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APRIL 24, 2021

Assistant Professor Melody Campbell prepares a sample in the Shared Resources Cryo-EM Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (Fred Hutch Photo). Dr. Melody Campbell was an undergraduate student when she first noticed the beauty and power of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique that uses extreme temperatures and an electron microscope to create 3D maps of proteins.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro. Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and did so at the request of the Indian government. First reported by Indian news site MediaNama , the Indian government sent Twitter an emergency order on Friday to censor 52 tweets, according to a disclosure notice on the Lumen database.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 24, 2021

Waymo's recent executive shuffle signals driverless technology has a ways to go before a robust self-driving car industry becomes reality. Read More.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

Photo by Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will be hosting Saturday Night Live on May 8th, the official SNL account tweeted Saturday. The musical guest will be Miley Cyrus. Musk is known for his— how shall we put this — quirky sense of humor on Twitter, his preferred method of social media communication, but it’s not totally clear whether he’s actually funny enough to sustain a 90-minute hosting gig on the late-night comedy show. pic.twitter.com/WyTGhSsSVg

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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APRIL 24, 2021

Two days after the European Union unveiled draft rules on how to use AI in Europe, a privacy watchdog urged the EU to ban facial recognition. Read More.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

Photo by 27th Annual SAG Awards/Getty Images for WarnerMedia. During Tuesday’s Spring Loaded event, Apple announced ( among other things ) that the second season of its runaway hit show Ted Lasso would drop on July 23rd. This is extremely good news for fans of the show (including myself) who have missed the earnest football coach with the impossibly sunny outlook on life, which provided a bit of a respite during the coronavirus pandemic last summer.

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TechSpot

APRIL 24, 2021

In the photos, there’s a beefy, two-slot waterblock strapped down to the PCB and two thick tubes that connect it to a 120mm radiator and fan. The card’s styled in the traditional Radeon colors but its industrial theme has been given a bold twist by the superhero-style "R" slapped in.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 24, 2021

GamesBeat Summit 2021 will have 105 speakers, about 49.5% from diverse backgrounds, and it will feature our Women in Gaming Breakfast. Read More.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

It’s not the cheapest budget phone, but it will go the distance If a $100 budget phone is the fast-food dollar menu and a $1,000 flagship is a steakhouse dinner, then the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G sits comfortably halfway between the two: the laid-back all-day cafe with surprisingly tasty food. It’s good. More importantly, it’s good where it matters. Sure, you have to order your food at the counter and get your own water refills, but it’s worth it because brunch is fantastic and the prices are reaso

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

The U.S. is the largest historical contributor to planet-warming pollution, responsible for around a quarter of all carbon dioxide ever put in the atmosphere. In the pursuit of just international climate policy, remediating those emissions requires much more than climate pledge President Joe Biden just announced. Read more.

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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2021

City of Anacortes Public Works Water Maintenance worker Joe Ferris installs fiber optic cables into Anacortes’ existing waterlines. (Photo courtesy of City of Anacortes). Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Washington state is poised to make a significant change in how its citizens gain access to the internet. Gov.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

Earlier this week, Xbox announced it would start inviting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to take part in its Xbox Cloud Gaming beta (aka xCloud) on PC and iOS. Like the three other major cloud gaming platforms, Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna, xCloud also now works in the Chrome, Edge, and… Read more.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

If you’ve ever tried to get ice cream at a McDonald’s restaurant, there’s a better-than-average chance you were stymied in your quest for soft-serve goodness by an out-of-order ice cream machine. A new report from Wired attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery of the McDonald’s ice cream machines, why they have a secret repair menu that most McDonald’s workers don’t have access to, and one couple’s attempts to hack the machines for the greater good.after years of studying this complex machin

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will be hosting Saturday Night Live on May 8, the show’s official account tweeted Saturday. And I have a lot of questions, namely: Why? Read more.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

Emily Ratajkowski’s artwork is being sold as an NFT. | Image: Emily Ratajkowski. Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski is selling a link representing a composite image that features a photograph of herself in front of a print by another artist that contains a photo (of herself) taken by (presumably) yet another artist. In other words, she is selling an NFT.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 24, 2021

Thistle Technologies gets $2.5 million seed funding to help IoT vendors develop ways to securely and easily update their connected devices. Read More.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

In September 2020, Kevin Smith was announced as executive producer and co-writer of a new animated Masters of the Universe : Revelation series for Netflix. Read more.

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APRIL 24, 2021

If there's one thing that Microsoft has proven with its Surface 2-in-1s over the years is that there's definitely a market out there for devices that encompass the best of both worlds -- that of the laptop with its keyboard and clamshell-like construction, and that of the tablet with its.

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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

If you’ve ever wanted your Google Assistant to get moving without having to say, “hey Google,” all the time, you may be getting your wish in the near future. Read more.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. As part of an apparent effort to find holes in its network, the US Department of Defense has given a tiny Florida company control over about 175 million of its IP addresses, The Washington Post reported. Global Resource Systems began managing the IP addresses on January 20th, part of what a Pentagon spokesperson told the Post was a “pilot effort” to “identify potential vulnerabilities” and “prevent unauthorized use of DoD IP address space.”.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

Passwordstate, the enterprise password manager offered by Australian software developer Click Studios, was hacked earlier this week, exposing the passwords of an undisclosed number of its clients for approximately 28 hours. The hack was carried out through an upgrade feature for the password manager and potentially… Read more.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 24, 2021

From March 16 through April 15, Nintendo accounted for 90% of the game industry's total TV ad impressions. Read More.

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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

Lionsgate Television is jumping into the streaming competition, and they plan to come out swinging. The studio is exploring the possibility of a Saw television show. The Saw films were a huge financial success at the box office, and are looking to duplicate that for the small screen. Read more.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

If you squint, it’s a good laptop Lenovo’s Ideapad Flex 3 Chromebook is one of the tiniest Chromebooks I’ve ever used. It’s also one of the cheapest, retailing for just $349.99. Any laptop that costs that little is going to have some serious drawbacks — and the Flex 3 certainly does. On the other hand, if you’re the sort of shopper who’s willing to set those aside, this little IdeaPad also has a number of pleasant surprises up its sleeve.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

HBO’s video game adaptation of Sony Computer Entertainment game The Last of Us , starring Game of Thrones alums Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey , has just hired two new behind-the-scenes creatives. Read more.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

TCL’s Alto 8 Plus soundbar | TCL. It’s the weekend, so that’s our cue to fire off this handy list of the best tech deals we’ve laid eyes on over the past few days. There weren’t many big surprise price drops, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some great pieces of tech to buy. This week’s best deals are for people trying to stretch their dollar as far as possible.

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APRIL 24, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a directive Friday that sets an aspirational 2045 deadline to halt all oil extraction within the state. It also orders the state’s Department of Conservation to quit issuing new fracking permits by 2024. Read more.

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APRIL 24, 2021

Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images. A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts aboard successfully docked with the International Space Station early Saturday to start its six-month mission, NASA announced. Crew-2, as it’s been dubbed, is SpaceX’s third astronaut mission under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. It brings NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Akihiko?

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Gizmodo

APRIL 24, 2021

Comedian Robin Thede (former host of BET talk show The Rundown with Robin Thede ) and creator of the A Black Lady Sketch Show is teaming up with Amazon Studios for a new horror comedy film, Killing It. Thede wrote the script and will produce it through her production company, For Better or Words. Read more.

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