Author: Zach_Wilson
RIP Chromecast: Looking back at 11 years of Google streaming
Google’s Chromecast is no more. With Tuesday’s introduction of its successor, the company laid to rest the brand that kicked off 11 years ago with a novel product that helped move streaming onto the center stage of home entertainment. With the Google TV Streamer taking the baton, it’s time to…
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Reddit’s upgraded AMA posts are rolling out this week
Reddit’s “ask me anything” posts, or AMAs, could feel more like special events than standard posts with a twist, thanks to changes that go sitewide on Thursday. While none of the updates reflect a total overhaul, they do put a new kind of emphasis on the popular Q&A sessions. Starting…
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Netflix’s Stranger Things play is headed to Broadway
The play takes place in Hawkins, Indiana, in 1959 and follows a young Jim Hopper, Joyce Maldonado, and Bob Newby’s sister as they contend with the arrival of the new kid in town: Henry Creel. The production credits Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers as the original story and creative…
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Amazon Music’s new ‘Topics’ feature uses AI to recommend podcast episodes
Amazon Music on Tuesday introduced Topics, a new AI-powered feature that should let you easily discover other related podcasts based on topics discussed in a particular episode. After analyzing podcast transcriptions and descriptions to identify key topics, AI, with the aid of human reviewers, generates a Topics tag button. Located beneath…
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Please open wide for your AI-powered robot dentist
A robot dentist sounds ideal for a comedic Jetsons-style cartoon, but it might be your reality sooner than you think. AI dental technology developer Perceptive has revealed that one of their AI-fueled robots has completed a dental procedure on a human without supervision. Perceptive’s robotic dentistry system combines AI-powered 3D…
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A new Bill Gates-backed project wants to make carbon removal more legit
Companies are increasingly turning to new-fangled ways to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as a way to hit their sustainability goals. But who’s watching to make sure these tactics are working? A new project called the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative (CRSI) launched today, with the goal of helping…
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