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Toku’s AI platform predicts heart conditions by scanning inside your eye
TechCrunch,
Ehsan Vaghefi, CEO and co-founder of Toku, grew up with a blind father who lost eyesight at the age of four due to congenital glaucoma. As a result of this, his dad was involved with the Blind Foundation in his home country of Iran. Vaghefi says most of his childhood friends were either blind or […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
"The Dirty Coast Robot Powered By Roast Beef Poboy Gravy" is here to answer all of your New Orleans questions!
Boing Boing,
Now this is one AI tool I can get behind. Dirty Coast, my favorite gift shop in New Orleans, recently unveiled, "The Dirty Coast Robot Powered By Roast Beef Poboy Gravy," which provides terrific answers to all of your New Orleans-related questions. — Read the rest
Change in X’s terms indicate EU researchers will get API access
After taking over Twitter last year, Elon Musk famously yanked API access from third-party apps and changed API pricing tiers to make it difficult for researchers to access and study the platform’s data. Now the company he’s since renamed X has backtracked in the European Union where legal obligations in the bloc’s Digital Services Act […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend
AV Club,
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, Nov 17 to Sunday, Nov 19. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly What’s On publishes on Sundays.] Read more...
Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive
What price privacy? End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its pro-privacy systems which shield user data from tracking by default. The blog post, penned by Signal president Meredith Whittaker and developer Joshua Lund, reveals it’s currently spends around $14 million per […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
‘I Don’t Think My Partner’s Attracted to Me’
The Cut,
He’s never said he doesn’t see you as beautiful. Consider that perhaps your own insecurities and anxieties are coloring how you perceive his behavior.
Cornell and Columbia among 7 schools under scrutiny for antisemitism, Islamophobia
Politico Picks,
The assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department cautioned that just because a school is under investigation “does not reflect a conclusion that the law has been violated.”
Grief and Comedy Come Together in “Knight of Fortune”
The New Yorker,
In Lasse Lyskjær Noer’s short film, two widowers lean on each other for emotional support.