UnknowingFool and scores of other readers have shared this report: Fry’s Electronics, the decades-old superstore chain with locations in nine American states, appears to have gone defunct. Bay Area TV station KRON-4 was the first press outlet to confirm the news late Tuesday, saying that Fry’s will shut down all 30 of its American locations. The retailer will reportedly make an…
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OpenAI’s New Language Generator GPT-3 is Shockingly Good — and Completely Mindless
“Playing with GPT-3 feels like seeing the future,” Arram Sabeti, a San Francisco-based developer and artist, tweeted last week. That pretty much sums up the response on social media in the last few days to OpenAI’s latest language-generating AI. From a report: OpenAI first described GPT-3 in a research paper published in May. But last week it began drip-feeding the software…
Everything Cops Say About Amazon’s Ring Is Scripted Or Approved By Ring
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Amazon’s home security company Ring has garnered enormous control over the ways in which its law enforcement partners are allowed to portray its products, going as far as to review and even author statements attributed to police in the press, according to emails and documents obtained by Gizmodo. This summer, Ring even urged…
It Sure Seems Like the Trump Administration Is Suppressing Reports of Climate Change at USGS
Trump administration officials are removing references to climate change from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) press releases, according to a ClimateWire report. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65890-federal-government-trump-climate-censorship.html
Gut Bacteria-Autism Link May Just Be Misinterpreted Data From a Confusing GUI
Remember that mouse study which concluded gut bacteria may contribute to autism symptoms? Jon Brock, a cognitive scientist with 18 years research experience on neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, has posted a Medium post summarizing new critiques of the research emerging online. (For example, from Professor Thomas Lumley, a statistical researcher who has concluded that the study’s analysis “is wrong,” and “arguably…
Apple Executive Dismisses Google CEO’s Criticism Over Turning Privacy Into a ‘Luxury Good’
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently said that “privacy cannot be a luxury good offered only to people who can afford to buy premium products and services,” a comment that some viewed as a dig at Apple. Well, Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, says he doesn’t “buy into” the criticism that Apple is turning privacy into a luxury good. From a report:…
TurboTax Is Using A ‘Military Discount’ to Trick Troops Into Paying to File Their Taxes
“Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, created and promoted a ‘military discount’ that charges service members who are eligible to file for free,” reports ProPublica, in a story co-published with The Military Times: In patriotism-drenched promotions, press releases and tweets, TurboTax promotes special deals for military service members, promising to help them file their taxes online for free or at a discount….