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AI, George Carlin and the lawsuit
Creators face a new risk: their work being copied by AI without permission or pay.
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Weekend update: Eclipse info, email warning, hot new job
Spring has sprung, and I don’t know about you, but I’m gearing up for a big weekend of hiking and biking! Before you clock out for the week, I’ve got three things to put on your weekend radar.
The solar eclipse is on Monday, and NASA has a great interactive map to help make sure you’re in the right place at the right time. Don’t worry if you’re not dead center in the path of totality; you’ll still get a pretty good view of the action.
🌍 Tech tremors: A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan briefly shut down the world’s largest chipmaker, TSMC. The quake killed nine, injured over 900, and sparked supply-chain paranoia from cars to smartphones. News sites are buzzing with clickbait about how this event will cause a chip shortage. TSMC is already up and running again, though, with minimal damage.
3 metric tons is the weight of the world’s largest camera
Why so massive? It’s built for photographing space. The 3,200-megapixel camera will be attached to a telescope and has a lens five feet in diameter. Displaying the images at full size will take hundreds of ultra-high-definition TVs.
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I watched one episode of “Is it Cake?” on Netflix. Spoiler: Everything is cake, and it’s totally not for me. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s completely wrecked my streaming recommendations — and I’m guessing yours aren’t much better.
Hold onto your buds: Spotify is officially charging for audiobooks. Starting “later this year,” you’ll pay up to $2 more a month to stream stories. And their new “basic tier” will cost $10.99 monthly for music and podcasts alone. Dang … Everywhere you turn, it’s a buck or more a month. Check your subscriptions for increases with what I use — Rocket Money.
Memory master: Microsoft Edge will soon let you control your browser’s RAM usage with a slider ranging from 1GB to 16GB. For now, the feature’s in beta. Smart idea … but it’s still Edge.
🌿 Say aloe to my friends: When your plants are stressed, they pop and click in ultrasonic frequencies way beyond our hearing range. They even scream — just not in a way we can hear. If you really screwed up with them, they throw a full-blown tantrum, complete with changing their color and shape and emitting a special scent. Remember that next time you ignore your Ficus.
Buyer beware: A California woman bought hemorrhoid ointment from Facebook — and died after it poisoned her. Tests found “Cao Boi Tri Cay Thau Dau,” mailed from Vietnam, contained a lethal 4% lead. Don’t buy anything related to your health on social media, period.