The Soviet KTP-63-based remote-controlled camera system, including switch and control panel. (Credit: Chernobyl Family on YouTube) When we picture the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster and its aftermath, we tend to recall just the commonly shared video recorded by television crews, but the unsung heroes were definitely the robotic cameras that served to keep an
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority From creative tasks to customer service, modern AI tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT are threatening the existence of many careers. Simultaneously, however, they’ve also created an industry demand for a new kind of job: prompt engineering. What is a prompt, you ask? The text-based input that you give a
Read MoreSara Korolevich / Checkr: A survey of 3,000 US workers, an equal number of Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Zers, finds 85% of them have used AI tools to perform tasks at work — – Select a topic to scroll directly to it: — Summary of key findings — Current AI usage and planning
Read MoreYou would think there are only so many ways for a robotic mouse to run a maze, but in its almost 50 year history, competitors in Micromouse events have repeatedly proven this assumption false. In the video after the break, [Veritasium] takes us on a fascinating journey through the development of Micromouse competition robots. The
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Display analyst Ross Young notes that the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max could be getting larger screens. The phones will purportedly get 6.2x-inch and 6.8x-inch displays, respectively. TBloomberg’s Mark Gurman has corroborated these claims. Update: May 29, 2023 (12:54 AM ET): Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has also corroborated
Read MoreWhatsApp has launched screen-sharing functionality for video calls. The feature is being pushed out to WhatsApp beta users. WhatsApp is one of the most popular apps for video calling out there, and it delivers a pretty decent list of features. Unlike other platforms, though, WhatsApp users can’t share their phone screens during video calls. Fortunately,
Read MoreGoogle is rolling out new controls for the Call Screening feature on Pixel phones. The granular controls are being replaced by three simple options in a new Protection Level menu. The update seems to have had a limited rollout till now. Google has made changes to the Call Screening feature on Pixel phones. It’s now
Read MoreSara Korolevich / Checkr: A survey of 3,000 US workers, an equal number of Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Zers, finds 85% of them have used AI tools to perform tasks at work — – Select a topic to scroll directly to it: — Summary of key findings — Current AI usage and planning
Read MoreMatthew Gault / VICE: A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that is using AI-generated images to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks — Discord’s captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI. — Matthew Gault
Read Morehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=8kk6V2hzgR4 It’s the time of the year when Arm, the brains behind your smartphone’s chip, unveils the building block of next-gen SoCs from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and more. If you’ve been wondering what the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or Dimensity 9300 will look like, you’ve come to the right place. During Arm Tech Day 2023,
Read MoreBlueStacks is one of the best Android emulators you can get and is a great way to play Android games and use other apps on a computer. BlueStacks has improved with every iteration, and the latest version, BlueStacks 5, is the fastest yet and has a slew of features to enhance your gaming experience. However,
Read MoreYou might think that making your own electronic games would require some kind of LCD, but lately, [Mirko Pavleski] has been making his using inexpensive 8X8 WS2812B LED panels. This lets even a modest microcontroller easily control a 64-pixel “screen.” In this case, [Mirko] uses an Arduino Nano, 3 switches, and a buzzer along with
Read MoreImage: Nvidia At Computex 2023 in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just gave the world a glimpse of what it might be like when gaming and AI collide — with a graphically breathtaking recreation of a cyberpunk ramen shop where you can actually talk to the proprietor. Seriously, instead of clicking on dialogue options, it
Read MoreBlueStacks is one of the best Android emulators you can get and is a great way to play Android games and use other apps on a computer. BlueStacks has improved with every iteration, and the latest version, BlueStacks 5, is the fastest yet and has a slew of features to enhance your gaming experience. However,
Read MoreRebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal: Analysts and others say Wind Information, described as a Chinese alternative to Bloomberg terminal, is limiting international users’ access to some information — E-commerce shopping trends, satellite images are no longer available to foreign users of Wind
Read MoreThe Great Automotive AM Radio War of 2023 rages on, with the news this week that Ford has capitulated, at least for now. You’ll recall that the opening salvo came when the US automaker declared that AM radio was unusable in their EV offerings thanks to interference generated by the motor controller. Rather than fixing
Read MoreImage: The Verge The Steam launch of Dolphin, an open-source emulator for the Wii and the GameCube, has been delayed indefinitely (via PC Gamer). A blog post by the developers says that’s due to a Nintendo “cease and desist citing the DMCA” (an earlier version of the blog post simply said “issued a DMCA” but
Read MoreImage: The Verge The Steam launch of Dolphin, an open-source emulator for the Wii and the GameCube, has been delayed indefinitely (via PC Gamer). A blog post by the developers says that’s due to a Nintendo “cease and desist citing the DMCA” (an earlier version of the blog post simply said “issued a DMCA” but
Read MoreImage: The Verge The right-to-repair movement is picking up momentum across the US and the rest of the globe. Here’s the story so far. Continue reading…
Read MoreYou used to need a lot of equipment to be a video DJ. Now you can do it all with a Raspberry Pi Zero and [cyberboy666]’s recurBOY. And if you missed out on the 1970’s video-editing psychedelia, now’s your chance to catch up – recurBOY is a modern video synth with all of the bells
Read MoreSteve Lohr / New York Times: In July, NYC will start enforcing a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually — New York City’s pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions.
Read MoreThe Quest 3 will improve on the Quest 2 (pictured above) in many important ways. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge A hands-on look at the Meta Quest 3 reveals a massive set of improvements to the Meta mixed reality headset, as detailed in Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg this morning.
Read More[Adrian] comments that the BBC Master 128 is a rare 8-bit computer, and we agree — we couldn’t remember hearing about that particular machine, although the BBC series is quite familiar. The machine has a whopping 128 K of RAM, quite a bit for those days. It also had a 6502 variant known as the
Read MoreThe world of cryptocurrencies goes beyond Bitcoin (BTC), with a plethora of alternatives offering unique features, use cases, and potential for growth. If you’re looking to diversify your crypto portfolio or explore beyond Bitcoin, this article provides an in-depth analysis of the top Bitcoin alternatives. From Ethereum to Cardano, Litecoin to Ripple, we’ll cover the
Read MoreOpinion post by Adamya Sharma Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is right around the corner, and so is one of the most significant launches the company has made in years — a mixed reality (MR) headset. It’s an entirely new product category for Apple, which finds itself in completely unchartered territory. When stuffing smartphones into VR
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