Roku to cut 10% workforce, curb hiring
Video streaming company Roku said on Wednesday it will reduce its workforce by about 10% and limit new
2023-09-06 18:23
Baldur's Gate 3 patch 3 update delayed by a day
'Baldur's Gate 3' is getting a bigger than expected update on September 22.
2023-09-21 19:24
Woman captures herself sleep talking about work meetings
A woman has left TikTok users in hysterics after seemingly putting in overtime as she sleeps. Sabrina (@sabrinalodd) took to the platform with a screen recording of an app that monitors sleep quality. It tells users how many times they woke up in the night, and how many hours of rest they had. It also reveals whether a person sleep talks. In the clip that's racked up almost half a million views, Sabrina can be heard speaking about work. "So, let me know if you need anything and, yeah, have a great day," she says at around 1.49am. A few hours later, the TikToker goes back into work mode, saying: "Oh, hi. OK, have a great day everybody." In the last snippet at 3.41am, Sabrina politely signs off an imaginary Zoom meeting, telling everyone "thank you." @sabrinalodd client service voice and all? Inevitably, the TikTok was flooded with comments from fellow users who found Sabrina's upload hilarious. "This is literally working overtime," one person wrote, while another added: "Touch basing in ur sleep." A third joked that Sabrina deserved a bonus "because you're sleeping and still on the clock." It didn't take long for some users to share their own experience with sleep talking. One person shared: "My mom woke me up in the middle of the night once and my response was 'how can I help you?'" Another wrote: "I’ll never forget my ex waked me up to tell me I asked him if he needed a receipt in my sleep" Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-05 20:50
UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies
British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta
2023-09-20 21:48
Voting machine companies use cybersecurity stress tests to take on conspiracy theorists
Major US voting equipment manufacturers are enlisting cybersecurity experts to provide additional stress-tests of their systems as the 2024 election looms and misinformation remains rife with American voters.
2023-09-21 06:57
Grab the new Apple Watch Magnetic Fast Charger to juice up your new smartwatch
SAVE $8: The Apple Watch Magnetic Fast Charger is on sale for $21.99 at Woot!
2023-09-16 01:20
Boldyn Networks and ASM Global Redefine the Connected Fan Experience with State-of-the-Art Converged Network at Cowtown Coliseum, Featuring 5G DAS, Private CBRS Network, and Wi-Fi 6E
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2023-09-19 23:28
Meta’s Pricey Bet on AI Comes With New Custom Chips, Coder Tools
In Meta Platforms Inc.’s year of cost cutting and layoffs, there’s one area that’s seeing record spending: an
2023-05-19 00:29
Lian Li Stuck LCDs in the Middle of Its PC Case Fans, Because Someone Had To
You can always count on Computex, Taiwan's annual mecca for PC enthusiasts, to deliver mind-blowing
2023-06-03 10:28
Scientists find that AI can read thoughts from monitoring your brain activity
Scientists have revealed they had found a way to combine the technology of brain scans and artificial intelligence to transcribe “the gist” of people’s thoughts. Alex Huth, an assistant professor of neuroscience and computing science at the University of Texas at Austin, and a co-author on the new study published in Nature Neuroscience, said that ‘this is a real leap forward.’ The study was led by Huth and Jerry Tang, a doctoral student in computer science. The main development from this study is that it’s non-invasive. This means that subjects do not require surgical implants. Instead, brain activity is measured using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter In the study, individuals listened to hours of podcasts in the scanner. Then, given the participant’s consent to have their thoughts decoded, they listened to a new story and the machine-generated corresponding texts from brain activity. It’s not a word-for-word transcript. For example, when an individual heard the phrase ‘I don’t have my driver’s licence yet’, the model decoded the individual’s thoughts to read as ‘she has not even started to learn to drive yet.’ Even when participants thought up their own stories, the machine was able to decode their thoughts still. Tang acknowledged that the advancements made in the study had the potential for negative aftermath. Tang said, ‘we take very seriously the concerns that it could be used for bad purposes and have worked to avoid that.’ They ran tests that highlighted that unless the machine had been trained on an individual’s particular brain activity, it could not decode its thoughts. An individual had to allow for the machine to train their brain activity over a long period of time inside a fMRI scanner for it to work. Researchers also found that it was easy to ‘sabotage’ the machine. Three participants were told to tell a different story in their mind, or count by seven, while listening to one of the podcasts. The study highlights even more development with artificial intelligence, after the popularity of OpenAI’s Chat GPT has sparked debate around the potential of AI. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-20 00:30
Ubisoft's chief people officer steps down after two and a half years
Ubisoft's chief people officer has stepped down after two-and-a-half years to pursue new opportunities.
2023-11-01 21:29
When is the Next Fortnite World Cup?
The next Fortnite World Cup, known as the FNCS Global Championship 2023, begins on Oct. 13 in front of a live audience in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2023-09-25 23:47
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