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24 Aug

Investigators say 5 bodies were found in the same cabin of Mike Lynch’s superyacht as prosecutors begin looking into ‘crime hypothesis’

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Speaking at a press conference on Saturday morning, Bentivoglio Fiandra from the local fire rescue service said: "The yacht tended to the right and obviously the bodies tried to go to the other side and take refuge in their cabins.""We found five bodies in a cabin on the left and another one in the third cabin on the left. They were in the higher part of the shipwreck," he added, per The Telegraph.Prosecutors say they have opened a manslaughter investigation following the sinking.Ambrogio Cartosio, the head of the public prosecutor's office of Termini Imerese, said he was investigating a "crime…

24 Aug

How did Donald Trump end up posting Taylor Swift deepfakes?

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When Donald Trump shared a slew of AI-generated images this week that falsely depicted Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing his campaign for president, the former US president was amplifying the work of a murky non-profit with aspirations to bankroll rightwing media influencers and a history of spreading misinformation.Several of the images Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, which showed digitally rendered young women in “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts, were the products of the John Milton Freedom Foundation. Launched last year, the Texas-based non-profit organization frames itself as a press freedom group with the goal of “empowering independent journalists”…

24 Aug

Alice Walton is the world’s richest woman — and may soon be worth $100 billion

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Alice Walton, daughter of retail icon Sam Walton, is worth more than $95 billion for the first time, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That's due to Walmart's stock price soaring 44% to a record high this year, which has fueled a $25 billion jump in her net worth this year.In contrast, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers — the granddaughter of Eugène Schueller, who founded the French cosmetics giant — has seen her wealth shrink by $10 billion this year to $90 billion. That reflects a 13% decline in L'Oréal shares since January.It was a different story at the end of last year,…

24 Aug

Snap is reportedly working on a new pair of augmented reality Spectacles

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Snap is getting ready to show off a new pair of augmented reality glasses, according to a new report in . The glasses would be the fifth-generation of Spectacles, and the second pair to have augmented reality capabilities. CEO Evan Spiegel will reportedly unveil the glasses at the company’s upcoming Partner Summit event on September 17.The company last introduced a pair of AR glasses . The glasses were only ever made available to a small handful of creators and developers, who came up with some interesting experiments that combined Snapchat’s lenses with the AR displays. But, as I noted in…

24 Aug

Will the ‘Car-Free’ Los Angeles Olympics Work?

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What’s undisputed is that, starting in the mid-1940s, powerful social forces transformed Los Angeles so that commuters had only two choices: drive or take a public bus. As a result, LA became so choked with traffic that it often took hours to cross the city.In 1990, the Los Angeles Times reported that people were putting refrigerators, desks, and televisions in their cars to cope with getting stuck in horrendous traffic. A swath of movies, from Falling Down to Clueless to La La Land, have featured the next-level challenge of driving in LA.Traffic was also a concern when LA hosted the…

24 Aug

I spent $50 at Aldi to host a barbecue for 4 people. My budget got us plenty of meat and sides, plus a case of beer.

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I wanted to host a barbecue for four people, so I went to Aldi with a $50 budget.Brats and burgers were our meat options, and I was able to get plenty of fixings.The coleslaw wasn't amazing, but I'd buy the macaroni salad and Buffalo-chicken dip again. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email.…

24 Aug

‘Never summon a power you can’t control’: Yuval Noah Harari on how AI could threaten democracy and divide the world

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Throughout history many traditions have believed that some fatal flaw in human nature tempts us to pursue powers we don’t know how to handle. The Greek myth of Phaethon told of a boy who discovers that he is the son of Helios, the sun god. Wishing to prove his divine origin, Phaethon demands the privilege of driving the chariot of the sun. Helios warns Phaethon that no human can control the celestial horses that pull the solar chariot. But Phaethon insists, until the sun god relents. After rising proudly in the sky, Phaethon indeed loses control of the chariot. The sun…

24 Aug

The AI chip startup that could take down Nvidia

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Sign up for the Future Explored newsletter! Features on the past, present and future of world changing tech Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Saturday morning by subscribing here. It’s 2028, and a “crazy” bet some Harvard dropouts made just a few years ago is already paying off. Their idea: a brand new kind of microchip that will shift the ground beneath our massive AI economy. AI chips Microchips are the backbone of our…

24 Aug

Working for Doordash and Grubhub increasingly feels like a 9-5. And that may be bad news for the companies.

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On weekends, a gig delivery worker in Utah takes out his phone and opens one of three apps to make some extra money as an independent contractor.But working on apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub doesn't always feel as independent as the term suggests, he said.Apps from Instacart to Uber often tout flexibility as a key benefit of working for them. Unlike W2 workers, they say, independent contractors can take the gigs that work for them.However, the people doing the work say that things like performance metrics often eat into that flexibility. The end result: Jobs that pay like…

24 Aug

Don’t freak out, but Nintendo is killing off Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will cease to exist on , but players' saves should be getting a new home. Since its global launch , Pocket Camp has offered the core Animal Crossing experience on smartphones, including limited time .Sales of Leaf Tickets, the in-game currency for speeding up access to camp accessories, will stop on November 27. The company is also ending its for the Pocket Camp Club, which provides additional in-game cosmetics each month. New plans will not be accepted after October 28 and existing subscriptions will not renew after that date.But all is not lost for those of…