— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) October 27, 2020 The company revealed the news in yet another apologetic Twitter post, saying the purpose of the delay is to continue to get the game ready in some nebulous fashion. The only specifics we got were that the developers are swamped trying to get the game ready both on current-gen and next-gen consoles. I would like to take this moment to remind everyone that CDPR has been saying the game was “complete and playable” since its original delay was announced… in January....

Leave it to data scientists to find data that tells us something meaningful about data science. A new study determined that without diversity in the ranks of data science engineers, the data itself can often fall prey to bias and imbalanced reporting. That’s a science-based way of letting you know that if you’re considering a new career or ever wanted to understand the technologies that are driving some of today’s most fascinating tech innovations, data science could use your outsider perspective too....

Deciding to prioritize one thing means, by definition, deciding not to prioritize something else. This is as self-evident as it is easy to ignore — which is why it’s important to be intentional about it. The alternative is trying to do everything, which defeats the whole purpose of setting priorities. You can’t dedicate forty hours to five different projects next week — at least, not without some kind of Hermione Granger-type time travel....

Our current best theory of particles and forces is known as the standard model, which describes everything we know about the physical stuff that makes up the world around us with unerring accuracy. The standard model is, without doubt, the most successful scientific theory ever written down and yet at the same time we know it must be incomplete. Famously, it describes only three of the four fundamental forces – the electromagnetic force and strong and weak forces, leaving out gravity....

So you’ve spotted an eye-catching crypto project, but you’re wondering if it’s safe to actually take the leap and invest? Analyzing crypto projects for investment purposes is an actual skill. You can compare it with fundamental or technical analysis on the stock market. Often, we come across a shiny new crypto project that tries to draw your attention. But isn’t it too shiny or too eye-catching? Don’t invest blindly because you might end up empty-handed....

In the classic film Blade Runner, Harrison Ford’s cop Deckard uses futuristic sci-fi technology to digitally enhance a still photograph to an almost microscopic level while looking for clues. While we haven’t quite reached Blade Runner levels just yet, the advances of tech in the art of photography these days is still pretty amazing. Case in point — image editing favorite Luminar 4, which not only packs in loads of ultra-helpful tools for enhancing and even creating gorgeous images, but it also embraces artificial intelligence to automatically optimize images without the photographer needing to do anything....

Speaking on the Joe Rogan podcast yesterday — which was recorded over the past week — Musk said that the Tesla Roadster would have to take a backseat so the company can focus on its other vehicles. [Read: The low-down on the A-12 spy plane that Elon Musk and Grimes named their child after] When Rogan asked Musk when he’d finally be able to buy a roadster, the Tesla head didn’t give a date....

The 45-minute conversation was billed as a debate, but in reality it was a series of meandering TED-esque talks by Musk on how, like, Earth is totally doomed in, like, millions of years or something. Ma, a guy who once played an unbeatable martial arts master in a movie with Jet Li, was having none of it. Musk lead with the assertion that humanity underestimated how powerful AI would become: He goes on like this for a bit, explaining that human limitations and exponential machine-growth would lead to AI becoming god-like, to which Ma responds: And with that, mere moments into the so-called debate, we’d learned everything we needed to know....

As of last year, respondents to a business survey reported that about half of their most sensitive business operations, including payments, financial records, intellectual property, and employee data, were all routinely encrypted. While that may sound like a big number if you’re running a firm that’s only now considering tighter security measures, there’s a bigger question here. With data breaches exposing 36 billion records in the first half of 2020, and with most business leaders worried that cybersecurity risks are increasing, the more important question is why all of a company’s digital systems aren’t encrypted?...

The penalty would be the largest ever imposed for a GDPR breach. The previous record of $118.82m ($100m) was dished out to Google last year for violating rules on ad trackers. We strongly disagree with the CNPD’s ruling, and we intend to appeal. The decision relating to how we show customers relevant advertising relies on subjective and untested interpretations of European privacy law, and the proposed fine is entirely out of proportion with even that interpretation....

The company had teased the look of the two-wheeler back in July, but we finally have all the juicy details on it, so let’s dive in. What is the scooter called? The firm’s first two-wheelers are called the Ola S1 and the Ola S1 Pro. Kinda sounds like they’re releasing new phones but okay. What are their specifications? The Ola S1 has a 2.98kWh battery with a 121km claimed range, and the top-tier Ola S1 Pro has a 3....

The former’s consoles — the Xbox Series S and X — launched worldwide on November 10. While the PlayStation 5 will arrive on November 12 in the US and November 19 in the rest of the world. And, after having spent a good chunk of time with both, I can safely say there are a lot of reasons to be excited. It’s been seven years since the release of the PS4 and the Xbox One, both of which got souped-up versions with the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X respectively....

Anyway, there are a range of updates pencilled in for iOS 15, according to a Bloomberg report. This includes an upgrade to notifications, a new iPad Home Screen, and additional privacy features. Interesting? Certainly. Useful? Potentially. Exciting? Less so. [Read: 3 new technologies ecommerce brands can use to connect better with customers] But let’s chat a bit more about what’s reportedly in the pipeline for iOS 15. The notifications upgrade will give users more control over their phone’s actions....

Bulletin will allow writers to post free and paid newsletters and podcasts. Some benefits will of course be behind a paywall, like badges and subscriber-only Facebook groups. Transactions are handled via Facebook Pay, naturally. The platform won’t be open to the public at launch, but Facebook has summoned a bevy of writers on different topics for Bulletin’s launch, although according to an earlier report by Recode, the company is trying to avoid more controversial voices at launch....

Facebook told the publication that these glasses would be a step in its overall AR work. The company’s VP of reality labs, Andrew Bosworth, gave a statement describing a vision of the smart glasses, but it doesn’t tell us much: Last year, Facebook gave us a glimpse into its AR vision through prototype hardware called Project Aria. However, because of the lack of a display, the firm called it a “sensor platform,” instead of calling it a pair of AR glasses....

The feature will be available to users above the age of 18 and, for those eligible, will appear as a new tab in the Facebook app. Importantly, you’ll have a separate profile for Facebook Dating, meaning your, uh, activities won’t appear on your family’s newsfeed. Once you sign up, you’ll get suggestions for matches as you do in any other dating app. You can comment on their dating profile or simple ‘like’ them....

The company will calculate a researcher’s score by evaluating how many vulnerabilities they’ve found in the last 12 months along with their bug-to-noise ratio (submitting reports that are not bugs) in last 24 months. Based on that score, they’ll be placed in a league ranging from bronze to diamond, and that will determine how much bonus they’ll earn when they find their next bug. Apart from payment bonuses, the top two-tier, Diamond and Platinum, also get access to events such as Vegas DEFCON....

Just yesterday, Germany’s finance minister Olaf Scholz said the departure of several high-profile partners from the project was a good sign, but unsurprisingly the Libra Association had a different take altogether. The Association, which just this week managed to get 21 organizations to sign its membership charter, took to Twitter to defend itself. — Libra (@Libra_) October 15, 2019 It’s not entirely clear whether the tweet, which I’m sure was supposed to read “doesn’t agree with us,” was directed at one single article or simply a message being sent to address sentiment across the entire industry....

The company claims “the best way to make products better is to get insights directly from the people who use them.” These insights will be used throughout the company’s portfolio, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook proper. Once signed up, you’ll receive invites to join programs. The first available program is a survey that investigates how social media affects your well-being. The stated goal is to “build better products that aim to limit the negative impacts of social media and enhance the benefits....

One hundred drivers in Norway received their new G3s, Xpeng’s all-electric SUV, recently, Bloomberg reports. In an interview with the news outlet, company president and chairman Brian Gu said Xpeng is going to spend the next 12 months laying the groundwork for sales in its next European country. [Read: Why AI is the future of home security] The EV maker is not saying anything for definite about where it will go next, though....