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  • Episode 657
  • July 1, 2020

NASA Made an Incredible 10-Year Time Lapse of the Sun's Fiery Rotation

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun since June 2010, and they've compiled them into a stunning time-lapse of the star's activity over the last 10 years.

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  • Episode 657
  • July 1, 2020

Tim Hortons' App Has Been Tracking You Even When It's Not Open

Following an investigative story by the Financial Post which revealed the Tim Hortons app was logging users' location data in the background even when the app wasn’t open, Tim Hortons is facing a class-action lawsuit in Quebec.

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  • Episode 657
  • July 1, 2020

Disney has been developing incredibly lifelike deepfake tech powered by AI

A new paper published by Disney Research describes a fully automated, neural network-based method for swapping faces in photos and videos — the first method that results in high-resolution results of sufficient quality to be used in film and TV.

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  • Episode 657
  • July 1, 2020

The World’s Fastest Supercomputer is ARM-Based

Japan’s latest supercomputer ‘Fugaku’ is the world’s fastest for computing speed on Top500. It scored a High-Performance Linpack (HPL) score of 415.5 petaflops, which makes it 2.8 times faster than IBM Summit. Fugaku is the first ever ARM-based system to become the world’s fastest supercomputer.

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  • Episode 657
  • July 1, 2020

Apple-backed firm aims for one million robotaxis

Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing says it plans to operate more than a million self-driving vehicles by 2030. According to Didi’s chief operating officer, Meng Xing, the robotaxis are to be deployed in places where ride-hailing drivers are less available.

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  • Episode 657
  • July 1, 2020

Facebook has developed a new set of VR glasses that look like a chunky pair of sunglasses

Facebook have created a virtual reality headset that's not much larger than a chunky pair of sunglasses. The futuristic shades use a specially designed holographic film to miniaturize the lens. The result is a pair of glasses that are at most only nine millimeters thick, and weigh only 17.8 grams. Images from the glasses’ green-and-black display are, frankly, extremely cyberpunk.

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  • Episode 656
  • June 24, 2020

Samsung Blu-Ray and DVD players around the world are bricking themselves, automatically

Samsung users: unplug your Ethernet! Millions of Samsung Blu-Ray and DVD players are being bricked all around the world.

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  • Episode 656
  • June 24, 2020

Fifa 21 will be the most realistic ever

Fifa game developer EA Sports promises that the next-generation version of Fifa 21 will feature new technology to make it the most realistic yet. The Fifa series remains one of the most popular video game franchises in the world.

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  • Episode 656
  • June 24, 2020

SpaceX wants to become a Canadian ISP

Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied to offer high-speed internet to Canadians living in remote areas using their Starlink satellite technology.

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  • Episode 656
  • June 24, 2020

Google has quietly launched an AI-powered Pinterest rival named Keen

Google’s Area 120 team, an internal incubator that creates experimental apps and services, has launched Keen: a would-be Pinterest rival that draws on the search giant’s machine learning expertise to curate topics.

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