Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the furthest thing from a Luddite technophobe we can imagine, but he has nonetheless raised some very legitimate worries about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The Washington Post this week pointed out another fascinating tidbit from Ashlee Vance’s upcoming book on Musk’s life and career in which it’s revealed that Musk is particularly worried about what the company run by his friend Larry Page is working on.
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15 years ago, the reality TV craze took off in America and many people assumed that quality television programming was doomed to extinction. The reasons for this were simple: Reality shows were very cheap to produce and were hugely profitable for the major networks. After all, why bother paying professional writers when some gap-toothed goober from Chigger Creek, Texas would happily stuff fistfuls of maggots into his mouth for relative pennies? However, ever since Survivor and Big Brother made reality TV a major force in the entertainment world, something unexpected has happened: Quality scripted TV has gotten bigger, better and more ambitious than ever.
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On Friday afternoon, 9to5Mac shared a leaked internal document from Apple which indicates that several classic devices will become obsolete on June 9th. For those of you who aren’t aware, Apple eventually stops offering support for its older devices through its retail stores and approved service providers within 5-7 years after manufacturing has been discontinued.
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Emojis are used for just about everything these days, from staying in touch with friends and family, or even interacting with pizza delivery services. But what would emojis look like in real life? That’s apparently a question whose answer the Women’s Tennis Association is looking for, as it recently decided to employ some of the best tennis players in the circuit to find out.
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Ever since temporarily losing its grasp on the top spot over the holidays, the PlayStation 4 has been the console to beat in 2015. With a few huge exclusive releases early in the year, such as The Order: 1886, Bloodborne and MLB 15: The Show, it looked like Sony was going to run away with the first half of 2015… which is why the NPD results from April are especially shocking.
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Apple’s newest product still isn’t available in Apple retail stores even though the smartwatch officially launched almost a month ago, but it can be ordered from Apple’s online site in various markets. A variety of factors may have prevented Apple from making enough Apple Watch units for a proper launch, including yield issues with a critical Watch component, increased demand, and a suspected conservative launch approach. However, one major Apple supplier recently hinted that Apple Watch production issues may have been fixed, suggesting stock will improve in the near future.
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During a recent NBA playoffs game pitting the Washington Wizards against the Atlanta Hawks, a kiss cam camera at Philips Arena focused in on one couple who were only too happy to oblige a crowd eager to see them kiss.
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Every week, a landslide of video game trailers hit the Internet, hyping up the games that have just been released, the games that are about to be released and even the games that don’t have release dates. It can be a bit overwhelming to keep up with all of them, which is why we’ve decided to collect our favorites into a single post.
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Many companies are already working on a variety of virtual reality projects and the future certainly looks bright for the technology. Oculus Rift, Valve, Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Google and many others are already contemplating various ways of bringing VR experiences to our lives, but one company is ready to take things even further and offer users an amazing virtual reality experience: An amusement park where VR gaming will be taken to a whole new level.
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The Apple Watch is a great device for a lot of things, most notably fitness. Just like other smartwatches and fitness bands, the Watch can measure your heart rate and record fitness sessions, relaying all the data back to the iPhone and the other health-related apps you have installed. In fact, it turns out the Apple Watch has a highly accurate heart rate sensor, making it a great tool to quickly measure heart performance.
And data from one health app reveals the Watch’s key health features are already changing for the better the lives of people who’re using them to better monitor their health.
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