Another lifelike robot is striking horror into the hearts of humans. NamedAmeca, the android can convey an impressive range of facial gestures — and people are freaking out. How it’ll start vs How it’s going to gopic.twitter.com/MQQcRTy7NB — Jacob Brill (@JacobbBrill)December 2, 2021 These are predictable reactions. Whenever a machine shows another human-like capability, fromdancingtospeaking, it sparks fears of robot uprisings. These anxieties are somewhat misplaced. Why are people are more disturbed by robots that blink than combat drones andAI machine guns?...

I used to be a sumo wrestler in Japan. Yup, I’m not kidding. I lived in Tokyo, in a house with 30 of the strongest sumo wrestlers in the world. We did everything together: lived, trained, and ate. My time in the sumo house has taught me a lot. Not only how to become a good sumo wrestler — or how to gain 11 kilos in six weeks — but also the mindset to be successful in your professional career....

John Sumpter, the Editor-in-Chief ofTripped Mediawas up before the sun rose this morning to document today’s Occupy Wall St. activities. “Besides only launching a week ago and being featured on every continent and in over 65 countries, I think we have some pretty good stuff in the works,” says Sumpter. “We are currently working with individuals abroad to completely launch our international travel section, we’ve recently been accepted onto Kickstarter, our company has already managed to make Lou Reed hate us and every writer in NYC is breaking down our doors....

Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox bysigning up for his newsletter! I recently learned a technique for enabling connections and conversations during dinner, and it’s called…the conversation piece. Apparently, in previous centuries, it was common practice for the wealthier families of Amsterdam (where I live) to place an object in the middle of the table, so your guests could discuss it....

This article was originally publishedhere. I’ve been seeing more and more job postings for analytics engineers in recent months. Every company wants someone that has both data analytics andsoftware engineeringskills. It’s the best bang for their buck in hiring one person. I first became an analytics engineer 6 months ago, after working for 2 years as a data engineer. And I’ve never looked back. I’m glad I decided to apply for a position I had never heard of....