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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology Sam Becker.

Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.
Source: bbc.com

Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism

Long-tailed macaques on the island of Koh Ped appear to have learned a new way to forage when the pandemic put a stop to feeding by tourists
Source: newscientist.com

NFTs died a slow, painful death in 2023 as most are now worthless

A reminder that early adoption of technology is not without risk. "Non-fungible tokens promised to revolutionise the concept of ownership using the blockchain technology behind bitcoin, but the market seems to have all but collapsed."
Source: newscientist.com

High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios • High Pay Centre

Pay inequalities at UK's largest companies remain constant, despite ‘cost of living’ crisis. "The companies with lowest-paid UK employees (based on pay at the 25th percentile) were retailer JD Sports, where the lower quartile threshold was £11,240, pub chain Mitchells & Butlers (£15,161) and...
Source: highpaycentre.org

AI can tell which chateau Bordeaux wines come from with 100% accuracy

A machine-learning algorithm was able to tell which estate 80 Bordeaux red wines came from with 100 per cent accuracy by assessing their chemical signatures
Source: newscientist.com

Covid vaccines cut risk of serious illness by 80% in over-80s

"The UK will soon be in a "very different world", government scientists promise after the success of the jabs."
Source: bbc.com

Stonehenge: Did the stone circle originally stand in Wales?

Archaeologists now believe the stone circle stood 150 miles from its current location in Wiltshire. "One of Britain's biggest and oldest stone circles has been found in Wales - and could be the original building blocks of Stonehenge. Archaeologists uncovered the remains of the Waun Mawn site in Pembrokeshire's...
Source: bbc.com

City fund managers call for rethink of capitalism

"Two of the world’s biggest fund management bosses have called for a rethink of capitalism and its obsession with constant economic growth, in a plaintive appeal for business and governments to deal more decisively with the challenges of climate change. Anne Richards, chief executive of Fidelity...
Source: www.ft.com

Nvidia AI Turns Regular Video Into 240fps High-Speed Video - ExtremeTech: Nvidia accomplished this feat with an array of

Nvidia AI Turns Regular Video Into 240fps High-Speed Video - ExtremeTech: Nvidia accomplished this feat with an array of GPUs and a neural network.
Source: extremetech.com

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the Trump Administration will be so disastrous for data freedom that it is literally moving (a copy) to Canada.
Source: extremetech.com

V2V - vehicle to vehicle communication is coming ... perhaps. "Feds push hard for vehicle-to-vehicle communication, at

V2V - vehicle to vehicle communication is coming ... perhaps. "Feds push hard for vehicle-to-vehicle communication, at least until Jan. 20 - ExtremeTech: Feds want V2V short-range safety communications on cars in the next five years. Whether that happens depends more on President Trump's transportation...
Source: extremetech.com

Baby dinosaur tail found preserved in amber, complete with feathers - ExtremeTech: Still have a hard time accepting dinosaurs

Baby dinosaur tail found preserved in amber, complete with feathers - ExtremeTech: Still have a hard time accepting dinosaurs had feathers? Here are some preserved in amber.
Source: extremetech.com

APOD: 2016 November 28 - Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble

APOD: 2016 November 28 - Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble
Source: nasa.gov

To Break a Phone Addiction, Turn Your Screen Gray

To Break a Phone Addiction, Turn Your Screen Gray
Source: theatlantic.com

Editorial: Contemporary Faces of Diabetes Care for Youth and Young Adults in the 21st Century: Evolution in the Roles of

Editorial: Contemporary Faces of Diabetes Care for Youth and Young Adults in the 21st Century: Evolution in the Roles of Patients and Families, Healthcare Providers and Systems, Behavioral Health, and the Online Community Current diabetes reviews.
Source: nih.gov