Etiqueta: AI
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The great CEO exodus, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#48)
Already in December! The year almost finished without really noticing. Holidays are getting closer and closer (crossing fingers for the new Covid variant…). Lots of cool stuff this week: more crypto nonsense, interesting moves on Twitter, math curiosities and an impressive example of facial animation. Let’s start. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish This…
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Recycling masks, detective dogs, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#42)
Crazy week for many reasons, so do not expect a lot of content. Anyway, let’s go ahead: Covid-19: bad for your lungs in many different ways I am not gonna introduce the pandemic to anyone, but maybe some of you did not realize that besides the direct health issues that the virus brought, problems on…
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More Bezosism, Nixon deepfakes, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#40)
Quite a lot going on this week. Massive leaks, Nobel prizes, deepfakes, Facebook being shamed everywhere… let’s start. Can you tell the difference? Does it really matter? Cool technology being shown by the people at MIT. Of course, deepfakes are not something new, and this one in particular is not over the top in quality…
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Netflix and the chocolate factory, AI controlling funding, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#38)
So, this week we have quite a lot of different stuff. Let’s get to it. Could you please stop doing that Is Netflix going to destroy some of the best books ever written? My bet is a big yes. At least I hope Dahl’s family will enjoy the money… Netflix Acquires Roald Dahl Story Company,…
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Publish or go home, ramen coins, driving is hard, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#27)
Another week, another batch of nice reads. Three more until summer holidays! Let’s start. Life finds a way As every month, astonishing bundle of science-related images, with amazing stories behind. Sea snot, stars and sleeping elephants — June’s best science images, on nature Publish or die Really happy to see that people are catching up…
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It’s Prime day & hospitals selling datasets: The weekly recap (2021#25)
Must. Keep. Going. Summer. Holidays. Are. Coming. It’s Prime Day! Go give Bezos some more money. After all, he seems like a cool billionaire. First, let’s destroy all the bookshops. Then, make everyone sell at my stores, and steal their designs to sell them cheaper. Slaves? that sounds good too, it will improve our margins.…
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The weekly recap (2021#18)
Hectic week… sometimes unexpected tasks jeopardize you schedule. Coming back to normal now I hope. Anyway, really interesting stuff has been happening for the past few days. Let’s delve into it: Apple vs the world: episode #1 Recently Apple changed the way its users are noticed about how some apps track their information. This perturbation…