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Could Time Travel Ever Work?
Illustration: Benjamin Currie/Gizmodo Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get answers from a variety…
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Get $50 off of This Dyson Humidifier and Fan Combo Today
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I Love This Door Handle That Wipes Itself Down With Every Use
Necessity breeds innovation, and during this pandemic that has resulted in some unique ways to curb the spread of Covid-19.…
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‘Typographic Attacks’ Bring OpenAI’s Image Recognition to Its Knees
CLIP identifications before and after attaching a piece of paper that says ‘iPod’ to an apple.Screenshot: OpenAI (Other) Tricking a…
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AI Finally Shattered the Record for World’s Hardest Video Game
Who says shame can’t be an effective motivator? Less than a week after we shared Wesley Liao’s experiments using machine…
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An AI Was Taught to Play the World’s Hardest Video Game
What’s the hardest video game you’ve ever played? If it wasn’t QWOP then let me tell you right know that…
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Australian Bee Spotted for First Time in Century Faces New Threats
An Australian cloaked beeImage: James Dorey/Flinders University Not since 1923 have scientists gazed upon the Australian cloaked bee. That is,…
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Federal Judge Rules CDC’s Pandemic Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional
File photo of Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez signing an eviction order on October 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.Photo: John…
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Google Fires Another Top Researcher on Its AI Ethics Team
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) Google has fired another top artificial intelligence researcher, Margaret Mitchell, in the latest escalation of…
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I Actually Like This Alexa Shower Speaker
Photo: Victoria Song/Gizmodo I’m well aware that inviting Alexa—and therefore Amazon—into my shower is probably not-so-smart. Nevertheless, I love shower…
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