Author: Zach_Wilson
Inside the AI Factory
This article is a collaboration between New York Magazine and The Verge. A few months after graduating from college in Nairobi, a 30-year-old I’ll call Joe got a job as an annotator — the tedious work of processing the raw information used to train artificial intelligence. AI learns by finding…
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How to Stay Cool Without Air-Conditioning and Prevent Heat Exhaustion (2023)
Tell summer to go to … Well, at least keep from overheating indoors—or outdoors—with the right tips and gear. Source
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Spotify’s long-anticipated HiFi tier might require a more expensive subscription
Spotify is reportedly planning to include lossless audio streaming in a new, more expensive subscription tier codenamed “Supremium” internally, according to Bloomberg. The lossless streaming feature was first announced in February 2021 as “Spotify HiFi,” but is still yet to release over two years later. Bloomberg reports that the new…
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If you have an Asus router, you need to patch it now or risk being hacked
Asus has pushed out a firmware update affecting many of its router models, and is urging customers to either apply the update immediately, or to restrict WAS access until they can. In a statement, the company noted that, “If you choose not to install this new firmware version, we strongly…
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The Morning After: The verdict on Google’s Pixel Tablet
Maybe Android tablets aren’t dead after all. Maybe they just needed a smart display dock and a beguiling kickstand/hanger… thing to make them more functional. According to Engadget’s Cherlynn Low, the $500 Pixel Tablet is not a particularly exciting tablet, but it is an intriguing smart display. Engadget With its…
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Sony’s Kraven the Hunter trailer looks like Morbius 2.0
The first teaser trailer for Sony’s Kraven the Hunter film has been unveiled – and the hunt is on to try and find something positive to say about it. Kraven the Hunter is the latest Spider-Man villain to get the big screen treatment at Sony Pictures. And, just like the…
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