The Alexa Arena game is designed to produce data about how humans and robots interactAmazon Amazon has created a video game called Alexa Arena in which you interact with virtual robots. It is designed to gather data to train robots on how to behave around humans, but there are doubts over how many people will actually play the game. Amazon has industrial robots for its vast warehouses but also develops consumer devices such as the Astro home robot, which launched in 2021. The robots are trained using data from physical … Read The Full Article Here
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Unwilling Souls? I was really captivated by a few ideas I thought of separately but wove into a single setting for a short story: a world where the gods had tried to exterminate humanity and had summoned up great beasts to trample the human cities flat. But both the gods and their beasts had been beaten, the gods imprisoned inside the hollowed-out center of the planet and the beasts reduced to bones that a triumphant humanity used to rebuild civilization. In the short story, two star-crossed-lover teenagers decide they…
CSI: Vegas just closed its ongoing silver ink case, which was introduced at the end of Season 1. So now will be seeing strictly cases-of-the-week for the rest of Season 2? “We’ve got some cases, we’ve got another little arc coming to do with — in this season, we’ve seen how difficult it is for Folsom [Matt Lauria], who grew up in Vegas around some very rough stuff, and he’s got some challenging family members and that’s going to come to the fore,” showrunner Jason Tracey recently told TV Insider. “We do have plenty of big cases of the week,…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain After its hottest February since 1901, the India Meteorological Department has issued an early heat wave warning and forecasts for higher-than-normal temperatures between March and May. Reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change share compelling evidence that with every degree of additional warming to the world’s climate, the frequency and intensity of heat waves are projected to get worse in future. Kieran Hunt, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Science and the University of Reading, explains how El Niño and climate change are bringing soaring temperatures to India. “Heat waves are periods…
Cowboy boots are a thing again, though I’d argue that they’ve never been as “in” as they are right now. Between appearing in the collections of Saint Laurent and Celine to being worn by the likes of Emily Ratajkowski and Sienna Miller, I think it is safe to stay that cowboy boots are sticking around fr spring/summer 2023. I fully appreciate that they’re not exactly the shrinking violets of the shoe-and-boot family, so I understand if you find cowboy boots a little too costume-like for your taste. But there are also plenty of styles to be found that offer a subtler nod to Western-inspired…
South Korea’s parliament saw heated debate on Friday over proposed legislation to make global content providers such as Netflix and Alphabet’s Google pay South Korean network fees.The deliberations mirror attempts in Europe by some countries that want the European Commission to come up with legislation that ensures Big Tech firms partly finance telecoms infrastructure, as video streaming and other data usage surges.Various versions of legislation have been proposed in South Korea in the hope of making the companies pay what supporters of the reform call a fair price.The hearing is expected to be concluded late on Friday but the proposal…
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has announced a solo tour of intimate shows. It takes place across North America this summer. Le Ren is supporting for most of the shows. Check out the tour itinerary below.Tweedy recently sat down for an interview with Seth Meyers on Late Night With Seth Meyers and performed with Wilco. He’s releasing a new book in November called World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music.All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate…
[] Please Baby Please review – Glossy, sexy, pastiche-fueled ride 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try {…
How Not to Get Screwed By Your Supplier and Save Millions! by Jill Button If you think you are getting screwed by your business suppliers or don’t know for sure, then chances are that you are! But not to fret, or plead ignorance or embarrassment. That’s because business, procurement and supply chain expert Jill A. Button is here to help with her new book, appropriately named How Not to Get Screwed by Your Suppliers and Save Millions. It’s not that suppliers are out to get you — they’re not. They have their own needs and goals. But in managing to…
Healthy mitochondria, those tiny cellular structures high school biology teachers often tout as “the powerhouses of the cell,” are a necessity for producing energy in the body—but new research supports the idea that they are more than just adenosine triphosphate (ATP)–pumping machines. For about a decade, scientists have experimented with transplanting these microscopic organelles to treat damaged hearts and other tissues, and they have seen a handful of successful outcomes in human trials. But the role mitochondria play in the healing process is still a mystery. “There’s an entire field of basic science that just is begging, like, ‘Please, please,…
Somebody alert Interpol! Cop Nick Spitz (Adam Sandler) and his hairdresser wife Audrey (Jennifer Aniston) are back for another globe-trotting adventure in Murder Mystery 2, the rollicking sequel to Netflix’s 2019 caper comedy premiering March 31. In that hit, the pair’s European dream vacay was interrupted when they were suspected of killing an elderly billionaire. They managed to solve that quirky case, but back home, the Spitzes’ vision of being full-time investigators isn’t panning out. So, they jump at the chance to get away from it all for the glamorous wedding of their friend the Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar). There’s a…
Shawn Mendes made headlines in late February when he and Dr. Jocelyne Miranda, a 51-year-old chiropractor, were photographed out on a hike in Runyon Canyon Park in Los Angeles. This is far from the first time they’ve been spotted by paparazzi: They were photographed as far back as July 2022 and as recently as earlier this February, going for a coffee run after the Grammys. While neither Miranda nor Mendes have commented on dating rumors (and a source told Entertainment Tonight in March 2023 that there’s no truth to them), Miranda does have years-long history with Mendes as a chiropractor…
Snap rolled out several new features for the members of its Snapchat+ premium subscription service on Thursday. These features include Custom Story Expiration, which enables users to manually select the time limit for the duration a story stays publicly visible. There are also new custom notifications, story borders, and more now available to Snapchat+ members. With the arrival of the holiday season, the company has now also made it easy to gift a Snapchat+ subscription to a friend through the app.Snap announced the new Snapchat+ features on Thursday. Starting with the all-new Custom Story Expiration feature, which gives users the…
Chai are back with a new song, “We the Female!,” and an accompanying music video that pays homage to 1980s television shows. In the visual, directed by Cezan Iseda, all four band members dance their way through an audition tape and live band performance while a board of judges, also played by Chai, looks on. Watch it below.“We are human and were born as female, but we have both female and male aspects in each of our souls, each with our own sense of balance,” the band explained. “We can’t just label ourselves into clear-cut, simple categories anymore! I’m not…
According to a a new rumor being circulated online, there will be three new Star Wars movies announced very soon, likely at next month’s Star Wars Celebration in London. While that’s what the rumors are saying, fans will really just have to wait for the event in early April to see if that’s actually how things go down. The whole sphere of potential Star Wars movies has gotten very complicated lately. While we haven’t had a major film release since 2019, multiple Disney+ series have been around to fill the void.Multiple outlets have stated that two projects which were previously thought to have entered production…
A brown widow spiderShutterstock/Vinicius R. Souza In parts of the southern US, black widows are being supplanted by their more aggressive arachnid relatives: brown widows. However, residents of the region can take some comfort in knowing that brown widows are less venomous towards humans than black widows – symptoms after a bite are usually limited to mild irritation, like the bite of a common house spider. In recent decades, the number of southern black widows (Latrodectus mactans) – notoriously identifiable by the red hourglass shape on their abdomen – have been vanishing from Florida, while brown widows (Latrodectus geometricus) have…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I absolutely love reading strange or surreal books that leave me unsettled and with that “what the heck did I just read?” feeling. More often than not, those are the books that stay with me for a long while. Especially because of how genuinely bizarre they can be. So if you’re like me, you’re in the right place. Because today I’m talking about some of the most surreal books ever written! Before I actually dive in, I want to define surreal books. For…
Abbott Elementary star and fan-favorite Sheryl Lee Ralph is opening up about an alleged sexual assault from her past, claiming that a “famous TV judge” harmed her at an industry event in front of witnesses but she was told to stay silent for fear of “bad press.” The remarks made about her experience were shared on the podcast The Way Up With Angela Lee, during which she was asked about her view on the #MeToo movement. This encouraged Ralph to open up about various occasions she’s faced #MeToo moments in her career, with this allegation being the most detailed. “I’m…
Credit: Kumamoto University Two-dimensional monolayer nanosheets made from layered perovskite have many desirable properties. However, it has been difficult to create them with tunable bandgaps in the visible region without adding oxygen defects. Recently, researchers from Japan were able to successfully develop chemically stable nanosheets from perovskite oxynitrides which had controllable bandgaps. These nanosheets have immense potential for future use in photocatalysis, electrocatalysts, and other sustainable technologies. Nanosheets, which include the well-known material graphene, are materials that possess nanoscale homogenous thicknesses, flat surfaces, and high crystallinity. Nanosheets have wide applications in photocatalysis, photoluminescence, and electronics. Recently, perovskites, which have semiconductor…
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Kyley Warren When you follow fashion and celebrity street style as closely as I do, you become pretty familiar with certain products — namely styles like platform UGG slippers, Leset T-shirts, and even Mansur Gavriel’s famed bucket bag. The uniquely shaped accessory has quietly evolved into a signature style for the designer label, with stars like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Sienna Miller putting the statement piece on the map. Over the last few years, I’ve tried (and subsequently failed) to get my hands on the brand’s most coveted accessory — thanks to TikTok, the shoulder bag…
Google on Friday said it will review Competition Commission’s (CCI) decision to impose a Rs. 1,338 crore penalty for alleged anti-competitive practice, and termed the order a “major setback” for Indian consumers and businesses.In its first official response after the CCI order, Google said Android has created more choices for everyone and supports thousands of successful businesses in India and around the world.”The CCI’s decision is a major setback for Indian consumers and businesses, opening serious security risks for Indians who trust Android’s security features, and raising the cost of mobile devices for Indians,” a Google spokesperson said in an…
Bob Dylan will play the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland this summer. Dylan tops a bill that spans two weeks of concerts from June 30 to July 15, including shows across two venues from Sam Smith, Lil Nas X, Caroline Polachek, Wet Leg, Pat Metheny, Christine and the Queens, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, Overmono, and, on the closing night, Janelle Monáe, Nile Rodgers & Chic, and Mark Ronson. Dylan plays the second night at the Auditorium Stravinski, on July 1. Scroll down or head to the festival website to see the lineup so far.A free program will be announced…
Tommy Wiseau has been described as an enigma … a visionary … and an incompetent filmmaker. Nevertheless, he’s back at it again with Big Shark. For those not familiar with his work, he’s the director of The Room. While he now maintains that it was meant to be an absurd comedy, interviews from around that time (and the movie itself) really make it feel like it was just a failed attempt at a romantic drama. So much so that it’s up there with classics like Troll 2 as one of the best and worst movies.Big Shark looks like Troma and Sy-Fy decided to…
Nothing is stronger than the power of female friendship. When a group of women gets together to share a meal, gossip, work on a hobby, or connect over life experiences, something magical is created. A mutual sense of community and sisterhood can form a family of confidants and supporters who are prepared to handle anything life throws at them. If marital troubles, career challenges, world issues, or internal conflicts arise, these ladies are ready to tackle them — together. These six women’s fiction titles feature groups of women that support, uplift and have fun with one another. Ladies’ Night by…
The latest repeat winner of Jeopardy!, Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania, has been on quite a roll with three triumphs in a row, but was she able to hold the lead for her fourth game airing March 23? It would seem not as she was outplayed by new competitor Alec Chao, a management and program analyst from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was up for quite the challenge also facing off against fellow newbie Daisy Donohue, an actor, and artist from St. Paul, Minnesota. (Credit: Jeopardy!, Inc.) Entering the competition with $59,100 in winnings, Melissa was the one…
In the autumn of 1802, some 25 years before his death, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers. The famous composer, distraught about his encroaching loss of hearing, implored them to seek out his physician after his death and “beg him in my name to describe my malady.” More than two centuries on, researchers have come the closest yet to honoring that wish. Tristan Begg, an ancient-genome researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues extracted genetic material from preserved locks of hair that are purported to be Beethoven’s. Previous attempts to extract genetic material from…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Planning outfits for vacation can be quite the challenge with unpredictable weather. To help, we’ve determined the most classic travel essentials you should have on hand and provided inspiration for what to wear in 60-, 70-, and 80+-degree weather. So whether the temperature drops drastically at night or varies depending on the wind chill, you’ll have everything you need to pack accordingly. We tapped…
Some state anti-hacking laws are even broader than the CFAA, says Crocker, the EFF attorney. California Penal Code Section 502, which Crocker describes as “pretty typical” of state-level cybercrime laws, includes language similar to the CFAA’s vague “unauthorized access” prohibition. But it also stipulates that someone who “knowingly accesses and without permission alters, damages, deletes, destroys, or otherwise uses any data, computer, computer system, or computer network” may have broken state law. Crocker says the EFF has argued against prosecutions where the only alleged criminal activity that occurred under Section 502 was the defendant downloading publicly accessible data that the owner of…
I wrote “You Can Be Mean” about a brief toxic experience I had with a manipulative and abusive L.A. model fuckboy. However brief, it had a life-long impact on my understanding of self. Leading up to that experience, I had a history of putting myself in toxic situations and pining for validation from people who treated me poorly. I was stuck in some delusion that I could help abusive people through their trauma and teach them to love me in the way I deserved.I wrote this song when I finally realized that I could choose not to allow harmful behavior…
[] The Night Of The 12th review – Suitably tense, tonally deft 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {};…