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Apr 28, 2019

Fortnite’s Earthquake Event Has Already Started

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If you’ve been playing Fortnite in the past day or so, you may have heard a rumble. It’s a little one, right now—some players likely didn’t notice it amid a field of explosions and shotgun blasts—but it’s definitely happening. Social media is full of reports that the leaked Earthquake event is in fact already underway, albeit apparently in its very early stages. It’s unclear what’s going to happen or what’s going to come of it, but the fact that it’s already started makes it clear that this is happening now, not later.

We don’t know much about the earthquake yet, mostly because whatever files are going to be used to govern it are likely yet to come with next week’s patch. But we can assume that the tremors we’re feeling now are at the very low end of what’s to come, and leaked files indicate that they could get to be around 70 times stronger. It’s also not so much of a leap to assume that we’re going to get some cracks opening up throughout the map, and maybe even a volcano to balance out the icy biome that we got with season 7.

The earthquake would appear to be in some way tied to the Prisoner skin, who may be some sort of disgraced Fire King reclaiming his throne. Traditionally the challenge skin plays some role in ushering in the next season, and he may be on his way to summon up some grand fire storm akin to the ice storm from earlier in the season, or something like that. An earthquake follows from that and offers up a chance to transform the map on a fairly grand level: as big as the ice biome was, the rest of the map was relatively unaffected save the addition of ziplines.

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Apr 28, 2019

Scientists Discover Nearly 200,000 Kinds of Ocean Viruses

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New work raises the estimated diversity of viruses in the seas more than twelvefold and lays the groundwork for a better understanding of their impact on global.

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Apr 27, 2019

Inside a $30 million mega yacht

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This super yacht rents for $280,000 per week. Here’s what’s on board… (via Secret Lives of the Super Rich)

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Apr 27, 2019

This is Mark Zuckerberg’s first CNBC interview

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It’s been 15 years since “The Facebook” was launched, and we first had Mark Zuckerberg on-air to discuss the future of the social media business. In 2004, his social networking site had 100,000 users. Today, Facebook has more than 2,000,000,000 users.

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Apr 27, 2019

Couples are paying thousands for gender selection

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Parents are paying up to $20,000 to choose the gender of their child.

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Apr 27, 2019

Autonomous Scooter Uses AI to Learn Your Favorite Routes

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

UK-based design agency Layer has teamed up with Chinese electric car maker Nio to create a smart scooter that can learn where you want to go.

Once “Pal” learns your preferred routes, the smart scooter can autonomously take you to your destination. On its website, Layer calls the scooter a “near-future prototype” that “embraces AI and machine learning to offer flexible and convenient ‘last mile’ travel.”

It’s a stunning example of industrial design that could make short-distance travel much more convenient — whether it will ever actually be sold to the public or not.

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Apr 27, 2019

To Prevent the Apocalypse, MIT Says to Study “Machine Behaviour”

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We need more than engineers and computer scientists shaping the future of AI.

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Apr 27, 2019

What happened almost exactly 400 years ago that has produced a tremendous “Butterfly Effect” on us modern humans?

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By Alex Vikoulov

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Apr 27, 2019

More Than 700 at 2 California Universities Under Quarantine Amid Measles Outbreak

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The number of staff members and students who were under quarantine on Friday was up by about 400 from the day before, according to the authorities.

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Apr 26, 2019

Philip Tedeschi, Director, Institute for Human-Animal Connection — Ira Pastor — IdeaXme

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