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Apple Vision Pro users: AR pioneers or glassholes 2.0
Are Apple Vision Pro users "Glassholes 2.0," or are they pioneers, forging ahead into a future that challenges conventional boundaries?
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Tech layoffs full steam ahead in 2024
The tech industry continues its trend of shedding dead weight in 2024, laying off tens of thousands of workers in the past month. Which companies made the list? Cybernews has the latest round up.
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Midjourney hires Apple Vision Pro’s engineer as head of hardware
Midjourney, a generative AI startup, has hired Ahmad Abbas, a developer who worked for Apple for five years.
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Amazon's top AI-inspired jobs of the future
Amazon says it will teach you the AI skills needed to fulfill the top machine learning (ML) based jobs of the future – and all for free. What do these jobs actually entail? Cybernews sums up the AI-inspired job descriptions.
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Starship delivery robots raise $90M in funding
Starship says robots can ensure more ethical and sustainable deliveries than “humans on low wages riding through traffic.”
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A motion in Germany wants loot boxes in video games banned
The ruling coalition in Germany’s smallest state, Bremen, is pushing for a nationwide ban on loot boxes in video games, expressing concerns about potential addiction among children. Should this become the norm? Experts disagree on this controversial topic.
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From The Simpsons to reality: Apple Vision Pro’s 15 minutes of fame
Once predicted in an episode of ‘The Simpsons,’ the Apple Vision Pro has taken the internet by storm, demonstrating its seamless integration into the lives of many.
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3D printer arrives to space to recycle garbage
ESA confirms metal 3D printer has successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to print metal objects in space for the first time.
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Proofpoint lays off 280 workers as tech cuts jobs
The cybersecurity company is cutting around 280 jobs worldwide, or 6% of its total workforce of 4,500, according to local media reports in Israel.
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Digital watermarking and the future of online trust
With half the world’s population invited to vote this year, and fears mounting over deepfakes and other fabricated narratives being circulated to sway elections, now is probably a good time to be running a digital watermarking company.
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Biased predictive policing funded by US gov, lawmakers say
A cadre of Democratic lawmakers are demanding the federal government stop funding predictive policing systems due to their racist and discriminatory algorithms.
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MSCHF tests copyright limits with streaming project
The Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF turns the macOS Terminal app and Windows Command Prompt into a text-based movie-streaming experience.
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Musk: Neuralink succeeds at first human brain implant
Elon Musk said his brain chip start-up Neuralink successfully completed its first ever human trial to implant its experimental wireless brain-computer interface and the patient is doing well.
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Mars helicopter mission ends over rotor damage
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first to fly on another planet, has damaged one of its rotor blades while on a mission on the Red planet, forcing the craft to the ground for good.
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Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff
Microsoft is cutting around 1,900 jobs at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, news website The Verge reported on Thursday, citing an internal memo from the head of the company's gaming division.
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Chickpeas sprouted on Moon soil, thanks to fungi
Extraterrestrial agriculture is the key to food sustainability in a quest for space exploration. In a recent push, researchers have successfully cultivated chickpeas in the Moon’s soil.
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Robots can now groove with human-like walk
Scientists have reached a breakthrough in robotics, enabling robots to achieve human-like walking using a musculoskeletal model.
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Apple will pay artists 10% higher royalties for spatial music
Apple wants to incentivize more artists to make their music available in an immersive Spatial Audio experience.
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TikTok shopping scams and how to avoid them
TikTok is one of the popular social media sites that advertises cheap and cheerful products. However, users run the risk of encountering scammers who advertise false goods for a price.
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AI and big data: the energy suckers of the future
The growing amounts of data created each year, combined with the pursuit of AI capabilities, are expected to put a huge strain on the world’s energy resources over the next decade – or at least until quantum computing becomes the norm.
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