‘immediately remove’ bird poop, dead bugs

‘immediately remove’ bird poop, dead bugs

The the manual for Tesla’s newly unveiled Cybertruck advises that owners to remove bird poop, tree sap and dead insects from the futuristic vehicle in order to prevent damage to its stainless steel body. “To prevent damage to the exterior, immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, bird droppings, tree resin, dead insects, tar…

Google search result quality getting worse due to ‘SEO spam’: study

Google search result quality getting worse due to ‘SEO spam’: study

The quality of Google’s search engine results has “gotten worse” due to rampant spam, according to a study out of Germany. The findings were based on a year-long analysis of 7,392 product review queries — such as “best headphones” and “best alphabet toys” — on Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo, according to experts at Leipzig University,…

These robot dogs paint and fetch up to $40K for their art

These robot dogs paint and fetch up to $40K for their art

Agnieszka Pilat is not your typical artist.  She doesn’t use brushes, pencils or even her own hands to create her artwork.  Instead, she uses robots — specifically, robot dogs made by Boston Dynamics The robot dogs that paint like humans Pilat, who was born in Poland and now lives in the U.S., spent months teaching three of…

Elon Musk expects 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth by 2040s

Elon Musk expects 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth by 2040s

Billionaire Elon Musk took to social media to express his agreement with a fellow tech leader’s prediction that there will be about 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth in two decades. Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, to concur with the prediction made by David Holz, the founder of artificial intelligence (AI) research lab Midjourney. Holz said in…

Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs

Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs

Google boss Sundar Pichai identified “durable cost savings” among the tech giant’s key goals in 2024 – even after the company spooked some employees by teeing up renewed rounds of layoffs This month, Google has already confirmed layoffs across multiple parts of its empire – including several hundred job cuts on its ad sales team…

Self-made millionaire shares 4 secrets to his success

Self-made millionaire shares 4 secrets to his success

Who wants to be a millionaire? A New Yorker is sharing his four secrets to success — perseverance, endless curiosity, innovation, and balance — after inventing an app at just 14 years old propelled him to the millionaire’s club. “Success is rarely an overnight phenomenon — it’s the result of consistent effort over time,” entrepreneur…

Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Texas suit targeting Meta of using facial recognition without customer consent

Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Texas suit targeting Meta of using facial recognition without customer consent

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a Texas lawsuit accusing the Facebook and Instagram parent of using facial recognition technology without customer consent. A Texas state appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision requiring Zuckerberg to give testimony in the case. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2022, accused Meta of “secretly…

AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate

AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate

Western television and anime localizers have recently come under fire for injecting “woke” language into English dubs not present in the original work, prompting some companies to implement artificial intelligence (AI) as a way of limiting human intervention or to remove them entirely. The use of AI in the industry is already well underway. On…

New male contraceptive is reversible, blocks sperm with injection

New male contraceptive is reversible, blocks sperm with injection

Vasectomies and condoms have traditionally been the only ways men can use contraception, but a Los Angeles-based health startup wants to change that. NEXT Life Sciences is pioneering Plan A, a procedure in which men pay a 10-minute visit to a doctor to receive an injection of a hydrogel into the vas deferens — the…

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