Places and Things

If you've ever had a question about artificial intelligence or how it works, YouTube's latest Originals series, The Age of A.I., tries to answer those questions. The new eight-part show, which is available to watch today after a lengthy wait, features Robert Downey Jr. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/18/youtube-age-of-ai-now-available/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fresize%3D2000%252C2000%252Cshrink%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-12%252F8f67a430-21db-11ea-abfb-95c5ab2b33da%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D4e827505f5653a9bae2881ff757858cd6b5e1cc3&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=a2e5ef4a79f3d5533deacf42afeebda3836217e1

Archaeologists have found a unique chariot grave in a Celtic burial complex near Pocklington, Yorkshire. This burial occurred between 320 B.C.E to 174 B.C.E. It has three distinct features. First, people had placed two horses in the grave.  No other British chariot burial included horses. from https://wildhunt.org/2019/12/uncovering-the-past-winter-solstice-2019-c-e.html https://wildhunt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/618px-Pocklington_UK_parish_locator_map.svg_.png

It took more than a year, but Netflix finally has a release date for the second season of Narcos: Mexico. The dramatization of the war on drugs will continue right before Valentine's Day, on February 13th. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/17/narcos-mexico-season-2-february-13-netflix/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1600%252C800%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C800%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-12%252F06786440-20ee-11ea-8f3b-83c946a65377%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D7b0f547e28be3a902405b04c1175e533c7a42282&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=13da72b4a52c48cd735f80de01713ae5b16f8b23

It won't shock you to hear that Apple's new Mac Pro is easy to upgrade in many ways -- that's the whole point. But how easy it to service beyond the obvious parts? It's mostly easy, according to iFixit. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/17/apple-mac-pro-teardown/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1600%252C1067%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-12%252F36fed6f0-20e2-11ea-beeb-2fe4d601b51c%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D3d1177424e4fba1784c87d53aac4b5072fbc5a47&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=4fe05fd26dee14331b55ed2e6146fd8de8403678

Japan is set to build the largest neutrino detector in history, after a cabinet committee approved billions of yen for its construction on 13 December, according to scientists involved in the project. from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/japan-will-build-the-worlds-largest-neutrino-detector2/ https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/535AE06B-1D2B-4765-A72FB029FD6AC6ED_source.png?w=590&h=800&169D6783-2C74-445C-8931468E7B8A2CF9

For all of the lofty promises around Hyperloop, we're now at the point where the companies making it have to stop speaking in poetry and start selling, in prose. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/17/hyperloop-tt-chicago-and-pittsburgh-route-plan/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?crop=1799%2C1200%2C0%2C0&quality=85&format=jpg&resize=1600%2C1067&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-12%2F192162a0-20b1-11ea-97b3-ebd4409d6c67&client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&signature=0f6c13af490020e0c07e07cf9a20baae6ec7310a

Lately, there’s been a lot of heat over the simple lightbulb. Over the past decade, manufacturers raced to make their lightbulbs more efficient. The competition helped people save both energy and money — and the environment got a pretty big boost, too. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/17/21024834/lightbulbs-energy-efficiency-standards-trump-climate-change http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png