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Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips
Apple’s self-driving car program never really got off the ground, but it may have been what made the company’s chips the powerful AI performers they are. Early in the development of the self-driving platform, Apple realized that it would need powerful on-device AI processing. While the car processor was never finished, as Mark Gurman details…
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Avengers: Doomsday Concept Art Reveals First Look at More Than 20 Returning Heroes
Marvel Studios has shown off new concept art for Avengers: Doomsday, revealing a first look at a fully suited-up Cyclops (James Marsden), Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.), and more.
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TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
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Steam’s “no questions asked” refund policy makes it “super easy for players to abuse this rule”, says indie developer
Solo indie developer Mateo Covic, creator of the game Paddle Paddle Paddle, has publicly criticised Steam’s refund policy after claiming he was forced to refund around 55,000 sales, a refund rate of roughly 21 percent, despite the game holding overwhelmingly positive reviews. Covic argues that Steam’s “no questions asked” policy — which grants automatic refunds…
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Ryu claims second major of season at Evian Championship
South Korea’s Haeran Ryu says it feels like she was in an “unreal dream” after claiming her second major title in the space of two weeks by defeating Brooke Henderson in a play-off at the Evian Championship.
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Britney Spears Dismisses Odd Behavior on L.A. Highway: ‘Nothing Is What It Seems’
“What people see is two seconds of insanity of me arching me to the lords,” singer writes of standing through a moonroof on 101 Freeway
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I went on my honeymoon alone… just weeks after my fiance had died in my arms: LAURA MURPHY
Writer Laura Murphy recounts travelling alone to Castellina in Chianti, the Tuscan village she and her fiancé Devon O’Grady had chosen for their honeymoon, after he died in her arms just a month before their wedding. The piece is a personal account of grief, love and loss, following through with a trip meant to be…
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How Philips Hue got the smart home right
The state of the smart home can be frustrating, because it is just so obvious how things ought to work. You should be able to control everything from everywhere. Your spaces should adapt to what you’re doing and how you’re feeling. Making your home smart shouldn’t require renovating, and the smarts should be mostly invisible.…
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‘These are some of the most complex structures ever created’: how tech reporting moved into the physical world
The Guardian has published a behind-the-scenes piece about how its global technology reporting team has increasingly shifted from covering screens and software to investigating the physical infrastructure underpinning the AI boom, chiefly the vast datacentres being built worldwide. The change matters because these structures come with tangible constraints — power, water, land, chips and grid…
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The correct way to position your router’s antennas depends on your home
Know where to place your router and how to position its antennas should get you better coverage.