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Snag Big Savings on Refurbished Garmin Devices at Woot
One of the best brands for fitness and sports tech out there is Garmin, but the company’s top-quality gear often comes at a premium. If you’re hunting for deals on Garmin products, Woot has a number of factory-reconditioned options available for a lot less than brand-new Garmin devices. Snag... Read more
The Thorny Art of Deepfake Labeling
Last week, the Republican National Committee put out a video advertisement against Biden, which featured a small disclaimer in the top left of the frame: “Built entirely with AI imagery.” Critics questioned the diminished size of the disclaimer and suggested its limited value, particularly because the ad marks the... Read more
Square Enix fans aren’t pleased with machine learning test
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Square Enix recently released a free game on Steam called “Square Enix Test Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case.” This remake of a 1983 text-based adventure game used Natural Language Processing (NLP)... Read more
The Bionic Eye That Could Restore Vision (and Put Humans in the Matrix)
A few feet inside the front door at Science Corp. in Alameda, California, lies a brightly lit room with large, transparent windows. On a late November afternoon, three gowned surgeons carefully circle a New Zealand white rabbit laid out on an ocean-blue cloth. About a month prior, the rabbit... Read more
The Seabed Empire Funding Britain’s New King
| WIRED
In 2019, a partnership between BP and German energy provider ENBW agreed to pay £231 million ($290 million) in annual option fees alone. While the offshore wind industry booms, the Crown Estate is already eyeing the next opportunity to cash in on its seabed empire: carbon storage. The seabed around... Read more
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is great fun now that I’ve beaten the PC issues
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. May the 4th be with you all, and this is a good time to be a Star Wars fan (here I speak with some authority). Not only do we have several good... Read more
iPhones Continue to Be a Bright Spot for Apple, Even in a Tough Economy
Apple’s iPhone success still isn’t slowing down, with the tech giant on Thursday announcing iPhone sales reached a record number for the March quarter, bringing in $51.3 billion in revenue.  There are now over 1 billion active iPhone devices, Apple said on Thursday while announcing earnings for its fiscal second quarter that ended... Read more
The Harmful Side Effect of Cleaning Up the Ocean
| WIRED
Egger stresses that TOC wants to make sure its plastic-cleaning efforts are helping marine life, not harming it. But it’s more complicated than simply trying to minimize the amount of marine life taken out of the ocean along with plastic, he says. If crustaceans or sea anemones from other... Read more
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More DataStax is continuing to build out its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities with the launch today of its Luna ML service. DataStax got its start over a... Read more
Hulu Plus Live TV Will Soon Offer Local PBS and Magnolia Network
Hulu Plus Live TV will add PBS and Magnolia Network to its live TV streaming lineup, the company said Thursday. The new channels are among the most frequently requested, according to Hulu’s Reagan Feeney. Subscribers will be able to start watching Magnolia Network on May 25, while Hulu will... Read more