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Bengio will lead a new AI research unit and report to fellow ex-Googler John Giannandrea,Reuters reports. Mitchell wassacked in Februaryfor using automated scripts to find messages showing mistreatment of Gebru. 40% off TNW Conference! Bengio was among their most prominent defenders at Google. Bengio resigned from Google in March after around 14 years at the company. Apple acquired more AI companies than anyone else between 2016 and 2020, according to arecent studyby GlobalData....

And thats not all. Why all the fuss? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. According to the Argonne Lab, the liquid electrolytes of lithium-ion batteries are flammable. This could be eliminated by employing solid-state batteries, as their solid materials are more stable. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW....

Campaigners have criticized it as unambitious and inadequate to keep up with the rapidly changing climate. They have also blamed Macron for poorly committing to a cause which he had promised to whole-heartedly support. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. On the contrary, the EU agreed to set a more ambitious goal of reducing emissions by 55%. Whats more,this law was meant to put Macrons pledge for a more inclusive government into practice....

On one hand, these tools can help deliver much-needed support. On the other, they risk increasing sexual inequality, and replacing precious in-person interaction with less-than-ideal substitutes. But despite themany important questionssex robots raise, they mostly distract from the main game. 40% off TNW Conference! Finally, we have virtual friends includingtherapist apps, AI-enhancedgame charactersandboyfriend/girlfriend chatbots. But by far the most ubiquitous are AI assistants such asAmazons Alexa,Googles AssistantandBaidus DuerOS. Japanese Macaques grooming in the hotsprings of Nagano....

The ABCs latest Four Cornersreportis an investigation into how video games are deliberately designed to get people hooked. The Four Corners program asks, are you being played? Image via via ABC 4 Corners program How do game companies use data? Video game production is increasingly supported by collecting large amounts of player data. Game developers use this data to optimize game design and, perhaps more commonly, how games are monetized....

Let me start with a bold statement. you could build a SaaS company from the ground up, without any outside help. And the best thing is, you dont need luck or privilege to bootstrap. Then after some trial-and-error, youll get there. I had an idea, and I made it a reality. Scratch that, Im making it a reality. So heres what Ive learned from my bootstrapping journey. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

Donald Trump today launched a private social media site. Its membership is so exclusive that only former US presidents whove been impeached twice are allowed to post there. The sites called From The Desk of Donald J Trump. That doesnt quite roll off the tongue like Twitter or Facebook. But Im holding out hope that well soon find out Trumps posts are called Deskies. That would be cute and this story needs something to lighten the mood because its all very sad....

The car will go into production at the end of next year. 40% off TNW Conference! The upside and challenge Turning to an entirely electric fleet is an undeniably good thing. In cities, where most Uber rides occur, it will help reduce emissions and noise pollution. At present, Uber gives drivers a number of kickbacks for driving an electric vehicle in the UK. There are preferential finance deals with a number of electric carmakers such as Kia, Nissan, and Hyundai....

At the beginning of this year,WhatsApp debuted a new privacy policythat raised many eyebrows. But this displeased many users, and the mass exodus to platforms such asTelegram and Signal began. Plus, there was a raging debate about which app has better security and privacy standards. One name that came up in the discussion wasMatrix.Sounds unfamiliar? How does encryption work in messaging apps? 40% off TNW Conference! For instance, Signal and WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted....

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Clubhouse is finally testing an Android version of its popular live-audio app. In an announcement, the company said that itstrying out this versionwith a handful of friendly testers. But since then, every company on the planet has launched some form of live audio product across platforms. That includes almost all social networking heavy-weights spanning billions of users across different verticles. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Because of this onslaught of real-time voice conversation products, Clubhouses appeal has faded a bit....

Have you ever wondered what flirting with artificial intelligence would look like? But some of them turned out pretty well. You look like a thing and I love you. Can I see your parts list? Language modelling GPT stands for generative pre-trained transformer. 40% off TNW Conference! Amaze your crush and get results! It is urgent that you become a professional athlete. I dont care if youre a doggo in a trenchcoat....

This article was originally published byMichiel Mulderson.cult by Honeypot, a Berlin-based community platform for developers. For the latest updates, follow .cult by Honeypot onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,Linkedin, andYouTube. Its always fun when a new developer joins your team. But wait, you are tasked with onboarding this developer. How do you get started? Whats the most important information you should share to get the new colleague on board? Whats the most efficient process to introduce this developer to the code?...