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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 04/26/2021 01:57 EDT

India ordered Facebook and Twitter to remove posts criticizing its poor handling of the pandemic

India is currently amid a dangerous coronavirus wave with more than 300,000 cases registered every 24 hours for the past several days. Social media timelines are filled with requests for oxygen, hospital beds, and medicines. In the national capital, New Delhi, hospitals have had to knock on the door of judicial courts to request government assistance in procuring supplies of oxygen. Adults over the age of 18 will be able... Read more

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Tristan Greene @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/22/2021 16:32 EDT

Study shows how dangerously simple it is to manipulate voters (and daters) with AI

A pair of researchers, Ujué Agudo and Helena Matute of Universidad de Deusto in Spain, recently published a fascinating study demonstrating how easy it is to influence humans with algorithms. Up front: The basic takeaway from the work is that people tend to do what the algorithm says. Whether they’re being influenced to vote for a specific candidate based on an algorithmic recommendation or being funneled toward the perfect date... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/22/2021 15:19 EDT

AI forensics reveals a Grassy Knoll-style ‘second author’ mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls

AI has helped discover new insights about the authors of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls. Researchers in the Netherlands used AI and pattern recognition to analyze the handwriting of the mysterious scribes. They found evidence that the manuscripts were penned by two different writers. Mladen Popović, professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Groningen, said the discovery has opened a new window on the ancient world:... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 12:00 EDT

This virtual training suite trains a robotic arm to move objects in complex scenarios

The Allen Institute for AI just announced a new framework called ManipulaTHOR that helps in creating various real-life scenarios to train a robot arm in manipulating objects.  This new testing suite — part of the AI2-THOR update — has more than 100 physics-enabled physics-enabled rooms that have complex environments and obstructions that might get in the way of a robot arm while interacting with objects. ManipulaTHOR will enable faster training... Read more

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Napier Lopez @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/22/2021 12:00 EDT

The new iMacs have ‘force-canceling’ speakers — here’s what that means

Apple loves throwing around buzzwords in product reveals and spec sheets, and one that caught a few eyes was the use of ‘force-canceling‘ in the new iMac‘s sound systems. Apple claims these are the best speakers in an iMac yet, but what does a force-canceling woofer actually mean? Is that some kind of Jedi fighting space dog? It’s nothing quite as sci-fi as Star Wars. Force-canceling woofer arrangements are fairly... Read more

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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 11:16 EDT

Are your company values understood, or merely memorized?

Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! My daughter is on her way to graduate from high school this spring and is currently busy studying for her exams. I was looking at her planning... Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 10:00 EDT

These $40 AI-powered earbuds block noises you don’t need, while alerting you to the ones you do

TLDR: The xFyro ANC Pro AI-Powered Wireless Earbuds use artificial intelligence to amp up its noise cancelling powers to make the music better while keeping listeners safer. Everybody loves the convenience of earbuds. The tiny little powerhouses don’t have all the heft of lugging around over-ear headphones while still dishing up premium sound. But they still suffer from the same concern held by over-ear users — how do you enjoy... Read more

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Callum Booth @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 09:15 EDT

Excited for iOS 15? Well, maybe you shouldn’t be

Ahh, the great rumor mill, when shall it cease its endless spin? Never. It won’t. Stop asking. And, on that note, a chunk of information about iOS 15 just leaked. We call that a “smooth segue” in the business. Anyway, there are a range of updates pencilled in for iOS 15, according to a Bloomberg report. This includes an upgrade to notifications, a new iPad Home Screen, and additional privacy... Read more

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Matthew Beedham @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/22/2021 08:09 EDT

Jaguar Land Rover shutters two factories over worldwide chip shortages

British automaker Jaguar Land Rover is temporarily shuttering two of its main factories over chip shortages that are plaguing much of the automotive industry. JLR said there is going to be a limited period of closure at its Halewood and Castle Bromwich plants in the UK, from Monday, BBC reports. Since the outbreak of coronavirus, all kinds of tech manufacturers have been affected by silicon chip shortages which have come... Read more

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Ioanna Lykiardopoulou @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 07:11 EDT

The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq marks the brand’s new all-electric era

Cadillac promises to become a pure electric brand from here on now, and it all starts with the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq. On Tuesday, GM unveiled the production version of the Cadillac Lyriq SUV, its first all-electric vehicle, and the first GM vehicle featuring its Ultium battery technology. The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq runs on a 100kWh lithium-ion battery pack, with capacity of over 300 miles range on a full charge. The... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 06:26 EDT

iOS 14.5 is rolling out next week — here are its best new features

Apple announced a ton of devices at its ‘Spring Loaded event’. But what the company kept for footnotes was the fact that the iOS 14.5 update is rolling out next week. The much-anticipated update — which brings multiple useful additions, such as unlocking your device while wearing a mask — will hit users on April 30. Here are some best features of the upcoming update: Face ID will work with... Read more

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Cities Today @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/22/2021 04:28 EDT

Dubai wants 25% of all journeys in the city to be ‘driverless’ by 2030

This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Autonomous vehicle company Cruise will launch its first international robotaxi service in Dubai, with plans to have up to 4,000 vehicles in... Read more

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Randy Baker @ The Next Web · 04/22/2021 04:00 EDT

Making money is easy: 4 brutally honest tips for founders

You’ve heard it before: 90% of startups ultimately fail, premature scaling is said to kill a business in 70% of cases, and countless entrepreneurs give up their business due to the lack of capital or insufficient profitability. And as if that wasn’t enough, over three-quarters of founders have faced existential problems due to Covid-19. But let me break some news to you: after over 40 years in business, I’ve realized... Read more

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Matthew Beedham @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/22/2021 03:36 EDT

12 US states call for Biden to ban combustion cars from 2035

Get a load of this. America is finally coming down hard on combustion engine vehicles. Governors of 12 US states are campaigning for President Biden to take a leaf out of California and Washington’s play book, and ban combustion engined cars by 2035. The states campaigning for the move are: California, New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington State, and Rhode Island. As... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/22/2021 02:50 EDT

How Signal hacked the device that claimed to hack Signal

The founder of security-focused messenger Signal, Moxie Marlinspike, revealed today that he found and exploited vulnerabilities in software from Cellebrite, a company that specializes in digital forensics tools that have been used by authorities around the world to extract data from phones.  In a blog post, Marlinspike claimed that he found one of the company’s devices in a package that fell out of a truck — that’s some luck, huh?... Read more

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Abhimanyu Ghoshal @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/22/2021 02:13 EDT

NASA’s Perseverance rover has extracted breathable oxygen from Martian air

NASA has had plenty of reason to remotely celebrate its achievements on Mars lately. After it successfully flew the Ingenuity autonomous helicopter there earlier this week, the space agency reports that a device aboard its Perseverance rover managed to convert air from the red planet into breathable oxygen. HOLY. SHIT. That’s a major accomplishment because it hints that we could someday scale this up to produce enough oxygen for astronauts... Read more

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Napier Lopez @ The Next Web · 04/21/2021 23:23 EDT

Google Meet is getting a new interface and video backgrounds

As we all continue to adjust to the increased number of video calls in our lives, Google Meet is introducing a bunch of new features to improve your meetings — and offer better competition to Zoom. The company is tweaking Google Meet’s interface with changes “largely inspired by customer and user feedback.” These changes are rolling out to desktop and laptop users over the next month. For one, all controls... Read more

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Napier Lopez @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/21/2021 17:42 EDT

Developers can now run Linux GUI apps in Windows 10

Microsoft’s romance with Linux over the last few years has reached new heights: developers will now be able to run Linux apps with an honest-to-goodness GUI directly in Windows 10. Developers previously had access to a Linux kernel and a terminal app with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), but the emphasis was on command-line tools. They could even run GUI apps in Windows 10 with some workarounds, but this... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web · 04/21/2021 14:28 EDT

Pepper the robot has been talking to itself to improve gain your trust

Talking to yourself has a bad reputation, but it doesn’t always mean you’re going mad. Studies show that thinking out loud can help you manage your emotions and complete tricky tasks — and it isn’t only humans who are doing it. A group of Italian researchers recently programmed Pepper the robot to “think” out loud so that users can understand what influences its decisions. They suspected that this would improve... Read more

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Cities Today @ The Next Web · 04/21/2021 12:48 EDT

Aussie state drops $26M on AI to catch distracted drivers

This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. The Australian state of Victoria is investing AUS$33.7 million (US$25.9 million) in ‘distracted driver’ technology which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect... Read more

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