Month: April 2024
People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that?
Forget the fact that most autonomous vehicles operate each day safely, anonymously, and without fanfare. There are hundreds in operation today in California, Arizona, Texas, and elsewhere, and the numbers are only going to increase. But when they do make mistakes, people tend to notice. Numerous public opinion polls have…
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Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure
Harold Halibut moves at its own pace. A point-and-click adventure built with real-world materials and then animated with stop-motion, Harold Halibut tells a story that’s at times slow and ponderous and, at others, cozy and heartwarming. It’s sort of like what would happen if Wes Anderson teamed up with Aardman…
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A big WhatsApp update will soon make it easier to find your chats – here’s how
Meta is making it much easier to locate chatrooms on WhatsApp by introducing four new filters to the service’s inbox. This may seem like a small, inconsequential update on the surface. After all, filters already exist on the platform, how much can four more really help? In this case, each…
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Humane AI Pin launch: the reviews are in, and they’re not good
The idea behind the Humane AI Pin is a simple one: it’s a phone without a screen. Instead of asking you to open apps and tap on a keyboard, this little wearable abstracts everything away behind an AI assistant and an operating system Humane calls CosmOS. Want to make a…
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Kickstarter is adding the ability to collect money indefinitely
Currently, Kickstarter projects can last anywhere from one to 60 days, and creators hoping to continue fundraising after meeting their goal have had to go off-platform to keep raising money. The new late pledge feature will allow crowdfunding campaigns to collect money indefinitely if the creator chooses. Late pledges could…
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A sneaky new steganography malware is exploiting Microsoft Word — hundreds of firms around the world hit by attack
Hackers have been observed using steganography to target hundreds of organizations in Latin America with infostealers, remote access trojans (RAT), and more. The campaign, dubbed SteganoArmor, was discovered by researchers from Positive Technologies. For those unfamiliar with steganography, it’s a technique of hiding data inside benign files. Hackers use it…
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