[nonostantement #374] - kinect vs ghosts / looksmapping / nyc subway map
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Ghosts in the Kinect
Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect camera is popular in 2025 with ghost-hunting creators.Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot
ChatGPT "power users," or those who use it the most, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot.Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’
The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.LooksMapping
See Which Restaurants Have The Most Attractive Diners – According to AI!Distraction Is the Whole Point
How the deluge of irrelevant and misleading information keeps us from focusing on what truly mattersThe Retro NYC Subway Map Design Nerds Love Makes a Comeback
The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists.
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France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking
Requiring “double consent” for user tracking is too much, French agency says.
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