Can chatbots write inspirational and wise sermons?
When several hundred Lutherans in Bavaria, Germany, attended a service on June 9, 2023, designed by ChatGPT, the program not only selected hymns and prayers, but also composed and delivered a sermon, delivered by an avatar on a big screen......»»
"Write fewer papers, take more risks": Researchers call for "rebellion" against academic convention
A group of education specialists are urging researchers to challenge the "structures and regulations" which define academic scholarship, arguing that different approaches are needed in an age of climate change, COVID-19 and rising populism......»»
Okta and Secure Code Warrior join forces to reduce the risk of developers committing insecure code
Okta and Secure Code Warrior collaborated to deliver a new solution – the Secure Code Warrior (SCW) Connector for Okta Workflows, which enables organizations and developers to write secure code from the start of the software development lifecyc.....»»
Plastic Recycling Doesn"t Work
Judith Enck, a former EPA regional administrator, the president of Beyond Plastics, and a visiting professor at Bennington College, and Jan Dell, a chemical engineer and the founder of the Last Beach Cleanup, write in a piece: Americans support recyc.....»»
An Icelandic horse can now write your out-of-office emails
If you’re keen to switch off from work during your next vacation and fancy deploying an original out-of-office email, you can get a horse to do it for you......»»
The sorcerer and its evolution in movies
The sorcerer has gone from wise supporting character to reckless leading man, with some of Hollywood's biggest franchises starring these men of magic......»»
Hollywood Designer 6.0 Released: Now a "Full-Blown Multimedia Authoring System"
After nearly 20 years, Hollywood Designer 6.0 is "very stable and mature", write its developers — envisioning both hobbyist and professional users (with its support for modern graphics-editing features like filter effects and vector graphics) i.....»»
How to Write Your Own Games - for the Amiga
Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) writes: With the release of the A500 mini (which also supports A1200 games) and its side loading feature you may be interested to get started with Amiga Retro games development. This is why I collected some recent.....»»
SK Hynix might dethrone Western Digital with this SSD
SK Hynix has just released a new SSD that boasts one of the highest read and write IOPS on the market, making it one of the fastest consumer SSDs right now......»»
Google Doodle Honors LGBT+ and Disability Advocate Stacey Park Milbern
Google Doodle honors and marks the birthday of inspirational disability and LGBTQIA+ advocate Stacey Milbern on what would have been her 35th birthday. The post Google Doodle Honors LGBT+ and Disability Advocate Stacey Park Milbern first appeared on.....»»
Revisiting the TicWatch E3: Wear OS for Cheap?
Nearly a year down the road, is the TicWatch E3 still a wise wearable investment? The post Revisiting the TicWatch E3: Wear OS for Cheap? first appeared on Phandroid. It’s been almost a year since Mobvoi launched the TicWatch E3, its.....»»
New season of "Home" to stream on Apple TV+ from June 17
Apple TV+ international house design series "Home," returns for a second season of inspirational tales from Friday, June 17, 2022.One of the earliest Apple TV+ factual commissions, "Home" is ostensibly a series about spectacular architecture and insp.....»»
US Copyright Office Seeks Input On Mandatory DMCA "Upload Filters"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: The U.S. Copyright Office has launched a public consultation to evaluate whether it's wise to make certain technical protection measures mandatory under the DMCA. The Office hopes to hear all rel.....»»
Prominent Apple staffers write letters to management, resign over office return
"I believe strongly that more flexibility would have been the best policy..." Enlarge / Apple's global headquarters in Cupertino, California. (credit: Sam Hall/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Apple's efforts to return its workers.....»»
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks Input on Mandatory DMCA “Upload Filters”
The U.S. Copyright Office has launched a public consultation to evaluate whether it's wise to make certain technical protection measures mandatory under the DMCA. The Office hopes to hear all relevant stakeholders and the public at large in what may.....»»
Insteon finally comes clean about its sudden smart home shutdown
Insteon blames the pandemic and lack of a buyer for its sudden shutdown last week. Enlarge / The lighting puns write themselves. (credit: Insteon) Smart home company Insteon and its parent company, Smartlabs Inc., suddenly d.....»»
Google Docs Starts Nudging Some Users To Write Less Dumbly
Many users have started to report that they are seeing suggestions -- such as grammar and spelling fixes -- to improve their writing when using Google Docs. The company made the announcement about this earlier this month. From a report: A purple squi.....»»
John Wick creator will adapt Streets of Rage as a film
Derek Kolstad, the creator of the John Wick films, will write the script for a movie based upon Sega's Streets of Rage video games......»»
Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes
The app and servers are dead. The CEO scrubbed his LinkedIn page. No one is responding. Enlarge / The lighting puns write themselves. (credit: Insteon) The smart home company Insteon has vanished. The entire company seems to.....»»
It’s not just you, SMS spam is a nightmare right now
Don't worry, you're not the only one getting a lot of spam SMS at the moment. It's wise to understand what they are all about, and how to stay safe......»»
Git For Windows Issues Update To Fix Running-Someone-Else"s-Code Vulnerability
The Git team has issued an update to fix a bug in Git for Windows that "affects multi-user hardware where untrusted parties have write access to the same hard disk," reports The Register. Specifically, the update is concerned with CVE-2022-24765. Fro.....»»