The Reality of Human-Washing is Blurred
US hacker and politician Audrey Tang has said that only people – the demos in democracy – can save democracy. “Only people, the demos in democracy, can save democracy, but AI can help if it’s deployed to assist or augment collective intelligence,” Tang said. Social media companies could use AI to boost their content so that people engage in conversations that bridge, rather than cause ideological schisms.
There are great Prime Day tech deals you can still get
Amazon has reduced the price of Sony’s WH-CH520 smartbuds from 29,000 to just 19,900 on its Prime Day sale. It is also lowering the price of Apple’s AirPods from 14,000 to 19,000. Amazon also slashed the price of Bose’s earbuds from 20,000 to 16,000 on its Prime Day sale.
There are a lot of Prime Day deals on Amazon
Amazon has announced that it will be discounting its Kindle Paperwhite E-reader by 50% for a limited time. The discounted price will be available from June 23 through July 20. The Paperwhite is Amazon’s second-best-selling e-reader after the Kindle Paperwhite 2. It has over two times the battery life of the Kindle Paperwhite 2, a spokesperson said.
You can get some great deals on Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day is underway and it’s offering up to 34% off on products, including everything from smart home devices to headphones. The deals are valid till July 17 and can also be availed through e-commerce site’s website and app. Among other things, the sale is also offering free two-day shipping for Prime members.
Silicon Valley powerhouses, including Musk, rallied behind the VP pick
The America PAC campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which has raised almost $9 million to date, has raised over $1 million in donations from Khosla Ventures Managing Director Keith Rabois. Rabois said he’ll donate $1 million to the campaign. He added that he and other Khosla employees were told that the president would be more tolerant of businesses incriptocurrency industry.
Apple, Anthropic, and other companies used videos on YouTube to train their machines
Over 100 videos from The Verge are included in an interactive dataset that helps users find content being used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The dataset includes videos from the likes of YouTubers PewDiePie, MrBeast and Jacksepticeye among others. It is available on The Verge’s website, where users can use its search feature to find their content.
Apple deals on Prime Day are some of our favorites
Amazon is offering a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M3 Pro for $349, down from the normal price of $390. This is the lowest prices we’ve ever seen on a laptop. The 16-inch MacBook Pro comes with M3 Max display, has an Intel Core i5-7200U processor and 16 GB RAM. The 13-inch MacBook Pro comes with the Intel Core i5-6200U processor and 16 GB RAM.
The top five Prime Day laptop deals
Amazon has started its annual Prime Day event where the online retailer slashes prices on thousands of items, including hardware, for customers. Amazon is offering a 50% discount on a variety of devices, including Kindles, Echos, Fire TV Stick and Scribes among others. Some of the biggest discounts are being offered on Kindles with up to 35% off, Amazon said.
The AT&T phone records are at risk of being compromised
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s former investigator Tigran Gambaryan, detained last month for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from Nigeria, has been classified as a hostage. Gambaryan was detained alongside a colleague in mid-March on charges that Binance had devalued the country’s fiat currency and enabled “illicit” transfer of funds. Several of his alleged hackers remain at large, with multimillion-dollar bounties on their heads.
The Falcon 9 rockets have been grounded after an in-flight failure
SpaceX blamed a liquid oxygen leak on Falcon 9’s second stage for the failed launch of its Starlink internet satellites. Falcon 9’s second stage performed its first burn nominally, however a Liquid Oxygen Leak developed on the second stage. SpaceX said it will work with the Federal Aviation Administration to get to the bottom of the incident.