Month: July 2023
Wireless earbuds can actually help you hear conversations better
Earlier this week, a reader contacted me with a dilemma: his wife has always had super sharp hearing when it comes to environmental / ambient noise. She can “hear a gnat blink at 1,000 yards. Forty years ago, she could hear electronic clocks running,” he said. And so they’ve been…
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The Emmys are reportedly delayed due to ongoing strikes
The Primetime Emmys won’t take place on September 18th, according toVariety. The publication reported on Thursday that vendors scheduled to work the event have been told the ceremony is delayed because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes that have shut down all Hollywood productions and promotions. The TV Academy hasn’t…
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Stop filming concerts
Look, I understand where you’re coming from. You paid good money to be here at the Eras Tour or whatever. You waited in line for two hours. You were up all night selecting your outfit. You sat in ridiculous traffic. You fought a relentless battle against Ticketmaster, and dagnabbit, you…
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Google is training robots the way it trains AI chatbots
RT-2 is the new version of what the company calls its vision-language-action (VLA) model. The model teaches robots to better recognize visual and language patterns to interpret instructions and infer what objects work best for the request. Researchers tested RT-2 with a robotic arm in a kitchen office setting, asking…
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Don’t hate on Ford’s big, gas-guzzling trucks, because they’re funding its electric future
Ford’s electric future is being paid for by giant, gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs. That fact came into stark relief this week during the company’s second quarter earnings report, in which the Blue Oval reported losing $1.1 billion before interest and taxes on its EV business, more than twice as much…
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The trailer for Apple TV Plus’ The Morning Show season 3 teases Jon Hamm as a new media mogul
The new teaser trailer for season three of The Morning Show has landed and although it only clocks in at only a minute long, that’s ample time to reveal juicy details about what to expect from the upcoming season of the Apple TV Plus drama. The trailer focuses on several…
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