According to co-creator Jonathan Nolan, with sci-fi “we’re inventing cautionary tales for ourselves.”
Source: Wired
Plus: Subaru unveils two new performance models, and Porsche goes off the deep end with gold.
Source: CNET
Pandora launches an automated feature to play similar songs when the previous one ends on its fledgling $10-a-month Premium service.
Source: CNET
Erica Baker, an engineer and outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion in tech, is leaving her job at Slack, and moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Brooklyn to work in an engineering leadership position at Kickstarter. Baker, who worked at Slack for about two years, will begin work at Kickstarter in early August as director of engineering, working under the newly appointed VP… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
When will AI surpass human capabilities? A new survey, conducted by the University of Oxford and Yale University, draws on the expertise of 352 leading AI researchers to make an educated guess.
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Source: Digital trends
Algorithms that scrutinize retinal images for signs of disease could save people from blindness.
Source: Wired
Acer launched the Aspire GX-281 desktop targeting PC gamers on a tight budget. Configurations include AMD’s Ryzen 5 desktop processor and GeForce GTX 1050 graphics, including the meatier GTX 1050 Ti model. Prices start at $800.
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One knock against the 21.5-inch iMac has been the inability to break it open and upgrade many of its components. In its recent teardown, iFixit found the new iMac to be more upgradeable than in the past.
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Urs Hölzle is the person Google’s engineers turn to when all that computing power turns out not to be enough.
Source: Wired
Visa tries to get out ahead of the day when physical forms of payment become as obsolete as barter.
Source: Wired