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AI vs Jobs: Who's to blame?

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The robots are knocking at our doors, calling out for employment in industries. Thanks to Artificial Intelligence, we're braced for the world's biggest transformation, since the industrial revolution. With the recent breakthroughs in technology, many jobs could cease to exist. As per one estimate, 40% of the world's jobs would be replaced by automated robots capable of doing their own tasks. The simplest jobs would be the first to go. Those who depend on earning their livelihood could be the worst impacted. The conspiracy theorists, the technologists, the scientists, the engineers, even the journalists seem to carry their own subjective views... The Fuss about Machine Learning... Let's first talk about this Machine Learning thingy. Computers are exceptionally great at following rules, written into programs. If you have a low credit card score, the interest rate on your card should be at a certain level, that's a rule a computer follows. Keep adding r...

In Musk We Must Trust

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Tesla has finally unveiled its standard range of Model 3 sedan for $35,000- jumping to the next step of its master plan to boost its revenues. Though the company is incredibly excited about its latest achievement, the investors have their own reasons to be concerned. They fear that launching its next range of affordable cars may make the company lose its exclusivity. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has recently announced in a conference on Feb 27th that Tesla's latest affordable Standard Model 3 will have 220 miles of range, a top speed of 130 mph and it will accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 5.6 seconds. Tesla is also offering higher performance, long-range version of Tesla, Standard Range Plus , for which you will have to pay $2000 more. "For 6% more money, you get 9% more range, more power, and an upgraded interior", said Tesla in a blog post. Musk also said that Tesla will be shutting down more of its stores in the coming months and laying off most of the worke...

Hidden Chamber found in Great Pyramid using Cosmic Rays

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How sub-atomic particle detectors are enabling archaeologists to peer inside ancient structures as never before Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious chamber deep within the Great Pyramid of Giza , using a cutting-edge imaging technique based on the detection of subatomic particles created by cosmic rays. Dubbed the ScanPyramids Big Void , after the name of the project that discovered it, the cavity is approximately 30m long and 3m high and is situated above the Grand Gallery, a large corridor that connects the two largest of the iconic structure’s three main chambers. The Great Pyramid, also known as Khufu’s Pyramid , was built during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, who reigned from 2509 to 2483 BC. Constructed from limestone and granite blocks, and rising to 139 metres, it is the oldest and largest of the Giza pyramids and one of the most impressive structures to survive from the ancient world. Despite years of extensive research, there is no consensus on how exact...

How Cambridge Analytica managed to influence American Voters using their Brand Preferences

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Cambridge Analytica, "special information-sharing service", partnerships with the US Government, Facebook? User Profiles? 50 million...87 million...120 million...fake news...apologies...more fake news...more apologies...and the headlines went on... You gotta agree. 2018 was not quite an year for Facebook. The 2018 Facebook Timeline (No Pun Intended) In January 2018, when Zuck posted a New Year's Resolution to "fix" Facebook's failings, no one could have possibly imagine what fate had in store for him, or for those 87 million unlucky users, for that matter. The matter started in February 2018, when some Russian organizations were revealed to have interfered US political and electoral processes, including the 2016 presidential elections. The Facebook ads cited during this time, it was later speculated, had been seen by more than 11.4 million Americans. In March, the renowned The New York Times, revealed in a breakthrough article that a...

Netflix vs Disney: The War of Streaming Services is finally here!

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By late 2019, Disney has promised to launch its own online streaming service, further complicating the options for viewers who just want to watch their favorite films and TV online. The competition between streaming services has been great for consumers, so far. Outlets like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Shudder, and Filmstruck have been ramping up content and giving us a lot for very little money, but they have the power to take it away too (password lockdowns, pull content). As corporate consolidation heats up, that deal may get a lot worse, and faster... With a plethora of OTT streaming services coming into the market after the rise of Netflix, more & more companies that make video content are finding their way into the streaming media business. And the mightiest of them all, the company which is best known for its unique marketing strategies, is finally getting into the business too. At the mid of 2019, Disney will be launching its OTT streaming service, Disney+, ...

Having an Ambition limits you from exploring Infinite Possibilities!

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P.S- This article ain't motivational stuff, even though the image strongly implies so! It's insanely logical, so you can go ahead... We are living in a world that encourages youth to be ferociously ambitious. If we talk in terms of the Generation-Z, ambition is considered as the ultimate prerequisite for a preordained & definite success. I've heard my teachers, my parents, my friends say the same thing: if you haven't got a goal set in your mind, you can't succeed in life. I outrightly refuse to believe this. You are talking about ''infinite", so you gotta have a picture with stars. What is ambition anyway?   To put it in layman terms, it's simply a thought that is a product of the human mind, to which one decides to give a certain significance, above all other aspects of one's life. And when it turns gradually into your life goal, you endue all your energy into it, to such an extent that it begins to rule your existence! But but...

The inexplicable science of The Egg: Uncracked, Unhatched, Unbroken

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Y'all know this guy, don't you? In fact, we all know him. We made him famous! He's Eugene btw. Why, just why? Everybody is getting behind this egg. Why, you might wonder, did an egg capture our hearts and double taps? Well, silly, eggs are perfect. Versatile, tasty, encased in their own packaging, and stacked with nutrients, they're as wholesome as you can get. If you get home and have nothing but eggs in your refrigerator, you still have everything. You can fry them, scramble them, poach them, hard or soft boil them. They are pure, uncomplicated and inanimate. They are simple, and yet they are powerful, packed with 6 grams of protein. More importantly, they are not shouting for your attention. Compare them to the pathetic attempts by celebrities to wear laughable outfits – or sometimes wear nothing – to attract your eyeballs and make you press the like button. Like it or not, you are fed up of those wannabe people. Done. They get a zero. They get a...