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Roblox built an AI model that it says translates text chats so quickly users may not even notice it’s translating the messages of other players at first. It works with 16 languages, including English, French, Japanese, Thai, Polish, and Vietnamese.

Dan Sturman, Roblox CTO, said in an interview with The Verge that the goal is to make Roblox users



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"The Big Short" investor Steven Eisman says Jerome Powell may not need to cut rates.
  • The Fed shouldn't waste rate cuts right now and risk a resurgence of inflation, "Big Short" investor Steven Eisman said.
  • Most of the US economy is driven by the consumer, and right now they seem to be healthy.
  • "Everyone should just wait. When we get a negative data point, we can talk about

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Rick Grossman, 70, joined a senior village to help with his loneliness.
  • Rick Grossman, 70, had struggled with loneliness for most of his life.
  • That changed when he joined a "senior village," connecting him with virtual and in-person resources.
  • He has made lasting friendships and hopes for a greater focus on loneliness among older adults.

Rick Grossman, 70, thought it was


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Zilis is a director at Neuralink.
  • Elon Musk last week announced his company Neuralink has implanted its first chip in a human test subject.
  • Many in Silicon Valley see the creation of a direct link between the human mind and our devices as a frontier of computing.
  • Americans overwhelmingly disagree, actually!

Last week entrepreneur Elon Musk


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Rupica Sudan was shocked by the comments she received from a company's official Instagram page.
  • A food and travel influencer was shocked by the comments she started receiving from a company.
  • She emailed the CEO of ParchmentPaper.com to inform him of what was happening.
  • But she realized it was him leaving the comments all along when he replied and doubled down.

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The Google Chromecast with Google TV is the top pick in our guide to the best streaming devices, as it provides an attractive, detailed interface for navigating apps at an affordable price. If you find the smart platform built into your TV slow or unwieldy and are looking to make a switch, Google has kicked off a new sale that brings the 4K streamer back down to $40. 

Google has run this discount



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Josh Brolin’s been hearing rumors that suggest Thanos will return to the MCU in a future project. Mads Mikkelsen says a new season of Hannibal has “got to happen.” Plus we’ve got trailers for another film based on a Disney character entering the the public domain, one about the Loveland Frog, and a lot more. It’s…

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Meta’s manipulated media policy is “incoherent” and focuses too much on whether a video was altered through artificial intelligence, rather than the harm it could cause, the company’s own Oversight Board said in a decision issued Monday.

The policy recommendation came even as the Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to let



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Edinburgh-based startup Gravitricity is set to turn one of Europe’s deepest mines into the continent’s first-ever gravity energy storage system.   The gravity tech uses massive weights that are hoisted up the mineshaft during times of surplus energy, and then released back down again during times of peak demand — driving a turbine and sending power to the grid. The system can release large bursts