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⋅ September 28, 2024
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The Verge

Nintendo’s shiny new museum needs more dirt
The Verge
The inspiration for Nintendo’s new museum came, at least in part, from an ongoing irritation for Shigeru Miyamoto. At a certain point every year, the Super Mario creator does a presentation for the hundred or so new staff that have joined the company.
CBS News

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max: Great for photos, but is it worth it? Hands-on review
CBS News
This smartphone is designed to be a high-performance communications device that can also serve as a productivity, entertainment, health/fitness and safety tool, as well as a powerful still image and video camera.
Smithsonian

Extinct Volcanoes May Be an Untapped Source of Rare Metals
Smithsonian
“We have never seen an iron-rich magma erupt from an active volcano,” Michael Anenburg, a geochemist at the Australian National University and an author of the study, says in a statement. “But we know some extinct volcanoes, which are millions of years old …
BBC News

Microsoft re-launches ‘privacy nightmare’ AI screenshot tool
BBC News
The controversy over Recall had led the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data watchdog, to “make enquiries” with the tech giant about the tool. It said it had now been informed …
BBC News

Microsoft re-launches ‘privacy nightmare’ AI screenshot tool
BBC News
It now plans to relaunch the artificial intelligence (AI) powered tool in November on its new CoPilot+ computers. Some of its more controversial features have been stripped out – for example, it will be opt …
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Ancient Sunken Seafloor Reveals Earth’s Deep Secrets
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
UMD geologists discover a mysterious subduction zone deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, reshaping our understanding of Earth’s interior. . A map of the East Pacific Rise region where the discovery of an ancient seafloor was made. Credit: Jingchuan Wang.
Business Standard

Tech wrap Sep 27: Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy Tab S10 series, and more
Business Standard
Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE, a new addition to its flagship Galaxy S-series smartphones. The 2024 Fan Edition model features several upgrades, including a large display, a high-capacity battery, and IP68 dust and water resistance. It is powered …
Space Explored

Blue Origin static fires its first piece of New Glen flight hardware
Space Explored
NG-1 will now fly a tech demo of the company’s Blue Ring project, an in-orbit transfer, hosting, or rideshare platform. It’s kind of like a much larger version of Rocket Lab’s kick stage/Photon but in one. NG-1’s new launch date is set for November, which, …
Hindustan Times

Why Google paid $2.7 billion to rehire 48-year-old AI genius Noam Shazeer
Hindustan Times
The 48-year-old software engineer was hired by Google in 2000 and he left the company in 2021 after it refused his request to release a chat bot that he had developed with a colleague Daniel De Freitas, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Beckman Institute

Automatic speech recognition learned to understand people with Parkinson’s disease — by listening to them
Beckman Institute
Listening to people with Parkinson’s disease made an automatic speech recognizer 30% more accurate, according to initial findings from the Speech Accessibility Project. Speech recordings used in the study are freely available to organizations looking …