/ The FTC says Lyft inflated its advertised earnings claims on the top fifth of its drivers. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story A Lyft sign taken in January 2023 at… Continue reading Lyft fined $2.1 million for misleading ads about how much drivers could make
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Claude AI Gets Bored During Coding Demonstration, Starts Perusing Photos of National Parks Instead
Slacking on the job! Attention Span It turns out that not even AI models are immune to a little procrastination. While its developers were trying to record a coding demonstration, the latest version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet — Anthropic’s current flagship AI — got off track and produced some “amusing” moments, the company said in… Continue reading Claude AI Gets Bored During Coding Demonstration, Starts Perusing Photos of National Parks Instead
Inventor Builds Six Robot Copies of Himself, Uses One to Give Speeches and Take Questions From Audience
“Originally, I was using this robot for giving lectures when I was busy.” Human Xerox Japanese inventor Hiroshi Ishiguro has created a whopping six robot clones of himself over the last 18 years, each bearing an increasingly close resemblance to himself. His latest creation, dubbed Geminoid HI-6, is a life-like teleoperated android version of his… Continue reading Inventor Builds Six Robot Copies of Himself, Uses One to Give Speeches and Take Questions From Audience
Startup Claims It’s Achieved Communication Between Two People Who Were Both Dreaming
“Yesterday, communicating in dreams seemed like science fiction. Tomorrow, it will be so common we won’t be able to imagine our lives without this technology.” Peer to Peer A San Francisco startup has supposedly broken the dream barrier. REMSpace claimed that it’s achieved “new dimensions of communication” between two humans who were sleeping, by sending… Continue reading Startup Claims It’s Achieved Communication Between Two People Who Were Both Dreaming
What to read this weekend: Jeff VanderMeer returns to Area X
One thing I did not foresee happening this year was us getting a new entry in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series. But the author announced exactly that back in April, and I’ve pretty much been counting down the days until the book’s release ever since. Absolution, the fourth novel in what previously stood as a… Continue reading What to read this weekend: Jeff VanderMeer returns to Area X
Apple wins $250 in Masimo smartwatch patent case
The legal battle between Apple and medical technology company Masimo rages on, with the bigger company — sorta, kinda — winning their latest face off. A federal jury has agreed with Apple that previous versions of Masimo’s W1 and Freedom (pictured above) watches infringed on its design patents, according to Reuters. It only awarded Apple… Continue reading Apple wins $250 in Masimo smartwatch patent case
Google’s Pixel Tablet is up to $110 off right now
Update 10/26/24 9am ET: The deal below has expired, but you can get a similar deal on the Pixel Tablet at Wellbots right now. The Pixel Tablet with its charging speaker dock is $110 off and down to $489 when you use the code ENGPIX110 at checkout. You can use the same code to get… Continue reading Google’s Pixel Tablet is up to $110 off right now
Lyft will have to tell drivers how much they can truly earn, with evidence
Lyft has agreed to to tell its drivers how much they can truly earn on the ride-hailing platform — and back it up with evidence — as part of its settlement for a lawsuit filed by the US Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission. The lawsuit accused the company of making “numerous false and… Continue reading Lyft will have to tell drivers how much they can truly earn, with evidence
Scammers Figure Out Trick to Steal Houses Using AI
“As technology evolves more and more and more, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see this more and more and more.” Steal Estate Wherever you stand on AI, it’s undeniable that the tech has supercharged fraudsters. Not many of these AI-enabled scams, though, can claim to be as audacious as trying to swindle entire houses… Continue reading Scammers Figure Out Trick to Steal Houses Using AI
Space Tourist Alarmed When Vision Starts to Deteriorate
Terrifying. Aye-Eye! Scientists are still trying to understand the toll that spaceflight takes on the human body. With SpaceX’s civilian Polar Dawn mission, which lasted five days and wrapped up last month, we’re getting an opportunity to observe the effects on more or less average humans — rather than the elite, highly trained government astronauts… Continue reading Space Tourist Alarmed When Vision Starts to Deteriorate