Rebranding Artificial Intelligence as "Super" Intelligence will work about as well as rebranding data centers as "theme parks."

Following Donald Trump's lead, billionaire and phallic-shaped rocket enthusiast Jeff Bezos says he prefers calling AI "SI" because nobody likes artificial sweetener or artificial flavoring, and "artificial" sounds as fake as AI is. — Read the rest

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People keep waiting for a groundbreaking reinvention of the e-reader, but Kindle already does it pretty well.

The e-reader line has been refreshed. New Basic, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft versions are available, along with Signature editions for the Paperwhite and Colorsoft. The shape has changed somewhat. — Read the rest

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Every time I think of this photo I saw on Reddit today, I start laughing. The photo shows an expectation vs. reality of a sleeping bag from Amazon. The photo in the advertisement shows a lifelike cat-themed sleeping bag that looks giant, fluffy and incredibly realistic. — Read the rest

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