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The Download: AI tracking birds, and a pig kidney transplant
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is changing how we study bird migration In a warming world, migratory birds face many existential threats. Scientists rely on a combination of methods to track the timing and location of their…
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‘They’re looking for something’: rumors abound over unsettling drone sightings in New Jersey
At first, the relentless flocks of drones were unusual but nothing to worry about – now, people want answersKyle Breese, 36, works remotely in insurance and lives in Ocean Township, New Jersey, a sleepy suburb with tree-cloaked streets, not far from beaches. Last Saturday night, with his wife and two kids inside their home, he let out his ageing dog Bruce into the backyard and then looked up.There, in the sky, was an...
Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source:Forget charades, I have found the worst Christmas game of all time – and I love it
While ostensibly terrible, Santa’s Speedy Quest is also addictive, hilarious, only 79p – and in its own fiendish way, exactly what we need at this time of yearIf you’ve got an Xbox and any sense, you’ll be spending this Christmas playing the new Indiana Jones game. And perhaps feeling smug about the fact it’s a timed exclusive, leaving PlayStation owners to press their noses against the frosted glass like Victorian...
Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source:This is where the data to build AI comes from
AI is all about data. Reams and reams of data are needed to train algorithms to do what we want, and what goes into the AI models determines what comes out. But here’s the problem: AI developers and researchers don’t really know much about the sources of the data they are using. AI’s data collection…
Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source:Chinese AI chip firms blacklisted over weapons concerns gained access to UK technology
Imagination Technologies had licences with two Chinese firms – but said it had not ‘implemented transactions’ that would enable the use of technology for military purposesChinese engineers developing chips for artificial intelligence that can be used in “advanced weapons systems” have gained access to cutting-edge UK technology, the Guardian can reveal.Described by analysts as “China’s premier AI chip designers”, Moore...
Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source:AI is changing how we study bird migration
A small songbird soars above Ithaca, New York, on a September night. He is one of 4 billion birds, a great annual river of feathered migration across North America. Midair, he lets out what ornithologists call a nocturnal flight call to communicate with his flock. It’s the briefest of signals, barely 50 milliseconds long, emitted…
Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source:The Edgelord AI That Turned a Shock Meme Into Millions in Crypto
Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.
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Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:The recent spate of mysterious nighttime flights across the U.S.
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Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Why Is No One Talking About This on Medium?
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Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search Goes Free—A Bold Move That Challenges Google’s Throne
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Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Seductive Sundays
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Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Amazon workers across US gear up to strike this week
Move comes after company fails to meet deadline to begin contract talks with workers in Staten Island, New YorkThousands of Amazon workers are gearing up to strike from Thursday, days before Christmas, over the tech giant’s refusal to begin negotiations over a contract.Union locals are preparing members for pickets and actions outside Amazon facilities around the US. Continue reading...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Roundtables: The Worst Technology Failures of 2024
Recorded on December 17, 2024 The Worst Technology Failures of 2024 Speakers: Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine, and Niall Firth, executive editor. MIT Technology Review publishes an annual list of the worst technologies of the year. This year, The Worst Technology Failures of 2024 list was unveiled live by our editors. Hear fromMIT Technology…
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Mouthwashing review – 2024’s most difficult game, but not in the way you might expect
PC; Creative Reflex/Wrong OrganThe word ‘challenge’ has an accepted meaning in the world of video games, but in this engrossing sci-fi horror it’s the subject matter that’s confrontingIt is perhaps poetic that throughout this year, the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation, developers have found such a rich vein of horror in early 3D visuals. Crow Country, Fear the Spotlight and now Mouthwashing all make terrifying use...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Will the future of transportation be robotaxis – or your own self-driving car?
GM is shutting down its robotaxi business, Tesla is creating one of its own – what does the future hold for self-driving?Want TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWelcome back. This week in tech: General Motors says goodbye to robotaxis but not self-driving cars; one woman’s fight to keep AI out of applications for housing; Salt Typhoon; and tech’s donations to Donald Trump. Thank you for joining...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:A woman in the US is the third person to receive a gene-edited pig kidney
Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama, has become the third living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Looney, who donated one of her kidneys to her mother back in 1999, developed kidney failure several years later following a pregnancy complication that caused high blood pressure. She started dialysis treatment in…
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI
Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and othersCampaigners for the protection of the rights of creatives have criticised a UK government proposal to let artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms on their works under a new copyright exemption.Book publishers said the proposal put out for consultation on Tuesday was “entirely untested and...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Amazon-hosted AI tool for UK military recruitment ‘carries risk of data breach’
Ministry of Defence says risk with Textio tool is low and ‘robust safeguards’ have been put in place by suppliersAn artificial intelligence tool hosted by Amazon and designed to boost UK Ministry of Defence recruitment puts defence personnel at risk of being identified publicly, according to a government assessment.Data used in the automated Textio system to improve the drafting of defence job adverts and attract more...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:The Download: 2024’s biggest technology flops, and AI’s search for energy
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The 8 worst technology failures of 2024 They say you learn more from failure than success. If so, this is the story for you: MIT Technology Review’s annual roll call of the biggest…
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:The 8 worst technology failures of 2024
They say you learn more from failure than success. If so, this is the story for you: MIT Technology Review’s annual roll call of the biggest flops, flimflams, and fiascos in all domains of technology. Some of the foul-ups were funny, like the “woke” AI which got Google in trouble after it drew Black Nazis.…
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:AI’s search for more energy is growing more urgent
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. If you drove by one of the 2,990 data centers in the United States, you’d probably think little more than “Huh, that’s a boring-looking building.” You might not even notice it…
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Potential payouts for up to 300,000 Australian Facebook users in Cambridge Analytica settlement
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner announces deal with Meta over scandal that may have affected 300,000 usersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPotentially hundreds of thousands of people who had their Facebook data harvested as part of the Cambridge Analytica scandal could be compensated, after Meta agreed to an A$50m...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:TikTok turns to US supreme court in last-ditch bid to avert divest-or-ban law
Firm and parent company ByteDance file request for injunction to halt ban of app used by 170 million AmericansTikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the US supreme court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video app by 19 January or face a ban.TikTok and ByteDance filed an emergency request to...
Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source:Patience and Tolerance: The Key to Success
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Published on: December 16, 2024 | Source:Cosmos Airdrop Eligibility: Check Your Status Now
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Published on: December 16, 2024 | Source:Technology * Innovation * Publishing Newsletter #319
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