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Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars - Creators
Is it a silly prank, a Pagan ritual, or a genius discovery about the next era of mass transit? In a picture posted to Flickr by artist James Bridle--known for coining the term, "New Aesthetic"--a car is sitting in the middle of a parking lot has been surrounded by a magic salt circle. In the language of road markings, the dotted white lines on the outside say, "Come On In," but the solid white line on the inside says, "Do Not Cross." To the car's built-in cameras, these are indomitable laws of magic: Petrificus Totalus for autonomous automobiles. Captioned simply, "Autonomous Trap 001," the scene evokes a world of narratives involving the much-hyped technology of self-driving cars.
Apple release 'Clips', a Snapchat-like app that could signal its augmented reality ambitions
Apple has released a new app, called Clips, that might have secretly signalled its future ambitions. The app sounds like a piece of fun, and Apple describes it as intended to make it "quick and fun for anyone to create expressive videos on iPhone and iPad". It does that by combining photos and videos into video clips, and letting people share them on Facebook, Instagram or any other social network. But the major feature is what it calls "Live Titles", which are described as "a breakthrough feature that lets users create animated captions and titles using just their voice". "Fun effects including comic book filters, speech bubbles, shapes and full-screen animated posters help bring out the personality in videos made with Clips," a press release reads. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.
Apple releases iPhone 7 in new, red colour alongside update iPad Pro and new apps
Apple has released the iPhone in red, a brand new colour for its handsets. The special edition phone will help benefit (PRODUCT)RED, the AIDS charity. Apple has worked with the charity a number of times in the past, creating red products and supporting it in a range of different ways. It was unveiled alongside an update version of the smaller iPad Pro, and the removal of the old iPad Air. That tablet features a brighter display and improved performance, as well as being sold at an even cheaper price.
Tens of millions of hacked Gmail and Yahoo email accounts are being sold on the dark web
Over 25 million Gmail and Yahoo accounts are being sold online, according to a new report. According to HackRead, SunTzu583 is asking for $450 for 21,800,969 Gmail accounts, 75% of which supposedly contain decrypted passwords, with the remaining 25% hashed. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar ...
Netflix Is Using AI to Conquer the World... and Bandwidth Issues -- The Motley Fool
In early 2016, streaming giant Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) announced that it had rolled out its service to 190 countries around the world. As the top provider of streaming content in the U.S., one of the biggest questions regarding the company's ability to succeed elsewhere was the issue of bandwidth. With slower internet speeds in many countries, would streaming performance suffer as a result? With worldwide growth at stake, this was a question that the company needed to answer. Turns out Netflix has a variety of tools it uses to navigate markets with underdeveloped bandwidth.
Trump and Bannon attack the 1% to disguise the fact that they are card-carrying members of it
To understand the war on the global elites that Steve Bannon and Donald Trump claim to have unleashed, think of an epic battle between Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor. The fabulously wealthy corporate titan and criminal mastermind, Luthor is motivated by self-enrichment and megalomania. Originally drawn as a man with a full head of red hair, Luthor's hatred of Superman and Batman may lay partly in a complicated hair story variously interpreted as an artistic mistake, Superboy's fault, or merely male pattern baldness. As a child he was either an abused boy growing up in poverty and bootstrapping his way to wealth, or as the resentful son of a wealthy and domineering father. Luthor blames Superman for his failures to help humankind and the chances he has passed up to do the right thing.
Apple Store down, signalling that new iPhone 7 and SE could be released alongside iPads
The Apple Store has gone down, probably signalling new iPhones are on the way. It's not possible to buy anything from Apple online at the moment. And while that might just be because the store is being updated, it's far more likely that it signals new products are about to drop. That could include an updated iPhone 7, potentially in a new red colour, as well as an iPhone SE. The latter phone currently packs the iPhone 6s's insides into a smaller body – and so it's likely that the new phone could bring the updates that came with the iPhone 7 into a 5s package.
Mass Effect: Andromeda review: Satisfying space exploratory itches
A once green planet is burning in the black of space, its atmosphere corroding further with every cycle of the sun. The occupants are troubled, worried for their futures as nations divide. Some are ruled over by a furious orange-skinned despot, others by an imperious ice queen. An imbalance has developed that could tear apart alliances that are already unstable. Oh, and on this planet, there's a new Mass Effect game being launched.
Pro-Donald Trump 4chan group reporting illegal US-Mexico border crossings 'using network of webcams'
The /pol/ - Politically Incorrect message board, which pro-Donald Trump, revealed the apparent move in a Twitter update, alongside screenshots supposedly showing off webcam footage. "How did I just find out that we can watch the border and report illegals trying to cross from the comfort of our homes and/or basements," a 4chan user wrote in a post over the weekend. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE ...
Israeli drone crashes in Syria, circumstances unclear
JERUSALEM – The Israeli military has confirmed that a drone crashed in Syria earlier this week in unclear circumstances. In a statement, the military said the "Skylark" went down on Sunday and that the incident was being investigated. Tuesday's statement said there is "no risk of a breach of information." Hezbollah's media arm published photographs of what it said was a drone it had shot down after infiltrating Syrian airspace in the Golan Heights. Although Israel is not actively fighting in the Syrian civil war, it keeps close tabs on its enemies Iran and Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, which are both backing Syrian government forces.