The Mandela Effect is when people vividly remember something differently from how it actually happened. The Streisand Effect is when someone takes great pains to suppress information, inadvertently drawing further attention to it. And after this week, a brand-new phenomenon will sit comf
Installing and updating applications and other dependencies on a computer really should be a solved problem by now. Yet almost every major desktop operating system provides multiple options, with no real clear answer to “which is best.” Linux, despite long-establishe
The Paris Olympics 2024 kicked off today. But as the City of Light opens its gates to millions of spectators, officials are bracing themselves for a cyber war. Analysts predict that there could be as many as four billion cyber attacks at thi
America is grappling with a wealth inequality problem. The top 1% of U.S. earners control more wealth today than the nation’s entire middle class, according to U.S. Federal Reserve data. America’s middle class, which once represented a wide majority of U.S. adults, has steadily
There’s no shortage of newsletters out there. Nearly every publication has one these days, as do an army of high-profile writers. True, the medium’s shine has worn off a bit, but curious readers can still easily pick between thousands of missives on everything from
A social media policy helps to set expectations and reduce risk. Here's how to get it right.
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Find out how to easily detect keyword cannibalization with OpenAI's text embeddings. Level up your SEO skills with the help of generative AI.
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“Where do I even start?” says Bridget Todd, the creator and host of the podcast There are No Girls on the Internet. “It’s just been a real motherfucker. I feel like I’m still processing it all.”
In early July, Todd lost her mother Carolyn Todd, a renowned physician in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Carolyn’s death came just days after Todd’s father was rushed to the ICU after taking a fall at home. “We were all congregat
Uncover the most powerful and emotionally engaging Olympics ads. Dive into the top-ranked Procter & Gamble campaigns that resonated with viewers.
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In this episode, Ben interviews Jannis Kallinikos, a professor at Luiss University in Rome, Italy about his new book Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy, coauthored with Cristina Alaimo. They discuss the social impact of data, explore the idea that data filters how we see the world and interact with each other, and highlight the need for social accountability in data tracking and surveillance. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/07/26/on-the-web-data-doesn-t-define-us-it-creates-us/
An independent study finds that AI boosts search satisfaction. Google leads, but competitors gain. Social media also sees modest improvements.
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Rich Uncle Pennybags is getting a lot richer thanks to Monopoly Go! Forget collecting $200, the mobile sensation is pocketing a lot more than that these days.
On Hasbro’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday, the toymaker revealed that the mobile video game has grossed more than $3 billion in revenue since its launch on April 11, 2023. That makes Hasbro the top licenser of video games in the past year, the company says.
Překvapivý objev spojil kovové konkrece, které se v ohromných počtech jen tak povalují na mořském dně, s produkcí kyslíku na mořském dně. Jak se zdá, v naprosté tmě mořských hlubin, kam nepronikne ani paprsek světla, konkrece fungují jako „geobaterie.“ Generují elektrické napětí a zcela nebiologicky elektrolýzou rozkládají mořskou vodu. http://www.osel.cz/13582-manganove-konkrece-na-morskem-dne-vyrabeji-kyslik-v-temnych-hlubinach.html
OpenAI’s long-rumored internet search tool is finally official.
The company said Thursday it’s alpha testing a prototype AI search tool, which will let users ask direct questions (including follow ups) and get direct answers based on web sources.
OpenAI says it’s partnered with publishers including News Corp. and The Atlantic for some of
OpenAI launches SearchGPT, an AI-powered search prototype offering direct answers with citations.
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Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.
Meta’s AI mixed reality vision is coming together
Meta says it will put its Meta AI assistant in its
Inside a hangar on the outskirts of Gothenburg, Sweden, lies the sleek metal frame of an electric plane poised to change the way we fly forever. The hangar belongs to Heart Aerospace. The Swedish startup is building a hybrid
An exercise machine for astronauts has entered an Airbus accelerator. Built by UK startup Physical Mind London, the device mitigates the impacts of zero gravity, which can be brutal. After six months in space, astronauts can lose up to 20% of their bone mass.
You’d be forgiven for assuming, based on business press coverage (cough), that, at any given point in time, there is a single, mega-disruptive technology that exerts a gravitational pull on any and all venture capital dollars. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, this would have been the internet and its nascent economy. In the late 2000s to 2010s, it was smartphone and SaaS apps. A few years ago, it was crypto, which, if the prognostications were correct, we would all currently be us
NANOGrav loni detekoval gravitační pozadí vesmíru, které je zřejmě ozvěnou nespočtu splynutí supermasivních černých děr. Simulace takových splývání ale vedou k Problému posledního parseku, v němž se černé díry zaseknou a nesplynou. Řešením této patálie by mohla být pozoruhodná verze částic temné hmoty. http://www.osel.cz/13581-vyresi-problem-posledniho-parseku-vzajemne-interagujici-temna-hmota.html
London-based Addionics has raised $39mn in funding as it eyes commercialisation of its 3D ‘current collectors’ that can boost the performance of any battery, regardless of its chemistry. The venture capital arm of General Motors and Israe
Meta’s Oversight Board says the social media company fell short in its response to a pair of high-profile explicit, AI-generated images of female public figures on its sites and is calling for the company to update its policies and make the language of those policies even more clear to users.
The decision, announced Thursday, comes after a three-mo
In 1994, Peter Shor, an American mathematician working at Bell Labs, published a paper with a wonky title and earth-shaking implications. In “Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and Discrete Logarithms on a Quantum Computer,” Shor showed how, using a hypothetical quantum computer, you could efficiently solve certain types of mathematical problems that overwhelmed even the most powerful classical computer systems—eliminating many, many steps, and cutting the calculation time ex
What if a company could analyze all your personal information, setting its price based on the data available? The Federal Trade Commission worries this might already be a reality.
The FTC has ordered eight companies—Mastercard, Revionics, Bloomreach, Chase, Task, Pros, Accenture, and McKinsey & Co.—to submit information about the
Discover the journey of moving from niche sites to becoming an SEO agency owner. Learn how to optimize for search and drive traffic to websites.
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Revolut has finally won a UK banking licence, intensifying the neobank threat to traditional finance. The breakthrough ends a painful wait for Europe’s most valuable fintech firm, which first applied for a licence in January 2021. Regulators were reportedly co
Walter Driver would like your attention, please. As the cofounder and co-CEO of Scopely, the mobile games company behind such free-to-play hits as Monopoly Go!, Scrabble Go, Marvel Strike Force, and Star Trek Fleet Command, he knows your time is precious. That’s why his games never demand much more than a minute or two to play—unless, of course, you choose to keep going. Better to lure users in with little notifications that inspire a minute of play here,
Bing's updated AI search layout is good news because it was purposely designed to keep sending clicks to websites
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Achieve SEO success with agile methods. Learn how to get resources and buy-in from executives without lengthy strategy documents.
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A UK startup is installing electrostatic tyre-dust collecting machines on a fleet of EV delivery vans in London, as it looks to make a dent in the world’s second-largest source of microplastic pollution. When cars drive, friction between the ty
Google to roll out new Merchant Center for all retailers by September, featuring AI tools and enhanced analytics to boost e-commerce capabilities.
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Understand how YouTube's algorithm selects and recommends videos to enhance your content's reach and engagement with your target audience.
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WooCommerce announces changes that developers have been waiting for and drive growth for merchants
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LinkedIn cofounder, tech investor, and major political donor Reid Hoffman has thrown his support behind Kamala Harris, after staunchly backing Biden. This has plunged him into headlines, in opposition to Elon Musk and other prominent tech leaders. Reid joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to take us inside Silicon Valley’s reaction to Harris’s presidential bid, why some business leaders are em
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind last week’s massive computer crash, offered $10 UberEats gift cards to its affected partners for their troubles, according to a TechCrunch report. And now, some
Drony letí na špici pokroku, ale potřebují k tomu sofistikovanou infrastrukturu. Studenti brněnského VUT vyvíjejí hangár pro bezpilotní letouny, který slibuje autonomní provoz a efektivní využití v různých odvětvích. Tento projekt má potenciál zjednodušit monitorování, záchranné akce i zemědělství, a představuje významný krok směrem k intenzivnímu využití dronů. http://www.osel.cz/13580-autonomni-hnizdo-inovativni-hangar-z-vut-prinasi-technologickou-revoluci.html
Seven key swing states will determine the outcome of the presidential election this year. One spot on the map that almost certainly won’t is the Bay Area, where Democratic candidates have won all of the region’s nine counties in every presidential race since 1988.
And yet, while the politics of the Bay Area ostensibly couldn’t matter less to this race, in a lot of ways, they’ve never mattered more.
A new AI platform led by activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick aims to make it easier for anyone to publish—and monetize—their original stories as comics and manga.
Lumi, unveiled in beta form Wednesday, includes AI-powered tools designed to let anyone with so much as an idea develop full-fledged stories, says Kaepernick, the company’s founder and CEO. From the start, Lumi is designed to support people looking to create c
General Motors’ Cruise self-driving unit will focus its development efforts on a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt as it indefinitely delays its planned Origin vehicle that would not have a steering wheel, the automaker said on Tuesday.
In 2022, GM filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeking permission to deploy up to
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s potential removal of support for electric vehicles would hurt other automakers more than the Austin, Texas-based firm.
“It would be devastating for our competitors, and it would hurt Tesla slight
Alphabet reports strong Q2 2024: Google Search revenue up 14%, Cloud surpasses $10 billion. AI innovation remains key focus.
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After 12 years in business and several strategic pivots, British unicorn Improbable has achieved profitability for the first time. Improbable credited the milestone to yet another business shift. After numerous attempts to create virtual worlds, the company has
This year, technologies such as JavaScript and PostgreSQL remain most popular, Rust and Markdown remain most admired, developers are most frustrated by technical debt at work, and they don’t see AI as a threat to their jobs. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/07/24/developers-want-more-more-more-the-2024-results-from-stack-overflow-s-annual-developer-survey/
The UK hopes to produce water on the Moon with a space mirror that reflects solar rays onto lunar ice. The device is the brainchild of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS), the world’s oldest space advocacy organisation. Boffins at the BIS named the device
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 episode, Linnea and Andrii ta
DeepL, the Cologne-based AI translation unicorn, has added Traditional Chinese to
In case you weren’t paying attention, the world celebrated AI Appreciation Day last week on July 16. Or, in my case, didn’t celebrate it. It seemed like a pretty silly excuse for a holiday, especially after I failed to mark National Electricity Day—the 272nd anniversary of
Meta said Wednesday it has removed roughly 63,000 accounts engaged in financial sextorion scams, a growing category of online crime in which scammers use fake accounts to dupe victims into sharing nude photos, then extort them for money. The accounts involved in the takedown were based in Nigeria, which has become a hotspot for financial sextortion, and included one coordinated network of 2,500
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?
Understanding how the four keyword prioritization rules and new query matching controls work just might have you rethinking your account structure.
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Uncover the importance of brand marketing in today's search landscape. Find out why focusing on conversational content can have a positive impact on your brand.
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The number of satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has ballooned in recent years, and the story is the same as in all popular destinations: traffic is a nightmare.
Things have become so congested that the cumulative volume of spacecraft and debris in LEO is unsustainable, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 2024 Space Environment Report determined. Without the widespread adoption of debris mitigation tactics, the report warns that the future of space travel could be in jeopardy.
A group of five U.S. senators are demanding OpenAI submit data showing how it plans to meet safety and security commitments that it has made about its artificial intelligence systems after a growing number of employees and researchers have raised red flags about the technology and the company’s safety protocols.
In a let
Tesla’s second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company’s global electric-vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing.
The Austin company said Tuesday that it made $1.48 billion from April through June, less than the $2.7 billion it made in the same period of 2023. It was Tesla’s second-straight quarterly net income decline.
Second-quarter revenue rose 2% to $25.5 billion, beating Wall Street estimates o
Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet, delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its Internet empire.
The second-quarter report released Tuesday showed that Google is still reeling in advertisers on the heels of the May introduction of an artificial-intelligence feature that p
Meta today released a trio of new open-source large language models called Llama 3.1, the largest of which may lead to new chatbots that rival ChatGPT. In fact, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes the company’s Llama powered AI assistant will be more widely used than ChatGPT by the end of this year.
Llama 3.1 is actually a small family of models–Llama 3.1 405B, 70B, and 8B. (The numbers connote the number
Among the many thoughts that drifted through my mind over the course of four long hours at San Diego International Airport last Friday: Delta will pay for this. Even now, the airline and thousands of my fellow travelers are still struggling through the largest snafu in the airline’s history. I learned this when I tried to fly home on Friday, when Delta canceled my flight, couldn’t book me on another flight for two days, and refused to provide accommodations, food or reimbursement for anythin
Meta AI adds ability to upload & edit images with AI to its social and messaging platforms & expands to more languages and countries
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Dechberoucí větrné monstrum Windcatcher se blíží k pilotnímu projektu, který by měl být v dohledné době spuštěn u Øygardenu na jihozápadním pobřeží Norska. Wind Catching Systems získali osvědčení pro 40 MW design. Pokud pilotní projekt uspěje, budou se dít ve větrné energetice věci. http://www.osel.cz/13579-masivni-plovouci-soustava-vetrnych-turbin-windcatcher-smeruje-k-realizaci.html
WordPress 6.6.1 patches critical flaws that affected 6.6 - What went wrong and how it's fixed
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It’s a taunt that’s reiterated to the point of cliché: Europe is a good place to start a tech business, but a bad place to scale one up. The causes are contentious but their impact is undeniable. None of the 10 most valuable tech firms in the world are in Eur
It’s a common saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Now, researchers claim that they can also reveal deepfakes with the help of tools that study galaxies — by looking at eyeballs. According to the research by Adejumoke Owolabi, mas