Tag: Google
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Shangr-AI La
Last week Google announced its newest feature for Google Earth: the ability to use AI to create layers of images atop actual satellite images of Earth. Less than 24 hours later, Google abandoned those plans. We already have enough problems with the written word and the spoken word and the broadcast word, did we really…
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The Solar Eclipse
If you have not heard, the entire continental United States will, weather cooperating, be able to see at least a partial solar eclipse on Monday, 21 August. It is still too far away for an accurate weather forecast, but I am hoping that we have good weather in Philadelphia that day. Or else why bother…
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The United States of Misspelled Werds
The National Spelling Bee was this week and Google produced a map of the words each state seeks the most help spelling goodly. Naturally, there was a misspelling in their own graphic—unfortunately I do not have an image of that, but trust me they misspelled ninety as nintey in Maryland. Wisconsin, you need help. Credit…
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How an E-mail is Sent. (And No, I Don’t Mean by Pressing Send.)
Google is a big company. What do big companies do from time to time? Market themselves. And so this is a screenshot from a fun interactive infographic piece that has supplementals from text to photos to videos as Google explains how an e-mail is sent. All the while Google touts its green energy initiatives and…
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I’m On a Quest
For those that may have missed it, earlier this week Google released its newest addition to its Google Maps product offering: the 8-bit Quest map. Never before has the world been seen in such high-resolution. And if you look close enough, you might even be able to spy some interesting features. Happy Monster Hunting Quest.