Month: August 2024
Gannett is shuttering site accused of publishing AI product reviews
Newspaper giant Gannett is shutting down Reviewed, its product reviews site, effective November 1st, according to sources familiar with the decision. The site offers recommendations for products ranging from shoes to home appliances and employs journalists to test and review items — but has also been at the center of…
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D&D publisher walks back controversial changes to online tools
Wizards of the Coast has walked back some of its planned updates to D&D Beyond. All your current Dungeons & Dragons characters sheets are once again safe with the publisher no longer forcing updates to newer versions of spells, weapons, and magic items. Last week, as a part of the…
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The HVAC “gold rush” — how the company behind your washing machine now wants to cool data centers
LG Electronics, which is currently undergoing a strategic transformation to become a “Smart Life Solution Company,” focusing on innovation and growth under its Future Vision 2030 strategy launched in 2023, has outlined plans to expand its business to meet these goals. During an investor forum on August 21 at LG…
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Hope and disparity: a colorful new way to visualize air quality around the world
A new tool shows how much air quality has changed since the Industrial Revolution in cities across the world. It generates a single image made up of different colored stripes representing pollution each year in each major city. You can see stark contrasts from place to place, showing how much…
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Ikea is testing a secondhand marketplace, but only in two countries
Ikea is now testing an online platform in Madrid and Oslo where people can sell their used Ikea furniture to others. The platform, Ikea Preowned, lets users list their furniture with photos and a price, and the actual listings (like this example) look a lot like what you might see…
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Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop
“We’ve had Photoshop for 35 years” is a common response to rebut concerns about generative AI, and you’ve landed here because you’ve made that argument in a comment thread or social media. There are countless reasons to be concerned about how AI image editing and generation tools will impact the…
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