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Apr 20, 2022

Elon Musk’s new bid for Twitter includes $0 salary for board members

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

“Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year (roughly Rs. 22 crore) saved right there,” Musk tweeted while replying to a user’s post criticising the Twitter board.

Apr 20, 2022

Nvidia: Just two AI GPUs can do better chip design in a few days than 10 people do in a year

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Nvidia is impressed with the chip making capabilities of NVCell, its AI chip designer. The firm says that it using it, just two GPUs can do nearly the same work that takes ten people a year’s time.

Apr 20, 2022

AI ethics for children: digital natives on how to protect future generations

Posted by in categories: ethics, robotics/AI

AI brings many benefits but as with any rapidly advancing technology it needs ethical frameworks that protect society, in particular children and young people.

Apr 20, 2022

“” Most people in the world are operating under the false impression that we’ve got too many people

Posted by in category: futurism

This is not true. Earth could maintain a population many times the current level. The birth rate has been dropping like crazy. — @elonmusk

Apr 20, 2022

Discovery of bacteria linked to prostate cancer hailed as potential breakthrough

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

And if bacteria causes one kind, whos to say it doesnt cause every other kind.


Genetic information on the microbes has already allowed the scientists to piece together how they may behave in the body, including what toxins and other substances they might release. This has led them to develop half a dozen hypotheses around how the bugs could cause prostate cancer.

“We currently have no way of reliably identifying aggressive prostate cancers, and this research could help make sure men get the right treatment for them,” Luxton added.

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Apr 20, 2022

Elon Musk defended his billionaire status and said he doesn’t own a home, a yacht, or take vacations weeks after Grimes faced huge backlash for saying he lives “below the poverty line”

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, habitats

It would be very problematic if I was consuming billions of dollars a year in personal consumption, but that is not the case. In fact, I don’t even own a home right now. I’m literally staying at friends’ places.

Apr 19, 2022

How Wavelets Allow Researchers to Transform — and Understand — Data

Posted by in category: mathematics

Built upon the ubiquitous Fourier transform, the mathematical tools known as wavelets allow unprecedented analysis and understanding of continuous signals.

Apr 19, 2022

Robots reach for food processing

Posted by in categories: employment, food, robotics/AI

The processing of food at high volumes has traditionally posed many problems for robots and cobots, and has lagged behind other industries. Foods have a variety of shapes and sizes and can be delicate in nature. These variables can be challenging when a robot tries to grasp an item. The delicate often has strict requirements for quality, making them even harder to grasp (think: strawberries).

Non-automotive robot orders now represent 58% of the North American total. Unit sales to the food and consumer goods sector alone increased 29% in 2021 over 2020, according to Association for Advancing Automation (A3).

“More industries recognized that robotics could help reverse productivity declines and fill repetitive jobs human workers don’t want. It is no longer a choice whether to deploy robots and automation,” says Jeff Burnstein, president of A3. “It’s now an absolute imperative. As we’ve long believed—and users continue to confirm—robots help companies compete, ultimately creating more jobs to handle their growth.”

Apr 19, 2022

California suggests taking aim at AI-powered hiring software

Posted by in category: law

Automated HR in the cross-hairs over discrimination law.

Apr 19, 2022

Netflix Tumbles as 200,000 Users Exit for First Drop in Decade

Posted by in category: futurism

After a decade of meteoric growth that shook Hollywood to its core, Netflix Inc. has run into a wall.


Losing customers for the first time in a decade, Netflix Inc. is throwing out all of its old rules.