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iOS Beta Adds ‘Spatial Video’ Recording. Blogger Calls Them ‘Astonishing’, ‘Breathtaking’, ‘Compelling’
Spatial Video recording can be enabled by going to the Settings app, tapping into the Camera section, selecting Formats, and toggling on “Spatial Video for âOEApple Vision ProâOE…” Spatial Videos taken with an âOEiPhone 15 ProâOE can be viewed on the âOEiPhoneâOE as well, but the video appears to be Read more…
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Researchers Identify a ‘Switch’ That Might Someday Kill Tumor Cells
Cells have a protein receptor that will cause that cell to die — in theory. Unfortunately, previous efforts to target this receptor have been unsuccessful. But he’s now led a team of researchers at the university’s Comprehensive Cancer Center that’s identified a receptor-activating protein section. And more importantly, “now that Read more…
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America’s First Commercial Carbon-Sucking Facility Opens in California
In an open-air warehouse in California’s Central Valley, 40-foot-tall racks hold hundreds of trays filled with a white powder that turns crusty as it absorbs carbon dioxide from the sky. “The start-up that built the facility, Heirloom Carbon Technologies, calls it the first commercial plant in the United States to Read more…
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Is Capitalism Dead? Yanis Varoufakis Argues Capitalists are Now Vassals to ‘Techno-Feudalists’
Greek economist/politician Yanis Varoufakis “was briefly Greek finance minister in 2015,” remembers the Conversation. Now his new book asks the question, “What killed capitalism,” with the title’s first word providing an answer. Varoufakis argues that we no longer live in a capitalist society… “Today, capitalist relations remain intact, but techno-feudalist Read more…
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How ‘Hour of Code’ Will Teach Students About Issues with AI
Started in 2013, “Hour of Code” is an annual tradition started by the education non-profit Code.org (which provides free coding lessons to schools). Its FAQ describes the December event for K-12 students as “a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities,” and over 100 million schoolkids Read more…