Month: August 2024
Fun times with energy-based models
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Walmart is ending DroneUp deliveries in three states
Image: Walmart Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Tampa, Florida, because the services in those cities weren’t sustainable, according to Axios. This is after Walmart and DroneUp announced in 2022 that they would be bringing drone delivery to those states as part of a … Read more
Dark Matter is coming back for a second season on Apple TV Plus
Image: Apple The multiverse of Apple TV Plus’ Dark Matter is about to get bigger as the show heads into its second season. Apple announced on Friday that Dark Matter, Blake Crouch’s adaptation of his own 2016 novel about a physicist who gets sucked into multiple alternate realities, has been renewed for a new batch … Read more
AI researchers want to solve the bot problem by requiring ID to use the internet
The researchers based their ideas on “proof of personhood” technologies developed by the blockchain community.
Introducing LFG!: Your All-in-One Web3 Edutainment Super App
We are excited to announce the brand upgrade and a complete UI/UX overhaul of LFG!, transforming it into a cutting-edge Web3 Super App. This evolution marks a new chapter as we become the ultimate platform for education, entertainment, gaming, and trading in the Web3 space. Our mission? To onboard the first billion users into the … Read more
Crypto VC funding hits $2.7B in Q2, Tron may be ‘most profitable blockchain’ — Finance Redefined
Crypto startup funding rose over 2.5% in Q2, and Tron could be on track to become the most profitable blockchain in terms of revenue, according to Justin Sun.
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Apple reportedly has ‘several hundred’ working on a robot arm with attached iPad
Apple is reportedly shifting into the world of home robots after the wheels came off its electric car. According to a new report from Bloomberg, a team of several hundred is working on its potential first product: a robotic arm with an “iPad-like” display attached. The home product would take a page out of Amazon’s … Read more
Why Talk About Digital Habits?
It doesn’t require the perspicacity of Sherlock Holmes to realize that the internet has altered our notions of space and time. However, highlighting how this change has affected the scene is essential. In time, we live in the shadow of the immediate and the interminable; in space, we are faced with an approach that separates … Read more
The Surprising Lessons I’ve Learned as a Tech Lead
Hello Everyone! After a period of absence from writing, I’m back, trying to get back into the swing of things. I want to emphasize that the experiences shared in this space are based on my academic and professional experiences. Therefore, it is important to remember that what is described here may only represent a fraction … Read more
A Biosignature Based on Modeling Panspermia and Terraformation: Appendix
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Methods 2.1. Modeling Panspermia and Terraformation 2.2. Identifying the Presence of Terraformed Planets and 2.3. Software and Availability 3. Results 3.1. Panspermia can increase the correlation between planets’ compositions and positions 3.2. Likely terraformed planets can be identified from clustering 4. Summary and Discussion 5. Acknowledgements and … Read more
Code and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: Typical Rookie Faults
Coding is easy, they say, it’s just like riding a bike. Well, programming is actually a motorbike, a very powerful and fast one. With coding, just like with riding, you need to be responsible and conscious to stay in the saddle and double that to be a winner. Indeed, riders and coders share the same … Read more
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Another week in the circle of startup life
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. I’m Anna Heim from TechCrunch’s international team, and I’ll be writing this newsletter moving forward. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week, we’re looking at some companies being created, funded, shut down and … Read more
Texas Senator discloses up to $100K BTC after blockchain endorsement
After visiting a Bitcoin mining facility and receiving the endorsement of a blockchain advocacy group, Senator Ted Cruz reported purchasing up to $100,000 worth of BTC in 2023.
The Gallery of Regrettable Food
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Mastercard Is Betting on Crypto—But Not Stablecoins
Global commerce will soon live on-chain, an exec tells Decrypt, and traditional banks could be the center of that new system.
A New Theory of Distraction (2015)
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A key part of California’s online safety law for kids is still on hold after appeals court ruling
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images A federal appeals court in California upheld part of a district court ruling on Friday that blocked a landmark online safety bill for children from taking effect. The panel of judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals objected to a portion of the California … Read more
The Flywheel Effect
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What Is a Knowledge Graph?
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Researchers develop hair-thin battery to power tiny robots
MIT this week showcased tiny batteries designed specifically for the purpose of power these systems to execute varied tasks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
What happened to all the temporary air conditioning units at the Olympic Village?
An inside view of a bedroom during the media visit of Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Village on July 2nd, 2024, in Paris, France. | Photo by Aurelien Meunier / Getty Images Now that the Paris Olympics are over, the temporary air conditioning units shipped in for athletes are poised to have a second — … Read more
Building a GATT Server on Pi Pico W
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