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The wired brain: How not to talk about an AI-powered future
The way we talk about AI is a mess. It starts with the most obvious, the imagery. Just like stock photos of happy people pointing at whiteboards were a symbol of the modern workplace, wired brains and robots have now come to represent “the AI”.
Zucktown, USA
Earlier this year in Silicon Valley, a phalanx of six-figure-earning Facebook engineers confronted Mark Zuckerberg about subsidizing their extortionate rents.
Now anyone can explore machine learning, no coding required
From helping you find your favorite dog photos, to helping farmers in Japan sort cucumbers, machine learning is changing the way people use code to solve problems.
Apple testing Google DoubleClick ad serving in News app, report says
A report this week claims Apple is allowing select publishers to insert ads from Google’s DoubleClick For Publishers into News app pages, an unexpected strategy shift that could lead to better monetization options for the iOS content aggregator.
Apple is exclusive retailer of ‘Parker,’ world’s first AR teddy bear
Children’s toy startup Seedling on Tuesday launched Parker the Bear, an Apple store exclusive plush teddy bear that comes to life through iOS augmented reality effects.
Physicists Confirm That We’re Not Living In a Computer Simulation
Scientists have discovered that it’s impossible to model the physics of our universe on even the biggest computer. What that means is that we’re probably not living in a computer simulation.
TV commercials keep shrinking
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Autonomous two-seater ‘Passenger Drone’ that could revolutionise the daily commute completes its first manned flight
Incredible images and video footage have captured the first manned flight of an autonomous drone that could revolutionise the daily commute. Passenger Drone took to the skies with a pilot aboard to test out the aerial craft’s capabilities.
Can Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Save the Music Industry?
immy Iovine has a line he likes to use. Actually he has a lot of them. Today, Iovine runs Apple Music, the latest stop in a career that has taken him from studio rat to cofounder of Interscope Records to head of Beats Electronics.
Three U.S.-born scientists win 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling our biological clocks, the award-giving body said on Monday.
Roku rolls out Roku OS 8, refreshes TV hardware with 4K and faster processors
Roku just announced updates to five of its TV streaming products, as well as a new operating system that marries access to over-the-air TV with video streaming services.
Stop the Endless Scroll. Delete Social Media From Your Phone
Most of the time, I navigate to my social media apps reflexively, as though my finger and the icons are magnets. I don’t even realize I’m doing it until my thumb taps the Instagram icon on my screen. Again. And again. And again. It’s a dirty digital habit, and it doesn’t make me happy.
Google CEO Appeases Publishers With Subscriptions
The Alphabet Inc. unit is scrapping a contentious search result rule for subscription news sites and giving them new tools to attract more paying customers.
Watch Ryan Gosling rage over Avatar’s Papyrus font in SNL’s best sketch in ages
Late into its season 43 premiere, Saturday Night Live surprised viewers in the best way possible by taking on two pretentious movies — and one unbearably overused font — at once.
Travis Kalanick appoints two to Uber board, company surprised by the move
(Reuters) — Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief executive.
Is coffee healthy?
(CNN)Yes, go ahead and grab that cup of joe, or two, or more. Doing so may improve your health and help you live longer, suggests new research. Lisa Drayer is a nutritionist, an author and a CNN health and nutrition contributor. She was a spokesperson for Starbucks in 2009.
Mars Space Station Could Pave Way for 1st Footsteps on Red Planet
Humanity may camp out for a year or so in Mars orbit to get ready for its epic first trek to the Red Planet’s surface. The aerospace company Lockheed Martin recently proposed that NASA work with its international partners and private industry to set up a space station in Mars orbit by 2028.
Turn on iPhone FM radio chips, urges FCC. But iPhone 7, 8 don’t have any, says Apple
Following hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Apple is facing renewed calls to activate the iPhone’s FM radio, which the Cupertino company says is technically impossible.
No assembly required? Ikea to buy services site TaskRabbit
Ikea is making moves so you don’t have to assemble a sofa or bookcase yourself. The furniture seller said Thursday that it is buying online on-demand services platform TaskRabbit, which lets users hire people to help them move, clean up the house or assemble furniture.