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The channels GilvaSunner and BrawlBRSTMs3 have both reported Nintendo issuing copyright claims on videos with their music. BrawlBRSTMs3 was terminated last night, though the owner says on Twitter they’d planned to shut it down anyway, citing they knew the risks when it comes to uploading copyrighted music: — Smash Custom Music (@brawlbrstms) August 14, 2019 The reason this comes as such a surprise is because Nintendo had seemed to have finally eased the boot off of YouTube’s neck with regards to its intellectual property....

Whenever I discuss my startup with someone, I get asked how I am going to “scale” my business. My usual response is that I am happy with its current size and don’t plan on expanding. The looks I get after this exchange make it seem like I’ve either badmouthed a universally loved celebrity or confessed to a horrible crime. Let me give you some background; I run an affiliate marketing business with my husband....

The specs for the GPUs were, by and large, leaked ahead of time, but seeing them in the flesh (figuratively speaking) was still a treat. The star of the show was the RTX 3080, powered by its new Ampere architecture. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the card and said it would be twice as fast as its predecessor, the RTX 2080, and almost that much faster than the 2080 Ti, with 10 GB of memory....

Will lose 80% or disappear:— Tesla— WeWork— Robinhood— Lyft— OYO#nomercynomalice https://t.co/Uw2GgOIevf — Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) October 4, 2019 While the first four may not be huge shockers, adding Tesla to the list looks a bit controversial given the company’s record-setting pace in Q3. But, if you look a little closer, things beneath the surface don’t appear so tranquil. A leaked email obtained by Elektrek indicated the company was on pace to deliver more than 100,000 cars in Q3, which would be a record....

What the world experienced that day, now known as the Carrington Event, was a massive geomagnetic storm. These storms occur when a large bubble of superheated gas called plasma is ejected from the surface of the sun and hits the Earth. This bubble is known as a coronal mass ejection. The plasma of a coronal mass ejection consists of a cloud of protons and electrons, which are electrically charged particles....

Oppo now uses smaller pixels in the display area around the selfie camera to maintain 400 pixels per inch density on the screen. The earlier version had a different pixel density around the self camera module. Plus, it’s using transparent wiring which is 50% narrower, and provides “ a smoother visual experience.” The company showed off a photo of a device being used as an e-reader with a white background and black text to emphasize that its screen displays pixels consistently from edge to edge....

The protocol, implemented in partnership with global professional services firm Aon and blockchain startups Etherisc and InsurTech, leverages the Ethereum blockchain to finalize insurance claims with tokens. Press materials released yesterday confirm the project, which had 200 registered participants, will now begin its next phase. It’s hoped this will support small-field paddy farmers in the region as they prepare for November’s cropping season. “We are proud to have real-world, on-the-ground success from a blockchain solution for microinsurance,” said Etherisc exec Michiel Berende....

The two expansions are Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra. The former offers new clothes, rivals, and a dojo with a mentor called Mustard. The latter has a new form of co-op gameplay that I presume we’ll hear more about as the release date draws nearer. Between the two expansions, we’ll see the return of 200 Pokémon, as well as some new faces (even a few new Legendaries, so I’ve heard)....

As TNW’s Ravie Lakshmanan pointed out, the documents are probably authentic. I’ve pored over every single one in the document dump on Project Veritas’ website and it’s my opinion that almost all of them appear completely legitimate – the exception being screenshots of a Google employee’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, which I’m guessing were taken by the ‘whistle-blower,’ as opposed to being official company documents. Why am I so sure these are real?...

— Purdue U. News (@PurdueUnivNews) February 24, 2020 With this pilot program, graduates who cannot attend the Los Angeles-based commencement ceremonies that take place on Thursday will be able to participate via provided VR headsets. The ceremonies include students graduating from the online Concord Law School, as well as the schools for Health Sciences, Business, Technology, Nursing, Education, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. [Read: Google Earth just released 1,000 beautiful wallpapers you can download for free] According to Purdue, 75 students will walk the stage in virtual reality alongside their 400 in-person peers....

Now, it’s launching its new XR2-powered reference AR glasses so hardware manufacturers can “enable immersive experiences that unlock the metaverse.” But if we look beyond the marketing speak, the company’s new headset has gone wireless with a sleeker design. What does the new headset offer? The firm says it has a 40% thinner profile than the XR1 reference design, and has equal weight distribution for wearing it comfortably for a longer time....

Approximately 1.35 million people die each year as a result of road accidents and road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29. As well as the human toll, crashes cost most countries three percent of their gross domestic product. Yet such shocking statistics are not out of our control. Reducing them as much as possible is one of the most important objectives of governments and cities around the globe....

According to a report from Bloomberg, the PS5’s current unit cost is up to around $450, which would push the retail price of the console almost $100 more than its predecessor. The company is struggling to obtain enough DRAM and flash memory, already in high demand from smartphone manufacturers. The console’s cooling system is also reportedly more expensive than is typical for the machines. If Sony wanted to match the price of its current console, it’d have to sell the PS5 at a loss....

We studied these “memetic moments” to understand how memes emerge quickly and spontaneously in response to key social events. We found they move even faster than we had thought, sometimes emerging, spreading wildly, and beginning to dissolve in less than a day. While Twitter and other social media are notorious as sites of abuse, racism, trolling, and other toxic content, we found very little of this material in our study of fast-moving memes....

For those of you who aren’t up on your Shakespeare, the notion that Henry VIII may have had more than one formal author is also a very old one, born from the fact that some of the scenes just don’t “sound” like Shakespeare. His co-author is generally supposed to be his successor, John Fletcher. They also collaborated on The Two Noble Kinsmen: both of their names were on the published edition....

A new paper published in the journal Cerebral Cortex argues that at least nine gender expressions exist in the human brain. Researchers acquired a dataset made up oof a gender/sex diverse group consisting of cisgender individuals (male and female) as well as those who had undergone gender reassignment surgery (both male to female and female to male). “Our goal was to demonstrate that widely available brain-imaging methods are capable of providing evidence against a strict binary view of how sex/gender is manifested in the brain,” said one of the paper’s senior authors, Dr....

Yuhang Jiang and Lukun Zheng, in their recently published pre-print research paper “Deep learning for video game genre classification,” describe the creation of a large training database and its use in developing a novel classification system. Per the authors: Once compiled, the researchers used the database to train text and image recognition models. The team then tested each model to determine which one worked best. Unsurprisingly, they found the text-based models fared better than image-based ones and that hybrid models using both did best....

Come, friend, grasp my hand and we’ll go on a NuraLoop adventure together. [Read: Why AI is the future of home security] Who makes the NuraLoop? A company called Nura. Want to tell us anything else? Fine. The company’s carved out a niche for itself selling ‘hearing-tuned’ headphones. Effectively, the cans fire sounds into your ear, creates a hearing profile for you, and plays music that’s adapted to the way you listen....

Right up front, it’s priced under $300. This puts it in the “entry-level” category of robot vacuums, but it brings more to the table than most of its unremarkable competitors. It has all the usual features including dual suction settings, multiple cleaning modes, drop and collision-detection sensors, automatic mapping and charging, and an app for monitoring and scheduling cleaning. Credit: Nicole Gray Specifications: Product Dimension: 32cm X 33cm X 7....

Lectric has taken the American ebike market by storm since its launch in 2019. The company only really sells one ebike, the folding Lectric XP, but it comes in standard and step-through frames for those who’d prefer a lower standover height (I tested the latter). Now in its 2.0 iteration — which adds a suspension fork and slightly narrower tires — the ebike delivers a seriously compelling combination of power and features at a price of $949 (on sale from an MSRP of $1,099), with shipping included....