Cadillac tech ‘talks’ to traffic lights so you don’t run them

Cadillac’s cars are getting even chattier. 

Now they can “talk” to traffic lights to let drivers know when the light is going to turn red, a feature meant to cut down on dangerous last-minute decisions. Cadillac announced this week that it successfully tested the technology, called vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication. 

The V2I test comes after the luxury automaker rolled out a feature to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication back in March, which made its 2017 CTS sedan the first car on the market with the ability to “talk” to other enabled vehicles in its vicinity by sending data about road conditions back and forth through a connected system.  Read more…

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6 innovations that help artists control their environment

Art and technology have a lot in common.   

Both have a way of pushing boundaries, of helping us look at the world in new ways, and of generating the Next Big Thing.   

Artists and creators alike – whether that means sculptors, animators, museum curators, illustrators, and everyone in between – are constantly looking to new technologies as a way to keep pushing beyond what’s been done before. But this level of innovation requires precise control, whether that’s through the environment or at artist’s tools.   

Here are seven innovations that help artists manage their environment – and the creative process – in entirely new ways.    Read more…

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People think Maya Angelou just died thanks to Facebook

Read the headline, share the article. This is how old news gets circulated as new.

While it’s not necessarily #FakeNews, old articles recirculating on social media is a longtime problem that has yet to see a solid fix. The internet’s latest victim: author and poet Maya Angelou, who sadly passed on May 28, 2014. 

An NPR article announcing the news of her death from 2014 resurfaced on Facebook this week. Given the three-year anniversary of her death was on Friday, it’s not surprising that people would share articles involving Angelou. But sometime in the past few days the NPR piece announcing her death was shared as new, and people who missed it the first time it came around just rolled with it. Read more…

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Mom accidentally makes very inappropriate cookies for her son’s first birthday

Moms always go overboard for their kids’ birthday parties, especially for the first birthday. 

So, when Jen from New Jersey was planning the greatest first birthday party for her son, she pulled out all the stops, including baking cookies shaped like “1”‘s, a family tradition. 

Jen told BuzzFeed that because she was super busy with her husband and daughter’s birthdays, she had to make the cookies a whole month in advance and freeze them for the party. She used the “1” from an old set of cookie cutters and spent eight hours making a total of 189 cookies as party favors.

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Samsung’s Bixby is delayed (again) because English is too hard

Galaxy S8 owners are in for a bit longer of a wait before they’ll be able to use one of the smartphone’s most important features.

Samsung’s highly anticipated digital assistant is delayed — again — according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.  The reason for the delay: English is just too complicated.

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The voice-enabled assistant, which has been available in Korea since the smartphone shipped, is “struggling to comprehend English syntax and grammar,” according to the report.

“Bixby Voice benefits from time to further enhance natural language understanding, and we are currently growing our user testing in the U.S. to prepare for launch,” a Samsung representative said in a statement, noting that other Bixby features, like Bixby Vision, which uses the S8’s camera, are already live. Read more…

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The NBA Finals produced the meme that conquered America

Don’t let this data analysis distract you from the fact that the Warriors last year became the first team in history to blow a 3-1 NBA Finals lead. 

Just kidding. How could you forget? Since the Warriors snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last June (with considerable help from LeBron James), “blowing a 3-1 lead” has become a touchstone in the American consciousness — or at least in the consciousness of Americans who spend a lot of time online. 

Don’t believe us? Consider this: Some five months after last year’s NBA Finals, Hillary Clinton suffered an upset loss to Donald Trump in the presidential election. As election day played out, tweets using the phrase “3-1” were posted 24,950 times, according to data provided by Twitter.  Read more…

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Oreo O’s, the cereal of your childhood, is back for good

Back when parents still let their kids have cereal that was, in essence (or sometimes literally), just cookie pieces, Oreo O’s were one of our go-to picks for a sugar-filled breakfast. 

Launched in 1998, the cereal filled the bowls of children across the country for nine glorious years. Then in 2007 it disappeared from U.S. stores due to “organizational changes” (per a Post spokesperson), only occasionally cropping up for resale on Amazon and eBay. Now, its coming back for good.

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This June, Post Consumer Brands will bring Oreo O’s back to the U.S., retailing for $3.89 a box.  Read more…

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