skills
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Can You Guess a Movie Based on a Single Frame?
I used to be someone who started every morning with Wordle and all its spin-offs. I mastered how to play four, even eight Wordles, but a few weeks ago I went about my morning routine — a run, coffee, and work — and simply didn’t feel the need. Not even the Gay Wordle. (Happy Pride.)
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Boston Dynamics Is Hoping Robot Dogs Are Less Creepy While Fighting Fire
“Spot,” the nascent Terminator on four legs invented by Skynet, er, I mean, Boston Dynamics, has landed its next public safety gig: firefighter.
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The FTC Has Banned a Stalkerware Firm and Its CEO, Signalling a Crackdown on the Industry
For years, civil liberties advocates have criticised so-called “stalkerware” firms, an odious subset of the surveillance industry that sells products specifically designed to invade people’s lives and spy on them. As multiple reports have shown, such products are frequently used by abusers and stalkers to commit gross privacy violations against their victims.
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These Microscopic Maps of 3D-Printed Metals Look Like Art. They May Be a Glimpse of the Future
To the untrained eye, the following colourful images might look like art, but they’re actually something unexpected: science. These are maps of metals such as titanium, nickel, and steel created using an electron microscope.