axios
4h ago
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Apple bets AI can finally make us want a smart home
Apple's big new hardware bet for the AI era is here, and it's a...smart display?Why it matters: Cue the time machine and let's head back to 2014, when Amazon's Alexa shocked the tech world and led us to imagine a Jetsons-style home would be ours in the near future.It wasn't, but Apple believes it could come soon. The iPhone maker is betting that modern AI can finally make good on that vision, unveiling a slew of new smart home devices Tuesday.Between the lines: While the...
seths
5h ago
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Things people don’t say
Marketers and politicians too. We don’t say them because it’s assumed. And because we’re afraid. “I might be wrong.” “I’m just guessing” “This might be selfishly motivated.” “It could be that I’m hallucinating.” “I heard this somewhere but I don’t know firsthand that it’s true.” “I know I sound certain, but I’m not.” When an […]
windowscentral
5h ago
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World of Warcraft: Midnight continues to deliver maddeningly weak writing
I'm convinced Blizzard wants me to hate WoW: Retail, as backlash grows to one of its weakest character deaths in recent memory. Maybe ... ever?
electrek
6h ago
17°
The world record for the longest electric motorcycle ride has just been obliterated
The world record for the longest journey on an electric motorcycle on a single charge has just been absolutely demolished.
lesswrong
6h ago
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Did Homo Sapiens scale its Brain by eating Brains?
Epistemic status: uncertain, but plausibleI'm going to make the claim that eating meat, and specifically DHA-rich meat, fish and most importantly the brains of land animals, is core to who and what we are as human beings. And because we have mostly stopped doing this in the amounts that are necessary, we are now, long-term, totally screwed.I think we've all seen this chart:At some point in evolution the brain to body ratio of some primate species diverged. My claim is...
androidcentral
6h ago
26°
Android 17 could soon fix your phone's Wi-Fi and mobile data problems for you
Your Pixel might soon troubleshoot its own Wi-Fi, calls, and mobile data issues.
petapixel
10h ago
16°
Tamron 16-50mm f/2.8 A Review: Pro-Level Zoom at an Entry Level Price
I'm all for more lenses to support the APS-C platform. It often feels like major manufacturers treat cropped-sensor glass as a lower priority and leave a vacuum for third-party lens designers to fill. Well, let the third-party lens manufacturers cook, I say, especially when companies like Tamron can make a lens like this.
windowslatest
10h ago
20°
Microsoft admits a Windows 11 bug is causing stutter in games, and it’s not your mouse or drivers’ fault
Gamers blamed their mice, polling rates and GPU drivers, but a one-line entry in Microsoft's October changelog points to Windows itself. We dug through Microsoft Q&A and Reddit reports from SWTOR, Final Fantasy XIV and The Division 2 players, and explain what to try if the stutter continues.
dailyartmagazine
11h ago
13°
A Fire in His Soul: How Paris Changed Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. VanMiles Unger gives us Vincent van Gogh as we’ve never seen him before—abrasived, intransigent, egotistical, infuriating, and oh, so human! Prepare to be surprised, frustrated, and charmed anew as you get to know Vincent before he painted a single sunflower. Then follow […]
kottke
11h ago
7°
“If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields...
“If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields Medal, no questions asked.” OpenAI recently released 350+ proofs of mathematical theorems, all in one go. “I imagine many mathematicians, like me, felt like they got punched in the stomach yesterday,”