Richard Lawler
Can you even watch this video in Montana?
Well, maybe not in 2024 if a new law banning TikTok within the state takes effect. Makena Kelly can explain more.
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison on May 30th.
US District Court Judge Edward Davila has denied Holmes’ request to stay out of prison while she appeals her fraud conviction and 11 year sentence, saying she must report to prison by 2PM ET on May 30th, 2023.
Separately, a ruling on Monday set the restitution owed by Holmes and former Theranos CEO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani at $452 million. Despite the years and the dollars, however, as Elizabeth Lopatto wrote last year: Elizabeth Holmes’ verdict won’t change Silicon Valley.
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From the comment section.
On this post by Elizabeth Lopatto about the question that Bard (and Bing, apparently) can’t answer: how many times does the letter e appear in ketchup?
I was dying to go “gotcha” with such a prompt after the initial question,
“Ok, what comes after the letter “k” in “ketchup”?”
and I got another interesting response from it,
“The letter “e” comes after the letter “k” in the word “ketchup”. However, there is no letter “e” in the word “ketchup”. Therefore, there is no letter after the letter “k” in the word “ketchup”.
And that’s how Bard left me speechless.
Does Bard know how many times ‘e’ appears in ‘ketchup’?
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Machine learning.
One problem with AI is that sometimes it makes mistakes, and if another AI tool uses incorrect information as training data, it can also go down the wrong path. Oops.
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Motorola’s next Razr will be revealed on June 1st.
Leaks have shown us what to expect for the next Razr and its external display, which should have some competition in the flip-style folding phone race.
Now a tweet from Motorola shows we should expect a full launch on June 1st. But the most interesting part might be the quote tweet from Motorola US (via 9to5Google), which is another suggestion that, unlike its 2022 Razr, this year’s model might be released in the US.
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Microsoft will give you a Zune, really.
In coordination with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (and calling back this deleted scene from the second movie), Microsoft is giving away this unopened 8GB “green” Zune to a US resident over the age of 18.
No, it’s not a big-boy Zune 80GB or OLED touchscreen-equipped Zune HD, and there are no promises it will even work, but if you want to join the Zune squad (a real thing that exists, I promise), then this is your ticket in.
Image: Microsoft (Twitter)
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