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Gr8erDays Bonanza

No more wire hangers — unless you're willing to pay. (GIF via GIPHY) Michael Musto has unearthed some turd blossoms on YouTube, Judi Dench is serving 85-year-old face, a deep dive into Rosie O'Donnell's banned list — and more, here. Read More
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May 6, 2020
Volvo Cars Will Use Luminar’s Lidar to Enable Highway Self-Driving in 2022 Self-driving Vehicles

Volvo Cars Will Use Luminar’s Lidar to Enable Highway Self-Driving in 2022

It's possible that all future Volvos will incorporate Luminar's lidar sensors. Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said that it will add lidar sensors and new perception technology from Silicon Valley start-up Luminar to some of its models starting in 2022. Luminar's lidar technology will allow Volvo to offer highway self-driving as…
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May 6, 2020
The United Kingdom’s contact tracing app could be a preview of America’s digital tracing future Privacy Concerns

The United Kingdom’s contact tracing app could be a preview of America’s digital tracing future

The United Kingdom’s digital contact tracing app is almost here, and even the organization behind it admits it’s still a work in progress that has the potential for “unintended consequences.” It also may be a troubling preview of how digital contact tracing during the coronavirus pandemic will play out in…
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May 6, 2020
Peabody Awards: ‘Stranger Things’, ‘Succession’, ‘Fleabag’ Among Nominees; PBS Tops Networks Chernobyl

Peabody Awards: ‘Stranger Things’, ‘Succession’, ‘Fleabag’ Among Nominees; PBS Tops Networks

The Peabody Awards on Wednesday unveiled nominations repping the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019. PBS tops the nominees list with 11 noms including several the Documentaries category via its POV series. Other nominees include HBO’s Emmy winners Succession and Chernobyl, Netflix’s Stranger…
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May 6, 2020
Don’t Fear the Robot Moravec‘s Paradox

Don’t Fear the Robot

You probably know my robot. I’ve been inventing autonomous machines for over 30 years and one of them, Roomba from iRobot, is quite popular. During my career, I’ve learned a lot about what makes robots valuable, and formed some strong opinions about what we can expect from them in the…
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May 6, 2020
The Skateroom’s Collab With Legendary Japanese Artist Yoshitomo Nara Just Dropped Skateboard

The Skateroom’s Collab With Legendary Japanese Artist Yoshitomo Nara Just Dropped

The Skateroom, an organization marrying skateboarding and art while empowering young people through various NGO initiatives, has teamed up with iconic Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for its latest skate deck collaboration. Released on Wednesday, May 6 and coinciding with the artist’s…
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May 6, 2020
Missing Sounds of New York, An Immersive Auditory Tour of Familiar Urban Sounds Before NYC Went Quiet Soundcloud

Missing Sounds of New York, An Immersive Auditory Tour of Familiar Urban Sounds Before NYC Went Quiet

by Lori Dorn on May 6, 2020 The New York Public Library, in partnership with Mother New York, has created Missing Sounds of New York, a fully immersive album that provides an audio tour of the normal ambience of New York City before it all went quiet. Created as a…
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May 6, 2020
HarperCollins on Caedmon Digital Audio; Yale Press Audio on First Titles Gulag

HarperCollins on Caedmon Digital Audio; Yale Press Audio on First Titles

Timely moves as the coronavirus pandemic propels interest in e-formats and audio in particular: Yale opens its own audio shop and HarperCollins issues digital Caedmon classics. Image – iStockphoto: Nito By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Here for the Boom in Digital Audiobooks’ Today (May 6) two announcements of new…
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May 6, 2020