Congress is asking vape manufacturers if they used social media bots

Vaping has received a ton of attention this year — from the mysterious lung illness it seems to be causing to campaigns to legislation to deter teen vaping. Bots have gotten their fair share of… Read more from the original source: Congress is asking vape manufacturers if they used social media bots

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Phonocut will let you make your own vinyl records

The Phonocut sounds relatively simple to use. Place the company’s blank 10-inch disc (about $10 each) on the platter, connect and play a stereo audio source (such as a computer or phone) and hit… See the rest here: Phonocut will let you make your own vinyl records

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The Morning After: Visa and Mastercard leave Facebook’s Libra Association

A weekly news show chronicling our crippling collective addiction to technology.The Engadget Podcast: Is macOS Catalina Apple’s Vista?In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn are joined by Engadget… Originally posted here: The Morning After: Visa and Mastercard leave Facebook’s Libra Association

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Here’s how Alexa learned to speak Spanish without your help

The first tool studies a handful of “golden utterances” (that is, reference commands suggested by the developers) to learn general syntax and semantics patterns. After that, it produces “rewrite… Read the original here: Here’s how Alexa learned to speak Spanish without your help

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The Engadget Podcast: Is macOS Catalina Apple’s Vista?

MacOS Catalina is here, and it’s… kind of a mess. In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn are joined by Engadget Editor-in-Chief Dana Wollman to discuss Apple’s latest desktop OS. The big… Originally posted here: The Engadget Podcast: Is macOS Catalina Apple’s Vista?

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