CODE Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
AI Learns To Write Computer Code In ‘Stunning’ Advance
DeepMind’s new artificial intelligence system called AlphaCode was able to “achieve approximately human-level performance” in a programming competition. The findings have been published in the journal Science. AlphaCode’s creators focused on solving those difficult problems. Like the Codex researchers, they started by feeding a large language model many gigabytes of Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
General Motors Installs the First of 40,000 New EV Chargers
Electric vehicle drivers in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and Owosso, Michigan, are the first to benefit from General Motors’ Dealer Community Charging Program. These deployments of new level 2 (AC) chargers are the first in a planned rollout of 40,000 new plug-in points, which GM says will nearly double the number of Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Google Must Delete Search Results About You If They’re Fake, EU Court Rules
People in Europe can get Google to delete search results about them if they prove the information is “manifestly inaccurate,” the EU’s top court has ruled. The case kicked off when two investment managers requested Google to dereference results of a search made on the basis of their names, which Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Colgate’s 9 Billion Toothpaste Tubes Defy Effort To Recycle Them
Colgate-Palmolive spent years devising a recyclable toothpaste tube. Pulling it off was a technical masterstroke, substituting plastic for a mix of materials that was historically tough to reclaim. The result, one executive said, was “nice squeezability.” One big problem remains: Many sorting centers around the US don’t accept them. The Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Nigeria Limits ATM Cash Withdrawals To Encourage Digital Financial Transactions
Nigeria has drastically reduced the amount of cash individuals and businesses can withdraw as it attempts to push its “cash-less Nigeria” policy and increase the use of the eNaira — Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Central Bank of Nigeria issued (PDF) the directive to financial businesses in a Read more…