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Thanks to generative AI, advertising’s business models will be reinvented

Advertising and disruptive technologies. In many ways, you can’t have one without the other. In past years, disruptive technology meant programmatic media buying, SEO, and mobile. Today, it means artificial intelligence— more specifically, generative AI. Brands and consumers expect the industry to remain two steps ahead of the digital curve and while AI is not new to the industry, generative AI has caused many agencies to shift priorities and the way they operate. In 2024, it wi

Papyrus Derveni, seznámení s orfickou památkou

Jeden z nejstarších řeckých papyrů a nejstarší papyrus nalezený v Evropě! Svitek z doby kolem roku 330 před n. l. nese skoro o století starší text, který obsahuje řadu ještě starších citátů. Některá místa papyru představují nejstarší fyzicky zachovaný filosofický text. Obsah většiny spisu je ovšem kuriozní, je to výklad excentrické orfické básně, která má analogii v dávném churritském mýtu. http://www.osel.cz/13391-papyrus-derveni-seznameni-s-orfickou-pamatkou.html

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A geologist explains NASA’s complicated search for life on Mars

Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the two NASA rovers now exploring it.

But because of the literal groundwork the rovers are performing, scientists are finally investigating, in-depth and in unprecedented detail, the planet’s evidence for life, known as its “biosignatures.” This search is remarkably complicated, and in the case of Mars, it is spanning decades.

As a geologist, I have had t

Gigantická nadkupa galaxií Einasto váží jako 26 biliard Sluncí

Estonští lovci nadkup galaxií vytěžili z dat průzkumu oblohy Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) 662 nadkup, které jsou součástí kosmické pavučiny. Gigantickým monstrem je mezi nimi nadkupa Einasto, vzdálená od nás asi 3 miliardy světelných let. Její velikost je asi 360 milionů světelných let, zhruba trojnásobek v porovnání s naší skromnou Místní nadkupou galaxií. http://www.osel.cz/13390-giganticka-nadkupa-galaxii-einasto-vazi-jako-26-biliard-slunci.html

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Doctors are using AI to talk to patients and record appointments. Don’t worry, your data is allegedly safe

Don’t be surprised if your doctors start writing you overly friendly messages. They could be getting some help from artificial intelligence.

New AI tools are helping doctors communicate with their patients, some by answering messages and others by taking notes during exams. It’s been 15 months since OpenAI released ChatGPT. Already thousands of doctors are using similar products based on large language models. One company says its tool works in 14 languages.

Apple’s M3 MacBook Air is beautiful, but why is the company still skimping on storage?

For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of owning a large-screen MacBook Air. I was always stuck buying a MacBook Pro, however, due to it being the only Apple laptop with a screen size larger than 14 inches. I write for a living, and in my experience, typing lengthy works on anything less than a 15-inch screen just feels too cramped. That’s why I was thrilled when last year Apple released a 15-inch MacBook Air with an M2 chipset. I decided then that, as soon as Apple release

What would a sale of TikTok actually look like?

The House voted this week to force TikTok’s parent company to sell the massively popular short-form video app, or face a U.S. ban. But a sale is most likely long off and could prove difficult for both owner, ByteDance, and Washington, D.C.

The bill, called the “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” goes to the Senate next, where its fate is unclear. Senate lawmakers have indicated they’ll move more slowly after the bill

This tasty tool adds a pinch of AI to cooking with leftovers

Online recipe sites are notorious for making you wade through endless filler to get to the meat of the matter. And they’re also decidedly low-tech in their approach.

So what if there were a tool that could rely on AI to analyze what you’ve actually got in your fridge and pantry—and then offer up fluff-free, instant recipes catered specifically to your tastes?

My fellow tech-obsessor, allow me to introduce you to a super-cool tool called Taste

A cybersecurity expert explains how to make your messages private

Imagine opening your front door wide and inviting the world to listen in on your most private conversations. Unthinkable, right? Yet, in the digital realm, people inadvertently leave doors ajar, potentially allowing hackers, tech companies, service providers, and security agencies to peek into their private communications.

Much depends on the applications you use and the encryption standards the apps uphold. End-to-end encryption is a digital safeguard for online interactions. It&#x201

Lidský inzulin z mléka GMO krávy

Vědci z transgenního embrya odchovali krávu, jejíž mléko obsahuje hormon nepostradatelný pro diabetiky.
http://www.osel.cz/13389-lidsky-inzulin-z-mleka-gmo-kravy.html

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This futurist predicts that everybody will have an AI digital twin

The Future Today Institute has released its 17th Annual Tech Trends Report, a report on the future across 16 industries and sectors and following 900 trends. The theme of this year’s report is the super cycle, which, in general, is an extended period of booming demand that leads to elevated prices at unprecedented heights. A super cycle can last years or even decades, and leads to or is driven by structural change in the economy.

Fast Company‘s editor-in-chief Brendan

Prosecutors seek up to 50-year prison sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘historic’ cryptocurrency fraud

Federal prosecutors asked a New York judge on Friday to sentence FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years in prison for cryptocurrency crimes they described as a “historic fraud.”

Prosecutors made the request as they submitted their presentence recommendations to a federal judge who will sentence a man who at one time dazzled the cryptocurrency world with his promotional skills, including his access to famous people willing to promote his businesses.

Fascinující pasivní maglev IronLev jezdí po obyčejných kolejích

Maglevy jsou sice tiché, rychlé a elegantní, zatím se ale moc neprosadily, mimo jiné kvůli nákladné a komplikované výstavbě speciálních tratí. Startup IronLev vyvíjí pasivní maglev, který sviští jako namydlený blesk po úplně obyčejných železničních tratích. Nedávno úspěšně testovali 1tunový prototyp na trati Adria-Mestre při rychlosti až 70 km/h. http://www.osel.cz/13388-fascinujici-pasivni-maglev-ironlev-jezdi-po-obycejnych-kolejich.html

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NASA is on its way to Venus after all. Here’s what to know about the launch

A little under a year ago, it looked like Venus was off the table for NASA. President Biden’s budget request for 2024 severely reduced funding for the mission, putting it in a “deep freeze.” Today, though, the space agency is once again all systems go for an exploration of one of earth’s closest neighbors.

The VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) mission is back on the schedule, with only a slight delay, the resul

This one comment from Tim Cook just cost Apple $490 million

When you’re the CEO of a multibillion-dollar corporation, your words have weight. As Apple chief executive Tim Cook just found out, they can also have a price—$61 million per word, to be exact.

Six years after Cook made comments that a class-action lawsuit alleged were misleading, the tech company reached a $490 million settlement to put the matter to bed this week. The lawsuit claimed Cook concealed falling demand for iPhones in China, and that the misrepresentations

Coinbase’s chief security officer on crypto scams and working with the SEC

It’s been another wild few weeks for crypto as Bitcoin rocketed to new highs thanks in large part to Bitcoin ETFs getting the green light from regulators. Even now, after the rally cooled off a bit, prices remain far higher than they did last month. And yet, despite the crypto market’s current upswing, major questions remain: Namely, whether crypto is actually a safer alternative to fiat currency, and what effective government regulation might actually look like.

For a

The Kate Middleton scandal shows the Royal Family can’t contend with social media sleuths

If you’ve been online at all this month you’ve probably come across at least one conspiracy theory about princess Kate Middleton’s whereabouts.

They range from brilliantly nonsensical (that she’s been filming for the reality singing competition The Masked Singer), to wildly elaborate (that she’s quietly donated an organ to King Charles), to hair-raising  (that Prince Williams is somehow involved in some sort of foul play).

The Prince

ASML backs €110M Dutch deeptech fund for quantum, semiconductors


The pride and joy of the Dutch tech ecosystem, ASML, has featured heavily in the news this past couple of weeks, after news broke the government was scrambling to keep the company in the country. However, ASML’s plans to potentially relocate due to

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Riddled with debt, Sweden’s Embracer sells Star Wars game maker for $500M


Swedish gaming company Embracer Group has sold a big chunk of one of its biggest subsidiaries, US-headquartered Saber Interactive, in a deal totalling $500mn.  The buyer is Beacon Interactive, a holding company recently formed by none other than Saber’s own

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Lyft and Uber will cease operations in Minneapolis over minimum wage increase

Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.Lyft called the ordinance “deeply flawed,” saying in a statement that it supports a minimum earning standard for drivers but not the one passed by the council.“It should be done in an honest way that keeps the service

UK fusion startup trials plasma-stabilising laser for ‘holy grail’ of energy


British startup Tokamak Energy is testing a new type of laser that it says is “crucial” to stabilising fusion reactions — the same atom-fusing process that powers the Sun and promises to deliver virtually limitless, clean energy.   The Oxford-based com

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How AI can help companies better disclose their financial information

On Monday, Oracle Corp. announced its quarterly earnings, together with substantial financial information about its operations, via a conference call and live webcast. This earnings announcement resulted in an almost 12% increase in the company’s stock price the following day, with the corporation’s stock price closing at a record high in part due to increased demand for services underpinning widespread use of artificial intelligence.

Corporate financial information is

Meta’s push to build one AI model to power videos across platforms could be an oversight nightmare, experts warn

When Facebook head Tom Alison announced at a conference earlier this month that Meta would be using AI to overhaul its video recommendation system across its platforms, the news didn’t exactly light the world on fire. The company already uses different recommendation models for videos on each of its services; now it plans to bring them all under one roof. “If we get this right, not only will the recommendations be kind of more engaging and more relevant,” Alison said at t

One way to safeguard against tech: Treat regulation like innovation

The Fast Company Grill hit SXSW this year. Couldn’t make it to Austin? Here are some Fast Bites: Your handy recap of panel discussions.


The AI boom of the past year and a half has demonstrated the importance—and difficulty—of regulation in the tech sector. Striving for a regulatory environment that fosters innovation while addressing potential risks demands collaboration between governments and industry stakeholders. But such a

How the ISS National Lab went commercial

The U.S.’s highest scientific laboratory is changing with the times.

Michael Roberts is the chief scientific officer of the International Space Station National Laboratory, a government-funded organization that helps connect non-NASA scientists and companies with opportunities to perform research aboard the station. Roberts sat down to discuss the lab’s priorities, how its relationship with the commercial space industry has developed, what’s planned for the lab

Choosing Your Keyword Champion: Setting Yourself Up For Success In the Auction via @sejournal, @navahf

Boost your digital marketing strategy with effective keyword selection. Find out how to choose keywords that target high-value prospects and generate traffic at affordable costs.

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These AI tools can help manage your cluttered email inbox

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

My inbox seems poised to explode. When I dive into deep work, I return to find email overflowing. To cope, I’m exploring how AI can help with searching, sorting, summarizing, and replying. Read on for a summary of new AI capabilities for saving time on email.

Spend less time on routine email

If

Four AI jobs that don’t require advanced data science skills

If you’re interested in AI work but can’t write a line of code to save your life, the good news is that you’ve still got options. There’s more to this technology than just algorithms, data modeling, and technical engineering, after all.

Here are some roles—in order of average pay, starting at the low end—for non-techies looking to switch to an exciting AI career.

AI data labeler

AI is only as good as its data, and data

Your whole repo fits in the context window

The home team discusses the challenges (hardware and otherwise) of building AI models at scale, why major players like Meta are open-sourcing their AI projects, what Apple’s recent changes mean for developers in the EU, and Perplexity AI’s new approach to search. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/03/15/your-whole-repo-fits-in-the-context-window/

Europe—worried about AI risks like deepfakes and hallucinations—still has questions for Big Tech companies

European Union regulators on Thursday ratcheted up scrutiny of Big Tech companies, including Google, Facebook, and TikTok, with requests for information on how they’re dealing with risks from generative artificial intelligence, such as the viral spread of deepfakes.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, has sent questionnaires about the ways that eight platforms and search engines—including Microsoft’s Bing, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and

Who would buy TikTok? Here are some of the potential buyers

TikTok is facing a possible ban in the United States if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the social media platform. Making that happen might be easier said that done, though.

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed a bill mandating the sale of the app within six months. If ByteDance refuses, then TikTok would be removed from app stores and U.S. servers. The legislation faces a less certain road in the Senate, but President Joe Biden has said he will sign the b

Proč si miliardáři stavějí bunkry a kupují ostrovy?

Mark „Meta“ Zuckerberg bezskrupulózně skupuje ohromné pozemky na havajském ostrově Kauai. Buduje tam uzavřený a do jisté míry soběstačný Zuckerbergův svět se Zuckerbergovými zákony, izolovaný zdí a početnými strážemi, včetně masivního podzemního bunkru. Podobně se chovají i mnozí další miliardáři. Je to jako feudální panství. Přímo před očima se nám vrací středověk. http://www.osel.cz/13387-proc-si-miliardari-staveji-bunkry-a-kupuji-ostrovy.html

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SpaceX’s third Starship broke apart again, but the launch was still a big success. Here’s why

SpaceX’s third test flight of its massive Starship rocket, which NASA is counting on as part of its mission to return astronauts to the moon, ended the same as the first two, with the oversized vehicles breaking up before the flight was complete, but officials are celebrating the launch, calling it successful.

That might sound like a curious description to some people given the complete loss of the rocket, but, at this stage, success doesn’t have to mean a picture-perf

French MoD taps 5 startups to develop fault-tolerant quantum computer


Quantum computers have an almost mythical status among data scientists and researchers. The dream of emerging out of the NISQ (noisy intermediate-scale quantum) era into a world of fault-tolerant qubits generating unbreakable encryption o

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Google Confirms: High-Quality Content Is Crawled More Often via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google's Search Relations team reveals that high-quality, user-centric content is the key to increasing crawl demand, debunking crawl budget myths.

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#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

Norman Finkelstein and Benny Morris are historians. Mouin Rabbani is a Middle East analyst. Steven Bonnell (aka Destiny) is a political livestreamer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/israel-pal

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‘French scar’ leaves another mark on TikTok’s painful week


TikTok’s rough week in the west went from bad to worse today when Italian authorities slapped the app with a €10mn fine over a viral challenge called the “French scar.” The game invites users to pinch their cheeks until they leave a lasting bruise. It became particularly

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Gen Z to Biden: How are we going to connect if you ban TikTok?

If President Joe Biden keeps his promise to sign a ban on TikTok over its ties to the Chinese government, the 81-year-old may rob his reelection campaign of a platform that he and fellow Democrats rely on to reach younger voters.

Biden’s campaign got thousands of “likes” on Tuesday for a TikTok video skewering Republican rival Donald Trump about cutting Social Security spending. But the comments were focused on another issue altogether: the proposed ban.

Yahoo News is launching a creators program to publish lifestyle content (exclusive)

Yahoo is testing out a new creator program that will allow certain writers to publish and monetize stories under the Yahoo News brand, the company tells Fast Company.

The effort is meant to broaden the news platform’s lifestyle content—which it described as fitness, DIY, travel, home, and style stories—in a rapidly changing media landscape. So it won’t be available for people who want to write about things like politics or sports. The draw to creators, me

Dutch startup TheyDo bags $34M to solve ‘biggest business problem of the century’


Dutch startup TheyDo has raised $34mn to solve “the biggest business problem” of the century —  scaling customer journeys. Founded in 2019, the company produces a live platform that provides actionable insights about customers. Enterprises can use the tools a

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California lawmaker will soften language on a proposed ban of self-checkout at large retailers

A California state senator is planning to soften a proposal that would have banned self-checkout lanes at large grocery stores and other establishments, Fast Company has learned.

The proposal, announced last month by state Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas of California’s 28th District, was part of a package of bills aimed at “empowering vulnerable populations,” including helping workers and promoting economic growth in underserved communities across the state. As i

Today’s top business headlines: Congress moves closer to a TikTok ban, EU’s new AI rules, Family Dollar closures, new CEO at Allbirds

House approves bill to ban TikTok: In a 356 to 52 vote on Wednesday, the House voted to approve a bill that could potentially ban TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, from U.S. app stores (or force a sale) in an effort to restrict China’s access to Americans’ data. TikTok has urged users to “tell Congress what TikTok means to you,” and argues the bill impedes on First Amendment rights. The bill will now head to the Senate; if it passes there, Presid

Princess Kate photo scandal triggers calls for watermarking untouched images


A distinctly British scandal caused by sloppy photo editing has sparked calls for watermarking untouched images. The pleas come after a picture of Princess Kate intensified wild rumours about her whereabouts. Kate’s representatives issued the image this week

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How Y Combinator, champion of ‘little tech,’ became the biggest machine in Silicon Valley

With one week until the January kickoff of Y Combinator’s winter 2024 startup batch, there’s a hush in the prestigious accelerator program’s cavernous new San Francisco headquarters.

The only sound, aside from steady rain streaking the windows, is the muffled labor of two YC partners in a makeshift subterranean kitchen, where they are practicing a chicken and dumplings recipe to serve to a group of incoming founders. Like thousands of hopefuls before them, these

SpaceX ‘Starship’ rocket launch: Where to watch and what to know about the historic 3rd test flight

SpaceX will attempt to launch its mega-rocket Starship on its third test flight from its spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas, today. The livestream is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. ET, with liftoff targeted for about 8 a.m. ET.

The flight plan for SpaceX’s third Starship test is different from its previous two attempts. The “Super Heavy” rocket booster will once again attempt a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. But the first stage, Starship, will ascend and then ta

10 Law Firm Marketing Tactics For Business Building In 2024 via @sejournal, @krisjonescom

Learn the essential tactics for successful law firm marketing. From digital strategies to personalized approaches, stay ahead of the competition and attract potential clients.

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