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Proof-of-concept nanogenerator turns CO₂ into sustainable power

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We Are a Place of Business

hey.com

After the disastrous launch of their Gemini AI, which insisted that George Washington was actually Black...
After the disastrous launch of their Gemini AI, which insisted that George Washington was actually Black and couldn't decide whether Musk's tweets or Hitler was worse, Google's response was timid and weak. This was just a bug! A problem with QA! It absolutely, positively wasn't a reflection of corrupted culture at G...
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Ask HN: High quality Python scripts or small libraries to learn from

ycombinator.com
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DuckDuckGo AI Chat

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Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials

bbc.com
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Add Depth of Field to Screenshots

blurmatic.com
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Show HN: An app that takes your money if you don't reach your goals

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Delta City '95 – Complete pack of official updates for Microsoft Windows 95

stare.pro

Delta City '95 is an update CD for Windows 95. It contains all the released updates...
Delta City '95 is an update CD for Windows 95. It contains all the released updates that have not been released as a "product", wrapped into one package. The products and optional components, along with the third party essentials and drivers, are all included. What it does? To upgrade your Windows 95 installation us...
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OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships 2022

arstechnica.com

Enlarge / An AI-generated image from DALL-E 2 created with the prompt "A painting by Grant...
Enlarge / An AI-generated image from DALL-E 2 created with the prompt "A painting by Grant Wood of an astronaut couple, american gothic style." When OpenAI's DALL-E 2 debuted on April 6, 2022, the idea that a computer could create relatively photorealistic images on demand based on just text descriptions caught a lo...
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AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks

newatlas.com

Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has released the seventh annual issue of its...
Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has released the seventh annual issue of its comprehensive AI Index report, written by an interdisciplinary team of academic and industrial experts.This edition has more content than previous editions, reflecting the rapid evolution of ...

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'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint

theguardian.com

On 1 April, the same day California’s new $20 hourly minimum wage for fast-food workers went...
On 1 April, the same day California’s new $20 hourly minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect, a new restaurant opened in north-east Los Angeles that was conspicuously light on human staff.CaliExpress by Flippy claims to be the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant, using a system of AI-powered robots...
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C-Macs – a pure C macOS application

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Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks for Faulty Accelerator Pedals

techcrunch.com

Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date, due to a problem...
Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date, due to a problem where the accelerator pedal can get stuck, putting drivers at risk of a crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall caps a tumultuous week for Tesla. The company laid off more than 10% of its...
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Chariot (YC S22) – Stripe/Visa for Nonprofits – Is Hiring a Senior Back End Eng

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Tesla launches website to convince shareholders to vote for Elon's $55B payday

electrek.co

Screenshot Tesla has launched a new website aimed at convincing shareholders to vote for reinstating Elon...
Screenshot Tesla has launched a new website aimed at convincing shareholders to vote for reinstating Elon Musk’s $55 billion compensation plan. Back in 2018, Tesla shareholders approved one of the biggest compensation plans of all-time: a $55 billion fully stock-based CEO compensation plan for Elon Musk. In January,...
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China Orders Apple to Remove Popular Messaging Apps

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Rust-Written LAVD Kernel Scheduler Shows Promising Results for Linux Gaming

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Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing

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Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to...
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog which cited national security concerns...
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Z80 Product Line Z84C00 End of Life / Last Time Buy [pdf]

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Developing Rapidly with Generative AI

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The product requirements we define then play into our selection of which off-the-shelf LLM we'll use...
The product requirements we define then play into our selection of which off-the-shelf LLM we'll use for our prototype. We generally lean towards picking more advanced commercial LLMs to quickly validate our ideas and obtain early feedback from users. Although they may be expensive, the general idea is that if probl...
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Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)

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What a difference four years makes

ianbetteridge.com

John Gruber in 2020 on the tracking industry led by Facebook: The entitlement of these fuckers...
John Gruber in 2020 on the tracking industry led by Facebook: The entitlement of these fuckers is just off the charts. They have zero right, none, to the tracking they’ve been getting away with. We, as a society, have implicitly accepted it because we never really noticed it. You, the user, have no way of seeing it ...
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We found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce

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When it comes to healthy eating, fruits and vegetables reign supreme. But along with all their...
When it comes to healthy eating, fruits and vegetables reign supreme. But along with all their vitamins, minerals and other nutrients can come something else: an unhealthy dose of dangerous pesticides.Though using chemicals to control bugs, fungi and weeds helps farmers grow the food we need, it’s been clear since a...
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Scientists say they have found evidence of an unknown planet in our solar system

independent.co.uk

Scientists say they have found new evidence that there is a hidden planet in our solar...
Scientists say they have found new evidence that there is a hidden planet in our solar system.For years, some astronomers have been suggesting that unusual behaviour on the edge of our solar system is best explained by another, undiscovered planet. That helps explain the orbits of objects that lie at the very far re...
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