Author: Hunter

Keep your private messages private. If you hadn’t heard of Signal before this week, chances are you’re well aware of it now. The messaging app was thrust into the news on Monday when The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to a group chat involving top military officials planning an airstrike. Even though it… Read more

The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI suggests it was as effective as human therapy for participants with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it doesn’t give a go-ahead to the dozens of companies hyping such technologies while operating in a regulatory gray area.  A team… Read more

Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Corp., exits court in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola Motors who was convicted of defrauding investors in his zero-emission truck company, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, the White House confirmed Friday. A federal jury convicted Milton of lying about… Read more

Using 3D models of ancient skulls, Dinosaur Choir gets us closer than ever to understanding the noises that dinosaurs made. Read more

The Sourdough Sidekick will work with other flour brands, but the King Arthur logo isn’t going anywhere. Baking sourdough bread may seem pointedly old-fashioned, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to the allure of a novelty gadget. That’s where the Sourdough Sidekick comes in: a new countertop appliance that automatically feeds your sourdough starter so… Read more

3D self-supervised learning (SSL) has faced persistent challenges in developing semantically meaningful point representations suitable for diverse applications with minimal supervision. Despite substantial progress in image-based SSL, existing point cloud SSL methods have largely been limited due to the issue known as the “geometric shortcut,” where models excessively rely on low-level geometric features like surface… Read more

In this tutorial, we demonstrate the integration of Python’s robust data manipulation library Pandas with Google Cloud’s advanced generative capabilities through the google.generativeai package and the Gemini Pro model. By setting up the environment with the necessary libraries, configuring the Google Cloud API key, and leveraging the IPython display functionalities, the code provides a step-by-step… Read more

Investing in the right kind of PCs helps businesses innovate, become more secure and adapt to new ways of working. They also ensure that enterprises have a foundation from which to implement crucial AI-driven improvements that can boost productivity and growth. According to Michael Nordquist, Corporate Vice President of Client Product Marketing at AMD, IT… Read more

In an advance for treating male infertility, researchers transplanted a patient with his own sperm-forming stem cells that were collected from testicular tissue when he was a child. Read more

A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all… Read more