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SpaceX’s Secret Weapon Is Gwynne Shotwell

Posted on July 31, 2018 by HeyJK
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She launches spaceships, sells rockets, and deals with Elon Musk. If all went well, Musk’s cherry-red Tesla Roadster would be propelled toward Mars with a spacesuit-clad dummy behind the wheel and David Bowie’s Life on Mars? playing on the stereo.
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Magic Leap offers a sneak peek at its mixed reality OS

Posted on July 29, 2018 by HeyJK
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Magic Leap has been peeling away one layer of secrecy after another now that it’s close to shipping its mixed reality headset. Just recently, it released an AR demo and revealed that it’s working with comics industry veteran Grant Morrison.
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How a Bunch of Lava Lamps Protect Us From Hackers

Posted on July 29, 2018 by HeyJK
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Edward Craven Walker lived to see his greatest invention, the lava lamp, make its late-’90s cultural comeback. But the British tinkerer (and famed nudist, incidentally) died before he could witness the 21st-­century digital potential of his analog creation.
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Google promises to stop suggesting ‘my face’ when you type ‘sit on’ in Gboard

Posted on July 28, 2018 by HeyJK
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Applying machine learning to everything under the sun can be tricky. Case in point: Gboard’s text prediction has been suggesting people type “my face and” after the words “sit on,” resulting in a reference to a sexual act.
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Now is the time for Walmart to strike at Amazon Prime

Posted on July 22, 2018 by HeyJK
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Amazon Prime has been an enormous influence on e-commerce, but this online juggernaut is beginning to show cracks.
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How to beat LinkedIn: The Game

Posted on July 22, 2018 by HeyJK
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Since its founding in 2002, LinkedIn has quickly become one of the most popular video games of all time. It currently has roughly 530 million users, and was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.
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Art technicians: The industry’s dirty secret, or all part of the process?

Posted on July 19, 2018 by HeyJK
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Down a chaotic lane in chaotic Govanhill, the works of two of Glasgow’s female Turner Prize-nominated artists, Lucy Skaer and Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, are being produced. But it is two men who have their studio here.
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Apple is reportedly upgrading most of its Mac lineup this fall, including the Mac mini

Posted on July 11, 2018 by HeyJK
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Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities has published his research note of predictions for Apple’s fall lineup — and it’s a doozy, via 9to5Mac.
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Scientists discover world’s oldest colour – bright pink

Posted on July 10, 2018 by HeyJK
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Scientists have discovered what they say are the world’s oldest colours – and they are bright pink. The pigments were discovered after researchers crushed 1.1bn-year-old rocks found in a marine shale deposit, beneath the Sahara desert, in the Taoudeni basin in Mauritania, west Africa.
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This amazing new web tool lets you create microsites that exist solely as URLs

Posted on July 6, 2018 by HeyJK
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Former Google designer Nicholas Jitkoff, who’s now the vice president of design at Dropbox, has created a really nifty new web tool he’s calling itty bitty sites, or self-contained microsites that exist solely as URLs. You can create your own by following this URL: itty.bitty.site.
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Intel’s Mobile Failure a $17B Mistake, Says New Street Research

Posted on July 6, 2018 by HeyJK
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Apple shares new App Store stats ahead of its 10th anniversary

Posted on July 6, 2018 by HeyJK
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Apple revealed several new numbers today in a report celebrating the App Store’s 10th anniversary, including details about subscription apps.
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Shell CEO calls for 2040 ban on new petrol car sales to be bought forward

Posted on July 6, 2018 by HeyJK
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LONDON – Shell, one of the world’s largest oil companies, has supported calls for the UK to bring forward its 2040 ban on new petrol and diesel cars and accelerate the move to greener energy, The Guardian reported.
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Apple Music Reportedly Surpasses Spotify Subscriber Count in the U.S.

Posted on July 6, 2018 by HeyJK
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Apple Music has now surpassed Spotify’s subscriber count in the United States, according to a confidential source who spoke to Digital Music News. The anonymous source, said to be a major U.S.
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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

Hand-Picked

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Futurists predict point where humans, machines become one. But will we see it coming?
14 March 2023
Heartbeat May Shape Our Perception of Time, Study Shows
14 March 2023
How Old Are You, Really? New Tests Want to Tell You
6 March 2023
Mysterious Launch Out Of Cape Canaveral Appears Imminent
6 March 2023
Netflix - Watch TV Shows Online, Watch Movies Online
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
14 November 2022
Apple devices now support Nintendo’s classic game controllers
25 October 2022
Will💡
24 October 2022

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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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