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The CEO also called back to a statement he made at the Gigafactory last week. Through a number of unspecified improvements, he believes the factory will be able to churn out three times as much storage and only hire twice as many people. Musk said that greater automation at the Gigafactory and at Tesla’s auto manufacturing plants could contribute to the company's efficiency goals, but he noted that Tesla’s employees will need “a higher training level.” That could require Tesla “to establish schools and training because a lot of the work is going to be more sophisticated,” he said. “I think the quality of work will be a lot more interesting.” … [Read more...] about Tesla and SolarCity agree on merger terms in $2.6 billion all-stock deal

"After being trained on that tool, Hood's office flagged seven videos, six of which Google quickly took down," the opinion states. "When asked by the district court, Hood's counsel could not identify any investigatory efforts related to the videos his office flagged." … [Read more...] about Appeals court: Google will have to deal with Mississippi AG investigation

Hoping to dominate the smartphone market in 2020, Samsung is doing so with three phones — the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra. Each one is packed with impressive specs, such as a 120Hz display, upgraded cameras, and expandable storage across the board. If you preorder them through the Microsoft Store, you can get up to $200 in Samsung Credit. … [Read more...] about Get up to $200 when you preorder a Galaxy S20 series phone through the Microsoft Store

The study specifically evaluated how patients responded to sertraline, for example, which is just one of many possible treatments for depression. "A next step for the study would be to test if [the algorithm] is predictive of other forms of treatment that aren't necessarily just medication-based,"  such as cognitive therapy and brain stimulation, Burkhouse said.  … [Read more...] about How your brain waves can predict if an antidepressant will work for you

"It was still surprising to us that we were able to actually change people's moral judgments by disrupting activity in this specific brain region, just because moral judgment is obviously really complicated and depends on a number of factors," said study author Liane Young, a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "So the kind of precise deficit that we found was really striking." … [Read more...] about Morality Altered by Brain Stimulation