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G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack

Posted on November 29, 2017 by HeyJK
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SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year, General Motors has tantalized investors with plans to build its future around self-driving cars. It has regularly announced big investments and progress reports, but the company has kept its prototype vehicles largely under wraps — until now.
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Toyota showcases humanoid robot that mirrors user

Posted on November 29, 2017 by HeyJK
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Japanese auto giant Toyota Wednesday showcased a humanoid robot that can mirror its user’s movements, a product it says has uses as varied as elderly care and disaster response.
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Anyone Can Hack MacOS High Sierra Just by Typing “Root”

Posted on November 29, 2017 by HeyJK
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There are hackable security flaws in software. And then there are those that don’t even require hacking at all—just a knock on the door, and asking to be let in. Apple’s macOS High Sierra has the second kind.
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Budweiser begins space experiments to be first to brew beer on Mars

Posted on November 23, 2017 by HeyJK
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When Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch announced earlier this year that it wanted to be the first company to brew beer on Mars, most commentators thought that it had its tongue lodged so firmly in its cheek that delicate surgery would be required to remove it.
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Human Pilot Beats Artificial Intelligence In NASA’s Drone Race

Posted on November 23, 2017 by HeyJK
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Washington: An expert human pilot was successfully able to beat flying drones controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) systems in a race organised by NASA. However, the AI-driven drones were more consistent in their performance, scientists said.
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Real-life Captain America? Scientist experiments on himself to push human limitations

Posted on November 18, 2017 by HeyJK
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The world is indeed a fascinating place where we get to see new marvels every day. Who knew that one day we will see in reality what we have come to know about through superhero comic books and films? Turns out a real-life Captain America is in the making. No, we are not talking about Chris Evans.
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Russia unveils £30m plans to start mining on the Moon

Posted on November 17, 2017 by HeyJK
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RUSSIA is planning to colonise the Moon and explore its natural resources as part of ambitious plans to become a superpower in space. After more than 40 years since it last carried out a lunar mission, Moscow is ploughing £30 million into building a new spaceship bound for Earth’s satellite.
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Inside the fake Facebook profile industry

Posted on November 15, 2017 by HeyJK
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Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, around 3 p.m. (France local time). I’ve just uncovered the most important element of the entire investigation. It’s a photo of a group of friends on Facebook, really nothing special.
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How to use SVG as a Placeholder, and Other Image Loading Techniques

Posted on November 15, 2017 by HeyJK
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I’m passionate about image performance optimisation and making images load fast on the web. One of the most interesting areas of exploration is placeholders: what to show when the image hasn’t loaded yet.
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Amazon’s Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time

Posted on November 15, 2017 by HeyJK
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For the past year,  Amazon employees have been test driving Amazon Go, an experimental convenience store in downtown Seattle. The idea is to let consumers walk in, pick up items and then pay for them without ever standing in line at a cashier.
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Brain implant boosts human memory by mimicking how we learn

Posted on November 14, 2017 by HeyJK
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A “memory prosthesis” brain implant has enhanced human memory for the first time. The device is comprised of electrodes implanted in the brain, and is designed to mimic the way we naturally process memories, and can boost performance on memory tests by up to 30 per cent.
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Alibaba: Singles Day sales top $25 billion, break last year’s record by lunchtime

Posted on November 11, 2017 by HeyJK
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. had been expected to set records with this year’s Singles Day, and the Chinese e-commerce giant apparently did it with plenty of time to spare. Singles Day 2017, or the 11/11 Global Shopping Festival, surpassed last year’s total of 120.
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Hasbro reportedly offered to buy Mattel

Posted on November 11, 2017 by HeyJK
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Hasbro is one of the largest toy companies in the world (after Lego), and according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, it recently made an offer to take over its chief rival, Mattel.
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Uber loses key appeal over drivers’ rights

Posted on November 10, 2017 by HeyJK
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Uber has failed in its attempt to have a key ruling on its drivers’ employment rights overturned, a decision that could have major consequences for the transport app and the wider gig economy.
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SUPERHUMANS: Chips inserted in brains will give us MIND-BLOWING abilities within years

Posted on November 10, 2017 by HeyJK
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People will be able to buy new memories and delete unwanted ones in the near future as experts believe they are close to biohacking the body’s most powerful tool, according to a leading technology entrepreneur.
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Twitter’s 280-Character Own Goal

Posted on November 9, 2017 by HeyJK
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Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, was how inventive people could be within that concise framework. USP is “unique selling proposition”. By doubling the character limit, Twitter has eliminated what made them unique.
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The iPhone X Is A User Experience Nightmare

Posted on November 9, 2017 by HeyJK
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Need proof? Just take a look at this cheat sheet published alongside the Wall Street Journal’s iPhone X review:
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One of the biggest names in the auto industry says that no one will own a car in 20 years

Posted on November 8, 2017 by HeyJK
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Now semi-retired, Lutz is partnered with designer Henrik Fisker at VLF Automotive, a maker of exotic, burly very expensive supercars. But he continues to freely offer his thoughts on the car business.
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Apple Is Ramping Up Work on AR Headset to Succeed iPhone

Posted on November 8, 2017 by HeyJK
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Apple Inc., seeking a breakthrough product to succeed the iPhone, aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020.
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Twitter is officially doubling the character limit to 280

Posted on November 7, 2017 by HeyJK
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It’s official. We’re going to 280. Now every Twitter user — from first-day users to President Donald Trump — will have twice the room to share their thoughts.
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Engadget

Meta 'quests' give you more to do in its Horizon Worlds VR social network
Instagram is putting ads in search results
LG made a 49-inch HDR monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate
A TikTok ban is a lot more complicated than just shutting down the app
Roblox launches its first generative AI game creation tools
Google Bard AI hands-on: A work in progress with plenty of caveats
The best immersion blenders you can buy in 2023
NVIDIA unveils AI Foundations, its customizable Gen-AI cloud service
NVIDIA's big AI moment is here
Microsoft brings DALL-E's AI image generation to Bing and Edge
NVIDIA and Medtronic are building an AI-enhanced endoscopy tool
Where to sell your used and unwanted gadgets
Ford unveils an electric Explorer crossover built for Europe's narrow streets
The best mobile microphones for 2023
Google is opening up access to its Bard AI chatbot today
'Attack on Titan' publisher Kodansha is launching its own Manga app
The best live TV streaming services in 2023
Where to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets
Ecovac's latest Deebot cleaning robots combine vacuuming and mopping
Jabra's Elite 4 earbuds forgo a few niceties for a $20 price cut
Adobe is bringing generative AI features to Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro

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6 March 2023
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6 March 2023
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4 March 2023
Earth's Core May Be Causing Strange 'Anomalies', Study Suggests
15 February 2023
Huge Piece Of Sun Breaks Off, Scientists Stunned
11 February 2023
A Study Proves Stoplights Need a Fourth Color: White
10 February 2023
NASA’s Curiosity just discovered evidence of ancient water on Mars
10 February 2023
What Is Near Space And Why Is It Important?
10 February 2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter Tenure Draws Criticism From Jack Dorsey
10 February 2023
John Carmack's 'Different Path' to Artificial General Intelligence
6 February 2023
Atlas Gets a Grip | Boston Dynamics
19 January 2023
Scientists redirect lightning strikes using a weather-controlling super laser
17 January 2023
Artificial intelligence replaced humans in job role for months and ‘no one noticed’
13 January 2023
Michael Thomas
10 January 2023
Nick Huber
7 January 2023
Adobe Is Using Your Data to Train AI: How to Turn It Off
6 January 2023
The start-ups seeking a cure for old age
3 January 2023
Jon Erlichman
27 December 2022
A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business
21 December 2022
Noun Project for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign.
16 December 2022
US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says
12 December 2022
Opinion: Artemis should be the last NASA mission to send astronauts to the Moon
5 December 2022
Tesla didn’t say a word about Tesla Semi being equipped with Autopilot/Self-Driving
5 December 2022
Who Said It: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns?
14 November 2022
Landmark trial involving Tesla autopilot weighs if ‘man or machine’ at fault
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Apple devices now support Nintendo’s classic game controllers
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Will💡
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Wired

Travelrest Nest Ultimate Travel Pillow: Neck Support for Great Sleep
AI Loves—and Loathes—Language
How to Move Your Slack Archive to Discord
The Future of Black Queer Characters in Comics Is Joyful
A US Agency Rejected Face Recognition—and Landed in Big Trouble
The TikTok CEO’s Face-Off With Congress Is Doomed
This Is the Lightest Paint in the World
4 People Tweeting’ Changed the Face of Nigerian Politics
How You Can Tell the AI Images of Trump’s Arrest Are Deepfakes
China’s Answer to ChatGPT Flubs Its First Lines

Tech Crunch

Top 10 AI Tools in 2023 That Will Make Your Life Easier
Top 10 AI Content Generator & Writer Tools in 2022
Beginner Guide to CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) in 2022
TOP 11 AI MARKETING TOOLS YOU SHOULD USE (Updated 2022)
Most Frequently Asked Questions About Affiliate Marketing
What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
ProWritingAid VS Grammarly: Which Grammar Checker is Better in (2022) ?
Sellfy Review 2022: How Good Is This Ecommerce Platform?
Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Canva Review 2022: Details, Pricing & Features
Top 7 Best Wordpress Plugin Of All Time

Apple Insider

TikTok has a plan to avoid getting banned in the US
Meta & Google shouldn't be allowed to bully their way out of paying for news
Apple Music bug shows users other people's playlists
Keyport Pivot 2.0 & Popl Review: Streamlining everyday carry
Apple TV+ gains 15 nominations at UK's Bafta Television Awards
Baseus Bowie M2 Plus review: Small wireless earbuds, mighty sounds
No, Google Bard is not trained on Gmail data
Get up to $900 off computers & electronics at B&H Photo this week
iOS 16.4 beta leaks new AirPods, charging case, Beats
Apple seeds developer release candidate for iOS and iPadOS 16.4
Apple issues release candidate developer beta for macOS Ventura 13.3
Developer release candidates for tvOS 16.4 & watchOS 9.4 are out
NewQ dock adds up to three displays on any M1 & M2 Mac
Apple's M2 Max MacBook Pro 16-inch with 96GB RAM is $250 off, in stock
Future Apple Watch bands could automatically launch apps or change face

Google Tech

Futures Mixed Ahead Of Fed Rate Hike Decision, Powell Comments - Investor's Business Daily
Macron gives interview after pushing through pension plan amid protests - The Washington Post
Ukraine war live updates: Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine - CNBC
Michael Cohen’s Long Arc From Trump Ally to Chief Antagonist - The New York Times
Rosenthal: With Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout, WBC scripts the perfect ending as Japan beats USA - The Athletic
Tesla’s Wireless Charging Platform is well-made and exorbitant - Engadget
What time will the Fed interest rate decision come out? Live updates - USA TODAY
Trump grand jury live updates: Panel scheduled to resume work on porn star payoff probe - CNBC
Gwyneth Paltrow trial – live: Star may testify today about ski collision as she claims video ‘disappeared’ - The Independent
Investment fund links to Atlanta police and ‘Cop City’ project revealed - The Guardian US
DeSantis asked about Trump's nicknames for him. Hear his response - CNN
Russia Launches Attacks Across Ukraine, Killing Four in School Dormitory - The Wall Street Journal
US mortgage rates tumble by the most in 4 months in SVB's wake, MBA says - Reuters
2023 Abel Prize in Mathematics Honors Luis Caffarelli - The New York Times
'Poop-themed dog toys' shaped like whiskey bottles face Supreme Court trademark showdown - NBC News
Xi, Putin pledge new world order as Chinese leader leaves Russia - NBC News
SLED declares Stephen Smith's 2015 death a homicide. Mother Sandy Smith 'in shock, elated' - Greenville News
The ‘Succession’ Season 4 Entrance Survey - The Ringer
Five dead as Tanzania detects first-ever Marburg virus outbreak - Al Jazeera English
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine reportedly injured in beating in South Florida LA Fitness - CBS News
Situation in Sevastopol 'Under Control' as Russian Navy Repels Drone Attack - The Moscow Times
Turing Award Won by Co-Inventor of Ethernet Technology - The New York Times
Potential criminal charges and arrest loom over Trump's run for the White House - NPR
C. auris fungus can be stubborn, potentially deadly at long-term health care sites - KCRA Sacramento
RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Earth asteroid - CNN

Hacker News

Can any Hetzner user, please explain your workflow on Hetzner?
Ask HN: How would you build a budget CPU compute cluster in 2023?
Yellen earned millions in speaking fees from Wall St, tech firms
Show HN: A structured list of jobs from “Who is hiring?”, parsed with GPT
Mozilla.ai: Investing in Trustworthy AI
RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Earth asteroid
2023 Abel Prize: Luis A. Caffarelli
Numbers to Know for Managing (Software Teams)
Research shows we can only accurately identify AI writers about 50% of the time
Ask HN: What audio/sound-related OSS projects can I contribute to?
2023 Turing Award Given to Bob Metcalfe for Invention of Ethernet
Blob Opera
Show HN: ChatLLaMA – A ChatGPT style chatbot for Facebook's LLaMA
Pg_jsonschema – JSON Schema Support for Postgres
SheepShaver: macOS run-time environment for BeOS and Linux
Show HN: Finetune LLaMA-7B on commodity GPUs using your own text
Every possible Wordle solution visualized
Extracting the GameBoy ROM from photographs of the die
Show HN: Generate styled web pages with just Python
A ChatGPT Emacs Shell
Hyundai promises to keep buttons in cars
America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars
Room Generation Using Constraint Satisfaction
So you've installed `fzf` – now what?
Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator
Gloria Dea, Las Vegas magician who vanished into obscurity, has died
Think Screens Stole Our Attention? Medieval Monks Were Distracted Too
A Simulation of a Simulation: Algorithms for Quantum Computing Experiments [pdf]
Club-Wielding Ancestors: Myth or Reality?

Slashdot

RNA Molecule Uracil Found In Asteroid Ryugu Samples
Psychedelic Brew Ayahuasca's Profound Impact Revealed In Brain Scans
The World Saw a Record 9.6% Growth In Renewables In 2022
Google Defends Auto-Deletion of Chats After US Alleged It Destroyed Evidence
Roblox Launches Its First Generative AI Game Creation Tools
Last Energy Signs Deal Worth $19 Billion For Nuclear Plants In Europe
Russian Developers Blocked From Contributing To FOSS Tools
Intel Graphics Chief Leaves After Five Years
Hyundai Promises To Keep Buttons In Cars Because Touchscreen Controls Are Dangerous
Russia's Space Program Is In Big Trouble
Microsoft Wins Dismissal of Gamers' Suit Over $69 Billion Activision Deal
Inside the Art and Science of Crafting the Perfect Movie Title
Oracle Aims To Sustain Java's 27-Year Franchise With v20 Rollout
With Firefly, Adobe Gets Into the Generative AI Game
Nvidia DGX Cloud: Train Your Own ChatGPT in a Web Browser For $37K a Month

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