French officials are continuing their centuries-long battle to preserve the purity of the language, overhauling the rules on using English video game jargon. While some expressions find obvious translations — “pro-gamer” becomes “joueur professionnel” — others seem a more strained, as “streamer” is transformed into “joueur-animateur en direct.” The culture Read more…
Singapore has begun a project to investigate potential uses of asset tokenization as the city state looks to establish itself as a hub for decentralized finance after several key crypto players left. “Project Guardian,” a collaboration between the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the finance industry, will test the feasibility Read more…
As labor shortages continue, “robot orders increased 40% in the first quarter of 2022,” reports Business Insider (citing a report from the Wall Street Journal citing the Association for Advancing Automation). “People want to remove labor,” Ametek Inc. CEO David A. Zapico told Bloomberg in November, noting that the automatic Read more…
Back in March of 2017, this strange note first appeared at the end of a paper in the journal Nature: “Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.” I looked over the paper, and it didn’t have any maps in it. Read more…
North Carolina’s largest newspaper, Raleigh’s News & Observer newspaper, reports that “In the face of stiff opposition from farm equipment companies and dealers, North Carolina state senators on Tuesday walked back a provision that would have widened access to the repair of farming equipment.” The so-called “right to repair” provision Read more…
Ford’s fuel-economy figures for the 2013-2014 C-Max hybrids “were not based in reality” says Iowa’s attorney general. And now the Ford Motor Company “will pay $19.2 million to a consortium of 40 states and Washington,D.C.,” writes Consumer Reports (which also covers additional false advertising about the payload capacity of its Read more…
“There’s no guarantee that robot umpires will make their way to the majors,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. “But the system is as close as it has been now, one level below.” Here’s how it looks for a minor league/Triple-A team, the Albuquerque Isotopes: Using the same computerized optical tracking Read more…