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Why Hurricane Helene could disrupt the semiconductor industry

Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction last week is still being felt in a number of states and the long-term impacts of the storm are still being assessed. Over 100 people have been reported dead from the storm so far (a number that’s expected to increase) and a

The VP debate was a return to the politics of yesteryear—except on Truth Social

Minutes before the start of the debate vice presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a commitment of nonpartisanship. “We’re going to keep it very straight, see how they do,” he said in a video posted to Truth Social, the social platform he owns. “We’re going to say good

Snapchat’s failure to protect kids revealed in New Mexico lawsuit

Snapchat failed to act on “rampant” reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its pla

Meta and Australia have partnered to crack down on ‘celeb bait’ scam ads

Meta said it has taken down some 8,000 so-called “celeb bait” scam ads from Facebook and Instagram as part of a new effort with Australian banks to curb the practice.

The scams use images of famous people, often generat

Bumble, Grindr and Match have agreed to Australia’s online dating code of conduct

A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms, Australia’s government said on Tuesday.

Bumble, Grindr and Match Group Inc., a Texas-based

Dirty romance novels are shedding their stigma thanks to TikTok

By now everyone is familiar with #BookTok—but have you stumbled across its spicier cousin #SmutTok?

“Smut” refers to books that include one or more sexually explicit scenes and surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly) the erotic category has found a growing fan base on TikTok. The #SmutTok hashtag has over

Yelp has quietly become a home services powerhouse

When the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down normal life more than four years ago, few tech companies endured more wrenching change than Yelp. The familiar tool for researching restaurants and retail stores “was kind of at the center of the bull’s-eye of the blast radius of the pandemic,” remembers Jeremy Stoppelman, its cofounder and CEO.

With everyone stuck at home, traffic to the site plummeted by half. Eateries and shops that couldn’t even stay open had no need to buy ads. The exi

Vylepšený čínský humanoid GR-2 je silnější a šikovnější

Čínští tvůrci robotů Fourier Intelligence vylepšili svůj už tak velmi zajímavý model GR-1 z loňského roku. Nový humanoid GR-2 ho předčí v řadě ohledů. Mnohem více připomíná člověka, v neposlední řadě kvůli tomu, že má k dispozici „lidské“ ruce s pěti prsty na elektrický pohon. Vývoj robotů běží na plný plyn. http://www.osel.cz/13714-vylepseny-cinsky-humanoid-gr-2-je-silnejsi-a-sikovnejsi.html

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How these Grindr competitors are trying to beat the dating app at its own game

Grindr might not have been the first location-based dating app—that distinction belongs to MeetMoi, a hookup app acquired by Match Group in 2016. But whether LGBT or not, looking for a long-term relationship or not, most singles are living in the house that Grindr built. 

Pew Research found that roughly 60% of gay and bisexual men

How a TikTok trend to help moms became a money-grab opportunity

A sparkly silver purse, tucked between a bottle of baby lotion and Infants’ Tylenol at a retailer, sparked a recent viral trend. Denaesha Gonzalez noticed the purse (with the price tag still dangling) in the baby product aisle while out shopping. Assuming someone had put the item back on the shelf in order to prioritize their baby’s needs, Gonzalez posted a

AI translation unicorn DeepL launches New York tech hub to boost US expansion


DeepL, the Cologne-based AI translation unicorn, today launched its first tech hub in the US, in New York City. The move follows the company’s increasing growth and investment in the US market, where it already counts customers such as Coursera and Morningsta

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TNW Podcast: The tech, market, and culture of videogames with Ilkka Paananen, Supercell


Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s special episod

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Chip that steers terahertz beams sets stage for ultrafast internet of the future


Imagine a future where internet connections are not only lightning-fast but also remarkably reliable, even in crowded spaces. This vision is rapidly approaching reality, thanks to new research on terahertz communications technologies. These in

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Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide, hydrogen peroxide on Pluto’s Charon for the first time

Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope are giving scientists a fuller understanding about the composition and evolution of Pluto’s moon Charon, the largest moon orbiting any of our solar system’s dwarf planets.

Webb, for the first time, detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide—both frozen as solids—on the surface of Charon, a spheri

The Black List founder says Hollywood is thinking about risk all wrong

After altering how Hollywood discovers scripts, The Black List is now targeting the book world. Founder and CEO Franklin Leonard proved that overlooked scripts like Slumdog Millionaire and I, Tonya can become commercial and artistic hits. Now, grounded in his belief that the Black List can act as a giant metal detector for uncovering great fiction, he explains his reasoning and plans for this expansion.  

This is an abridged transcript of an intervie

Sonos outlines a plan to win back user trust after its app fiasco

Speaker company Sonos laid out a number of new plans and commitments on Tuesday in an attempt to turn around the beleaguered sound company following a bug-riddled app relaunch in May that’s still impacting the company.

The changes mostly focus on creating new avenues for employees and customers to raise concerns, plus more stringent beta testing. The seven commitments include: “unwavering focus on customer exper

Epic Games is suing Google and Samsung for this phone setting

Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices.

At issue is Samsung’s &#82

California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill after the tech industry raised objections, saying it could drive AI companies from the state and hinder innovation.

Newsom said the bill “does not take i

Dávno vyhaslé vulkány mohou být bohatým zdrojem vzácných zemin

Experimentální vulkanické erupce v laboratoři ukázaly, že by magma bohaté na železo, jehož původ je pro geology stále dost záhadný, mohlo poskytnout velké množství vzácných zemin. Nachází se v pravěkých vulkánech, které soptily před miliony let, na různých místech světa. Geologové by je měli pořádně prozkoumat. http://www.osel.cz/13713-davno-vyhasle-vulkany-mohou-byt-bohatym-zdrojem-vzacnych-zemin.html

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Drone delivery service Wing teams with Serve to expand delivery in Dallas

Serve Robotics, which makes autonomous sidewalk delivery bots, and Wing, Alphabet’s on-demand drone delivery service, announced a pilot partnership on Tuesday meant to expand autonomous last-mile food delivery in Dallas. 

In the coming months, select Wing deliveries will be picked up by a Serve robot from a restaurant curbside and delivered to a Wing drone AutoLoader a few blocks away for aerial delivery to customers. The effort will allow Serve to expand its market to a broad

AppliedXL and Associated Press team up to use AI to sift through federal regulations

In an era when local newsrooms are stretched thinner than ever, keeping up with the constant deluge of government regulations and updates can feel impossible. As federal regulations only continue to grow in complexity and volume, journalists face the challenge of not only sifting through the data but in discerning what matters most for their communi

This state is suing YouTube for fueling a mental health crisis

Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among

2 Internets: A European And An American Internet via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

Gain insights into how regulations have created distinct internet experiences in Europe and the U.S. and the implications for search and AI.

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/2-internets-a-european-and-an-american-internet/52860

Regulators and fintech innovators in Africa need to talk more

The African continent looks set to realize around $230 billion in financial sector revenue by 2025, despite various political and economic challenges, according to a McKinsey report on Africa’s evolving fintech industry.

The report further reveals the only factor that could prevent the continent from realizing this goal is its ability to reach the continent’s

Can digital conversations help disaster-proof your business?

“The only thing certain in life is uncertainty.” This quote has been attributed to everyone from Pliny the Elder to John F. Kennedy, which means it’s probably been around longer than recorded history and reflects a fundamental truth about how we live. It’s also a fundamental truth about how we work.

Uncertainty can take many forms, from natural disasters and violence, to supply chain disruptions and software outages. Most recently, the CrowdStrike outage caught the world’s attentio

Does your Halloween rager really need a Partiful invite?

There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?

Fortunately, terminally online writers Delia Cai and St

The 2024 election is razor close. TikTok creators could tip it

If Barack Obama’s digital journey to the White House in 2008 marked the Facebook election, and Donald Trump’s social media presence in 2016 made that race the Twitter election, then 2024 seems likely to be remembered as the TikTok election.

Democrats and Republicans are both desperat

Kylian Mbappe joins growing squad of footballers investing in European tech


Gone are the days of elite footballers buying pubs. Today’s star players prefer to put their money into tech. Kylian Mbappe is one of the new generation’s leaders. The French captain has his own investment company, Coalition Capital, which just bought a stake

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Autoscriber teams up with Microsoft to scale ambient clinical intelligence software


Microsoft has partnered with medical note taking software startup Autoscriber to further scale the latter’s software across the EMEA region. The company’s speech-based AI tool frees up large chunks of doctors’ time and allows t

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Co je to filosofie? Kde ji hledat?

Každý jen tu svou má za jedinou. Různá určení filosofie v různých dobách a školách. Každý z typů filosofie představuje jiné pojetí toho, co je filosofie. Trapná otázka vědeckosti. Co když je filosofie spíš cosi mezi vědou, uměním a náboženstvím? A co mimo Řecko a Evropu? Odkud se na to podívat? Něco o vzniku filosofie. Varování před nadvládou samoúčelných jazykových forem a důležitost šťourání do předpokladů. http://www.osel.cz/13712-co-je-to-filosofie-kde-ji-hledat.html

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A developer works to balance the data center boom with his climate change battle

On today’s episode we chat with David Mytton, CEO of Arcjet and co-founder of Console.dev. We discuss his early work in cloud monitoring, his passion for the environment, and his love for sharing great developer tools. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/10/01/david-mytton-arcjet-console-dev-newsletter-podcast/

PHP Is Listening

In life, listening is a skill that can be beneficial in many ways. It can help you understand others, learn new things, and even improve your relationships. It’s currently an election year in the United States, and the presidential race is very contentious. Please do not let politics divide you from your friends and family. […]

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Vědci vystopovali tlačítko „Play/Pause“ ve vývoji lidského embrya

Embrya některých savců mohou stopnout vývoj ve fázi blastocysty a projít fází opožděné nidace (embryonal diapause). Evropský tým odhalil ovládací prvek tohoto mechanismu, signální dráhu mTOR. Vše nasvědčuje tomu, že i lidské buňky mají tuto funkci signální dráhy mTOR k dispozici, byť ji obvykle nepoužívají. Využijeme toho? http://www.osel.cz/13711-vedci-vystopovali-tlacitko-play-pause-ve-vyvoji-lidskeho-embrya.html

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#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America

Ed Barnhart is an archaeologist and explorer specializing in ancient civilizations of the Americas. He is the Director of the Maya Exploration Center, host of the ArchaeoEd Podcast, and lecturer on the ancient history of North, Central, and South America. Ed is in part known for his groundbreaking work on ancient astronomy, mathematics, and calendar systems. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep446-sc See below for timestamps, and to give feedback,

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Verizon customers report major outage on mobile network

Tens of thousands of Verizon users reported outages for the wireless carrier’s services across the U.S. on Monday, with Chicago and Indianapolis among the hardest-hit cities and some iPhone users stuck in “SOS” mode.

According to tracking website Downdetector.com, the outage began at around 9:30 a.m. ET and there were 66,761 reports as of 12:28 p.m. ET, with regions includin

Google’s UGC Push: Sullivan Explains The Shift In Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google's Search Liaison discusses the rise of user-generated content in search results, citing demand and poor quality of marketing-driven content.

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Ongoing community data protection

Socially responsible use of community data needs to be mutually beneficial: the more potential partners are willing to contribute to community development, the more access to community content they receive. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/09/30/ongoing-community-data-protection/

The changing state of the Internet and related business models

If you’re weary of reading about the latest chatbot innovations and the nine ways AI will change your daily life next year, this series of posts may be for you. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/09/30/the-changing-state-of-the-internet-and-related-business-models/

Knowledge-as-a-service: The future of community business models

The internet is changing once again: it is becoming more fragmented as the separation between sources of knowledge and how users interact with that knowledge grows. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/09/30/knowledge-as-a-service-the-future-of-community-business-models/

TikTok owner ByteDance may use a domestic source to develop a new AI model

TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compatriot Huawei Technologies, said three people f

The iPhone 16 Pro Max is a bigger upgrade than I was expecting

My iPhone 13 Pro Max was working just fine when I decided to upgrade to the latest model.

The 13 Pro Max still feels fast, takes excellent photos, and easily lasts all day on a full charge even at 88% battery health. The usual improvements you expect from a new iPhone—faster processor, better cameras, longer battery life—would be lost on me in day-to-day use.

But over the past few years, Apple’s also been piling on new features that flat out don’t work on olde

Stuck NASA astronauts will now have a ride home on a SpaceX capsule

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday’s arrival of a SpaceX capsule.

SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will return next year. The Dragon capsule docked in darkness as the two craft soared

‘Talk Tuah’ is expanding the conservative podcasting bubble

Hailey Welch’s new podcast Talk Tuah is not inherently conservative. The show’s chat format mostly revolves around relationship talk and celebrity interviews. And yet, only three episodes in, Welch has already cultivated a fanbase filled with MAGA bros.

Welch first gained fame back in June when, during a man-on-the-street YouTube interview outside a Nashville bar, she described her bedroom techniques. (“Hawk Tuah” is an onomatopoeia she used to simulate a

The 11 Best SEO Books You Should Read via @sejournal, @BrianHarnish

Brush up on your SEO knowledge with recommended reading on link building and optimizing for local, ecommerce, entities, and more.

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-11-best-seo-books-you-should-read/527165/

Why European startups should consider moving to Dubai


Dubai is a city on the rise. The first nine months of 2023 saw its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase by 3.3%, while in the same period, its information and communications sector shot up by 4.4%. Alongside its prolonged economic success, the

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Why the internet loves making fun of JD Vance

When it comes to memes on the internet, Ohio Senator JD Vance is the gift that keeps on giving. Whatever Vance’s prep strategy for the upcoming vice presidential debate, we know at least one thing: We’re likely to get a few memes out of the event.

The internet can’

This awesome online toolbox unleashes your browser’s power

I can’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve needed some random-seeming, single-purpose tool for tweaking text or pulling off a super-simple adjustment on an image.

Maybe I want to quickly convert some Awkwardly Capitalized Words into sentence case. Maybe it’s resizing or selectively blurring a part of a photo I’m about to share. Or maybe it’s figuring out the numerical color code from an image.

Whatever the specifics may be, I usually end up searching the web to

3 Client Experience Must-Dos To Drive Your Organization’s CLTV via @sejournal, @alexanderkesler

Discover three key tactics to enhance your client experience and increase their lifetime value via nurturing, brand evangelism, and relevant KPIs.

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AI & Automation for SEO: Scale Efforts and Drive Revenue [Live Webinar] via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

Are you ready to leverage AI to transform your digital marketing approach and drive unparalleled results? AI is no longer an option. It’s essential to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced digital world. The question isn’t if, but how quickly and efficiently you can integrate AI into your SEO strategy and marketing operations. Join us for an insightful webinar, AI & Automation for SEO: Scale Efforts and Drive Revenue, where Manick Bhan will guide you through how to automate your SEO strategi

How Perplexity’s AI is reinventing search

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

Perplexity is this year’s best new search tool. It uses AI to answer your questions based on online sources. You get conc

Elekromagnetický „Zeldovičův jev“ může krást energii z rotujícího systému

Sovětský fyzik ze stalinského uzavřeného města Jakov Zeldovič před půlstoletím vymyslel způsob, jak těžit energii z rotujícího systému, s využitím rotačního Dopplerova jevu. Britští fyzici to nejprve zkusili se zvukovými vlnami a teď potvrdili, že „Zeldovičův jev“funguje s elektromagnetickými vlnami. Časem chtějí mechanickou rotací těžit fotony z kvantového vakua. http://www.osel.cz/13710-elekromagneticky-zeldovicuv-jev-muze-krast-energii-z-rotujiciho-systemu.html

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