The Roots—the house band of <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</em>—are known for sneaking flyby jabs into 10-second snippets of walkÂ-on music. The post Questlove and the Art of the Subversive Musical Dig appeared first on WIRED.
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At a time when Republicans and Democrats alike are fond of flinging around the term “fake news,” <em>The Onion</em> is reveling in the absurdity of it all. The post Our Favorite Trump-Era Headlines From The Onion appeared first on WIRED.
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When Amazon acquired Kiva Systems in 2012, other retailers and third-party fulfillment centers panicked. The e-commerce giants took Kiva’s robots off the market, leaving their competitors without an important productivity tool. Lots of newcomers have cropped up to help warehouses keep up with demand since then. But one of the most hotly anticipated robots in this space was under… Read More
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There are more problems for ambitious Chinese tech firm LeEco. Its acquisition of U.S.-based TV Vizio, a surprise deal announced last summer, has run into issues, according to media reports in China. Back in February, LeEco brushed off concerns around the deal after Vizio settled an FTC charge for surreptitiously collecting customer viewing data, but this time the issue seems… Read More
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The seven-armed octopus has been spotted only three times in the last 27 years by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. A new paper reveals that its tentacles were full of an unusual prey.
Source: CNET
Commentary: An unlocked Samsung phone might be the better choice.
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Cards Against Humanity creator Max Temkin warns against crowdfunding the purchase of Congress browsing data — he intends to buy it and make it freely available.
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Better placement means better protection.
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Mark Sagar crea rostros y expresiones humanas para bots de conversación. Su falsa expresividad y su capacidad de reconocer los gestos de su interlocutor pueden mejorar la experiencia de usuario
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La regla plantea que el mundo debe reducir a la mitad sus emisiones de CO2 cada 10 años, lo que ofrece un marco más sencillo para crear normativas a corto plazo menos ambiguas y más ambiciosas
Source: MIT