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• DeepMind made its AI name in games. Now it’s playing with the foundations of computing

  07-06-2023 19:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  DeepMind has applied its mastery of games to a more serious business: the foundations of computer science. The Google subsidiary today unveiled AlphaDev, an AI system that discovers new fundamental algorithms. According to DeepMind, the algorithms it’s unearthed surpass those honed by human experts over decades.  The London-based lab has grand ambitions for the project. As demand for computation grows and silicon chips approach their limits, fundamental algorithms will have
  
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• This AI-powered platform could predict the next big flood

  07-06-2023 17:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  The European floods of 2021, which affected large areas of Germany and Belgium, took the lives of 209 people and cost over €30bn in damages. Catastrophic floods like these are becoming more and more common as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.  While there is no easy fix for preventing floods, there are ways in which we can be more prepared for them. One company tackling this challenge head-on is Norwegian climate tech startup 7Analytics.&n
  
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• Robot chef learns to cook by watching humans make the recipes

  07-06-2023 15:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  As a lover of good food, but someone who dislikes cooking, I’ve always fantasised about having a robot chef at home. Now, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Cambridge, my dream may soon come true. The research team has succeeded in training a robot to watch cooking videos, learn from them, and then recreate dishes. “We wanted to see whether we could train a robot chef to learn in the same incremental way that humans can — by identifying the ingredients and
  
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• Are Simple Websites Better For Business?

  07-06-2023 14:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  As web design technologies raise the bar on what it is possible to achieve on a realistic budget, there’s a rising debate about whether increasing features and functionality offer increased value or whether simple websites are better for businesses.
  
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• The case for letting workers live in the WFH la-la land

  07-06-2023 13:34 via thenextweb.com
  
  Work can be pretty stressful these days: globally tech workers have had to deal with the effects of the pandemic, adjust to remote work—and handle all those more recent return-to-office mandates—in addition to dealing with fears of redundancy in an environment that has seen hundreds of thousands of sector layoffs since mid-2022. It’s not surprising that workers are feeling the strain. Forty-four percent of European workers reported that their work stress had increased as a res
  
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• Inside CUR8’s mission to scale carbon removals and help save the planet

  07-06-2023 11:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  Most of us have heard of carbon offsets by now. However, the average person perhaps doesn’t give them much thought beyond when prompted by an airline to “offset the CO2 of your journey” (for a suspiciously small amount). But how familiar are you with carbon removals?  Offsetting and carbon credits (sort of like permission slips for emissions) are not only big business, but part of a new climate-accounting reality to which companies will have to adapt sooner or later as th
  
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• Why the future won’t look like a sci-fi movie

  07-06-2023 10:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  This article features an interview with Nick Foster, former Head of Design for Google X. Foster will be speaking at TNW Conference, which takes place on June 15 & 16 in Amsterdam. If you want to experience the event (and say hi to our editorial team!), we’ve got something special for our loyal readers. Use the promo code READ-TNW-25 and get a 25% discount on your business pass for TNW Conference. See you in Amsterdam!  When we think about the future, our minds tend to conjure up
  
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