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• Google launches DeepMind 2, a pharmaceutical hullabaloo

  05-11-2021 21:26 via thenextweb.com
  
  Alphabet (the umbrella corp that owns Google and DeepMind) just launched Isomorphic Labs (IL). According to the new company’s blog, it’s “reimagining the entire drug discovery process from first principles with an AI-first approach.” In other words: The CEO of DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, is going to run a drug-discovery spinoff. Up front: This seems like a really good thing. DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 has supposedly revolutionized how researchers study protein structures
  
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• Why everyone is talking about ‘green steel’ at COP26

  05-11-2021 17:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  Among the rhetoric of climate change bingo and platitudes, there’s a term I’ve been hearing a lot at COP26 this week — green steel. But what is it, why does it matter, and what does it actually mean for us, the consumers and end-users?  The global steel industry is one of the world’s largest emitters of carbon dioxide, representing approximately 7% of global CO2 emissions. Demand for fossil-free steel is growing substantially with solid interest from global market l
  
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• Can your car tell you what it needs? Porsche thinks so

  05-11-2021 15:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Wouldn’t it be great if your car would know when it needs service, before a serious issue occurs? Or warn you about hazardous road conditions before you encounter them? Porsche seems to think so. The company is introducing new “digital twin” technology in its electric Taycan which goes way beyond the flashing engine lights of yore. Wait a minute — what’s a digital twin? Basically, a digital twin is a virtual simulation of a physical asset — whi
  
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• Take advantage of Pre-Black Friday savings on this 4K drone

  05-11-2021 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Drone development is evolving quickly and at the cutting edge of global intelligence-gathering approaches, but you don’t need to be in the spy business to explore the world with these innovative devices. There are several products to choose from that can enable users of all ages to enhance their ability to see things from a new perspective. Whether you’re searching for fresh ways to collect videos or photos, or you simply want to see the world from a bird’s-eye view,
  
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• Microsoft Excel is still the data analytics gold standard. The pre-Black Friday sale can teach you fast.

  05-11-2021 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: The Ultimate 2022 Pivot Tables and Dashboard in Excel Bundle brings all the pro tips of hardcore data analysis to any user for just $16.99.  Anybody can plunk some numbers into a rudimentary spreadsheet. That doesn’t mean you’re somehow now a Microsoft Excel expert. Not quite. That heritage business software has been around for decades because it’s incredibly versatile, but if you don’t understand some of the basics, then the true subtle power of Excel is lost
  
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• Jabba the Hutt inspires human-style eyes for robots

  05-11-2021 14:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  In humanoid robots, artificial eyes are often referred to as dolls’ eyes because they are made from glass or acrylic. This is a problem as their pupils don’t respond like living human eyes do. Pupils are important as they emit visual signals that we subconsciously interpret as emotions and understanding. For many scientists working in robotics, replicating human qualities is an important part of our work. To that end, my research is the first to create robotic eyes that react to bot
  
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• Being a witch on TikTok seems just as controversial as it was in the 16th century

  05-11-2021 13:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s 1.30 am, and I’m about to watch a duel between magicians. One is a “demonolater”, a word I have never heard before, someone who claims they worship demons and can petition them in return for knowledge or power. The other describes themselves as a “Solomonic magician”, and claims to be able to command demons to do his bidding, as some Jewish and Islamic traditions have believed of King Solomon, who ruled Israel in the 10th century BC. I first discovered t
  
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