Q: “Are we doomed?” A: “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.” (powering-the-planet.ghost.io)
I wasn’t aware just how good the news is on the green energy front until reading this. We still have a tough road in the short/medium term, but we are more or less irreversibly headed in the right direction.
This cute pink blob could lead to realistic robot skin (www.engadget.com)
NBC Will Debut an A.I. Al Michaels for the Paris Olympics (www.si.com)
Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics (www.nbcnews.com)
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses (www.404media.co)
Steam announces game recording beta. (store.steampowered.com)
Basically nvidia shadowplay for linux
Mozilla has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym (www.theregister.com)
McDonald’s Gives Up On ‘AI’ After Comedy Of Errors, Including Putting Bacon On Ice Cream (www.techdirt.com)
LLMs certainly hold potential, but as we’ve seen time and time again in tech over the last fifteen years, the hype and greed of unethical pitchmen has gotten way out ahead of the actual locomotive. A lot of people in “tech” are interested in money, not tech. And they’re increasingly making decisions based on how to drum...
German carmaker Volkswagen to invest up to $5bn in US-based electric vehicle company Rivian to share technology (rivian.com)
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Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code (borncity.com)
The new Chinese owner of the popular Polyfill JS project injects malware into more than 100 thousand sites (sansec.io)
Archived link...
China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report (infosec.exchange)
GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud....
Automated cooling tower detection through deep learning for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations: a model development and validation study (www.thelancet.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/23884006...
Uber Clone App | White Label Uber Like App Solution
This Tiny Robotic Pill Eliminates The Need For Hospital Visits In Stomach Cancer Detection (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
PillBot, a tiny ingestible robot, could revolutionize gut health exams with AI-powered cameras, making early detection easier from home.
Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms (arstechnica.com)
This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel (techcrunch.com)
Original publication: www.cell.com/…/S2666-3864(24)00335-7