Day: April 16, 2024

Spider-Man Star Tom Holland’s Twitter Account Hacked in Crypto Scheme

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No, Tom Holland doesn’t want you to invest in Spider-Verse crypto. If you see Spider-Man star Tom Holland trying to get you to join a cryptocurrency or NFT program on social media, please don’t click the link. The beloved young actor has likely been hacked in some kind of crypto scam, trying to peddle a Spider-Verse-themed currency and series of NFTs. Holland doesn’t use social media often, and he’s never been known to push things like crypto on fans. When you look at the signs around the tweets, it all…

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Amazon Music opens up Maestro AI playlist generator for public beta testing

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Ready to turn playlist creation over to AI? Amazon Music has a new feature called Maestro that’s now available as a beta to some U.S. customers. The AI playlist generator creates playlists based on user prompts and suggests playlists as well. Whether you subscribe to the free, Prime or Unlimited tier of Amazon Music, you’ll be able to use Maestro through both iOS and Android apps, though there will be some differences in how extensively you can tap into the AI feature. Unlimited subscribers can listen to playlists instantly and…

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Houston politics: Early voting for the Harris County Special Election is around the corner, here’s what voters need to know

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Are you ready to vote on Saturday, May 4? Chances are, you probably have not heard about this special election or maybe forgot. Last year, a new state law created three new elected positions in the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD). This is happening because last year, Texas voters approved constitutional amendments to lower property taxes and new political positions within their appraisal districts. In Harris County, 13 candidates are seeking those three seats on the nine-member HCAD board, and you will be voting for…

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New PlayStation Patent Could Let AI Complete That Elden Ring Boss You’ve Been Stuck On

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Highlights Sony’s new patent hints at an ‘auto-play’ feature that could help players skip challenging parts of games. Patenting new ideas early helps avoid competitors stealing them, but not all concepts become reality. This isn’t Sony’s first time patenting an AI-driven feature. As spotted by our sister site GameRant, Sony appears to have filed a patent for a new ‘auto-play’ feature. If implemented into a current or future console, the feature would allow players to completely skip certain parts of a game by having AI do it for you. While…

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Forrest Whitley: Houston Astros call up first-round draft pick to make MLB debut against Atlanta Braves

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Forrest Whitley, the Astros’ former first-round draft pick eight years ago, will make his Major League Baseball debut during the second of a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, the club announced. The 26-year-old from San Antonio will get his chance with the ‘Stros, who are 6-12 and desperate for healthy starting pitching arms. The Astros optioned right-handed pitcher Spencer Arrighetti, who lost both of his first starts of his career over the last week, to the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Whitley, who…

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This awesome Raspberry Pi Etch-a-Sketch can draw any image you want without the frustration

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All of the art without any of the drawing. Key Takeaways Raspberry Pi wired to Etch-a-Sketch creates art effortlessly from uploaded images without manual dials turning. This project showcases the power of Raspberry Pis for art creation, from AI-generated TV art to precise line drawings. With Raspberry Pi, users can avoid the frustration of Etch-a-Sketch mistakes, letting technology do the work for them. Etch-a-Sketches always seem like a fun pastime until you try to actually draw with one. One mistake and you wonder why you’re even bothering trying to draw…

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My Hero Academia Volume 40 Is Out and Changes a Ton of Stuff

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The latest volume of Kohei Horikoshi’s superhero epic saw some big changes since its original debut. As My Hero Academia’s seventh season arrival is nigh, the final arc of the franchise is well underway in the shonen’s manga series. While the initial debut of manga chapters has shown Kohei Horikoshi at his best, writing and drawing UA Academy’s last battle against All For One and Shigaraki, that doesn’t mean the artist won’t make changes to recent releases. As manga readers have spotted, the fortieth volume of the manga made some…

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AMD just unveiled new Pro CPUs to take on Intel in the AI wars

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Today, AMD announced a bumper crop of new “Pro” CPUs that will start appearing in business laptops and desktops launching this year, including a few desktop chips with dedicated AI processors. These chips join the existing AMD Hawk Point line of laptop and desktop CPUs launched in late 2023, but since they’re intended for business use, they’ll be marketed as AMD Ryzen Pro chips. This is a big deal for the whole industry, not just AMD fans, because AMD beat Intel to the punch by offering the first non-Apple desktop…

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Governors decry United Auto Workers push to unionize car factories in six southern states

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Six Republican governors are condemning efforts by the United Auto Workers to organize car factories in their states, a flash point as the labor group tries to build on its success last year winning concessions from the Big Three automakers by making inroads in the historically union-averse South.  “We have a responsibility to our constituents to speak up when we see special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by,” the governors of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas said…

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