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Breakpoint: Humanity isn’t a problem to solve; technology needs a telos
Pixar’s “Wall-E” has proven to be among the most profound and prophetic films of the last 20 years. After hopelessly polluting the Earth and leaving an army of robots to clean up the planet, humans now live aboard a giant ship built by a company that promises to take care of all its passengers’ needs.…
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Saturday Citations: Mars limnology, phage immunology, quantum technology. Plus: The mushrooms are coming
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/saturday-citations-mar.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/saturday-citations-mar.jpg" data-sub-html="Atomic structural model of bacteriophage T4 in UCSF Chimera software using pdbs of the individual proteins. Credit: Dr. Victor Padilla-Sanchez, PhD, CC BY-SA 4.0″> Atomic structural model of bacteriophage T4 in UCSF Chimera software using pdbs of the individual proteins. Credit: Dr. Victor Padilla-Sanchez, PhD, CC BY-SA 4.0 This week, we reported…
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If We’re Addicted to Technology, What’s the Cure?
A response to Julián Herbert’s “Void.” On Tuesday, 33 states filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, “has harnessed powerful and unprecedented technologies to entice, engage, and ultimately ensnare youth and teens.” A central allegation in the suit is that “by algorithmically serving content to young users according…
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AI streamlining security at public venues
<!–> ‘Barron’s Roundtable’ panelists discuss the evolution of AI and how investors can look for opportunities with the emerging technology. Sports venues, concert halls, school campuses and other locations are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve security while freeing up human security personnel for other tasks. One firm offering AI-powered security systems for public…
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‘It’s just a matter of time’: why AI could help Europe create its own Apple or Google
Arthur Mensch is one of a new generation of entrepreneurs hoping to solve a longstanding problem with the European economy: its failure to produce a Silicon Valley-style tech behemoth. The 31-year-old Frenchman is chief executive of Mistral, a startup that achieved a €240m (£206m) valuation in its first round of financing – four weeks after…
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HDR Photography Blew My Mind. It’s Glorious
A couple of weeks ago, I thought I knew what HDR was. Boy, was I ever wrong. When I saw the detail, depth and color this technology brings to my own photos, HDR photography blew my mind. High-dynamic range endows photos and videos with a broader tonal range so you can see details in both…
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How a robotaxi crash got Cruise’s self-driving cars pulled from Californian roads
SAN FRANCISCO — Two months before Cruise’s driverless cars were yanked off the streets here for rolling over a pedestrian and dragging her about 20 feet, California regulators said they were confident in self-driving technology and gave the company permission to operate its robotaxi service around the city. That approval was a pivotal moment for…
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Coach-to-player technology could have prevented sign-stealing scandal
The frustrating part about watching the Michigan sign-stealing scandal play out for Todd Berry, the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, is that it all could have been avoided. For the past two years, Berry and his organization, which includes just about about every major college football coach, have backed with full support…
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Symposium focuses on film technology development and innovation
Guo Fan, director [Photo provided to China Daily] As digital technologies bring new opportunities and challenges, China’s film industry needs to strengthen collaboration across the film-production chain and achieve autonomy over core technologies, experts stressed at a recent symposium. The Film Technology Development and Innovation Symposium took place in Pingyao, Shanxi province, on Oct 12, highlighting…
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Footwork, new technology leveraged to locate Maine shooting suspect
Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine this week, searching for a military-trained outdoorsman who vanished after police say he killed 18 people in two separate shootings Wednesday. The deceased ranged in age from 14 to 76. A teen bowler, a shipbuilder and a sign language interpreter were among the dead. The search…
