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AT&T Is Automating Away Jobs—and Its Old Telecom Empire
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OpenAI nabs key Patreon execs ahead of upcoming announcement
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Eight Sleep’s new cooling hub is small enough to hide under your bed
Eight Sleep announced the next version of its "intelligent sleep system" designed to regulate the temperature of your bed in response to tracked health and sleep metrics like breathing and heart rate. The company calls its new Pod 6 system its "most significant hardware launch to date," and it's centered around a redesigned cooling hub […]
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Pornhub investigated over its age checks
The regulator says it has concerns over how the site is relying on third party checks provided by Apple for some users.
MIT Technology Review
Smart glasses are already causing havoc in India
Shubnam was packing boxes for a move into a new home when their friend sent them an Instagram video. The footage had only been up for a few hours, but it was days old, recorded at a Delhi protest this spring against a bill that would have narrowed the legal recognition for transgender people in…
TechCrunch
‘We’re already fighting yesterday’s battle’: Greece’s prime minister gets candid about AI
Most leaders on a trade mission stick to the pitch, but when I interviewed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this week, he also admitted that no government is ready for what AI is about to do.
TechCrunch
Discord’s age verification era is upon us, despite community backlash
According to Discord, 90% of users will not have to verify their age.