Jason Silva, futurist and host of National Geographicâs âBrain Games,â recently published a mind-bending YouTube video combining the technological prowess of AI with the artistic creativity of someone who believes in the power of psychoactive experiences. Itâs called âDreaming while awake: a journey into ourselves.â The description on Silvaâs YouTube channel describes the video as: The first art piece of the singularity: born from a human-AI collaboration by Jason Silva,... Read more âș
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The year is 2030 and we are at the worldâs largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, containing the most powerful processor ever seen in a phone. The Nyooro can perform an astonishing quintillion operations per second, which is a thousand times faster than smartphone models... Read more âș
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This week, new research found that roundabouts are overrepresented in bike accidents. Dutch traffic bureau VIA looked at registered accidents at intersections that involved cyclists between 2014 and 2021. It found most of the intersection bike crashes in the Netherlands occur at roundabouts. Specifically, 12% of the total bike crashes involved intersections or almost one in eight. Roundabouts are designed to improve traffic flow â particularly for car drivers â... Read more âș
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This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. If an adversary gives you a machine learning model and secretly plants a malicious backdoor in it, what are the chances that you can discover it? Very little, according to a new paper by researchers at UC Berkeley, MIT, and the Institute of Advanced Study. The security of machine learning is becoming increasingly critical as ML models... Read more âș
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If you want to find your dream job, you need to stand out from the crowd. Itâs not enough to meet the job requirements, have a decent CV, and a few good references. In todayâs competitive job market, job seekers need to go above and beyond to cut through the noise and kick off their career. One of the best ways to do this is to create an online portfolio.... Read more âș
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Over the last few years, weâve seen more and more new kinds of aviation vehicles come on the market, from flyboards to flying motorbikes to eVTOLs. So when we saw a video of a hoverboard being flown in Paris this week, we just knew we had to share it with you. Whatâs a better fuck you to city traffic than whizzing through the air above it? A video on YouTube... Read more âș
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Sorry if this triggers your anxiety: remember how we once to charge our phones overnight so they were ready for action the next day? It took hours to charge devices from 0 to 100%, and we would frantically look for chargers if the battery level went below a certain threshold. That has changed in the last couple of years, during which weâve seen the evolution of charging tech that fully... Read more âș
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Parks, small woodlands and even simple patches of grass not only keep a city attractive, but also help people find a sense of bliss in an otherwise bustling urban environment. With new technologies, we can plan and monitor these urban âgreen spacesâ better than ever before. As several studies have highlighted, nature within urban settings plays a pivotal role in combating many of the global public health challenges commonly associated... Read more âș
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Omar Sultan Al Olama, the United Arab Emirates minister of artificial intelligence, yesterday told an audience at the World Economic forum in Davos that itâs his belief that people who commit âserious crimesâ in the metaverse should be punished with real-world criminal consequences. Per an article by CNBCâs Sam Shead, the minister views this as a necessary measure to protect peopleâs mental health: If I send you a text on... Read more âș
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DuckDuckGoâs reputation for protecting privacy has taken a hit after revelations emerged of a tracking deal with Microsoft. Security researcher Zack Edwards this week revealed that DuckDuckGoâs mobile browsers allow some Microsoft sites to bypass its block on trackers. While the browser blocks Facebook and Google trackers, DuckDuckGo makes an exception for Microsoft. Edwards found that the browsers allow allows data to be sent to Microsoftâs LinkedIn and Bing domains... Read more âș
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions â or, as you may call them, âcookie pop-ups.â The pop-ups have scarred the internet since the EU made them mandatory for most sites. The lawmakers were understandably concerned about companies tracking users as they browse the web. The notifications are their attempt to protect our privacy. Well, thanks â I hate them. No one reads the stoopid banners, sites use... Read more âș
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For a long time, weâve been hearing that cobalt is terrible. Its mining is linked to child labor, environmental damage, and loss of habitat to local wildlife â and its use is increasing. But there are some signs for the better. We decided to take a look. The numbers are going up According to The Cobalt Institute, electric vehicles are the highest drivers of cobalt demand, consuming 59,000 tonnes, or... Read more âș
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By: Todd Feathers and Alfred Ng In late 2019, Utah state senator Kirk Cullimore got a phone call from one of his constituents, a lawyer who represented technology companies in California. âHe said, âI think the businesses I represent would like to have some bright lines about what they can do in Utah,âââ Cullimore told The Markup. At the time, tech companies in California were struggling with how they... Read more âș
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Last year, more than 300 million truly wireless earbuds (TWS) were shipped worldwide. While Apple is the leading company in the sector with its AirPods, they cost more than $150. The leading price point in the market is under $50, with a 36% market share, according to research firm Counterpoint. This is the segment OnePlus wants to dominate with its sub-$40 Nord Buds. Itâs a no-frills release from the company... Read more âș
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Few office workers seem to like performance reviews, those annual examinations of how well workers are doing their jobs. And many seem to outright hate â or fear â them. A 2015 survey of Fortune 1000 companies found that nearly two-thirds of employees were dissatisfied with performance reviews, didnât think they were relevant to their jobs â or both. In a separate survey conducted in 2016, a quarter of men... Read more âș
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OnePlus released its first set of wireless earbuds in 2020. They were cute, pocket-friendly, and sounded good for its price. But they werenât exactly a home run. In 2021, it released the $50 budget OnePlus Buds Z and $150 OnePlus Buds Pro with ANC (Active Noise Canceling). This year, the company has cracked a reasonable compromise between those two, with the $99 OnePlus Buds Z2. Iâve been using these wireless... Read more âș
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Machine-learning systems are increasingly worming their way through our everyday lives, challenging our moral and social values and the rules that govern them. These days, virtual assistants threaten the privacy of the home; news recommenders shape the way we understand the world; risk-prediction systems tip social workers on which children to protect from abuse; while data-driven hiring tools also rank your chances of landing a job. However, the ethics of... Read more âș
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Enthusiasts lit up social media recently with images of what appeared to be a âdoorwayâ into a hillside on Mars. Was it, some wondered, evidence that the red planet could be, or have been, inhabited by aliens? The âdoorâ was imaged by Nasaâs Curiosity rover on May 7 on the slopes of Mount Sharp, the central massif within Gale crater, where it landed in 2012. Described on one website as... Read more âș
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Thereâs a new development in the TwitterâElon Musk deal, and this time, itâs a financial one rather than a juicy controversy. In his latest step, Musk has removed Tesla shares as collateral to secure financing for his acquisition of Twitter. He declared the expiry of margin loans in a new filing with the Security and Exchanges Commission (SEC). When Musk first penned the offer to buy Twitter, he committed $21... Read more âș
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Headphones donât like my hair. Thatâs an unfortunate truth for someone who has spent half of his life being a little obsessed with headphones. Getting good sound quality out of most headphones requires a good seal, but years of testing headphones have shown most simply donât try to account for more voluminous hairstyles like the fro Iâve been growing over the pandemic. People who wear glasses often face similar issues,... Read more âș
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