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Have your people call my people.

Google is adding the ability for pixel phones to handle being on hold and give you a notification when someone comes on the line.

Google Hold For Me

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Now some happy nature news

Tasmanian devils have made enough progress that they can be reintroduced into the world.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54417343

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Overlooking the obvious

Lot of pontification about how AI would detect a flat tire from changes in vehicle handling and smart tires with additional sensors, but no mention of the Tire Pressure Monitoring System which is available on modern cars and has been required since 2001 in the United States with the appropriately named TREAD act.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2020/10/03/tire-blowouts-could-cause-self-driving-cars-to-go-astray/#4e9cadbb463b

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Ironic don’t you think

So the phrase used for computer imagery of sports stars faces on body doubles is, ‘Hulu Has Live Sports Again.’

https://www.protocol.com/hulu-deepfake-commercial-ai

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Wizard of Oz = Planet of the Apes

Eddie Murphy explains how Wizard of Oz and Planet of the Apes are the same movie

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The real meaning of pirate radio stations.

All this time I thought the name was because they were not licensed, turns out the original pirate radio stations broadcast from ships.