Further Reading The best wireless mice you can buy Today's Dealmaster includes a return of the best price we've tracked for Logitech's MX Master 3, our favorite wireless mouse for everyday use, which is currently down to $80 at Staples when you use the code "79674" at checkout. You can also use this code to take $20 off the Mac version of Logitech's MX Keys, a wireless keyboard we've previously recommended . Elsewhere, our roundup also includes a low price on a set of Panasonic's Eneloop rechargeable batteries , ongoing sales on several Xbox and PlayStation games, deals on Google Nest smart home products, and more. You can check out the full list below. Note: Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs . Dealmaster: An Ars newsletter The Dealmaster has launched its very own newsletter! Sign up to receive a shorter, tightly curated list of the very best tech deals on the Web—no nonsense, direct to your … [Read more...] about Today’s best tech deals: Logitech MX Master 3, Eneloop batteries, and more
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Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers
Google has worked for years to position itself as a responsible steward of AI. Its research lab hires respected academics, publishes groundbreaking papers, and steers the agenda at the field’s biggest conferences. But now its reputation has been badly, perhaps irreversibly damaged, just as the company is struggling to put a politically palatable face on its empire of data. The company’s decision to fire Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell — two of its top AI ethics researchers, who happened to be examining the downsides of technology integral to Google’s search products — has triggered waves of protest. Academics have registered their discontent in various ways. Two backed out of a Google research workshop, a third turned down a $60,000 grant from the company, and a fourth pledged not to accept its funding in the future. Two engineers quit the company in protest of Gebru’s treatment and just last week, one of Google’s top AI employees, a research manager named Samy Bengio who … [Read more...] about Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers
It’s Dave Bautista and pals vs. zombie horde in
Fresh off the successful release of Zack Snyder's Justice League , we'll soon be getting the director's latest project: Army of the Dead , about a group of mercenaries that attempts a heist in a zombie-ridden Las Vegas. In a sense, Snyder has come full circle. His directorial debut was 2008's Dawn of the Dead , an entertaining reboot of the original George Romero classic from 1978. Army of the Dead started out as a joint project between Universal Studios and Warner Bros. back in 2007. But like so many films, it got stuck in development hell until Zack Snyder signed on as director in 2019. Netflix picked up the distribution rights from Warner Bros. soon after. Per the official premise: Army of the Dead takes place following a zombie outbreak that has left Las Vegas in ruins and walled off from the rest of the world. When Scott Ward (Dave Bautista), a displaced Vegas local, former zombie war hero who's now flipping burgers on the outskirts of the town he now calls … [Read more...] about It’s Dave Bautista and pals vs. zombie horde in