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The catalog includes shows such as The Mandalorian, Diary of a Future President, Marvel’s Hero Project, and The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Hotstar’s Android and iOS apps (as well as the website) have since been updated with a new logo and branding. The new description on the App Store and Play store reads: Right now, any premium user of Hotstar can access these shows and content. But it’s not clear if the subscription structure will change after the launch....

Using glue to fix something that’s broken is often a do-or-die proposition. You line up your exposed pieces; and in a matter of seconds, try to apply just the right amount of glue quickly, press everything together and…pray it works when you’re done. With the number of ways gluing can go wrong, it’s an inexact science, at best. That’s why the creators of Bondic have come up with a truly groundbreaking way of replacing glue with actual liquid plastic that only solidifies into place when you decide you’re ready....

On the surface, this thought experiment is interesting because it asks if artificial intelligence is intrinsically hyped. That is, is the word alone enough to get us in trouble? This was the focus of a recent Wall Street Journal article where columnist Christopher Mims asks experts in artificial intelligence whether the name alone produces confusion and hype? Mims quotes Melanie Mitchell, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute, who quips, “What would the world be like if it [AI] was called that [complex information processing] instead?...

Yesterday, Electrek reader Matt Crowley shared some snaps with the EV magazine of a Tesla Model S, that had a roof-mounted rig with a bunch of non-standard Tesla sensors on it — including what looks like LiDAR. But it’s unlikely that the company will introduce the tech to its vehicles — let me explain. [Read: This new radar lets cars see around corners] The mystery sensor rig One of the most interesting things with this sensor rig is the placement of Tesla’s conventional sensors....

The introduction of these aerial craft into cities will require the built environment to change dramatically. Drones and other new aerial vehicles will require landing pads, charging points, and drone ports. They could usher in new styles of building, and lead to more sustainable design. My research explores the impact of aerial vehicles on urban design, mapping out possible future trajectories. An aerial age Already, civilian drones can vary widely in size and complexity....

That turned out to be arguably the most costly tweet of all time. Not only did Musk and Tesla each have to pay $20 million in civil penalties, but the SEC’s security fraud settlement also demanded that he step down as the company’s chairman for at least three years. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2018 In an apparent response to being punished for cracking wise about high-powered business shit, Musk quickly notified the SEC that he’d be soon purchase an equivalent $20 million worth of company stock directly from Tesla....

The company has big plans to augment humans with AI (and who knows, maybe even upload our consciousness into a digital ether), but one of the first applications it has envisioned is a way to let people control their iPhones with their mind. It’s currently developing tiny processors that will connect to your brain via tiny threads significantly thinner than human hair (about 4 to 6 μm in width). These sensors will fit on the surface of your skull and then relay information to a wearable computer that sits behind your external ear (shown at the top of this article), called The Link....

Currently, the company is working on engine designs. It has tested a single raptor engine with a prototype vehicle called Starhopper this year. Now, it’s building a triple raptor engine (Mk1) in order to take the vehicle 20km off the ground. Plus, SpaceX is building the second engine prototype, Mk3, at its facility in Florida; construction of the third prototype (Mk3) will begin in Boca Chica, Texas, in a month....

Before we dive into that, I’ve got an announcement. Nay, a proclamation: every supermarket needs an Apple Watch app. This is the word, and the word is good. Let me explain. [Read: Why AI is the future of home security] I’ve written about it here, but because I wear my Apple Watch around 23 hours a day, it’s consistently telling me what to do. This involves getting me to breathe, stand up, or exercise....

Only, he didn’t take the fight to Facebook as you’d expect. Instead, over a period of hours, he engaged in a back-and-forth with numerous people on Twitter. — Yann LeCun (@ylecun) March 12, 2021 Can we just stop for a moment and appreciate that, on a random Thursday in March, the father of Facebook’s AI program gets on Twitter to argue about a piece from journalist Karen Hao, an AI reporter for MIT’s Technology Review?...

The team connected high-density electrocorticography (ECoG) arrays to three epilepsy patients’ brains to record brain activity. Then it asked these patients simple questions, and asked them to answer aloud. Researchers said the algorithm recorded the brain activity while patients spoke. They noted the model decoded these words with accuracy as high as 76 percent. Facebook said it doesn’t expect this system to be available anytime soon, but it could soon make interaction with AR and VR hardware very easy: Earlier this month, Elon Musk’s Neuralink also announced a project that will let you control your iPhone via a device attached to your brain....

The feature, spotted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, asks you to take a video selfie and turn your head from side to side in order to verify that you’re not a bot. It asks me to look at several directions within the circle It explicitly states no one else will see the video selfie and will be deleted 30 days after the confirmation pic.twitter.com/296bGRDyYZ — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) November 5, 2019 There’s no word on when this feature will roll out, or when it’ll be used....

The acknowledgement comes weeks after US Democratic senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal urged the social media giant to prioritize children’s privacy and safety online. “We are in regular contact with the FTC on many issues and products, including Messenger Kids,” Facebook Vice President Kevin Martin wrote in a response to the lawmakers, describing the flaw as a “technical error.” Messenger Kids is billed as a safe haven for kids 13 and under, and a way for them to use the chat app without parental fears of exposing them to strangers....

Instead there are now just two main types of groups: Public and Private. Public groups can be joined by anyone and are searchable by anyone. Private groups require permission to access. Whether such groups can be found through a search is now controlled through a ‘visibility’ setting. In effect, you can have the same kind of access settings as before, but the change should provide users with more clarity about who can read their posts: Facebook also provided an update on how it uses AI to detect content that violates community guidelines – sometimes before anyone has even seen it....

The feature, which is launching in the US to start, will be available in the Community Help hub on the Facebook app. It can be accessed by typing ‘Community Help’ into Facebook’s search bar, then clicking on ‘Request or Offer Help’ and ‘Create Drive.’ You’ll then be able to fill out a form with information such as the type and number of items you want to collect. Once created, you and others can see a tracker with how many items are left to collect....

However, those were nothing compared to the last few weeks. The Facebook papers — a set of leaked internal documents of the company — have revealed shocking things about how the firm thinks about young users, developing countries, and hateful content on its platform. Last night, Frances Haugen, the whistleblower who has provided all these documents to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), said in her first public address in weeks that Mark Zuckerberg should step down....

According to a report from The Verge, the social network is commencing this project, called Pronunciations, with its ViewPoints Research app. Notably, ViewPoints is the same app Facebook launched to reward people to take social media surveys. [Read: Microsoft is rolling out beautiful new Windows 10 icons] The report also notes the monetary reward is minuscule. For each recording, you’ll earn 200 points, and you can redeem 1000 points for $5....

Richard Castro, of Windermere (Florida), pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute three controlled substances – carfentanil, phenyl fentanyl, and fentanyl. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years behind bars and a maximum sentence of life in prison. He also pled guilty to one count of money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison....

Google — the owner of Fitbit — declared that the FDA authorized the use of its new PPG (photoplethysmography) algorithm. This is used to identify atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heart rhythm. The reason monitoring for this condition (which impacts almost 33.5 million people across the globe) in the background is important is down its toughness to detect. The new feature, named Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications, tests users continuously, as the best way to discover the condition is at night or during rest....

(Or these companies are just preparing for imminent pressure from governments. Either way, I’ll take it.) Surface devices have been notoriously difficult to repair in the past. Microsoft has made some positive changes in the last few years — the original Surface Laptop got a 0/10 on iFixit’s repairability scale, while the Surface Laptop 3 scored a 5/10 — but it can still be difficult for even enthusiasts to manage some repairs....