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Don’t believe the hype: There’s nothing wrong with the space station robot

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 9:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Opinion, robots


CIMON, an AI-powered robot developed by IBM and Airbus, recently acted perfectly normal during interactions with human crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A slew of journalists don’t agree with that assessment, but we’ll let you decide. When a crew member tried to ask it to do stuff it got confused, misinterpreted certain voice commands, and generally failed to produce the expected results with any consistency. Yep, sounds like business as usual. If you own a smart speaker, interact with a virtual assistant, or have ever played Zork (okay, maybe not that one) you know exactly how it feels…

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YouTube’s creators hit meme bingo in Rewind 2018

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 9:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


YouTube today released the 2018 edition of Rewind, its Year-in-Review performance art piece, in which it acknowledged the major trends on the platform. And no surprise, it was full of references to Fortnite, K-pop, and, of course, Drake. If you’ve checked any of the videos in the Trending tab in the past three or four months, you’ll probably recognize at least a few of the names: Ninja, the Try Guys, Lilly Singh, Liza Koshy, Safiya Nygaard, Marques Brownlee… Admittedly, the list of creators featured in the video was small compared with the Rewinds of years’ past, and the absence of some…

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How the human eye could destroy quantum mechanics

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 6:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


At the very edge of human perception lies our eyes’ ability to perceive a single photon of light. Physicists believe this amazing feat could be a catalyst to illuminate some of our universe’s biggest mysteries. What is the universe made of? Why are we here? One popular theory that addresses both of these questions is called quantum mechanics. It insists the universe operates on a basis of uncertainty that relies on observation and measurement to determine reality. It then follows that, if the universe is made up of those phenomena that are uncertain, and those that can measure them, humans would…

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How the human eye could destroy quantum mechanics

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 6:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


At the very edge of human perception lies our eyes’ ability to perceive a single photon of light. Physicists believe this amazing feat could be a catalyst to illuminate some of our universe’s biggest mysteries. What is the universe made of? Why are we here? One popular theory that addresses both of these questions is called quantum mechanics. It insists the universe operates on a basis of uncertainty that relies on observation and measurement to determine reality. It then follows that, if the universe is made up of those phenomena that are uncertain, and those that can measure them, humans would…

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Coinbase doubled its cryptocurrency lineup in 2018 — and that’s just the beginning

Dec06
by on December 6, 2018 at 5:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


With yesterday’s addition of Zcash (ZEC), popular exchange service Coinbase has more than doubled its cryptocurrency lineup in 2018 – and by the looks of it, the trend is here to stay. Up until August, Coinbase supported a narrow inventory of cryptocurrencies on its flagship desktop and mobile apps, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the last one of which was added last December. But this year alone, Coinbase has already bumped its offering with five new currencies: Ethereum Classic (ETC), 0x (ZRX), Circle’s dollar-pegged USD Coin (USDC), Brave browser’s Basic Attention Token (BAT), and…

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