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The gig economy is eating the world. This is Motherboard’s guide to the terms, phrases, and talking points you need to grasp to know what’s happening. The “gig economy” sounds like a catch-all term. A slew of commentators, regulators and politicians use it often. It has also been used by businesspeople, academics and entrepreneurs. The gig […]
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Uber is looking for “genuine” drivers who value its “flexibility and consistency” for an upcoming campaign, according to a casting call. Uber will be running a new campaign to find ride-hail and delivery drivers who have “genuine” stories, and who “value Uber’s flexibility and consistency” as part of a future ad campaign. All of Us […]
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“At this stage, reining into Big Tech should be a litmus-test in the Republican Party. If you’re not with Us, You’re against Us.” A new tool called Big Tech funding was launched on Monday at the Chrome web store. Twitter users can now see disclosures about the tweets and profiles of those who are “affiliated with think […]
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Over the last few months, an AI-generated art scene has exploded as hackers have been modifying an OpenAI model to make astonishing image-generation tools. All you have to do to guide these systems is to prompt them with the image you want. For example, you might prompt them with the text: “a fantasy world.” With […]
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The federal government is looking into mysterious signals from Havana, which are jamming radio frequencies. Since the anti-government protests started last week, HAM radio operators from Florida claim that Cuba has been blocking their radio frequencies. The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into this matter. Motherboard was told by a spokesperson for the FCC […]
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An analysis of 110 cannabis genomes upended prevailing assumptions about the plant’s history of cultivation. Cannabis Sativa is a modern cash crop that has a rich history that spans thousands of years. This plant, which has given the world hemp and other earthly pleasures, is Cannabis. Even though new strains of cannabis are being bred to […]
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Scientists are challenged by a new image of the Black Hole’s powerful jets The Event Horizon Telescope captured the most stunning images of a radiant star shooting from the closest active galaxy to our Milky Way. When it was released in 2019 by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration (EHT), the first ever image of a […]
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According to the mission team, science operations will resume in a matter of days. The world’s space lovers collectively breathed a sigh of relief Friday after NASA announced the Hubble Space Telescope was restored to online operation more than a month after it was shut down due to a failure with its primary computer. This caused speculation […]
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Michael Collins did not walk on the Moon, but his role in the historic Apollo 11 mission was every bit as vital. At the age of 90, Michael Collins, an astronaut who flew Apollo 11’s command module with his crewmates, became the first human to walk on the Moon. The Collins family released a statement saying […]
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Details about passwords, secret codes, and nuclear missile locations were uploaded by U.S. service members to flashcard websites. Students all over the globe use flashcards to memorize information. A report by Bellingcat states that U.S. soldiers who worked in America’s secret nuclear sites in Europe used flashcards to learn nuclear security secrets. Although some flashcards containing secret information were […]
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