fest lets you get your claws into some bloodthirsty unicorns The post Cat people rejoice – new feline gore fest lets you get your claws … | Continue reading
Cory Dransfeldt writing about Data ownership and agency: I control that data, it sits on infrastructure I manage, it’s in a format I understand and I get the responsibility (or fun — let’s go with that) of presenting it. I get agency and that agency is accompanied by the burden o … | Continue reading
Waiting for the rising sun to emerge from the clouds, I read half a book. The sky is a crazy quilt, orange and gray and pale blue. The birds are […] | Continue reading
Studierende der IST-Hochschule für Management haben die Gelegenheit, von Stephan Schreyer, selbstständiger Strategic Corporate Audio Advisor, zu lernen. Er sei im Mai als Gastdozent zu Besuch. | Continue reading
In a startling development, US prosecutors are pushing for a 36-month prison term for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency… Continue reading Binance founder faces 36-month prison term for violating US laws The post Binance founder faces 36-month prison term for violating … | Continue reading
Checking back in with Windows 11 on Arm on the eve of the Snapdragon X Elite. | Continue reading
The plant is expected to begin producing power in 2025. Energy company moves forward to expand wind farm project, doubling its capacity: 'Will produce energy equivalent to the annual energy consumption of more than 84,000 homes' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
JSR introduces a new way to share JavaScript and TypeScript code across platforms, focusing on simplifying distribution without replacing existing package managers. | Continue reading
A recent analysis from advocacy organization Consumer Reports is the latest to highlight the potential threat of pesticides in our produce. It suggests that around 20% of commonly sold fruits and vegetables in the U.S. could contain unsafe levels of pesticides. Given that concern … | Continue reading
Anthropic's AI tool has beaten GPT-4 in key metrics and has a few surprises up its sleeve — including pontificating about its existence and realizing when it was being tested. | Continue reading
England’s largest multi-arts festival is finding ways to open up cultural experiences to as many people as possible The post Five ways community is at the heart of Brighton Festival appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Both in Europe and beyond, policy makers are striving to increase the sustainability and resilience of their economies and societies, in the face of a complex array of macro trends and crises. In recent years, the concept of regional innovation ecosystems (RIEs) has come to the f … | Continue reading
The United States Senate has passed a bill that requires TikTok, a Chinese-based company, to divest or face a ban… Continue reading US Senate passes bill banning TikTok unless it divest The post US Senate passes bill banning TikTok unless it divest appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
The first public beta of Android 15 for the platform’s most faithful users rolled out this month. While the operating system version will arrive much later this year—typically right before October’s Pixel launch event—it can be fun to try on new features as they’re being built ou … | Continue reading
While we are some way off Honkai: Star Rail’s 2.3 update right now, some details are beginning to emerge about… Continue reading Honkai: Star Rail 2.3 – everything we know so far, release date and new character The post Honkai: Star Rail 2.3 – everything we know so far, release d … | Continue reading
Clara and I went for a lunch break walk yesterday. The leaves and sky were gorgeous. People use the phrase touch grass as a bit of an insult thesedays, but honestly, it’s probably one of the best things you can do. By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2024-04-24. | Continue reading
Sometimes . . . .I suppose it should be enough to just sit still, you know As in to sit quietly and just listen to the emptiness of nothing or to be someplace, like, say by the side of a lake somewhere which is a real place to meoff Seven Lakes Drive, which is up […] | Continue reading
At least 18 government websites in the U.K. and the U.S. send visitor information to multiple online advertising brokers, according… Continue reading Some UK and US government sites are ‘sharing data with ad brokers’ The post Some UK and US government sites are ‘sharing data with … | Continue reading
Speaking of Korean translation and AI, as we did in recent posts (see "Selected readings"), let us take a look at the latest developments in Korea: New AI-based translation tools make their way into everyday life in Korea AI equipped with natural language processing software, whi … | Continue reading
The inventor of ELIZA didn’t mince words in 1982, and they still hold true in the current hype cycle: I would put all projects that propose to substitute a computer system for a human function that involves interpersonal respect, understanding, and love in the same category. I th … | Continue reading