It just might, and the timing could be a key ingredient. It’s often the case that being first to the party isn’t advantageous. Zume Pizza, once reportedly valued at a somewhat ludicrous $2+ billion, learned that lesson the hard way, closing up its robotic pizza business in early 2020 and laying off more than 100 employees. The latest example is the robotics-powered mobile pizza restaurant, Stellar Pizza, which recently announced it will launch in the emerging tech hub of Los Angeles in Spring 2022....

It would have been hard to miss the buzz around AI-powered text generation, and in spheres like content marketing a host of tools are now broadly used for day-to-day tasks. Journalists are no doubt next, so it’s with trepidation that we call out some of the top tools currently in use to generate articles, blogs, and relevant words automatically (and without, ahem, a well-trained writer at the switch). But the praise comes with a caution, as well: Be realistic about the capabilities of GPT-3 and other text generation tools....

A big reason why income taxes are a challenge for many people is that, in the US, they’re pretty complicated. Most people wind up trusting tax preparation software or handing things over to a tax preparer. It’s this complexity that leads to many misunderstandings, and sometimes those misunderstandings can lead to some pretty serious financial and legal consequences. Here are six common misunderstandings about the American income tax system, along with how you can avoid falling prey to the confusion....

Given the number of gadgets that house a rechargeable battery that live in your home, it’s a good thing that they are surprisingly safe and rarely burst into flames. But rarely is not never. Yes, that’s right, a battery can – and sometimes does – burst into flames. The good news is that batteries generally give you a warning before erupting into a fireball. And if you know the warning signs, you can deal with it before getting a nasty surprise....

Here’s the general idea: The first quantum computing (QC) services, or quantum-like services, being offered to commercial customers are experiments. They are ways to stage scientific functions, in an effort to learn where a quantum-oriented market might be. That’s important because QC researchers need to be able to tap into this market as early as possible (assuming it exists) if they are to generate the capital investments necessary to actually grow such a market in the first place....

The brief pause feels like a rare invitation to temporarily suspend reality. A welcomed respite from surfing the waves of uncertainty that we all face. Navigating a global pandemic – where the lines between work and life have nearly vanished – without capsizing is new. The implications of being always on, always in motion are timeless. Has “always on” at work and in life suddenly become your new routine? You’re not alone....

“In the last 100 years, we have built out the best physical infrastructure in the world when it comes to serving these food products in our own country and exporting them,” Jake Joraanstad, CEO and co-founder of the agtech firm Bushel, told ZDNet. “What we haven’t done well, though, is the digital infrastructure component. The movement of physical goods usually happens faster than the movement of the information, if you can believe that....

All 27 member states voted in favor of granting the UK an adequacy decision – a special status that recognizes that the country’s data laws do as good a job as the European GDPR at protecting personal information. Countries that are granted adequacy gain the right to receive and process the personal data of EU citizens, which many organizations rely on to do business. SEE: Network security policy (TechRepublic Premium) The UK’s departure from the EU has meant that the country has ceased to be protected by the GDPR, and instead relies on domestic laws to manage citizens’ personal data....

The central banks commenced work on the project, Project Dunbar, as a common platform for international settlements using CBDCs in order to theoretically bring about significant improvements to cross-border payments, much like how national payments systems have made domestic payments seamless, instant and low cost in many countries. According to the central banks, Project Dunbar has confirmed that the use of such a platform is technically viable. The financial institutions found, however, that implementing one single global platform was unlikely....

Outgoing ACCC chair Rod Sims, in his annual speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia, said the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement efforts would focus on these priority items due to their growing prevalence as of late. “Consumers are facing a growing number of manipulative techniques to exploit or pressure them, and other practices that seek to distort or disregard their consumer choice in the digital economy,” Sims said, when explaining the ACCC’s consumer concerns for the 2022/23 financial year....

What is it like to work in an accounting job? From natural resource extraction to manufacturing, accountants serve essential financial roles in organizations across all economic sectors. Every organization needs skilled accounting professionals to keep records, maintain budgets, and monitor financial activities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, new accountant and auditor jobs are projected to grow by nearly 100,000 from 2020 to 2030. Individuals with an accounting degree who wish to work as cost estimators and budget analysts also have positive job prospects....

AI art generators draw information from what they’re exposed to, as do human artists. But there’s a difference in scale in the way that humans go through input, process it, and attempt to produce something new when compared to AI. When DeviantArt released its AI art generator, DreamUp, there was immediate backlash from its community over community artwork automatically being opted in for use in AI datasets. Also: How to use DALL•E 2 to turn your wildest imaginations into tangible art Creators would have to manually opt out in order to protect their work from future AI image training....

Customers in Australia and Singapore will also no longer pay a surcharge fee to use a Visa credit card under the agreement. Related Coverage It’s all supposed to be very funny. It stars Scarlett Johansson and her husband. But is this really such a chucklefest? The first suburban store will open up outside of Seattle.

“These costs should be going down over time with innovation and technological advancements, which allows merchants to reinvest savings into low prices and shopping enhancements for customers. Yet, despite these advancements, some cards’ cost of payments continue to stay high or even rise.” The spokesperson said as a result of Visa’s “continued high cost of payments”, a surcharge is currently being added to Visa credit card payments in Australia. This has been in place in Singapore since August....

It has already announced great discounts that started going live from Nov. 20. We’ve highlighted those below. You can expect some more rollbacks to be unveiled throughout Cyber Monday Week, too. More Cyber Monday 2020 deals Blink Outdoor Camera Kits are up to $130 offFire 7 Kids Edition Tablet for $59.99 ($40 off) Echo Dot (3rd Generation) for $20 ($30 off) 

It also aims to provide you with a great streaming experience with rich, clean audio from twin 12W speakers and access to thousands of shows and movies. Also: OLED vs QLED: Which is better? However, the biggest strike against the Omni QLED is that a lot of its cool functionality is locked behind Alexa. This means that in order to get cool features like making voice or video calls, playing trivia, or checking the weather, you’ll have to buy an Echo device and set up an Alexa profile if you don’t have one already....

That approach has now netted Agility Robotics, maker of Cassie and, more recently, of commercial robots designed to work alongside people in logistics and warehouse environments, an impressive $150M Series B, which it will use to implement human-robot collaboration in logistics warehouses. The humanoid robots are capable of carrying out a number of potential warehouse tasks previously done by humans and can be deployed flexibly in various environments. “Unprecedented consumer and corporate demand have created an extraordinary need for robots to support people in the workplace,” explained Damion Shelton, CEO of Agility Robotics....

“Using the same launch vehicle for our prototype mission gives us a chance to practice payload integration, processing, and mission management procedures ahead of those full-scale commercial launches,” Project Kuiper VP Rajeev Badyal said in a statement. Also: Starlink speeds have slowed as more people sign up, report shows

Let it out, let it go, let it wash over others, and see the reaction. Somehow, releasing your inner contradictions, imperfections, and torment can make you feel free. Or, at least, a little lighter. I was moved to an exalted plane of empathy, therefore, upon discovering that an American Airlines executive told it the way (he truly feels) it is. Brian Znotins is the airline’s vice president of network planning....

Thanks to social media, we get plenty of practice, and we’ve honed our whiny skills to near-perfection. We need to talk about all this. Please lie down on my purple chaise-longue and think of all the things that fill you with distaste, disaffection and even downright loathing. Now narrow those feelings in the direction of gadgets. Which ones fill you with despair? Which ones force you to scream at them?...