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AI rules proposed by the EU and Chuck Schumer for the US could shut the more creative and innovative startups out of the market and harm AI tool development (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: AI rules proposed by the EU and Chuck Schumer for the US could shut the more creative and innovative startups out of the market and harm AI tool development  —  It appears the race is on to see whether it will be the EU or the US in promulgating worse regulations

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A Quick Look at the Hilbert Transform

While the Fourier transform gets all the attention, there are other transforms that engineers and mathematicians use to transform signals from one form to another. Sometimes you use a transform to make a signal more amenable to analysis. Other times, you do it because you want to manipulate it, and the transform is easier to

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Following similar lawsuits, Sarah Silverman and two other authors sue OpenAI and Meta, claiming LLaMA and ChatGPT were trained on copyright-infringing material (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Wes Davis / The Verge: Following similar lawsuits, Sarah Silverman and two other authors sue OpenAI and Meta, claiming LLaMA and ChatGPT were trained on copyright-infringing material  —  Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, as well as authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey — are suing OpenAI and Meta each …

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The best early Prime Day deals

The Echo Pop (left) and Echo Dot (right) are just two of the many early Prime Day deals you can currently get. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon Prime Day may not start until Tuesday, July 11th, but early deals are already trickling out. We’re expecting to see some worthwhile discounts

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Hackaday Links: July 9, 2023

Good news this week from Mars, where Ingenuity finally managed to check in with its controllers after a long silence. The plucky helicopter went silent just after nailing the landing on its 52nd flight back on April 26, and hasn’t been heard from since. Mission planners speculated that Ingenuity, which needs to link to the

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Best PS5 TVs of 2023

Many companies featured on ReadWrite partner with us. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine how products may be selected and ranked. Learn more about how we make money. Welcome to our guide on the best TVs for the PS5 in 2023! The PlayStation 5 has revolutionized console gaming with its powerful hardware and

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The Snap Star creator program, Snap’s new revenue-sharing incentive, is showing early signs of traction as part of a broader effort to reverse declining revenue (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: The Snap Star creator program, Snap’s new revenue-sharing incentive, is showing early signs of traction as part of a broader effort to reverse declining revenue  —  Social-media app Snapchat is trying to counter declining sales  —  Snap’s efforts to lure creators and their followers …

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Evernote lays off most of its remaining US and Chile staff, and plans to relocate nearly all its operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2023 (Joshua Bote/SFGATE)

Joshua Bote / SFGATE: Evernote lays off most of its remaining US and Chile staff, and plans to relocate nearly all its operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2023  —  Evernote, the note-taking app once heralded by Engadget as the “king of note-taking apps,” has laid off most of its staff …

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Reviving Interlisp With the Medley Interlisp Project

Within the Artificial Intelligence and natural language research communities, Lisp has played a major role since 1960. Over the years since its introduction, various development environments have been created that sought to make using Lisp as easy and powerful as possible. One of these environments is Interlisp, which saw its first release in 1968, and

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Evernote lays off most of its remaining staff in the US and Chile, and will relocate nearly all operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2022 (Joshua Bote/SFGATE)

Joshua Bote / SFGATE: Evernote lays off most of its remaining staff in the US and Chile, and will relocate nearly all operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2022  —  Evernote, the note-taking app once heralded by Engadget as the “king of note-taking apps,” has laid off most of its staff …

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Reviving Interlisp With the Medley Interlisp Project

Within the Artificial Intelligence and natural language research communities, Lisp has played a major role since 1960. Over the years since its introduction, various development environments have been created that sought to make using Lisp as easy and powerful as possible. One of these environments is Interlisp, which saw its first release in 1968, and

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Repairable headphones are the future, but they’re not perfect yet

Repairable headphones aren’t new. Audio stalwarts like Sennheiser have offered replaceable parts for ages. DIYers have been tinkering just as long. However, Fairphone is doing something unique with the Fairbuds XL headphones. (Yes, headphones, not earbuds). These wireless cans wed the right-to-repair movement with sustainability. They don’t look too shabby, either. I’ve used the Fairbuds

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Sources: Sequoia’s China unit HongShan has set up an office in Singapore and might compete with Sequoia’s India-based Peak XV for south-east Asia investments (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Sequoia’s China unit HongShan has set up an office in Singapore and might compete with Sequoia’s India-based Peak XV for south-east Asia investments  —  Plans to expand into south-east Asia dealmaking from city-state puts it in direct competition with India-based Peak XV

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A look at Google’s Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot that answers medical questions, and more; sources: testing began in April with customers including the Mayo Clinic (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A look at Google’s Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot that answers medical questions, and more; sources: testing began in April with customers including the Mayo Clinic  —  Search company is fine-tuning chatbot technology via medical licensing exams  —  Google is testing an artificial-intelligence program trained …

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5 Things You Need to Learn Before Launching a Startup

Startups are romanticized, and sometimes it’s misleading for people who want to launch their own company. Mostly, stories about startups revolve around dropping out of university, from zero to hero narratives, and other quite fairytale-like ideas. At the same time, startups are indeed exciting and highly satisfying for their founders. The trick is to get

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Sources: Sequoia’s China unit HongShan has set up an office in Singapore and might compete with Sequoia’s India-based Peak XV for south-east Asia investments (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Sequoia’s China unit HongShan has set up an office in Singapore and might compete with Sequoia’s India-based Peak XV for south-east Asia investments  —  Plans to expand into south-east Asia dealmaking from city-state puts it in direct competition with India-based Peak XV

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Clock Escapement Uses Rolling Balls

The escapement mechanism has been widely used for centuries in mechanical clocks. It is the mechanism by which a clock controls the release of stored energy, allowing it to advance in small, precise intervals. Not all mechanical clocks contain escapements, but it is the most common method for performing this function, usually hidden away in

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