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• Robots don’t care what Josh Hawley thinks about masculinity

  08-11-2021 23:16
  
  US Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, recently blamed the perceived loss of American masculinity on liberal ideologies, video games, and pornography. Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in Florida last week, Hawley asked the crowd: Still, can we be surprised that after years of being told they are the problem, that their manhood is the problem, more and more men are withdrawing into the enclave of idleness, and pornography, and video games? In the wake of his speech,
  
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• Rivian’s gender discrimination lawsuit reinforces a sad trend in the auto world

  08-11-2021 20:00
  
  Ahead of its anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on November 9, Rivian is facing a lawsuit by a former sales and marketing vice president for alleged gender discrimination, the Wall Street Journal reports.  The lawsuit was filed on Thursday and alleges that Laura Schwab, the former executive in question, got fired after reporting gender discrimination to the company’s HR department. In addition to that, Schwab filed a statement of claim with the American Arbitration Association
  
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• Startup harnesses self-supervised learning to tackle speech recognition biases

  08-11-2021 19:24
  
  Speech recognition systems struggle to understand African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In a 2020 study by Stanford University researchers, the software performed so poorly for AAVE that some leading systems made correct transcriptions for barely half the words spoken. The researchers speculated that the systems had a common flaw: “insufficient audio data from Black speakers when training the models.” A startup called Speechmatics has developed a technique that appears to redu
  
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• Watch: First-ever drag race between flying cars

  08-11-2021 18:05
  
  Back in June, Australian startup Alauda Racing unveiled its Airspeeder MK3. The company defines the aircraft as a full-sized remotely-operated electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL).  The Airspeeder though isn’t your average eVTOL — it’s a flying race car. On Thursday, Alauda set two Mk3s to fight against each other down a 300m drag strip over the deserts of  South Australia. And it’s a true battle of speed, with the aircraft reaching over 154km
  
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• A forensic analysis of Elon Musk’s Twitter poll on Tesla stock

  08-11-2021 17:07
  
  Elon Musk’s tweeting is causing controversy again. This time, the world’s richest person has pledged to sell 10% of his Tesla stock after… a Twitter poll. While billionaires don’t typically let tweets dictate their investment strategies, Musk has several motivations for his unusual approach. They range from slightly shady to risibly egotistical. Being a better billionaire Musk launched his poll amid rising anger about inequality. While COVID-19 has had a devastating imp
  
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• How the GoCarma app can change driver behaviour

  08-11-2021 16:22
  
  Carpooling is a great way to cut driving costs, reduce traffic, save time, and reduce stress. It also improves air qualityand lowers greenhouse gas emissions. Rates of traffic and parking congestionare reduced. Many states in the US use toll roads to encourage carpooling. Cars with over three people (technically known as high occupancy vehicles or HOVs) can then receive a discount of up to 50% off their toll during peak hours. The problem is that people cheat. But a company called Carma has sto
  
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• This Pre-Black Friday Sale on 10 top drones drops prices for almost all below $100

  08-11-2021 15:00
  
  TLDR: Check out 10 fantastic drone aircraft options for your holiday gift-giving, all at an extra 15 percent off right now. The number of commercial drones filling U.S. skies is expected to double by 2024, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. And that doesn’t even count all the recreational models as well, which are expected to push that number to about 3.5 million by the end of this year. This holiday you can add to that traffic jam in the sky thanks to these deals on 10 fan
  
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• Shopify vs. Wix: Which Platform Should You Use to Build Your Ecommerce Site?

  08-11-2021 15:00
  
  Are you looking at building an ecommerce site for your business? If so, you might be wondering which platform to use to help you create it. There are many options out there, but two of the most well-known platforms are Shopify and Wix.Both Wix and Shopify are viable options for creating an ecommerce site. The question is, which one is better for your business?
  The resolution to the Wix vs. Shopify debate isn’t a simple one, so below, we’ll talk about each platform and its specific be
  
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• Australia is sending a rover to the Moon to get… water?

  08-11-2021 14:58
  
  Last month the Australian Space Agency announced plans to send an Australian-made rover to the Moon by as early as 2026, under a deal with NASA. The rover will collect lunar soil containing oxygen, which could eventually be used to support human life in space. Although the deal with NASA made headlines, a separate mission conducted by private companies in Australia and Canada, in conjunction with the University of Technology Sydney, may see Australian technology hunting water on the Moon as soo
  
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• Get these Python questions right to ace your data science job interview

  08-11-2021 12:18
  
  If you want to have a career in data science, knowing Python is a must. Python is the most popular programming language in data science, especially when it comes to machine learning and artificial intelligence. To help you in your data science career, I’ve prepared the main Python concepts tested in the data science interview. Later on, I will discuss two main interview question types that cover those concepts you’re required to know as a data scientist. I’ll also show you sev
  
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• Everything marketers need to know about Telegram’s new ad platform

  08-11-2021 12:14
  
  In the past, Telegram has attempted to earn money by creating a cryptocurrency operation, but the idea failed. Now, the firm is relying on an age-old idea to get some cash in the bank: ads. Over the weekend, the app’s founder, Pavel Durov, said that the firm will now allow ads on its platform in a limited capacity. Thankfully, you won’t see any ads in your private chats or channels: Telegram will not show promotional messages in your chat list, private conversations or groups. Adver
  
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• 5 cost-saving rules for startups to filter app advertising ideas to lower CPI

  08-11-2021 10:20
  
  If your startup has an app, the fight for the user is a fun and creative process… but it’s also hard. App discovery doesn’t just happen on the app store; teams are competing for crafting the most compelling ads. Creative ideas for advertising do not come out of thin air — it is a systematic process that can be decomposed into various methodologies. But let’s be honest, startup founders and teams don’t always have that many resources to spend on applying spec
  
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