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Big Tech is listening and tracking your voice recordings. How to make it stop!
WHY IMPORTANT
Are you worried about Big Tech tracking you? Good! You should be. The good news is you don't have to sit back and take it. I've got some tips that will protect your privacy and stop Big Tech from listening and recording everything you say.
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A new study finds a steady drop since 1945 in disruptive feats as a share of the world’s booming enterprise in scientific and technological advancement.
WHY IMPORTANT
Investments in science are caught in a spiral of diminishing returns and that quantity in some respects is outpacing quality. It also raises questions about the extent to which science can open new frontiers and sustain the kind of boldness that unlocked the atom and the universe and what can be done to address the shift away from pioneering discovery.
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WHY IMPORTANT
Analysts at Deloitte have framed core trends, including machine learning, cloud computing, and blockchain, against industry backgrounds focusing on real-world use cases rather than just high-level technology concepts.
WHAT IS IT?
If you plop these thin wafers, made up of several layers of a stretchy material called 'liquid crystal elastomers,' onto a hot plate, they will begin to warp. Then, suddenly and explosively, they leap into the air.
WHY IMPORTANT
Opportunities for using polymer materials in new ways for applications like soft robotics where we often need access to these high-speed, high-force actuation mechanisms. The new research takes advantage of the unusual behavior of a class of materials called liquid crystal elastomers. These materials are solid and stretchy polymer versions of the liquid crystals found in laptops or TV displays.
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You can keep your AirPods in your ears and share your listening experience with someone else via their own set of AirPods and not share your AirPods
WHY IMPORTANT
Have you ever wanted to share a song or playlist with someone sitting next to you? It’s that perfect timing you want them to experience. The same goes for podcasts or movies/TV shows you watch and listen to on your iPhone. You could pass them an AirPod, but that raises all sorts of hygienic concerns.
If your friend has their AirPods, you can share audio from your iPhone. Here’s how:
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Three new, powerful AI introductions?
WHY IMPORTANT
They have created fear within companies such as Google, YouTube, and others.
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GPT-3: With mind-boggling fluency, the natural-language system can write, argue and code. The implications for the future could be profound
WHAT IS IT?
AI challenges Google Search and other established online services.
WHY IMPORTANT
The bot, released by the small San Francisco company OpenAI two months ago, amazed users by simply explaining complex concepts and generating ideas from scratch. More critical to Google.
Google is rumored to introduce Image Generation Studio, which creates and edits images; Shopping Try-on, a YouTube green screen feature to create backgrounds; and a tool that could summarize videos by generating a new one.
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Based on Gartner's research, nine workplace predictions highlight the work aspects that leaders must prioritize over the next 12 months.
WHY IMPORTANT
In 2023, amid a looming economic downturn, organizations will continue to face significant challenges — and how they respond could determine whether they are an employer of choice. Several authors from Gartner’s HR practice predict nine trends that organizations will have to confront this year.
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