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Santa Cruz (United States) (AFP) - From California to Southeast Asia, Facebook is capturing a new generation of users who see it as a commercial tool rather than a fun networking platform. They are more likely to be promoting their businesses than connecting with friends. As the veteran social media platform celebrates its 20th birthday, four users share their experiences with AFP. Nina Vukicevic, 31, California "I have a personal Facebook page, I can't tell you the last time I really looked at it," said Nina Vukicevic. Vukicevic is farm manager at Common Roots Farm, a non-profit in Santa Cruz...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Whether dreaming of an artificial friend available around the clock, lifting off from traffic jams or doing without your cat's dead bird "gifts," CES inventors have no shortage of imagination. Here are a few highlights from the Consumer Electronics Show, the world's biggest tech and consumer electronics trade fair, which runs in Las Vegas until Friday. 'Supportive, nonjudgmental'"I'm designed to be a supportive and nonjudgmental presence in your life," assured Wehead, a sort of computer creature made of a set of screens, mounted on a robotic head, projecting a human face and ...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Technology causes us to lose sleep, but can it also give it back? Companies aiming to help insomniacs, inveterate snorers and nap lovers showed off their latest gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "We are the world's first AI powered... sleep tracker and personal sleep stimulator that enhances deep sleep and also the time to fall asleep," said Kimi Doan, Investment Manager at Earable neuroscience. She presented the "Brainband," recently launched for almost $500. Designed as a cushioned crown, the band's gold-plated sensors analyze brain activity in real tim...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - CES, the annual high tech gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas, again delivers its wave of new inventions and cutting edge technology with artificial intelligence this year's unavoidable buzzword. Here's a look at some selected examples shown to the media, ahead of the official opening on Tuesday. Mirror, mirror on the wall......who's the healthiest of them all? Called "MagicMirror," NuraLogix's connected mirror scanned the face of the company's marketing executive Lindsay Brennan determining in a matter of seconds her body mass index, blood pressure and even her "mental stress i...
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Cockeysville (United States) (AFP) - Knitting has surged in popularity once again in the United States in this age of pandemics and self-care. But on a sunny March afternoon just outside the nation's capital, one club of enthusiasts sets itself apart: the 10 or so people clicking their needles are men. DC Men Knit meets twice a month in the Washington area to knit or crochet scarves, hats and blankets. The goal? Relaxation, friendship and reclaiming a pastime historically enjoyed by men and women. The group's coordinator Gene Throwe says he hopes to "provide a safe space for men to knit toge...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - BMW unveiled Wednesday the prototype of a car that can change color and showcases digital features like projecting driving data across the inside of the windshield. This car, called i Vision Dee, was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas at an event attended by "Terminator" actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. BMW unveiled last year at this same show a car that could change hue but only from white to black and gray in between. But the body of the new car can change in a rainbow of colors, in one solid hue or in stripes or checks. BMW i...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Twitter suspended a bot account on Wednesday for spoiling the solution to the next day's Wordle, the wildly popular internet word puzzle. The game, which only offers one puzzle per day, has amassed millions of players since it came online last year. But the Twitter profile @wordlinator seemed determined to ruin the fun for participants posting their scores on the social media site. "The account referenced was suspended for violating the Twitter Rules and the Automation Rules around sending unsolicited @mentions," a Twitter spokesperson told AFP. The bot account automa...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - The CES tech show in Las Vegas closed its 2022 edition on Friday, after pushing ahead with a significantly downsized gathering despite surging Covid cases. Industry behemoths like Amazon and Google stayed away over the virus risk, but the more than 2,200 firms big and small in attendance still pitched their hopes for the next big thing. Here are some parting highlights from the show: Mind control?French startup Wisear is working on technology that detects the signals that zip between the brain and certain muscles, in order to use them to operate connected devices. "Over the ...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Driverless plows and autonomous tools to weed vegetable plots are the latest innovations ready to help farmers juggling labor shortages, climate change and environmental protection, while trying to feed a growing world population. Venerable American farm equipment manufacturer John Deere and French agricultural robot start-up Naio debuted their latest innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show, which began Wednesday in Las Vegas. Touted as a means to feed the world, John Deere combined its popular 8R tractor, a plow, GPS and 360-degree cameras to create a machine a farmer ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years, which will bathe the Moon in red, was visible for a big slice of humanity on Friday. The celestial show will see the lunar disc almost completely cast in shadow as it moves behind the Earth, reddening 99 percent of its face. The spectacle was visible for all of North America and parts of South America from 0602 GMT Friday, and may later be seen in Polynesia, Australia and northeast Asia. By 0750 GMT, sky-watchers with a cloud-free view in those regions saw the Moon half covered by the Earth's penumbra -- the outer shad...
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