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Let me sum it up for you: Musk and Neuralink have figured out how to do basic brain surgery. What’s that you say? Humans have been doing basic brain surgery for hundreds of years? Yeah, that’s my point. Musk got me again. I should have known better. After all, I once believed Tesla would reach level five autonomy (full driverless) by 2020 because Musk swore it would happen. Actually he said there’d be a million fully autonomous vehicles on the road by the end of the year (most experts still think we’re decades away from the first one)....

Last week, the authorities told the Supreme Court that the situation in the region is “still not conducive” for full 4G restoration, likely referring to rampant militancy there, but also likely skirting the issue of unrest over the curtailing of people’s freedom under the current central administration. Last August, India blocked off internet and telecom services after it scrapped Article 370 of the constitution to remove Jammu & Kashmir state’s special autonomous rights....

This comes on the heel of the data privacy bill, which is listed to be tabled in the winter session of parliament. Apart from access to non-personal data, the bill will also tackle topics such as intermittent liability of social media platforms, and data localization and storage issues. A government source told the publication that authorities should be able to regulate how, when, and where non-personal data is being used: The move is also influenced by an upcoming report on non-personal data handling by a committee headed by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan....

While the company has been experimenting with the option for some time, today it’s rolling out to users in general. In order to use the bulk-delete comments on iOS, tap on a comment, and then the dotted icon on the top right. Tap ‘manage comments’ and pick up to 25 comments to delete at once, or tap ‘more options’ to block or restrict accounts. On Android, you can simply tap and hold to select multiple comments....

The company says most users won’t be affected by this, so you won’t likely get the prompt to show your ID. Through this new policy, Instagram classes dodgy accounts as those that have a majority of followers in a different country to their own. The company will also hunt out suspect bot accounts. [Read: Get yourself off social media: A guide to deleting your accounts] If the social network finds your account suspicious it may ask you to submit a government ID, and you’ll have two attempts to do it....

But never mind all that. Because we live in a world where Kodak is a failed cryptocurrency company that’s now dealing drugs and everyone still thinks Elon Musk invented the tunnel. Which means that here in this, the darkest timeline, we’re stuck with the version of Intel that uses AI to power “White nationalism” sliders and “N-word” toggles for video game chat. Behold ‘Bleep,’ in all its stupid glory: What you’re seeing is the UI for Bleep....

This is supposedly real. According to the rap star’s Twitter feed, an agreement between Akon and the country of Senegal has been finalized, which means that Akon City is officially here. — AKON (@Akon) January 13, 2020 According to a CNN article from 2018, Akon noted that his city would be built on a 2,000-acre piece of land that was to be gifted to him by Macky Sall, the president of Senegal....

Space Boobs is a perfect film, it told the whole story. The Social Network, on the other hand, has plenty of room for improvement (2010? Ha, those were the innocent days for social media). That’s why I think it’s time for a sequel. And since Tarantino’s such a biiiig fan, he should direct. Don’t get me wrong, David Fincher is a legend (he brought us Se7en, ’nuff said) but I think the next chapter in the Facebook saga calls for a level of character study that only the mind behind Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained, and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood can bring out....

The HDI-1600 is a bookshelf speaker with a 6.5-inch woofer for the lows and a 1-inch compression driver rather than your typical dome tweeter handling the highs. A compression driver is theoretically able to play louder than a standard tweeter with less distortion, but it requires a carefully designed waveguide or horn to shape the sound. So That fancy-looking trim around the compression driver is not just a design flourish — it makes critical contributions to the speaker’s tonality and soundstage....

The keyboard was first announced at CES, and it even has the little red nub (that’s the ‘TrackPoint’ part) that ThinkPads are famous for. It might especially come in handy if you ever need to control your PC from a distance without wanting to use a separate mouse. As you can probably tell from the ‘II’ in the name, this isn’t the first time Lenovo’s made a desktop version of its laptop keyboard; the company’s been selling its older model for a while now....

Carscoops reports Lexus has trademarked the name RZ 450e in the US, Europe, and Australia. There are a few theories on what the new vehicle might be, but nothing is confirmed as yet. [Read: NY scooter operator ups safety with helmet selfies and quizzes after rider deaths] Carscoops reckons that it’ll be some kind of SUV or crossover because there are only two vehicles in Lexus’ lineup that begin with “R”: the RC coupe and the RX crossover....

LG has developed a new material to solve problems of durability and creasing. The chemical branch of the company has made a cover window — the protective part that lies on top of the display — that is supposed to be as tough as glass and as flexible as plastic. To build this cover, the company has used a special kind of coating on top of a thin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic film....

If you’re busy and on the go, some of the app-based language learning systems can be an amazing way to start speaking a new language. From the bite-sized lessons to the extra training resources to AI-driven speech recognition to hear if your pronunciation is on point, it’s one way to get proficient in a whole new way to communicate. It is, however, missing one thing. It’s missing people. You know, the ones you’re actually going to be communicating with once you soak up Spanish or French or another exotic tongue....

In the clip captioned, “Happy July 4th!,” Zuckerberg is surfing while majestically holding up an American flag… and it’s set to John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads.’ It’s hard to fathom what possesses Zuck’s PR team to conjure up these meme-worthy moments. But I’m not here to discourage or pooh-pooh at his efforts. Nay, instead I’d love for him to make this an annual affair, and raise the bar each year....

Opel introduced its new EV with a teaser video on April 20, 2021, and it’s exciting! Typically I’m not really a huge fan of Opel, its cars are a bit conservative for my taste. I have to admit, though, that with this blend of tradition and innovation, well, I’m sold. The traditional proportions of Opel’s new EV instantly recall the classic coupe of 1970, only now it’s equipped with a powerful electric motor....

Perhaps most notably, Edge now has a password generator and monitor, helping you keep your accounts safe from hackers and making sure you’re not using the same login information for every website. The browser will automatically suggest a password when you sign up for a new account or change an old password, and the new safety monitor will let you know if your login information has been found on the shady parts of the internet....

The Seattle-based tech giant said that this deal will allow them to “leverage its technical innovations to develop and deliver advanced AI solutions for our customers, as well as create new solutions that harness the amazing power of advanced natural language generation.” This means the company will be able to use GPT-3 in consumer-facing products such as Office, Windows, and Teams. [Read: Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked] What this also means is that Microsoft is getting some extra access to the GPT-3 model itself, while others will have to resort to using OpenAI’s API for all their use cases....

I don’t mean to use that term lightly – if Microsoft is to be believed, this machine should see you enjoying a top-notch gaming experience several years into the future. The company says its next console will deliver a 40x performance increase compared to the current-gen Xbox, and promised reduced load times. That’s thanks to a bunch of new components under the hood, including a custom CPU that builds on AMD’s Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA architecture, SSD storage, and GDDR6 memory....

According to reports, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse is going to unveil plans for the British marque this week. The headline: that Mini will be an electric only carmaker from 2030. Source familiar with the matter say that Mini will introduce its last combustion engine vehicle in 2025. Then, from 2030, when the UK will have banned the sale of new combustion engine cars, Mini will only sell electric. This will no doubt encourage drivers in other locales where gasoline cars won’t be banned to make the switch to electric power — assuming they’re keen to stay loyal to the brand....

The box-like device emits wireless signals that bounce off human bodies before returning to the system. Algorithms then analyze changes in the signals to infer the person’s breathing rate, sleep patterns, and movements. The system, named Emerald, was developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). The researchers initially envisioned using Emerald to detect and monitor chronic diseases, but the coronavirus outbreak has given it a new purpose....