Like many, we were surprised by the sudden grounding of our entire team. In particular, we were two co-founders of a San-Francisco based company stranded down under, putting a 17-hour time difference between ourselves and our headquarters. Fortunately, we already had processes around asynchronous communication alongside our already unique meeting culture. To adapt to our new situation, we moved more of our day-to-day collaboration to asynchronous modes. Sure, it’s been a (major) adjustment, but it’s just accelerating our arrival to somewhere we were already heading....

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, which is slated to make its maiden voyage on the red planet on April 14, is powered by Snapdragon’s 801 processor — the same chip used by a slew of phones released in 2014 and 2015. The system runs an integrated board called the Qualcomm Flight Platform, which will operate the autonomous flight. While staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will plan the chopper’s route, the flight will be autonomous due to communication delays....

To assist with this, our team has developed an urban data dashboard to help understand the impact of social distancing measures on people and vehicle movement within a metropolitan city in real time. The Newcastle University Urban Observatory was established to better understand the dynamics of movement in a city. It makes use of thousands of sensors and data sharing agreements to monitor movement around the city, from traffic and pedestrian flow to congestion, car park occupancy and bus GPS trackers....

“What I need to do is just stay in the house and never leave my tiny patch of dirt. Travel is pointless.” Said no one ever. Whether it’s getting out to see friends and family or just globetrotting to drink in our planet, travel is one of those life goals on everyone’s to-do list. Of course, accomplishing that goal without getting financially ransacked by skyrocketing ticket prices is an art in itself....

The winning operators were ultimately selected according to three key criteria: environmental responsibility, user safety, and operations management, maintenance, and charging. As other European cities follow suit with RFPs that are judging respondents on very similar measures, here is a look at the importance of each criterion as well as a first-hand account from Lime, Dott, and Tier on why their bids stood out from those of the competition....

A recent paper sought to finally draw a line under this question by dismissing it completely. It argued that the key physical features found in conscious animals are missing in plants. All such species have an information processing network made up of nerve cells arranged into complex hierarchies that converge in a brain. Plants, on the other hand, do not have nerve cells at all, let alone a brain. But what if assuming that all intelligence has to look like ours were to limit what we could discover about the way plants really work?...

For example, social networks like Facebook offer features for the memorialization of the accounts of the deceased. You can also assign a legacy contact to handle your account after your death. Speaking at the TNW 2021 conference, Stefanie Schillmöller, Death Trends Expert & Innovation Strategist – Good Grief, said that we need to be more aware of the digital footprint we’re leaving behind. She said that there are many ways people are remembering the deceased with technology....

As editor of an academic journal on arboriculture – the cultivation of trees – this is something I know a bit about. There are various aspects to assess: how the trees are grown, how many years they are used for, and how they are disposed of or recycled. For artificial trees, we also need to consider what they are made of and how and where they are manufactured. For real trees, there is a question of where they come from and how they were grown....

Copywriting is more than coming up with a pithy tagline for a product. There’s a whole secret world of subtle artistry to understanding customer motivations, knocking down deterrents and ultimately leading to a point of action that turns an audience member into a paying customer. Oh yeah…and you should probably have a way with words, too. The training in The 2020 Complete Digital Copywriting Master Class Bundle ($38.99, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals) is created for those looking to break into the industry and get working as a highly-sought copy professional....

At this year’s ICML conference, scientists at IBM Research and Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University Research introduced “black-box adversarial reprogramming” (BAR), an alternative repurposing technique that turns a supposed weakness of deep neural networks into a strength. BAR expands the original work on adversarial reprogramming and previous work on black-box adversarial attacks to make it possible to expand the capabilities of deep neural networks even when developers don’t have full access to the model....

Content is no different. If you want something to resonate with audiences, you need to tap into what emotions you’re addressing. If you don’t have a handle on this, you won’t execute the content as well as you could have, and you may not engage as many people as you’d anticipated. Here are some best practices I’ve found when it comes to fusing emotion and content. Don’t overlook positive emotions In a recent study, my team at Fractl examined the emotions that are prevalent across top news sites, as part of our job is to earn media coverage for our content....

Mobile keyboards have come a long way over the years, but it’s still a pain to edit text if you’ve misspelled a word or need to make other changes after you’ve typed up a storm. You typically have to tap on the text in question on your little screen, then hold for a bit, and then move your finger to the right spot to make your changes. That’s awfully difficult with your finger obstructing your view....

You’re thinking of a power bank, right? I knew it. Fine, maybe you’re a regular, everyday normie who doesn’t get horny for power banks. Shame. A real shame. Because if you were that sort of magnificent person, then you’d be frothing in your loins about the teasing of a fast-charging OnePlus power bank. [Read: A love letter to my beloved NAS Drive, the WD PR2100] “What teasing,” you ask? Well, how about this tweet from OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei is anything to go by:...

Since late last year, Included.co has been helping workspaces around the world improve their offerings to members via a series of perks like deals on accountancy, hotels and Web hosting. It also offers a ‘concierge’ service that allows startups to request savings on specific items. The startup has more than 50 workspaces across 11 countries in its network and has just announced its first members in the USA. SuiteSpotte in Illinois; InDo Nashville in Tennessee; Camp4 in Utah, and the four Satellite Centers in California have all signed up....

The Meta head didn’t spill any details about how this would work, but he said they’re coming in the near future: This isn’t the first time we’re hearing about it. Last December, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said the company is “actively exploring” NFTs. A report from the FT in January also noted Meta is planning to let people show off their digital collectibles through profile pictures on Instagram — a feature that Twitter’s testing with its subscription service....

To avoid live video startup mistakes, Instagram is adding a new feature called ‘practice mode.’ It’ll let you and your guests join the live video before it’s broadcasted to your followers. This will help you set up the video and check the sound, light, and stability of connections so it looks like a professional production when it goes live. The firm said the practice mode feature will be rolling out soon....

A leaker who goes by the username of @L0vetodream on Twitter, posted a photo from Weibo, indicating that the upcoming iPhone 13 series is getting a battery bump as compared to its iPhone 12 counterparts. The screenshot in the tweet below is from China’s TENNA certification site. — 有没有搞措 (@L0vetodream) June 1, 2021 Here’s what’s the comparison looks like: iPhone 12/12 Pro v iPhone 13/13 Pro: 2,815 mAh vs 3,095 mAh iPhone 12 Pro Max v iPhone 13 Pro Max: 3,687 mAh vs 4,352 mAh iPhone 12 mini v iPhone 13 mini: 2,227 mAh vs 2,406 mAh...

This isn’t Dorsey’s first resignation letter to Twitter – he was forced out of the CEO chair in 2008 only to return as executive chairman three years later – and no one can say for sure if it will be the last. According to the email sent to Twitter staff in which he announced his latest resignation, he thinks the firm should “stand on its own, free of its founder’s influence or direction”....

Jersey City’s on-demand transit program Via Jersey City is expanding to provide a weekend service, Mayor Steve Fulop has announced. The expansion coincides with the one-year anniversary of the launch of the service with mobility company Via. Fulop said the initiative has exceeded its goals of connecting transit deserts and providing a low-cost alternative option for residents. “Via is meeting and exceeding our goals of expanding connectivity with affordable transportation, providing residents with more opportunities, and improving quality of life, especially for our low-income and diverse populations in areas where reliable mass transit is otherwise scarce,” Fulop said....

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