πŸ“° Check out the latest in technology news! Today's highlights include a taste test of synthetic salmon 🐟, the use of AI chatbots in education πŸ€–, Tesla's app supporting automation with Apple Shortcuts ⚡️, and the impact of Meta's news fight on sharing lifesaving information during wildfires πŸ”₯. Read more about it on Ars Technica, The New York Times, The Verge, and CBC News. #technologynews #syntheticsalmon #AIeducation #Tesla #Meta #wildfires #newsfight 🌐 [Link to Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961837#p3) [Link to The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/nyregion/are-you-using-chatgpt-in-your-school-or-university-we-want-to-hear-about-it.html) [Link to The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838346/tesla-app-apple-ios-shortcuts-automation-update) [Link to CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nwt-wildfire-evacuation-meta-blocking-news-1.6939286)

Today's Technology News

I try synthetic salmon and enter the "uncanny valley" of taste

It may look a lot like fish, but it's not.

I could count on one thing as I sat down for a multiple-course meal based on something that looked very much like salmon: I would not have to worry about any bones. The plant-based theme ingredient came from a Toronto startup called New School Foods that has been developing a way to construct a salmon substitute with not just the taste but also the texture of the real thing.

New School treated a table's worth of journalists to a tasting dinner in Toronto in late June—subject to a no-food-photos rule for attendees but with no restrictions on taking notes. That comped meal came hours after CEO Chris Bryson gave his sales pitch for the company during a panel at the Collision conference there, in which he said that New School's goal was to see its products "enthusiastically adopted by non-vegans."

New School has given itself a tall order by making salmon its go-to-market product. Salmon both has a distinctive, delicate texture and one of the most identifiable flavor profiles among seafood. And people prepare it with a wider range of techniques than most kinds of meat allow—grilling, poaching, sautΓ©ing, smoking, roasting, or even not cooking it at all. For plant-based salmon to pass muster, it has to work across those use cases.

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Source: Ars Technica

Are You Using ChatGPT in Your School or University? We Want to Hear About It.

We're asking educators and students how they are using new A.I. chatbots for teaching and coursework.

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Tesla's app now supports automation with Apple Shortcuts

The Tesla logo on a red, black, and white background.

Tesla owners with iPhones can now use Siri to trigger Apple Shortcuts automations without turning to paid third-party apps like Tessie to do so. The Tesla app's newest update, version 4.24.0, dropped with a release note saying "Access your vehicle controls and climate from the Apple Shortcuts app."

To use Siri with Shortcuts, all you have to do is invoke Apple's digital assistant and say the name of your automation. It's a little clunkier than actual Siri integration, because to trigger Shortcuts automations, you have to memorize the names you've given them and repeat them verbatim, but it's probably the best Tesla owners will get, at least for now.

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Source: The Verge

Evacuees from the wildfires threatening Yellowknife say that Meta's news fight with Canada's government makes it harder for them to share lifesaving information

Evacuees from the wildfires threatening Yellowknife say that Meta's news fight with Canada's government makes it harder for them to share lifesaving information. Meta notes government sources not blocked as northerners duck ban by sharing screenshots of information

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Source: CBC News

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