pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers š¦") wrote:
Today, I had to lay down the law with an iron hand in my classes. Students will tremble in fear and only sign up for my classes with great trepidation.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/03/stereotypical-liberal-college-professor/
U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 3.4% . The job market remains tight, despite signs of a slowing economy.
The Sonos Beam soundbar is small enough to fit alongside most TVs. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Itās far too easy to overlook a key component of a great Super Bowl watch party experience: quality audio. Although weāve already covered some of the best TV deals taking place ahead of the big game, itās also advisable to not assemble a room full of football fans when all you have for sound is the tinny built-in speakers on your TV. Thankfully, Sonos is running a sale until February 12th on a few of its speakers and soundbars, which can help you level up your system when it comes to watching sports and listening to music.
First off, the midrange Sonos Beam is on sale for $399 at Best Buy, Target, Amazon, and direct from Sonos. Thatās $50 off the latest version of the Beam, which supports Dolby Atmos for virtual surround sound and has...
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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
oh how lovely, a balmy -13Ā°F (-25Ā°C) outside right now
@RachelAppel ("Rachel Appel") replied to a tweet by @RachelAppel:
What are the chance I've learned my lesson from repeatedly doing this in the past?
@RachelAppel ("Rachel Appel") wrote:
Half of me is contemplating scheduling back to back events and the other half is...
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:
Beyond awful interpretation, typical: Domestic abusers have gun rights too, U.S. appeals court rules - Bloomberg https://apple.news/AFGeaZnoQR52Du3R-FUEsDw
Photos by Bill Atkinson, Graphic by William Joel / The Verge
Appleās legendary Lisa computer was a flop by commercial standards, but its influence on computing canāt be understated. In the 40 years after its debut, ideas from the Lisa changed our relationship with computers ā influencing their design to be more human-centered. If youāre reading this on a computer screen, your experience has probably been shaped in some way from the lessons forged by the Lisa.
Today, in partnership with The Computer History Museum, weāre excited to share another part of what makes the Lisa feel, well, human: a selection of exclusive Polaroid photos from the Lisaās development taken by Bill Atkinson, the designer and developer of the computerās graphical user interface. Atkinson sat down with CHM for an interview...
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@BeeBabylon_ ("Bee Babylon š") wrote:
Can we just put this rapist fucker in the bin please
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@BBCScotlandNews ("BBC Scotland News") wrote:
Nicola Sturgeon: Rapist Isla Bryson 'almost certainly' faking trans status https://bbc.in/3YlzOBk
Starting Sunday, the EU will prohibit imports of Russian gasoline, diesel and other products from Russian refineries used throughout Europe.
This is the first summit to take place with Ukraine as an official candidate to join the European Union
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andybaio@xoxo.zone ("Andy Baio") wrote:
"Thanks for your message. Please note that Iām experiencing a full inbox at this time and replies will be delayed."
I must turn on something like this a well. Funny it's coming from someone at AWS :)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Plus fresh details on Metaās next AI headset, and another smart home company begins its Matter transition.
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@robpalmer2 ("Rob Palmer") replied to a tweet by @robpalmer2:
Import Assertions unfortunately retreats from Stage 3 to Stage 2 due to issues found during web integration.
Like any Stage 2 proposal, please avoid depending on this feature. Syntax may change. This is being worked on with urgency.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HbWhyo4tSnpv4vMZqCa2YQvi_mKdpDi4JWWBtSUQqQY/edit
The current-gen Quest 2. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge
A key feature from Metaās $1,499.99 Quest Pro headset will make an appearance ā in some form ā in a more affordable consumer-focused headset coming later this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the companyās latest earnings release. That key feature is support for Meta Reality, the technology thatās designed to allow virtual reality headsets to also be used for augmented reality, resulting in a so-called mixed reality headset.
Meta confirmed in a previous earnings call that the headset, likely to be called the Meta Quest 3, is planned for release in late 2023. Zuckerberg expects it to cost between $300 and $500, around a third of the enterprise-focused Quest Pro.
āThe MR [mixed reality] ecosystem is relatively new, but I think itās going...
The past two weeks have marked a significant escalation in the years-long struggle over the proposed construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (PSTC), a $90 million project that would be built on nearly 100 acres of city-owned land in an unincorporated section of DeKalb CountyāGeorgiaās fourth largest county that encompasses a sliver of [ā¦]
Illustration by Shira Inbar On January 5th, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweeted about the unexpected passing of Quentin Williams, a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. āTerrible news today of Q Williams sudden death,ā he wrote. āIām sending every good thought I have to his family and friends today.ā Most of the replies [ā¦]
A decade ago, with school shootings on the rise across the country, Virginia passed a law requiring all K-12 districts to adopt a violence-prevention method called threat assessment. The methodāwhich relies on trained teams of administrators, counselors, police officers, and others to evaluate and manage alarming behaviorāis designed to help avert tragedies like the one [ā¦]
At first I figured the Republicans would be all over this. I guess I figured wrong. Iām referring to the bombshell working paper that made headlines earlier this week, in which a team of academic and Treasury Department economists found that the IRS audits Black taxpayers at roughly three to five times the rate of [ā¦]
Bobbi Wilson went on a mission to save New Jersey's trees, capturing spotted lanternflies. That frightened her neighbor, who called the cops. Now, her bug collection is part of a Yale museum.
The Vivo X90 Pro, with its vegan leather back. | Image: Vivo
Vivoās X90 Pro, announced for the Chinese market last November, is getting an international release. The X90 Pro is notable for being the latest to use Sonyās 1-inch-type 50-megapixel IMX989 camera sensor, and Vivo is keen to emphasize the low-light photography capabilities such a large (for a smartphone) sensor allows for. Itās joined by the non-Pro X90, which is getting a more limited release outside China.
Vivo is being annoyingly vague about exactly when the phones will actually be available to buy outside China, however. For now, itās only saying that theyāll be releasing gradually across markets, starting with Malaysia, where the X90 Pro will cost 4,999 MYR (around $1,174 / ā¬1,073) and the X90 will cost MYR 3,699 (around $869 /...
A selection of Aqara hubs. From left to right: Hub M2, Camera Hub G2H, and Hub M1S. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge
After a brief delay, Aqara is taking its first tentative step towards supporting the new Matter home connectivity standard with the release of a beta firmware update for its M2 hub. Aqara is first targeting M2 hubs manufactured in 2022 and sold outside of China. The company estimates it will take four to six weeks for all M2 hubs to be updated to version V4.0.0 (beta). Other Aqara hubs will receive the Matter-enabled firmware in āthe following months.ā
Aqara, like many other smart device makers, is choosing to bridge its Zigbee-based devices ā like lights, cameras, switches, and sensors ā to Matter using its existing hubs already installed in homes. The new firmware does not update individual Aqara devices to support Thread, which...
Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.
The feature isnāt available to desktop users yet, but YouTube said itās exploring support options and will provide an update sometime in the future. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
YouTube is rolling out a collaboration feature that allows two users to livestream together. āGo Live Togetherā was first introduced in November last year, but as per a recent tweet from YouTube (and our own tests), seems to now be available more broadly across iOS and Android mobile devices.
The feature enables creators with 50 or more subscribers to invite a guest to livestream with them. Only one guest can be hosted at any given time, however, guests can be rotated during the same livestream and do not share the same 50 subscriber requirement to co-stream ā any YouTube creator can be invited to collaborate.
grab a friend & start a co-stream
introducing Go Live Together, a new way to easily start a co-stream & invite a guest, all...
The 26-year-old, who wrested the gun from a shooter who killed 11 people, has been hailed as a hero. Now, he's using his platform to redirect the overwhelming support to Asian American communities.
Molly Tuttle's new album is her third. But in many ways, it's a reintroduction ā of her prodigious guitar talent, of her personal story, and to the Recording Academy that decides Grammy Awards.
Windchill warnings and advisories are in parts of the northern United States as regions see temperatures settle in the single digits.
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
the fact that STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS uses Ontario Place and the Cinesphere as futuristic facilities left to rot into old, derelict shelters is a pretty damning indictment of Toronto and the provinceās stewardship of these still impressive structures.
EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") replied to a tweet by @meakoopa:
here is CHRISTOPHER PIKE here is his HORSE he can grow a BEARD but now it's GONE but now his hair goes like THIS he made you EGGS he likes old MOVIES and BREAKING the PRIME DIRECTIVE but like in a CUTE WAY he is MELANCHOLY but in a way where he might MAKE you a DESK
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
thank god for the model trains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxJFk7xUSYw
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@mattnightingale ("Matt Nightingale") wrote:
Jennifer Coolidge is having her moment, and I'm so happy for her. But as people talk about her pre-White Lotus career, I'm honestly shocked that no one is talking about her Christopher Guest movies!
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
watching STRANGE NEW WORLDS and it is really scratching my star trek itch and also my what if a handsome man said something affirming in a gruff, kindly way with a small twinkle in his eye itch
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@JoshuaTurek ("joshua turek") wrote:
Writers spend their lives trying to write a scene this perfect
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") retweeted:
@ben_rosen ("Ben Rosen") wrote:
*sisyphus on the phone with his parents* yeah iām actually making a ton of progress with the boulderā¦no thereās not really like promotionsā¦no yeah I can definitely ask
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eleventy@fosstodon.org ("Eleventy š v2.0.0-beta.3") wrote:
Couples have filed petitions to India's Supreme Court seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage. The decision could make India the second economy in Asia after Taiwan to recognize the unions.
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:
Republicans are so desperate to field anyone favourable
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@SollenbergerRC ("Roger Sollenberger") wrote:
Who knew that Tina Forte, the Republican stunt artist who ran against AOC last year, had a checking account stuffed with between $25 million and $50 million? With no reported income or other assets https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10046689.pdf
@AlecMuffett ("Alec Muffett") wrote:
Just in case the #OnlineSafetyBill fails, the Government are lining up consultations to criminalise possession of "sophisticated and bespoke encrypted communication devices".
So, no new apps, then.
Suella Braverman on Home Office, at TheyWorkForYou https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2023-01-24.hcws513.0
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@beanytuesday ("chocken smirk") wrote:
People Be Doing This
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattelā¢") wrote:
Hollywood needs to fucking get real with these three hour movies.
āUpdate my SaaS to security model to have scopable RBACā or even ādo my taxesā are probably not going to be possible without significant human involvement/assistance until much further down the line when we have āgeneralisedā AI connected to many more data storesā¦
IMO, at least in the near to mid future (5-10years), āAIā a la ChatGPT or stable diffusion will mainly threaten ālow-complexity, low-stakesā creative work, and for the rest of the world will generally be a useful tool.
By ālow-complexity, low-stakesā, I mean where the question/request single-domain, the answer/output is simple (~autocorrect/snippet) or not-concretely-falsifiable, and the input is fairly uniform and/or easy to obtain data.
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@Lesdoggg ("Leslie Jones š¦") wrote:
PLEASE WAKE UP! THESE RATPUBICANS DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR WORDS, YOUR MARCHES YOUR ANGER, NOTHING!! BECAUSE THEY IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL! THEY DONT CARE IF YOU HATE THEM!! THEY KNOW THATS ALL YALL GONNA DO!! SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT! UNIL WE STOP THEM!
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@realphilhendrie ("Phil Hendrie") wrote:
Shell recorded a record profit in 2022 of $40,000,000,000.
Thatās 40 billion. Thatās double their $20,000,000,000 in 2021. Arenāt you happy for them? Because your life is great too.
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") wrote:
way to go!
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@alicewillhelp ("Alice's Kids") wrote:
Our friend and smart guy, @pattonoswalt, just won $250,000!!! He fell ONE DOLLAR short of winning the whole thing! I just spoke to him and he said he was thrilled to get us this money and ordered me to spend it on as many kids as possible. We will, Patton!!!
OMG.
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@RustLibHunt ("Rust LibHunt") wrote:
Announcing Rustup 1.25.2 | Rust Blog https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/02/01/Rustup-1.25.2.html by @rustlang
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:
GOOD: Vet who claimed Santos stole money for his dying dog says FBI has reached out to him - ABC News https://apple.news/AxJ6y4YbdSRqW8ipyIPKtgQ
@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") wrote:
Hey there! In case you forgot, we sit on the same committee, which debated for the first time this week.
I donāt blame you if you forgot. You spent almost no time there. In the few minutes you did show up, you claimed one elementary school got *$5 billion dollars* to teach CRTš¤£
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@RepMTG ("Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenešŗšø") wrote:
.@RepAOC I have repeatedly asked you to debate me, but you have been a coward and canāt even respond.
But you go on @CNN and lie about me.
When are you going to be an adult and actually debate me on policy instead of run your mouth like a teenage girl?
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson (see also: @volkadav@hachyderm.io)") retweeted:
@SundaeDivine ("šš¦šššš_āššš¦š¤") wrote:
Columbia Pictures should announce a sequel to Groundhog Day and then just re-release the original.
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattelā¢") retweeted:
@AwardShowUpdate ("#GRAMMYs") wrote:
.@trixiemattel at the Spotify's 2023 Best New Artist Party
#BestNewArtist
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@JoshuaPHilll ("Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN") wrote:
This is why we say profits are stolen wages
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattelā¢") wrote:
this song is so beautiful!!!
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@thepophive ("Pop Hive") wrote:
Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" was named as one of the best debut singles of all time by Rolling Stone.
@TechRecBritt ("Brittany Mussett") replied to a tweet by @TechRecBritt:
So, if you are a network/ security/ hardware team (non software preferred) and need a technical recruiter to build your team, hit me uppppp.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
TIL that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were in a band before the Eurythmics. The Tourists' "I Only Want To Be With You":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsTIuNikq4w
"Deadly Kiss" live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vauz76y1a4
Good tzaf, all. o/
@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") retweeted:
Dropout's new password-sharing rule: you should share your password with a friend who can't afford Dropout, because it would be nice of you š¤
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@kendallbaker ("Kendall Baker") wrote:
Netflix's new password-sharing rule: Every 31 days your device must log in on your home network ā or it will be blocked.
@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:
I think Congress should pass a law where itās illegal to be mean to me
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson (see also: @volkadav@hachyderm.io)") retweeted:
@HannahDrake628 ("Hannah Drake") wrote:
DeSantis is making the blueprint for what will take place across America. But yāall aināt gonna listen to Black people. Youāll see.
@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:
Historically itās been a great thing when liberals denounce socialism. Famously nothing bad happens after that
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@JabariBrisport ("Jabari Brisportš¹") wrote:
Today Minority Leader Jeffries voted in favor of a Republican resolution "Denouncing the horrors of socialism"
@Blklivesmatter ("Black Lives Matter") wrote:
Nichols deserved to live a long life. He deserved more time with his family. He deserved more sunsets.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-sunset/672926/
@BeeBabylon_ ("Bee Babylon š") wrote:
I hope youāre happy @elonmusk you have robbed us of possums!
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@PossumEveryHour ("Possum Every Hour (Please See Pinned Tweet)") wrote:
Hi All, I regret to announce you all that this bot will stop working on 9th of February (Next week) due to new Twitter's API policy. I have no intention on paying Twitter for basic API usage.
You can continue to follow the bot on Mastodon:
https://botsin.space/@PossumEveryHourIt's been fun https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1621026986784337922
@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:
Theyāre deflating your ass on Chinese Spy Balloon twitter
@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:
Iām in the Chinese Spy Balloon plotting
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@notcapnamerica ("chris evans") wrote:
How do I sign my parents up for this tutorial?
@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:
Hold up they were gay
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Episode 3 director of āThe Last Of Usā reveals he deliberately tricked the audience into watching a gay love story without making it clear straight away.
@jwz ("jĶĢ Ģ¦ĢŖĶĢĶĢĢ¾ĢĶ wĢ§Ģ§Ģ³ĢŖĢĶĢĶĢ¾Ķ¢Ķ zĢ¢ĢĢĶĢŗĢĢ©ĢĢ½ĢĢĶĢĢĢĶĶ") wrote:
The date is now Thursday, March 1069th, 2020.
Adam Daniel: I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year: "What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was ...
I'll be abandoning Twitter soon. Join me on Mastodon: @jwz@mastodon.social
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@stop ("Doug Bowman") replied to a tweet by @stop:
Make a plan. Donāt coast with the status quo. Stop procrastinating and start looking into what else is out there. Expand your options. If youāre not sure about something, ask. Find out where else your people are engaging and thriving, and join them.
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:
If youāre still here (on Twitter) and havenāt yet looked into an escape hatch or life raft, the news that Twitter is ending its free API should not just be dismissed as a cost-cutting measure. It should concern you.
@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") retweeted:
@ashleyfeinberg ("Ashley Feinberg") wrote:
God it's so fucking funny that he fired everyone who knows how the site works
jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Iād rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
āe. e. cummings
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stevelord@bladerunner.social ("Steve Lord") wrote:
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n0x08@infosec.exchange ("šŗš¦ Nate Warfieldš»") wrote:
Cloudy with a chance of networks! check out the pod 2nite!
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@noblinkyblinky ("A.J. Murray") wrote:
We're live now, come and watch! https://twitter.com/artofneteng/status/1621293519854833664
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semiotic_pirate@mastodon.art ("My. Kat Terban, MSc") wrote:
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emojibot@botsin.space ("Emoji Bot") wrote:
What a week. It was only Tuesday that we wrote about Rumbleverse, a battle royale game that was shutting down less than six months after launch. Now, on Thursday, weāve got another, only this time itās Knockout City.
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") retweeted:
@melstonemusic ("Mel Stone") wrote:
if youāre thinking of transitioning as an adult, donāt listen to anyone on here who says itās not worth it to transition after puberty. i started at 28, i know beautiful women who started in their 30ās and 40ās, itās never to late to be yourself š
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danluu ("Dan Luu") wrote:
@mark_wilkins ("Mark W / CCP Darwin šŗšøš®šø") wrote:
Before COVID, there was some discussion of an organized group of CCPers going to Hvar, Croatia. Everyone laughed. Now, I will never forget what the Icelandic word āhvarā means. (āWhere?ā)
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@AjaSaysHello ("Aja Barber") replied to a tweet by @AjaSaysHello:
@PMbeers @lingerie_addict @s0nyalita @OgLakyn Exploiting other people BECAUSE YOU ARE EXPLOITED by capitalism is NOT getting to the root cause of the problem. The root cause is fair wages for everyone not demanding that clothing continue to be exploitatively priced so YOU can afford it off the backs of others humanity!
An Xbox 360 and a Kinect. | Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge
Microsoft will not be closing down the Xbox 360 Marketplace, the company tells The Verge, even though text on an official Xbox support page indicated that was the plan.
Earlier this week, Microsoft said that it would be pulling many beloved games like Jet Set Radio and The Orange Box from the 360 store on February 7th. That was disappointing enough, but then, thanks to a tweet from Wario64, we saw that text on a support page said the company planned to shutter the Xbox 360 Marketplace āover the next yearā and that it encouraged players to āpurchase any 360 games or DLC by May 2023.ā As of this writing, you can still see the message here by scrolling down a little bit.
Xbox Support search page says that Xbox 360 Marketplace will be...
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:
Burn this piece of shit website to the ground.
@CubicleApril ("April King š") wrote:
truly hope that nobody writes a twitter API library using the official clientās API keys, as that would almost certainly violate their terms of service.
these are the keys that they would want to avoid using:
Illustration: The Verge
Google is about to share more about its work in artificial intelligence. Next week, Google will be holding an event about how itās āusing the power of AI to reimagine how people search for, explore and interact with information, making it more natural and intuitive than ever before to find what you need,ā according to an invite sent to The Verge. The 40-minute event will be streamed on YouTube on February 8th at 8:30AM ET.
The timing of the event is interesting given that Google CEO Sundar Pichai just announced that the company is planning on letting people āinteract directlyā with its ānewest, most powerful language models as a companion to searchā soon. Google, long the de facto way to find information on the internet, is likely facing...
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@NMAAHC ("Smithsonian NMAAHC") wrote:
#OnThisDay in 1897, Alfred L. Cralle patented the ice cream scoop. šØ
The newly patented design kept the ice cream from sticking and is widely used today. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackJoy
@Blklivesmatter ("Black Lives Matter") retweeted:
@artistsofcolour ("Artists of Colour") wrote:
DEPARTMENT STORE, MOBILE, ALABAMA, Gordon Parks, 1956 #blackarthistory