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Tata Consultancy Services' principal futurist Frank Diana says fear of conscious robots and artificial superintelligence can get in the way of discussions about specific positive outcomes from the technology we should be focusing on. There are catastrophic concerns over AI-powered cyberattacks and the potential loss of jobs as AI replaces tasks.
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ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song. The song rang out again Saturday at London’s Waterloo railway station. In Brighton, where the 1974 competition was held, fans were staging a flashmob dance.
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On Saturday, Apr. 6, at the 2024 IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand, that excitement reached its zenith. On their final attempts, both men set new 89-kilogram world records in the snatch: 181 and then 182 kilograms. That lift belonged to China’s Li Dayin, who also competed in this session.
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Little Miss BBQ is the Phoenix, Arizona eatery that's generated long lines and rave reviews since it began serving pecan- and oak-smoked beef, pork and poultry 10 years ago. It comes with a choice of brisket, pulled pork or turkey — paired with, of course, more meat. The second option is sliced smoked housemade sausage with either mild or jalapeo cheddar.
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Matthew Houck began performing under his stage name Phosphorescent in 2001. After a six-year wait, the acclaimed musician is out with his eighth studio album.
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America entered World War I on April 19, 1917, unprepared to provide the spruce essential to every airplane of the era. IWW or Wobblies led a timber strike in the Pacific Northwest that year. The federal government allowed the Army to send soldiers into the woods and establish a government-sponsored union for the timber industry.
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Likina Amebaw, Jemal Yimer, Hagos Gebrhiwet and Caroline Nyaga were among the winners as athletes descended on Paris for the Festival of Running ASICS Speed Race 5km and 10km events on Friday (5). Kenya’s Miriam Chebet dipped under 30 minutes in the women’s 10km, finishing just one second behind them. In Paris he won the men’s 5km in 13:24 ahead of Mohamed Ismael
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Sabastian Sawe won the Prague Half Marathon in a world-leading PB of 58:24 on Saturday (6). The 29-year-old was racing just a week after finishing seventh at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. After exchanging the lead from 15km, Gete Alemayehu eventually strode away from Kenya’s Jesca Chelangat to win in 1:08:10.
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Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won its first big battle with Waterloo. A half-century ago on Saturday, April 6, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song. In the English coastal town of Brighton, fans were staging a flashmob dance.
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The GameScent is a bizarre new product that lets players smell their games. It uses AI to analyze a game’s audio and release one of six scents to match what’s happening on screen. The gameScent’s more cost-effective $180 price tag seemed more practical on paper.
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1 year ago Read more at Digital Trends