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Google Graveyard: These Google Apps And Services Will Disappear In 2023
Google will kill off products when they realize they will not have a dominant market position, even if the product has a healthy user base and is profitable, former company insiders have told me.
It doesn’t make sense for Google to invest in smaller projects that have exceeded their growth potential, especially if they are niche and losing money.
So many projects are killed by Google that an independent entity has created a website called Killed by Google.
New AI technology can predict tsunami impacts in less than a second
The method can be used on any time-sensitive natural disaster.
In 2011, northeast Japan was struck by a devastating tsunami that claimed the lives of about 18,500 people. Since then, the nation has been focused on preventing a similar outcome in the future.
“The main advantage of our method is the speed of predictions, which is crucial for early warning,” explained Iyan Mulia, the work’s lead and a scientist at RIKEN.
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Now, new research out of the RIKEN Prediction Science Laboratory has used machine learning to accurately predict tsunami impacts in less than one second, according to a press release by the institution published on Monday.
FTX aftermath: Crypto exchange Gemini’s investors lose payouts, sue founders
The FTX collapse has far-reaching consequences.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have been sued alongside Gemini, the crypto exchange they founded, over charges of fraud by investors in the company, Markets Insider.
Tyler and Cameron, popularly known as Winklevoss twins, have a long history in the technology sector and first made headlines when they sued Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that they had stolen their idea of a social networking site, when he churned out The Facebook, as it was then known.
Metaverse fails to meet expectations as VR headset sales shrink in 2022
Zuckerberg has stated that he expects it to take up to a decade for the metaverse to go mainstream.
Virtual reality (VR) technology, once hailed as the next big thing in the tech industry, has yet to live up to its hype. According to data acquired by CNBC.
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What does the future hold for VR?
The reality beyond spacetime
The Opening Interview: The Reality Beyond Spacetime — with Donald Hoffman — 5.15pm GMT, 12.15pm ET
Donald Hoffman famously argues that we know nothing about the truth of the world. His book, The Case Against Reality, claims the process of survival of the fittest does not require a true picture of reality.
But the question remains, on what basis can Hoffman claim his own theory is true? Furthermore, Hoffman claims spacetime is not fundamental. So, what does he think lies beneath spacetime, and what can we know about it?
