Elon Musk’s 7 most preposterous predictions

May11
by on May 11, 2022 at 8:33 pm
Posted In: Insider


Elon Musk is a big brain par excellence. The tycoon has cultivated the image of a renaissance man with the credentials — and the cash — to solve the world’s biggest problems. The 50-year-old last month unveiled another bold target: using brain implants to cure tinnitus within five years.  Skeptics suspect the timelines are unrealistic — because they always are. The world’s richest person has compiled a cornucopia of grandiose predictions. Here are seven of the most outlandish. Prediction 1: Tesla will achieve full self-driving “next year” Reality: Next year never comes Arguably Musk’s most notorious promises are his constant claims…

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After 20 years, the iPod is dead

May10
by on May 10, 2022 at 8:42 pm
Posted In: Plugged


The iPod was released a little over 20 years ago, forever changing the tech industry and helping redefine Apple products as luxury items — not just gadgets. The iPod is now dead. Apple today discontinued the last iPod model it still sold, the iPod Touch. And lest you think the company has another media player around the corner, its press release made it pretty clear the iPod is no more. Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing, Greg Joswiak, says: “Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way…

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Think deepfakes don’t fool you? Sorry, you’re wrong

May09
by on May 9, 2022 at 2:49 pm
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In early March, a manipulated video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was circulated. In it, a digitally generated Zelenskyy told the Ukrainian national army to surrender. The video was circulated online but was quickly debunked as a deepfake — a hyper-realistic yet fake and manipulated video produced using artificial intelligence. While Russian disinformation seems to be having a limited impact, this alarming example illustrated the potential consequences of deepfakes. However, deepfakes are being used successfully in assistive technology. For instance, people who suffer from Parkinson’s disease can use voice cloning to communicate. Deepfakes are used in education: Ireland-based speech synthesis…

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