The construction industry in Kenya is so big that it is among the few globally that expanded amidst the Covid lockdowns of 2020. And it is not showing any signs of slowdown with the country’s data agency — the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics — projecting it to grow at an average rate of 6.1%… Continue reading Kenya’s Jumba bags $1M to help operators of hardware stores restock seamlessly
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This is what the Nothing Phone 1 will look like
Even though the Nothing Phone 1’s launch is still about a month away, the company has already begun showing what the device will look like to help generate hype. From afar, the device appears to be a blend of the iPhone X’s back (with its pill-shaped dual-camera island) and the iPhone 12’s flat edges. However,… Continue reading This is what the Nothing Phone 1 will look like
Twitch opens up ads program to more streamers and increases payout
More Twitch streamers will find invites to join the platform’s Ads Incentive Program now that the company is opening up the opportunity to welcome “more… Partners than ever.” In addition, Twitch will stop paying streamers in the program using a fixed CPM structure — instead, it will use a percentage-based revenue share model to increase… Continue reading Twitch opens up ads program to more streamers and increases payout
Cleantechnica: Elon Musk Shares The Fundamental Value of Tesla and Why He Added Autopilot 002048
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently shared what he thinks is the fundamental value of Tesla in an interview with Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley club leaders. I’ve covered the first interview here and recently touched upon the second interview with a focus on the DOE loan that you can read here. The Fundamental Value of… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Elon Musk Shares The Fundamental Value of Tesla and Why He Added Autopilot 002048
Cleantechnica: Elon Musk Talks Tesla DOE Loan, EV Tax Credit, & More In Part 2 Of Tesla Owners Of Silicon Valley Interview 002047
Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks about the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loan that Tesla received once upon a time and more in the second part 2 of an interview he did with leaders from the Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley club. Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley club leaders recently interviewed Elon and are releasing… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Elon Musk Talks Tesla DOE Loan, EV Tax Credit, & More In Part 2 Of Tesla Owners Of Silicon Valley Interview 002047
Engineer Who Says AI Came to Life Says He Can’t Comment Further Because He’s on His Honeymoon
Talk about rest and relaxation. Vacation Nation You’d think that Blake Lemoine, the suspended Google engineer who went public with his belief that advanced Google AI is sentient, would be giving interviews left and right. Lemoine’s story — a saga involving a language modeling system called LaMDA and a battle with the tech giant’s management… Continue reading Engineer Who Says AI Came to Life Says He Can’t Comment Further Because He’s on His Honeymoon
Bask Outdoors Safely With These Natural (But Effective) Sunscreens
Sun damage is no joke. It makes you look older than you are and can lead to skin cancer. That doesn’t mean you should hole up inside and never see the sun. The answer is sunscreen. By using organic, bioactive, and vegan ingredients that actually work, these companies are making sunscreen more skin- and earth-friendly.… Continue reading Bask Outdoors Safely With These Natural (But Effective) Sunscreens
Financial Planner Desperately Explains to Clients Why the Bitcoin Crash Is Good, Actually
Crypto is crashing, and bitcoin bros are having a tough week. In a long and winding thread, financial advisor and Coinbase commentator Isaiah Douglass laid out his case for why the currency’s second major crash in two months is actually good news for people who’ve invested in blockchain assets. “I regret nothing,” Douglass began in… Continue reading Financial Planner Desperately Explains to Clients Why the Bitcoin Crash Is Good, Actually
Mass Canadian Internet Outage Caused by Single Destructive Beaver
Yet another “bizarre and uniquely Canadian turn of events.” Beaver Blackout A marauding beaver has plunged several small towns into an internet blackout in northern British Columbia, Canada, after chewing through the base of an aspen tree, CTV News reports. The downed tree damaged electricity and fiber-optic lines, plunging some customers into a blackout —… Continue reading Mass Canadian Internet Outage Caused by Single Destructive Beaver
LaMDA and the Sentient AI Trap
Now head of the nonprofit Distributed AI Research, Gebru hopes that going forward people focus on human welfare, not robot rights. Other AI ethicists have said that they’ll no longer discuss conscious or superintelligent AI at all. “Quite a large gap exists between the current narrative of AI and what it can actually do,” says… Continue reading LaMDA and the Sentient AI Trap