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Wes Davis

Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data

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Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic products. This AI model could allow computers and robots to understand and interact with the world in new ways, the company said in a blog post spotted by Garbage Day.

The LGM’s “spatial intelligence” is built on the neural networks developed as part of...

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People Are Sharing "OK, Millennial" Sayings, And I Suddenly Feel Like I'm 100 Years Old

"OK, Boomer" will eventually be replaced with "OK, Millennial."

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This Isn't Gonna Be Easy, But We Need You To Decide Which Fried Food Is The Absolute Best

Prepare to make some difficult decisions!

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28 Products With Before And After Pics That Seem Too Good To Be True, But They’re Actually Not

The Chom Chom has much more dramatic results than Anne Hathaway's transformation in the Princess Diaries.

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Andrea Adelson

Boise State slides into bye slot in CFP rankings

Boise State, which pulled away from San Jose State last Saturday, moved ahead of BYU in the rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection committee Tuesday, putting the Broncos in position to get a first-round bye ahead of the Big 12 champ.

Mashable

Social media's 'LOLCow' trend is curated cruelty

When curious minds Google "LOLCow," a phrase making the rounds across TikTok, the first link to populate is to an outdated blog server, its mission preserved only in Google's archived page description: "Anonymously share juicy gossip and candid opinions about foolish and bizarre people, also known as lolcows. Freedom of speech friendly."

Urban Dictionary suggests several similar, but varying, definitions for a LOLCow. A person "who is easy/safe for the majority of people to mock. It's a cash...

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28 Very Specific Cleaning Products You’ll Wonder How You’ve Lived WIthout This Whole Time

Finally, something *made* to get Sharpie out of your beloved sweatshirt.

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Katrina Miller and Kenneth Chang

SpaceX Starship Launch Ends With a Dramatic Water Landing

The giant booster stage of the prototype moon and Mars rocket was unable to repeat a “chopsticks” landing, but the vehicle’s upper stage made a successful controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

NYT > Home Page

J. David Goodman

As He Moved to the Right, Elon Musk Packed His Businesses Into Texas

The billionaire has rapidly transformed parts of the state, shocking even development-friendly officials: “It was like, ‘Voilà, Elon is here.’”

ESPN.com

Jeff Passan

Guardians' Vogt named AL Manager of the Year

Cleveland's Stephen Vogt was named American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after winning the AL Central in his first season on the job.

ESPN.com

Nadal's career ends as Spain loses at Davis Cup

Rafael Nadal's 6-4, 6-4 loss to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands turned out to be the 22-time Grand Slam champion's farewell to professional tennis, because the Dutch eliminated the Spaniards in the quarterfinals.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Biden requests to rebuild Baltimore Key Bridge as part of $100 billion disaster relief funding

Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation have been working to secure 100% federal funding to cover the nearly $2 billion in estimated reconstruction costs for the bridge.

President Joe Biden‘s pending request for nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid includes money to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which, in March, collapsed under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and veered off course.

Fast Company

Reuters

Walmart says Trump’s proposed tariffs could increase prices

Trump’s tariffs could raise prices on clothing, toys, furniture, appliances, footwear, and travel goods, particularly items where China is a major supplier, per the National Retail Federation, a trade group of which Walmart’s U.S. head is the chair.

Corporate executives were taking a wait-and-see approach to President-elect Donald Trump‘s vow to impose heavy tariffs on imports when he takes office in January, but many have raised concerns about the effect such levies will have on...

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Why the crypto community loves Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for Commerce secretary

If confirmed, Lutnick will be in regular talks with CEOs in the business community—and could be an influential evangelist of crypto acceptance.

Donald Trump’s selection on Tuesday of Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary brought cheers from the cryptocurrency sector. 

Fast Company

Reuters

These new taxes could help fight climate change

Here are extracts from the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force’s latest report with estimates about how much could be raised to fight climate change.

The COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan aim to agree on an annual finance target of $1 trillion or more a year to help poorer countries respond to global warming. Some see new taxes as one way to get there.

Mashable

Elon Musk's X suing Amazon-owned Twitch for not advertising on the platform

Elon Musk’s X has expanded its legal battle, now targeting Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch as part of its lawsuit against former advertisers.

On Monday, Twitch was added to X's ongoing lawsuit against brand members of the now-defunct Global Alliance of Responsible Media (GARM), as first reported by Business Insider. X claims in its lawsuit that members of GARM illegally conspired to boycott the platform formerly known as Twitter in late 2022, shortly after Musk acquired the...

Mashable

Everything you need to know about Spotify Wrapped 2024

Get ready to see just how much everyone was streaming brat and The Tortured Poets Department. That's right, Spotify Wrapped, the day when everyone shamelessly shares their music taste, is just around the corner.

If you're completely lost or desperately trying to secure your most-streamed artist for Wrapped, here's everything you need to know.

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13 Celebs Who Shot Down The Idea Of Appearing On "Real Housewives" For Fascinating Reasons

Here's why Kris Jenner will only appear on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a friend and not a cast member.

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Alexa may get smarter with more APIs rather than more AI

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Following ongoing reports that Amazon’s generative AI makeover of Alexa is not going well, it appears Amazon may take a more practical approach to making its smart assistant more useful. According to Business Insider, Amazon is partnering with several companies to make Alexa better at doing things you might want a digital assistant to do: including calling an Uber, tackling Ticketmaster for events, booking dinner through OpenTable, and...

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Jay Peters

Sony’s new PlayStation Portal update lets you stream PS5 games from the cloud

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Sony is bringing a big new feature to the PlayStation Portal: cloud streaming. When it first launched, the device was only able to stream games from your PS5 over Wi-Fi. But as part of a new system update that’s rolling out starting later today, you’ll be able to stream select PS5 games from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog to your PlayStation Portal.

Sony is launching the feature in beta, and you’ll need to be a PlayStation Plus...

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