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Appen once relied on U.S. tech giants for 80% of its revenue, but has fallen victim to rapidly shifting trends in artificial intelligence. Appen once relied on U.S. tech giants for 80% of its revenue, but has fallen victim to rapidly shifting trends in artificial intelligence. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong…

Marianne Smyth, an American woman who conned a reality producer and allegedly several other figures in and around Hollywood between 2013 and 2017, has been arrested in Maine as Northern Ireland seeks to extradite her to face charges. Smyth — whose colorful theft from American Ninja Warrior and Shark Tank producer Johnathan Walton as she claimed to be an Irish “heiress” was the subject of a 2020 story in The Hollywood Reporter — was arrested in the town of Bingham on February 23. Smyth stands accused of…

YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known by his online alias MrBeast, has announced a new reality competition called Beas tGames, in partnership with Amazon Prime Video. It will be based on the reality competitions that MrBeast regularly hosts on his YouTube channel like people from every country in the world competing to win $250,000. Competitions like this have led to MrBeast becoming the most subscribed individual on YouTube and the upcoming Beast Games could increase his popularity even more. Also Read: Oppenheimer…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Depicting worst-case climate scenarios like expanding deserts and dying coral reefs may better motivate people to support environmental policies when delivered via virtual reality, according to a research team led by Penn State that studied how VR and message framing affect the impact of environmental advocacy communications. …

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has unveiled ambitious plans to propel humanity into a new era of interplanetary civilization. Musk's latest announcement focuses on the Starship rocket, which he aims to land on Mars within the next five years. This bold endeavor comes on the heels of a successful third test flight of the Starship, bolstering Musk's confidence in its capabilities. Notably, Musk envisions the Starship playing a pivotal role in crewed missions to the Moon by 2026.The Starship rocket represents a significant…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Meeting Canada's ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050 necessitates significant technological, behavioral and systemic changes in the transportation sector, a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Indeed, the transportation sector alone is responsible for a quarter of all GHG emissions worldwide, with road transport accounting for about 80 percent of this figure.…

June Wan/ZDNETIn week two of the ZDNET Innovation Index, artificial intelligence and especially generative AI are leading the list, again. That's clearly not going to shock you and we should certainly expect that trend to continue since there's more news, interest, and investment in AI than any other topic in tech right now. If you're not familiar with last week's launch, the Innovation Index highlights the top trends in tech based on a vote from our panel of journalists and analysts. We're especially looking for the…

Starship Home, a cozy mixed-reality game for the Meta Quest 3, is trying to get to the heart of “what makes a game meaningful in mixed reality.” That’s according to developer Doug North Cook, who wrote on Reddit that the game, which turns your environment into a custom spaceship and you into an intergalactic horticulturist, is indie studio Creature’s “first answer to that question.”A Meta Quest blog post says players will customize their starship by “strategically placing virtual windows, control panels, and other…

Last updated: March 7th, 2024 at 14:57 UTC+01:00 I've yet to switch sides from slab-type phones to foldable ones, and I'm pretty happy with the Galaxy S24+. Even so, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 beckons me, and in a different reality, I can tell that it would have been my dream phone. For some context, years ago, I was an aspiring concept artist. Or, more specifically, I toyed around with the idea of trying to become one, perhaps not fully understanding the hardships and sacrifices required at that time. I think it was more…

If you're bitten by a venomous snake, the medicine you need is antivenom. Unfortunately, antivenoms are species specific, meaning you need to have the right antivenom for the snake that bit you. Most of the time, people have no idea what species of snake has bitten them. And for some snakes, antivenoms are simply not available.New research my colleagues and I conducted provides a significant step forward in enabling the development of an antivenom that will neutralize the effects of venom from any venomous snake: a…