The leaf blower parable

It’s autumn in North America, and that means that homeowners and contractors are busy removing suburban leaves. It’s almost impossible to avoid the deafening roar of gas-powered leaf blowers. Here’s what we know, without doubt: We also know that: The solution, if we’re serious, is to ban gas leaf blowers. The replacements will pay for […]
Microsoft's 'Project Volterra' Becomes an Arm-powered mini PC with 32GB of RAM – Slashdot

Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading! Nickname: Password: Nickname: Password: The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. (Preface: I am not a programmer or dev)The port of Windows to ARM…is it chock […]
DreamFusion: An AI that Generates 3D Models from Text – hackernoon.com

I explain Artificial Intelligence terms and news to non-experts.We’ve seen models before that were able to take a sentence and .We've also seen other by learning specific concepts like an object or particular style.Last week, Meta published the that I covered, which allows you to generate a short video also from a text sentence. The results aren’t perfect […]
Analysis | AI-Generated Art Sounds Alarming, But It Doesn't Have to Be – The Washington Post

Sign inJust a few months ago, the concept of using artificial intelligence to generate unique artwork seemed cutting-edge and futuristic. Pretty soon it will be as mundane as running a Google search.Microsoft Corp. announced this week that it was making the most of its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research outfit, and bringing that […]
This week: Jumia's CEOs step down – TechCabal

Image source: Techcabal This week, there’s quite a lot to catch up on in techThis week, Kuda ventures into new vistas, MTN says 👋🏾 to Afghanistan and Jumia leaders scramble to get off a sinking ship. Just another week’s happenings in tech? Pamela Tetteh Editor, TechCabal. While the Jumia ship suffers the turbulence of persistent […]
Revenue Intelligence 101: 6 Workflows To Boost Your Customer Success Team

Do you have complete visibility into deals, team performance, and market changes? Do you know what’s really happening in customer conversations with insights and guidance for every level of your org? If not, keep reading … especially if you work in Customer Success. This article will define Revenue Intelligence, share how it can be effective […]
How can we tell if a picture is AI-generated fake? – Australia Today

By Brendan Paul MurphyFake photography is nothing new. In the 1910s, British author Arthur Conan Doyle was famously deceived by two school-aged sisters who had produced photographs of elegant fairies cavorting in their garden.Today it is hard to believe these photos could have fooled anybody, but it was not until the 1980s an expert named […]
TikTok Provides Key Tips for Your Holiday Marketing Campaigns [Infographic]

Ensure your holiday marketing plans are on track with these tips from TikTok. source
Daily Crunch: FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried quits as crypto exchange files for bankruptcy – TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hoooo boy. As Alex would say: This week has been a long year. You just know it has been a pretty wild ride when Meta can lay off 13% of its staff, and […]
Pet insurance startups chase the market as pet ownership booms among Gen Z and millennials

Walk through any public park these days and you will see a hell of a lot more dogs than you might have three years ago. The loneliness of the pandemic lockdowns led to an explosion in pet ownership. Plus, The demographic of pet ownership has shifted. Whereas previously it was Granny or Grandpa who tended […]