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- 6 bizarre airplane interior designs that could change flying foreverby Cate Lawrence on 29 June 2022 at 11:46
Long-haul flights are a necessary evil and I was intrigued this week to see Air New Zealand is launching the world’s first sleep pods for economy class travellers. This is a rare bit of good news for aviation design. I’m still smarting from Ryanair’s idea to remove toilets from planes and […]
- AI models can ‘sound’ human, but that doesn’t mean they feel or thinkby The Conversation on 29 June 2022 at 11:26
When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience tells you that it’s written by a thinking, feeling human. And, in this case, there is indeed a human typing these words: [Hi, there!] But these days, some sentences that appear remarkably humanlike are actually generated by artificial […]
- Stephen Curry’s former coach says AI can help train the next generation of NBA championsby Thomas Macaulay on 28 June 2022 at 20:30
Steph Curry is currently celebrating another NBA championship — just 10 years after the star feared he’d never play again. Curry’s early years at the Golden State Warriors were plagued by chronic ankle injuries. In 2013, the team’s new performance director, Keke Lyles, proposed a new […]
- Business AI solutions for beginners: What is vertical intelligence?by Tristan Greene on 28 June 2022 at 18:23
Artificial intelligence has completely upended the business world. Whether you’re a fledgling startup or a billion-dollar global conglomerate, the way you do business today is radically different than it was just five years ago. In the modern paradigm, one of your company’s greatest assets is […]
- Google kills Hangouts — but its dreams of Gmail dethroning Slack feel far awayby Ioanna Lykiardopoulou on 28 June 2022 at 12:43
Google shut down Hangouts for Workspace in February, but that’s not enough for the search giant: it’s now killing the mobile Hangouts app as well. In a recent blogpost, the tech behemoth announced that it’ll bid farewell to the feature in November 2022. People still using Hangouts are urged […]
- Cosmic dust from Venus is inspiring new air pollution-busting technologyby The Conversation on 28 June 2022 at 10:54
Reducing carbon emissions from roads, railways and shipping requires implementing a range of solutions simultaneously. As far as cars are concerned, cutting the number of journeys altogether (by making it easier for people to walk and cycle and improving public transport), changing the fuel in […]
- Opinion: Bad things will happen when the AI sentience debate goes mainstreamby Tristan Greene on 27 June 2022 at 17:35
A Google AI engineer recently stunned the world by announcing that one of the company’s chatbots had become sentient. He was subsequently placed on paid administrative leave for his outburst. His name is Blake Lemoine and he sure seems like the right person to talk about machines with souls. Not […]
- Work in tech? Here’s 6 ways you can support and protect reproductive rightsby Cate Lawrence on 27 June 2022 at 14:53
Friday saw the overturning of Roe V Wade, giving US state governments the right to restrict abortion or ban it altogether. The result is a massive loss of bodily autonomy for women, trans, and non-binary folk (basically anyone with a womb). For those living in banned states, it means difficulty […]
- Pay compression is widening the gap between new and existing employeesby Amanda Kavanagh on 27 June 2022 at 13:38
Business owners have known the value of loyalty for a long time. From customers collecting stamps for retail loyalty programmes, to Air Miles, coupons, plastic cards and mobile apps, the mechanism has changed but the rationale remains: repeat purchases are key for growth in almost all businesses. […]
- Watch this Batmobile-style EV smash a speed recordby Ioanna Lykiardopoulou on 27 June 2022 at 12:55
A unique electric car has broken the speed record at the 2022 Goodwood Hillclimb track, an annual demonstration of racing vehicles in the UK. Driven by ex-F2 driver Max Chilton, the so-called McMurtry Spierling set a new record of 39.08 seconds on the 1.86km course. This shaved off about 0.8 […]