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Jun 9, 2023

China eavesdropping facility in Cuba, says report

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China has reached reportedly a secret deal with Cuba, under the deal China would be allowed to install an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island nation. This has surely become a matter for Washington.

Jun 9, 2023

Harvard lecturer: ‘No specific skill will get you ahead in the future’—but this ‘way of thinking’ will

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But as the typical mutual fund disclaimer so famously states, past performance is no guarantee of future results. It’s time to rethink our love affair with depth. The pendulum between depth and breadth has swung too far in favor of depth.

There’s an oft-quoted saying that “to a man with a hammer, everything looks like nails.” But what if that man had a hammer, a screwdriver, and a wrench? Might he or she look to see if the flat top had a narrow slit, suggesting the use of a screwdriver? Or perhaps consider the shape of the flat top. Circle? Hexagon? Could a wrench be a more effective tool? And finally, the mere addition of these tools can encourage a better understanding of a problem.

This is not to suggest that deep expertise is useless. Au contraire. Carrying a hammer is not a problem. It’s just that our world is changing so rapidly that those with more tools in their possession will better navigate the uncertainty. To make it in today’s world, it’s important to be agile and flexible.

Jun 9, 2023

This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like

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One of Meta’s top executives showed employees a preview of the company’s upcoming Twitter competitor during a companywide meeting today that was watched by The Verge. You can see some of the screenshots above.


Meta says people want a communications platform that’s “sanely run.”

Jun 8, 2023

Ex-Techie Preserves Bengaluru’s Millennia-Old History with Ancient Inscription Stones

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A mention of his village in a 13th-century inscription stone made P L Udaya Kumar quit his job and start preserving the history of Bengaluru localities.

Jun 8, 2023

The Birthplace of AI

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Everyone is talking AI will do this AI will do that. Was that what people intended AI to do?

1) How will AI help meet demands.

2) How will AI help solve problems.

Continue reading “The Birthplace of AI” »

Jun 8, 2023

The Search for Earth Look-Alikes Is Getting Serious

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One promising planet turned out not to have an atmosphere. But there are six more where it came from.

Jun 8, 2023

CERN physicists meet in London to plot future collider plans

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Hundreds of physicists met in London this week for the ninth Future Circular Collider (FCC) Conferen.

Jun 8, 2023

Vision Pro to Get Even More Human-Like ‘Spatial Personas’ for FaceTime

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Apple’s new Vision Pro headset can scan a user’s face and use advanced machine learning to create a photorealistic “Persona” of them for video calls. And in a future visionOS update, these avatars will become even more realistic.

Jun 8, 2023

Why the future won’t look like a sci-fi movie

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TNW spoke with futurist Nick Foster about the danger of designing the future with sci-fi in mind and why mundanity is far more exciting.

Jun 8, 2023

Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning

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Two improvements are launching in Bard to help you get more accurate responses and export to Google Sheets.

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