Disrespect your surroundings. Robot Trespasser A Los Angeles food delivery robot threw caution to the wind and forced itself across a police line. A video shared on Twitter shows the four-wheeled delivery bot passing between several photographers before ploughing through yellow police tape into a scene crowded with cops. LAPD officers mostly ignored the trespasser,… Continue reading Food Delivery Robot Plows Through Crime Scene as Cops Look on in Bemusement
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They Put GPT-3 Into That Robot With Creepily Realistic Facial Expressions and Yikes
“Nothing in this video is pre scripted.” Welcome to Ameca UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts just gave its ultra realistic looking humanoid robot Ameca a voice — and she has a lot to say. In a new video, the company showed off Ameca having a conversation with a number of the company’s engineers, courtesy of… Continue reading They Put GPT-3 Into That Robot With Creepily Realistic Facial Expressions and Yikes
Best Powered Speakers for Turntables in 2022
Powered speakers reduce two of the biggest barriers preventing people from setting up a turntable audio system: cost and space. This one component replicates the functionality of a pair of passive speakers and a stereo receiver. You can plug your turntable directly into a pair of active speakers, hit the power button on both, and… Continue reading Best Powered Speakers for Turntables in 2022
Google and Oxford Scientists Publish Paper Claiming AI Will “Likely” Annihilate Humankind
“An existential catastrophe is not just possible, but likely.” Existential Threat Researchers at Google Deepmind and the University of Oxford have concluded that it’s now “likely” that superintelligent AI will spell the end of humanity — a grim scenario that more and more researchers are starting to predict. In a recent paper published in the… Continue reading Google and Oxford Scientists Publish Paper Claiming AI Will “Likely” Annihilate Humankind
Elon Musk Says His Tweets Are Being Suppressed, in a Tweet We Can See Perfectly Fine
You’re not being shadowbanned, dude — people just don’t like your tweets that much. Ban Me Daddy The world’s richest man is now claiming that his speech is being suppressed on Twitter — but we can see the tweet he posted about it just fine. “My tweets are being suppressed!” Musk raged under the display name… Continue reading Elon Musk Says His Tweets Are Being Suppressed, in a Tweet We Can See Perfectly Fine
This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device
Who would buy this? Mute Button Soon, nobody will be able to hear you scream while you’re trapped inside the metaverse. A Tokyo-based company called Shiftall, owned by tech giant Panasonic, has come up with a bizarre new device called the “mutalk,” which is basically a muzzle to capture the sound directly from your mouth,… Continue reading This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device
Save $150 and Get Fit with Garmin’s vivoactive 4S and More With Today’s Deals on Smartwatches
Just in time for the marathon season, Garmin is celebrating their birthday with great Garmin smartwatch deals this week. For those who want to track their steps and receive notifications, there’s tons of smartwatches to choose from. Or, if you’re training for your first 5K (or the next of many), this is the perfect time… Continue reading Save $150 and Get Fit with Garmin’s vivoactive 4S and More With Today’s Deals on Smartwatches
Police Find Kidnapped Baby by Tracking AirPods Mom Left in Vehicle
This could set a complicated law enforcement precedent. Find My Baby Philadelphia police reportedly took a novel approach to a kidnapping case: tracking a pair of Apple AirPods left in the car that was allegedly used in the crime. As Philly’s local Fox affiliate reports, the city’s Special Victims Unit found a kidnapped baby after… Continue reading Police Find Kidnapped Baby by Tracking AirPods Mom Left in Vehicle
Chinese Researchers Test Cars That Hover Over Road Using Magnets
They were able to go way faster than 88 mph. Maglev Cars Chinese researchers at Southwest Jiaotong University have tested modified cars capable of magnetically levitating almost an inch and a half off of the ground over a stretch of specially modified highway, state-run media outlet Xinhua reports. A video of the test shows a… Continue reading Chinese Researchers Test Cars That Hover Over Road Using Magnets
Elon Musk Furious That the Government Isn’t Giving Him More Free Money
After years of huge subsidies, Elon Musk is big mad that the US government isn’t giving one of his companies another substantial grant. After the Federal Communications Commission blocked an $885.5 million broadband funding grant to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service, the Musk company is appealing the decision and calling it “grossly unfair.” As Ars Technica notes,… Continue reading Elon Musk Furious That the Government Isn’t Giving Him More Free Money