They are just as indispensable to biotechnology and medicine, for instance in our response to diseases such as COVID-19. However, the best light microscopes have hit a fundamental barrier – the bright laser light used to illuminate tiny objects can also destroy them. In research published in Nature today, our team of Australian and German researchers has shown that quantum technologies offer a solution. We built a quantum microscope that can more gently probe biological samples, which allowed us to observe biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see....

While Labor Day honors the industrious, never say die, nose-to-the-grindstone spirit of America, let’s be honest — we’d all like to be laboring a whole lot less. Thankfully, there’s a vast armada of products out there tailored to saving you time, effort and hassle. And because we don’t want you wasting time finding all those time-savers yourself, TNW Deals has gathered four of their most awesome discounts with savings up over 90 percent off to have you heading into Labor Day on a cost-conscious high....

Many industries are shifting their customer service to chatbot systems. That’s because of the huge drop in the cost compared to actual humans, and also because of the robustness and constant availability. Chatbots deliver a degree of user support without substantial additional cost. Today, chatbots are used in many scenarios, ranging from menial tasks such as displaying time and weather data to more complex operations such as rudimentary medical diagnosis and customer communication/support....

Sweden’s first astronaut and the European Space Agency (ESA) this week unveiled a new project inspired by the paper-folding technique. The program will use technology designed by Stilfold, a Swedish startup that’s pioneered a manufacturing process called “industrial origami.” The technique uses robotic arms to fold sheets of steel over curves to form complex and lightweight shapes. Stilfold previously used the approach to build an electric scooter. According to the company, the techniques resulted in 70% fewer components, a 40% reduction in weight, 20% lower material costs, and 25% lower labor costs....

Recently, this intention has transitioned to ebikes. As our bikes become small (ok, pretty small) data centers on wheels, their ability to monitor our surroundings becomes a catalyst for companies creating technology that provides cyclists with some of the safety insights available in connected cars. Bike riders are far more vulnerable than their car driving companions, and tech that ebike companies can adapt to suit cyclists can only be a good thing....

When developers at Sun Microsystems needed a computer language to regulate interactive TV operations back in the early 90s, they devised Java. As it turned out, Java was way too advanced for cable providers to use, but that ahead of its time creation has spent the last 25 years infiltrating and inspiring virtually everything around it. Today, Java is the driving force behind 15 billion devices worldwide, including everything from Android apps to cloud and data infrastructure to the Mars Rover....

Whether your company mines granite, sells doilies, or consults with Fortune 500 businesses, that company needs an accountant to make sure bills get paid, workers receive checks, and the doors stay open month after month. You can add project managers to that list of job titles whose skill sets are integral to businesses in any industry. From manufacturing to service businesses to content creation, a PM is a logistics wizard, capable of assessing a pipeline from start to finish, implementing improvements and knocking down potential problems before they become problems....

In forensic science, the expert witness plays a vital role. Lawyers seek them out for their analysis and opinion on specialist evidence. But experts are human, with all their failings, and the role of expert witnesses has frequently been linked to miscarriages of justice. We’ve been investigating the potential for AI to study evidence in forensic science. In two recent papers, we found AI was better at assessing footprints than general forensic scientists, but not better than specific footprint experts....

The once-daily medicine, called baricitinib, was first identified as a potential treatment for the virus by BenevolentAI, a startup based in London. The company used its AI software to comb through scientific literature for drugs that might block the infection process. The most promising treatment it discovered was baricitinib, which it predicted could stop the infection from entering lung cells. The new study has now shown the drug’s safety and efficacy in the largest group of patients published thus far....

Researchers from Queen Mary University recently developed an AI model to scour the profiles of more than two million actors and actresses on IMDB. The goal was to see if they could teach a machine to predict when an entertainer would have their best year. They achieved success in that respect; the algorithm can determine with 85-percent accuracy when an actor will have their best working year. This is interesting – it’d be a lot more interesting if the authors of the study weren’t declining to use the algorithm to predict a current celebrity’s status, though we understand why they wouldn’t be comfortable doing so....

Scientists from Cornell University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory made the discovery by developing an algorithm that analyzes genomes. The software can identify segments of DNA that came from other species — even if it’s from an unknown source. The researchers applied the algorithm to genomes from two Neanderthals, a Denisovan, and two African humans. It found that 3% of the Neanderthal genome came from ancient humans, through interbreeding that occurred between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago....

It’s been proven time and time again that diversity is good for business, but a recent survey found that almost half of early stage startups in India have hired fewer or no women in the last year, compared to the previous year. This is down to the higher costs of complying with the government’s six-month paid maternity leave policy, which was enforced in 2017. When India first doubled its paid maternity leave, critics predicted the new law would potentially discourage employers from hiring women in a country that already lags behind in workforce gender equality — only 27% of Indian women were in work in 2012....

Luna will be available on Fire TV, PC, Mac, and iOS devices (the latter through “web apps”), with Android coming soon. While some of the details are unclear, it seems you’ll subscribe to different “channels” on Luna to have access to particular games. For example, there’s a channel called Luna+ that offers multiple games from different genres, including Resident Evil 7, Yooka-Laylee, and Control. Luna+ would cost $5.99 a month at first, with more games to be added (and presumably a price hike)....

Tania Amador, a 28-year-old who lives in Grand Prarie just outside Dallas, gave a video to local news which reportedly showed that her Ring security system had been hacked by cryptocurrency hungry scammers who demanded 50 Bitcoin (around $400,000 rounded up). “I was asleep and our Ring alarm was going off like an intruder had entered our home,” Amador told WFAA. “Then we heard a voice coming from our camera....

Analogue’s Pocket is a sleek rectangle that looks like the love child of an iPhone 5 and an Xperia Play. It’s got a very similar button layout to the original Game Boy, but with a 3.5″ LTPS LCD screen. According to Analogue, the 1600×1440 resolution is 10x the resolution of the original handheld. I might have to flagellate myself for saying this, but it’s a great deal sexier, as it were, than my Game Boy....

But that might actually be wrong. They lied to us. According to recent leaks, it looks as though the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro range will do away with the notch and replace it with a “pill-shaped” cut out. If you’re asking what the hell that would look like, here’s a useful guide: — Jeff Grossman (@Jeffrey903) January 9, 2022 This rumor has, of course, prompted the wonderful minds of shitposters across the internet to offer alternative suggestions to how the iPhone 14 Pro cut-out should look....

Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 6 and the Apple Watch SE today. With that, the company said that it’s removing the power adapter it provides with the Watch in the box. The Cupertino-based firm said that the reason is environmental. It claimed this step will save the carbon equivalent of over 50,000 cars per year. That means Apple must be making millions of these chargers to ship with the Watch....

— Assassins Creed UK (@Assassins_UK) September 9, 2020 According to Ubisoft’s update, Valhalla will release on not only the new Xbox Series X and S, but also the Xbox One, PS4, Stadia, and PC on November 10. The original release date was November 17. In case you haven’t kept up, the latest Assassin’s Creed casts you as a Viking, out to go a-pillaging in the ninth century. As someone who’s been a fan of Assassin’s Creed for almost half my life (really closer to 13 years), I’ll be playing it no matter what console it’s on....

This signal, resembling four short wiggles, lasted less than a tenth of a second. Yet, it revealed the formation of the first intermediate-mass black hole ever discovered. The other black hole involved in this merger comes in with a mass around 66 solar masses. Black holes can form in the modern Universe from the collapse of supermassive stars that run out of fuel at the end of their lives. These stellar-mass black holes are the most common type of these objects, and typically measure a few tens of times more massive than our Sun....

“I am now the owner of Atari,” the rapper revealed on Instagram. He also disclosed that the company was set to buy his own gaming business for a cool $140 million. The Crank Dat songwriter said Atari was “real proud” of his work with the SouljaGame consoles: It looked like a match made in heaven. A struggling gaming firm had found a celebrated entrepreneur with the industry credentials to return it to past glories....