During Thursday’s Bloomberg Tech Summit, Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd disturbed dating folx everywhere when she said AI personas — or avatars of Bumble users — would be the next wave of dating. The interview had started off well enough. “Loneliness is on the rise — it is actually one of the biggest issues humanity is facing,” Herd said. “I mean, according to the surgeon general and top doctors, loneliness is actually killing us. And social media, while it has its...
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Apple has rejected the idea of making touchscreen Macs for well over a decade now, but a recent remark by a senior company exec did appear to at least open the door to the possibility of a change of heart. Mac and iPad marketing VP Tom Boger recently responded to a question on the topic by initially appearing to stick to the usual line – but added “I can’t say we never change our mind” more
Here on Earth, as well as elsewhere throughout the Universe, a tremendous variety of naturally occurring elements can be found. More than 90 species of atoms — from hydrogen up through plutonium — have been detected in various environments, but astrophysically, very few events are capable of creating the heaviest elements of all. Where did these heavy elements, including silver, iodine, tungsten, platinum, gold, mercury, uranium, and more, ultimately come from? For all of the 20th century and...
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One by one, his children told their father about the abuses inflicted upon them by their mother. They told of bloody noses, throws down stairwells and against walls, slapping, punches, yelling – 2 1/2 hours of them venting non-stop during an impromptu family meeting in June 2019. The children, with the youngest in their mid-teens, […]
Sean Carroll, a physicist at Johns Hopkins University, spoke at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York, in an event presented by New York City's Secret Science Club. He talked about quantum field theory, which is now considered the definitive explanation of what reality is made of. — Read the rest
Vodafone Idea earmarked INR500 billion ($6 billion) to INR550 billion in capex over next three years to launch 5G in key cities and expand 4G population coverage in 17 areas following securing funding from major investors.
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