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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

News Reporter

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Muppet my way downtown...

    Today I learned there’s a piano-playing animatronic puppet that’s been roaming around San Francisco serenading the locals with Vanessa Carlton’s hit single A Thousand Miles.

    Aerospace engineer Ben Howard used iPhone lipsync recordings and a former autonomous food delivery robot to create the project. Carlton herself says that he nailed recreating the fishtail braids she was rocking back in 2002.

    Here are the funniest things being auctioned off at Twitter HQHere are the funniest things being auctioned off at Twitter HQ
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Watch this video of a Tesla on Autopilot rear-ending an emergency vehicle.

    This footage (published by the Wall Street Journal) shows one of 16 crashes involving emergency vehicles and Tesla’s Autopilot feature being investigated by the NHTSA.

    Some of Weta’s powerful VFX tools will soon be available for everyoneSome of Weta’s powerful VFX tools will soon be available for everyone
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    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Spotify’s AI-powered DJ feature goes global.

    The music streaming giant has now rolled out its DJ beta — which creates and commentates on an ever-updating personalized playlist — to 50 markets around the world.

    Spotify Premium subscribers in any of the countries listed can now access DJ from the Music feed in the English-language version of the app.

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