We dubbed them odd radio circles or ORCs. They continue to puzzle us, but new data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope are helping us solve the mystery. We can now see each ORC is centered on a galaxy too faint to be detected earlier. The circles are most likely enormous explosions of hot gas, about a million light-years across, emanating from the central galaxy. Our paper showing these results has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society....

You might have noticed that we have some pretty bad ass header images on our articles at TNW. Take this one. Or this one. Or maybe even this one, for example. People seem to really like them. — fiiv ? (@mtimofiiv) May 2, 2019 But as with all great artwork, these images don’t make themselves. It might look like it occasionally, but trust me when I say we work really hard on these....

At the beginning of my journey, I sought advice and guidance from those I’ve perceived as the ultimate knowledge base — top managers of the big companies. Through multiple conversations with C-level employees of massive industrial companies, corporate giants, and businesses established in the previous century, I have realized that many of the things I talk about are either alien or nonsense to them. Despite some obvious differences in our views on the world, future, and management, I have had three major takeaways from our discussions....

As a result, many leading brands have turned to automation to solve time-consuming processes that involve audience engagement and customized content. Automation has become critical especially for brands looking to scale up. Ironically, automating your social advertising can lead to a more personalized social media experience for your customers, making it easier to create meaningful connections and build loyal customer relationships. In addition, social advertising platforms help you focus on more important things, like marketing strategy and creative concepts....

Hear us out. You could spend your day thinking about things like the upcoming US presidential elections, COVID-19, global climate crisis, and other horrifying topics. You could. Or you could take some time off and read about head transplants, the birth of our future overlords, compelling evidence you’re actually living inside a computer simulation run by your great-great-great-great grandkids, whatever the hell Quantum Darwinism is, and how a new class of calculus will brute force superintelligent AI into existence....

According to multiple blockchain explorers, BTC.com has mined roughly one percent of BSV blocks over the past 24 hours, and is currently contributing a relatively small hash rate of 4 petahashes per second to the network. Curiously, the rate of BSV blocks signed by BTC.com also seems to be increasing. BTC.com has been noticeably (and obviously) absent from BSV mining since last year’s wasteful Hash Wars, as it involved Bitmain and Roger Ver (Bitcoin ABC) battling gambling figure Calvin Ayre and nChain’s Craig Wright (BSV) for the prominent Bitcoin Cash moniker and its associated $BCH ticker....

Even if current and committed policies were to succeed, transport’s carbon emissions would still grow almost 20% by 2050. Highly ambitious policies could cut these emissions by 70% – but not to zero. In honor of “transport day” at the COP26 climate summit, here are seven reasons global transport is particularly hard to decarbonize. 1. Demand is closely linked to population and economic growth As economies and populations grow, demand for goods grows, as does the number of people with the desire and means to travel....

There are plenty of programming libraries, code snippets, and pretrained models that can get help you integrate machine learning into your applications without having a deep knowledge of the underlying math functions. But there’s no escaping the mathematical foundations of machine learning. At some point in your exploration and mastering of artificial intelligence, you’ll need to come to terms with the lengthy and complicated equations that adorn AI whitepapers and machine learning textbooks....

Software developers usually write tons of code every single day. They might be working on a new project or tweaking an existing one. But, after some time the codebase may grow enough that it becomes very difficult to manage or track any changes made. For example, if a team of software developers are working on an application, how can they track the team member who made a specific change? It might not be a major issue if a team only consists of two or three members....

If you’ve never heard of it, Rocksmith is, for the most part, exactly like Guitar Hero — except in place of that tacky, five-button plastic “axe,” you use a real guitar or bass. Rocksmith was released in 2011, originally it was only compatible with your standard six-string. But a year later, Ubisoft added support for bass guitars. And, as a wielder of the low-end, I was intrigued. I first picked up a bass as part of a school project when I was about 13 years old....

Charlie Intel reports the standard edition of its latest instalment, Black Ops Cold War, for next-gen consoles will run you $69.99 — a $10 bump over the price for the current-gen version. The good thing about it is it’ll come with a copy for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, too. If you don’t plan on upgrading your console, you can still grab a copy of the new Call of Duty game for $59....

The company revealed the move in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission submitted on May 2, 2020. The majority of layoffs will affect the company’s customer support and recruitment teams, according to the documents. “Due to lower trip volumes in its rides segment and the [Uber’s] current hiring freeze, [Uber] is reducing its customer support and recruiting teams by approximately 3,700 full-time employee roles,” the filing reads. “In connection with these actions, [Uber] estimates that it will incur approximately $20 million related to severance and other termination benefits....

— David Singleton (@dps) December 27, 2019 The consent banners enforced by the bloc’s privacy regulations are among the internet’s most irritating features. The lawmakers behind them may have had good intentions, but they’ve merely trained us to blindly click through every notification. After years of suffering this digital torture, a new AI tool has finally offered hope of an escape. Named CookieEnforcer, the system was created by researchers from Google and the University of Wisconsin-Madison....

Sevillan beer company Cruzcampo made a deepfake of the iconic Andalusian the star of a new ad campaign. The company pitches the commercial as a celebration of the diversity of Spanish accents. “Do you know why I was understood all over the world? Because of my accent,” says Flores’ AI reincarnation. “And I’m not just referring to the way I talk…” The company recreated her voice, face, and features using hours of audiovisual material, more than 5,000 photos, and a painstaking composition and post-production process, according to El País....

The firm says this is its biggest redesign in years. The marquee feature is called Categories, and it lets you explore homes around the world — rather than search for something specific. With this, Airbnb aims to inspire people to think about traveling in the future, or taking longer trips. Encouraging discovery through categories Speaking to TNW, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said travel search has been the same for the last 25 years....

Case in point: At CES, Alienware announced the Concept UFO, a gaming PC that is basically a straight-up Switch clone. But I don’t care because I want one. The Concept UFO packs an 8-inch screen and a 1900 x 1200 display into a portable form factor with detachable controllers. The device overall seems a bit chunkier than the switch, though, on the plus side, the controllers seem a bit more ergonomic....

Get notified – https://t.co/LTDvaPHwH0 pic.twitter.com/Wyg4aONW9W — OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) August 22, 2019 Earlier this month, the company’s CEO, Pete Lau, tweeted a picture of the upcoming remote with a dedicated Google Assistant button, and a volume rocker on its side – just like on most phones. I’m quite unsure if placing the volume buttons on the side was a smart choice, especially when there’s space on the remote. Plus, traditional remotes don’t have any buttons on the side....

They wrote: Those are strong words, but he’s not alone in thinking them. A growing contingent of civil rights advocates, surveillance experts, and pundits are working to raise awareness about the potential dangers of Ring’s doorbell cameras. This indicates that privacy advocates are losing the battle against ubiquitous surveillance, something many feel could destroy the bedrock of democracy. One of the biggest concerns with Ring cameras is that people who choose not to install one or participate in the local surveillance network (a connected community software system called “Neighborhoods” that gives police backdoor access to users’ footage) can’t choose to opt out....

Thankfully, iPhones have a one-handed mode which you can activate by swiping down on the bottom edge of the screen. Now, Android’s next version could get a similar option too. According to a report by XDA Developers, Google is set to include its own implementation of the one-handed mode in the open-source version of Android (AOSP). This means that any phone maker loading Android 12 on their devices will be able to use this out of the box....

According to a report from Bloomberg, a federal jury in Texas ordered the iPhone maker to pay PanOptis Patent Management and its Optis Cellular and Unwired Planet, for using their patented wireless technology in iPhones and iPad. Last August, a jury had slapped a $500 million fine on Apple. However, that amount has been reduced in the retrial. As The Register noted, the wireless patents originally belonged to LG, Samsung, and Panasonic that were later acquired by Optis....