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Netflix is turning to print to promote its shows
Netflix is using a tactic far removed from the nature of its service to make the best of its movies and TV series stand out. Not in the eyes of ordinary viewers, though, but in the eyes of award show voters. According to Bloomberg, the streaming serv… …read more
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Apple adds more suppliers to its clean energy program
Apple has convinced a lot more suppliers to run their production for the tech giant’s orders on 100 percent clean energy. Cupertino launched its Supplier Clean Energy Program with only 22 participants — now, the company has announced that it was abl… …read more
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Hulu orders a Theranos miniseries from Kate McKinnon
If HBO’s Theranos documentary didn’t satisfy your curiosity, you might be in luck. Deadline and Variety have learned that Hulu is ordering The Dropout, a miniseries about the rise and fall of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. The show woul… …read more
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Recycling robot can sort paper and plastic by touch
It can be a pain for workers to sort recycling, both because of the safety and the sheer monotony of it. But how do you get robots to do the job when they can’t always tell the difference between a can and a cardboard tube? For MIT CSAIL, it’s simple… …read more
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Childish Gambino’s ‘Guava Island’ movie comes to Amazon this weekend
Donald Glover already has something special planned with Google’s Pixel 3 to go with his performance at Coachella this weekend, but he’s not stopping there tie-ins. After his set ends on Saturday morning (he’s scheduled to take the stage at 2:25 AM E… …read more
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Ford CEO says the company ‘overestimated’ self-driving cars
Ford CEO Jim Hackett scaled back hopes about the company’s plans for self-driving cars this week, admitting that the first vehicles will have limits. “We overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles,” said Hackett, who once headed the company’s a… …read more
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The ‘Chef’s Table’ team is making non-fiction shows for Disney+
Disney+ won’t focus solely on telling fictional stories inside the media behemoth’s many, many properties. The company has signed a two-year deal that will have Supper Club, the creators of Chef’s Table, creating non-fiction streaming shows based ar… …read more
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Self-healing space suits among 18 ideas to receive NASA funding
It once required an open mind and an active imagination to believe we could launch humans into space. Now, we take human space flight for granted, but we still need that out-of-the-box thinking to push the boundaries of exploration in this solar syst… …read more
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Senate bill would make tech companies test algorithms for bias
It’s well established that algorithms can exhibit bias, however inadvertently, and a trio of US politicians believe they can do something about it. Senators Cory Booker, Yvette Clarke and Ron Wyden have introduced an Algorithmic Accountability Act t… …read more
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Take a peek at Infiniti’s ‘Qs Inspiration’ EV concept
You’ll be hard pressed to find an established automaker these days that isn’t rushing to tap into the growing EV market and Infiniti is no different. The company revealed its Qs Inspiration concept EV sport sedan on Wednesday to serve as a glimpse in… …read more
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