Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
AI-Generated ‘Subliminal Messages’ Are Going Viral
Every week, the social media hype-train seems to find new ways to sensationalize generative AI tools. Most recently, a new technique that allows users to produce optical illusions went viral, with some describing the results as AI-generated images with “subliminal” messages. The technique, called ControlNet, essentially lets users have more Read more…
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Tech Layoffs Are All But a Thing of the Past
Layoffs in the technology industry have slowed sharply in recent months, bringing the number of jobs lost to tech’s efficiency push to a near stop. According to several services that track layoffs in the tech industry, after reaching a local maximum in January, the number of people laid off had Read more…
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World’s First Drug To Regrow Teeth Enters Clinical Trials
A team of scientists, led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup, are getting set to start human trials on a new drug that has successfully grown new teeth in animal test subjects. Toregem Biopharma is slated to begin clinical trials in July of next year after it succeeded growing new teeth Read more…
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Is the Philips Hue Ecosystem ‘Collapsing Into Stupidity’?
The Philips Hue ecosystem of home automation devices is collapsing into stupidity. “Unfortunately, the idiot C-suite phenomenon has happened here too, and they have been slowly walking down the road to full-on enshittification.” From her blog post: I figured something was up a few years ago when their iOS app Read more…