Technology@stad
- This dating app uses AI to find your soulmate by your facewww.foxnews.com This dating app uses AI to find your soulmate by your face
With this new dating app, you can find your soulmate by using artificial intelligence feature named Ruby, which takes personality traits and finds your match.
Phrenology: The discredited, useless, racist pseudo-science, now in your dating app!
- Marines Test Fire Robot Dog Armed With Rocket Launcherwww.thedrive.com Marines Test Fire Robot Dog Armed With Rocket Launcher
A rocket launcher-toting robot dog could give Marines a valuable new way to remotely attack armored vehicles, especially in urban areas.
Because what could possibly go wrong.
- Elon Musk's X to launch premium subscriptions soonwww.reuters.com Elon Musk's X to launch premium subscriptions soon
Elon Musk said on Friday social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, will soon launch two new tiers of premium subscriptions.
- ‘Groundbreaking’ bionic arm that fuses with user’s skeleton and nerves could advance amputee carewww.euronews.com This ‘groundbreaking’ bionic arm fuses with the user’s bone and nerves
The bionic arm has been working for years, reducing the user’s level of pain. The first person to receive it tells how life changing it has been.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7027429
> ‘Groundbreaking’ bionic arm that fuses with user’s skeleton and nerves could advance amputee care::The bionic arm has been working for years, reducing the user’s level of pain. The first person to receive it tells how life changing it has been.
- Amazon Tests Humanoid Robot in Warehouse Automation Push
Archive link: https://archive.ph/8kHHX
Given how Amazon treats its warehouse workers, clearly this is what will set off the robot uprising that kills us all.
- Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payrollwww.theregister.com Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Who knew they even had that many...
- How Meta and AI companies recruited striking actors to train AIwww.technologyreview.com How Meta and AI companies recruited striking actors to train AI
Hollywood actors are on strike over concerns about the use of AI, but for as little as $300, Meta and a company called Realeyes hired them to make avatars appear more human.
- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informantwww.businessinsider.com Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant
In 2021, Thiel, a top tech investor and Trump megadonor, began a secret life as a confidential FBI informant.
- Number of Cisco Devices Hacked via Unpatched Vulnerability Increases to 40,000www.securityweek.com Number of Cisco Devices Hacked via Unpatched Vulnerability Increases to 40,000
The number of Cisco devices hacked via the CVE-2023-20198 zero-day has reached 40,000, including many in the US.
- RIP MIUI: Xiaomi confirms it's replacing MIUI after 13 years with new HyperOS - SoyaCincausoyacincau.com RIP MIUI: Xiaomi confirms it's replacing MIUI after 13 years with new HyperOS - SoyaCincau
It's official: MIUI is being retired. The upcoming Xiaomi 14 series is set to feature Xiaomi HyperOS, a new platform that will unify their devices into a single ecosystem.
- X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per yearwww.theverge.com X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year
Elon Musk thinks that a dollar and phone number will keep the bots away.
I don't mind the idea of charging for a quality service the least bit. But that requires offering a quality service first.
- Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transporttheconversation.com Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport
Amid bus route cuts and rail strikes, can the answer to our future public transport needs be found in the hi-tech prototypes being trialled around the UK?
A very long but fascinating overview of different attempts at autonomous, self-driving, and/or demand responsive app integrated public transport options.
(ok, so you're probably a bit weird - like me - if you're fascinated by this)
- Priority Boarding - get your Raspberry Pi 5 first — The MagPi magazinemagpi.raspberrypi.com Priority Boarding - get your Raspberry Pi 5 first — The MagPi magazine
Secure you Raspberry Pi 5 at launch by subscribing to The MagPi magazine!
Yes, they are doing a promotion, but I don't care.
- Scientists combine evolution, physics, and robotics to decode insect flightarstechnica.com Scientists combine evolution, physics, and robotics to decode insect flight
Some insects' wings flap without brain input. Robots help us understand how.
- Deepfake Porn Is Out of Controlwww.wired.com Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
Archive link: http://archive.today/71fqd
- Minecraft has sold over 300 million copieswww.theverge.com Minecraft has sold over 300 million copies
300 million copies sold is a staggering milestone.
- This is what happens to your brain when you read computer codewww.zdnet.com This is what happens to your brain when you read computer code
Reading software code is different to reading written language, but it also doesn't rely on parts of the brain activated by maths.
> "The areas of the MD network that were activated by reading code weren't the parts called on for maths, leaving an open question as to whether programming should be taught as a maths-based skill or a language-based skill."
They tested with Python, so this doesn't really surprise me. I suspect strongly my own experience that testing with Python both under-estimates the language involvement vs. more linguistically expressive languages but also significantly under-estimates the maths involvement relative to more formal languages, especially function and array languages. There's a marked separation between developers who see maths as essential to programming vs. those who see it as a language thing.
That they recruited from MIT, Tufts and immediate surroundings may well also affect their results.
Would be interesting to see a broader study.
- X accused of illegally firing employee who criticized Elon’s return-to-work planwww.theverge.com X accused of illegally firing employee who criticized Elon’s return-to-work plan
The NLRB alleges her firing was retaliatory.
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. I'd never imagine that nice Mr. Musk would do that... Oh? He's been a total ass to workers at his other companies too you say? No, say it isn't so...
- Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android supportarstechnica.com Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android support
The Fairphone 5 will keep on trucking until at least 2031.
- How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoftwww.propublica.org How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoft
In the largest audit in U.S. history, the IRS rejected Microsoft’s attempts to channel profits to a small factory in Puerto Rico that burned Windows software onto CDs.
- Atlassian to buy video messaging provider Loom for nearly $1 billionwww.reuters.com Atlassian to buy video messaging provider Loom for nearly $1 billion
Atlassian said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire privately held video messaging platform Loom for about $975 million, beefing up its team collaboration tools to tap into resilient demand fueled by the adoption of hybrid work.