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NYPD Deploys Villainous-Looking Dalek in Subway System

Futurism 25 Sep 2023
Doctor Adams. Watch out, New Yorkers — the NYPD's new surveillance bot has officially arrived at a subway platform near you ... At a relatively diminutive height of 5'3 and a top rolling speed of 3 miles per hour, this armless egg-on-wheels isn't exactly going to chase any suspects down ... — katie honan (@katie_honan) September 22, 2023. Exterminate!.
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Scientists Say They've Invented a Speaker That "Mutes" Annoying People

Futurism 24 Sep 2023
Cone of Silence. A new speaker can rearrange its seven "self-deploying" microphones to partition a room into so-called "speech zones," allowing it to track and identify different voices, even as they move ... Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, in a statement. Sounding Seeking ... The mobility that affords is crucial ... In the Zone ... Pretty tight ... ....
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Experts Say NASA’s Mars Sample Return Plan Is Deeply Flawed

Futurism 24 Sep 2023
Total Mess. Houston, we have so many problems. As SpaceNews reports, NASA has delayed its Mars Sample Return (MSR) effort after an independent review board found several serious issues regarding the mission's timetable, price tag, and technical details. The return mission, initially slated for 2026, has always been incredibly ambitious ... ....
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Bits’n’bytes: Know about startup, business news in Pune

Hindustan Times 22 Sep 2023
Encubay invites women-led startups to explore Dubai business landscape. Global diversity-focused network Encubay invites applications from women-led startups, startup ecosystem stakeholders, and VCs to participate in business delegation to GITEX North Star. (Getty Images/iStockphoto (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION)) ... IGI establishes laboratory in Pune ... ....
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Google’s New Gmail Tool Is Hallucinating Emails That Don’t Exist

Futurism 22 Sep 2023
Ba(r)d Assistant. Google's new Bard extension will apparently summarize emails, plan your travels, and — oh, yeah — fabricate emails that you never actually sent ... According to New York Times columnist Kevin Roose, Bard isn't the helpful inbox assistant that Google apparently wants it to be — at least yet ... Train to Nowhere ... More on AI ... ....
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Elon Musk’s Dad Says Someone at His Emerald Mine Got Eaten by a Crocodile

Futurism 22 Sep 2023
Crocod-Errol. For an emerald mine that Elon Musk continues to claim doesn't exist, his father, Errol Musk, sure seems to know a lot about it ... "Half of my colleagues were killed, all of my colleagues got malaria, yellow fever, blackwater fever, and more," Errol told the Daily Beast. "One was eaten by a crocodile on the banks of Lake Tanganyika." ... ....
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Harvard Says That for $1 Billion, You Can Rename Its Medical School

Futurism 22 Sep 2023
Bargain Basement. Got a billion dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Harvard's got just the thing ... You know, because could really use the extra cash! Billion Dollar Boys. According to the Crimson, Harvard set the price about a decade ago, but this is the first time that the listing has been reported on ... More on education ... ....
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Thrift Bytes Thrifting - Episode 141

Bitchute 21 Sep 2023
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NASA's Solar Probe Survived Flying Right Through Massive Sun Explosion

Futurism 21 Sep 2023
Sun Burnt. Flying an expensive satellite into an intense explosion of plasma from our Sun sounds like a risky proposition, but NASA's sturdy Parker Solar Probe did just that earlier this month, in its latest daring bid to better understand our nearest star and its impact on our planet ... Star Struck ... More on the Sun ... ....
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Parents Furious After Deepfaked Nudes of Daughters Circulate at Schools

Futurism 21 Sep 2023
Dystopia Now. "I saw a naked photo of you.". Those were the chilling words a boy told a 14-year-old girl after she arrived on the first day of school this year in Spain, Spanish newspaper El Pais reports ... There even was one case of alleged blackmail ... "That they did it with an artificial intelligence app. I’m scared. Some girls have also received it.”.
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AI Companies Desperately Hiring Authors and Poets to Fix Their Crappy Writing

Futurism 21 Sep 2023
Dead Poets Society. It's an open secret that generative AI is terrible at coming up with original and creative writing. In many ways, that's to be expected, given its inherent nature — machine learning systems typically churn through the internet and remix what they've gobbled up, often in nonsensical or uninspiring ways ... Et Tu, BrutAI ... ....
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Family Sues Google for Fatally Telling Father to Drive Off Collapsed Bridge

Futurism 21 Sep 2023
Mind the Gap. The family of a tragically deceased North Carolina man is suing Google for negligence, claiming Google Maps told the father of two to drive his car off a collapsed bridge last year. Philip Paxson drowned after plowing his Jeep Gladiator off the bridge, plunging 20 feet into a creek below in September 2022, the Associated Press reports.
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Pink Diamonds Emerged When a Supercontinent Broke Up, Scientists Say

Futurism 21 Sep 2023
Diamond Eyes. Pink diamonds are so incredibly rare that they can sell for many millions of dollars. Scientists believe the ultra-rare gems turn pink or red when tectonic plates collide with unusually strong forces, causing their crystal lattices to literally bend, as CNN reports ... Continental Breakup ... Pink Treasure. That leaves the question ... ....
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BITS AND BYTES: Steps to control iPhone privacy

The Post and Courier 20 Sep 2023
You may not be aware, but using a smartphone is always risky when it comes to privacy. Your cell provider tracks your location all the time, and it is nearly impossible to identify exactly how much and what kinds of data each app collects and sells. But you can take a few steps to mitigate any privacy concerns ... Next month we’ll give you six more ... .
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NASA Wants to Send Humanoid Robots to Mars

Futurism 20 Sep 2023
Paranoid Android. It almost feels like outer space is designed to kill you, from massive amounts of radiation to extreme temperatures. To offload mundane and dangerous tasks from astronauts, NASA has invested in Austin-based startup and longtime collaborator Apptronik, which develops humanoid robots ... Moon Bot ... More on NASA ... ....

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