In fact, if you start looking around, you quickly find that a handful of chargers like the SuperTank 27,000mAh Portable Charger are seriously raising the bar. Right now, you can get in on this ultra-powerful charger at $45 off the regular price, just $134.99 from TNW Deals. This unit got fully funded on Kickstarter in one hour — and it’s not hard to see why. Unlike most chargers that serve up power at low USB-C output, the SuperTank turns that dial up to high, all while maintaining the energy flow while protecting your device from surges or overcharging....

Sony just announced the new and improved A7R IV, a beast of a full-frame camera with a 61-megapixel sensor. I love it. I want it. I need it. But it’ll only start shipping in September – and it’ll cost a gut-wrenching $3,500. Not exactly affordable for plebs like you and me. You know what’s affordable though? Its older sibling, the Sony A7 II. And as luck would have it, you can now get yourself a new A7 II for just $898 – a finger-licking 47-percent discount off its list price of $1, 699....

Sorry to break it to you, but exercise is kinda important if you don’t want to die an early death. We’ve just got to do it. But there’s one way to make the whole experience better: music. Listening to some banging tunes while you’re lifting weights/running/doing yoga/walking briskly is a surefire way to push through the burn and delay the reaper for a few more years. And you know what?...

As a kid, I watched a lot of The Jetsons and was fascinated by how they could control their high-tech homes with a press of a button or by simple voice commands. Thankfully, because of smartphones, AI assistants, and IoT devices, we can now easily do that as well. That’s why if you’re wondering about getting started on the smart home journey, I have the perfect deal for you. The third-gen smart speaker can be a great bedside buddy with timely reminders and alarms....

Up front: As far as we can tell, it’s true. After a quick glance at the research paper and a gander at the peer response it’s apparent the Chinese team’s managed to do something extraordinary here. Here’s the jargon from the paper itself: Basically that all says the researchers built a quantum computing machine that uses light to perform a very specific task (Boson sampling) for the sole purpose of demonstrating and measuring its effectiveness....

If this tweet is to be believed, Zao does an astonishingly good job of swapping faces: Here’s an example of me as DiCaprio (generated in under 8 secs from that one photo in the thumbnail) ? pic.twitter.com/1RpnJJ3wgT — Allan Xia (@AllanXia) September 1, 2019 The app uses the same artificial intelligence technique deployed by deepfakes to swap faces in photos and videos. Bloomberg noted that, alarmingly, the previous version of the app had a clause that gave full rights to the company to use your photos as “free, irrevocable, permanent, transferable, and relicense-able” property....

Earlier this week, the city’s police force filed a case against Twitter, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, and online media entity The Wire, for allegedly provoking communal tension through tweets. Said tweets contained a video of an elderly Muslim man being assaulted in Ghaziabad. The notice sent in Hindi says: “Some people are using Twitter to try and spread animosity and tension between communities. Twitter has taken no against this and allowed these messages to go viral and reach a larger audience across the country....

Law enforcers from all over the world are set to attend the National Proceeds of Crime Conference, in Brisbane this week, according to an Australian Federal Police (AFP) statement. The event was last held in 2009, so I guess police forces are due an update. Especially considering that Bitcoin wasn’t even a thing before 2009. Delegates will hear from representatives from the Australian Federal Police, United States Department of Justice, Singapore Police Force, New Zealand Police, Australian Taxation Office, and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission....

Still a work under progress, the current prototype is 285cm long, 100cm wide, and has a 220cm wheelbase, allowing it to be legally classified as an electrically assisted bicycle — in Europe, at least. It fits two riders and has room for luggage under the hood. The Kinner has been created by guitar-builder and classic-vehicle-restorer Ari Jukka Luomaranta. I reached out to him, to get to know more about it....

Take Customer Success, for example. As the positive impact of the emerging discipline of Customer Success has become more widely understood, new metrics, systems, approaches, and models abound. If you’re considering launching a Customer Success program for the first time or optimizing how your team works with clients, how do you know when exactly to “flip the switch” to launch a CS program? Here’s the answer: You’re always ready… it’s never too early....

But three founders are turning their passion for sustainability into disrupting an old form of transport — bicycles. They’ve created a new company called Dance. The company has created Dance ebikes, which they offer as a subscription service. Their users pay a monthly fee of 79 EUR covering their bikes and an all-inclusive support package. Dance was founded by SoundCloud founders Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss and Alexander Ljung, together with the co-founder of Jimdo, Christian Springub....

We all know reviews of apps and online services can get pretty catty sometimes. Always sticklers for nuance, tech writers can be mighty unkind when a new app or the latest version of an old favorite drops and doesn’t quite measure up to a reviewer’s expectations. In that venom-rich climate, it’s also particularly noteworthy when a service bucks that trend and strings together superlative-laden review after review. Because if tech writers really hate what they hate, they also really love what they love....

According to European Commission figures, over 28 million people in the EU work through digital labor platforms today. By 2025, their number is expected to reach 43 million. Workforce digitalization, which accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, has radically changed the European labor market. For some people, that means insecure contracts and stressful working conditions. While others are fortunate enough to freely embrace platform work as a way of escaping the 9-to-5 and increasing economic opportunities....

The PC port will include a new photo mode, much like God of War (albeit in this case the silly facial expressions actually feel marginally closer to being in character). It’ll also support ultrawide monitors. Pre-order content includes an art book, special in-game armor, and a copy of the in-game soundtrack. [Read: Half-Life: Alyx comes out on March 23. Here are all the compatible headsets.] So far, so standard for a PC release of a formerly console-exclusive game, yeah?...

It’s what makes the hairs on your neck stand up when you’re on the edge of a cliff – contemplating a leap into the water below. It’s what excites us when we envision paradise on the other side of a 5$ lottery ticket. Yet, it’s also what keeps us sitting at our desk, grinding away at our day jobs. There is a constant balance between risk and reward that governs our lives – but what’s the difference between those who hide away in safety’s embrace and those who keep going forward regardless of any warning signs?...

If you expected digital to return to “business as usual” in 2022, you may want to reset those expectations. The new Digital 2022 Global Overview Report – published in partnership between We Are Social and Hootsuite – reveals that most of the connected world continues to grow faster than it did before the pandemic. Big stories in this year’s report include: Double-digit growth in social media users Big gains for YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok New insights into the world’s social media preferences The rise of social commerce Significant increases in the cost of social media ads Some uncomfortable truths about advertising...

If there isn’t a drone under your Christmas tree this year…well, you might be the only house on the block that can say that. The FAA estimates there are now more than 2 million drones zipping through U.S. skies, a number that’s nearly doubled since 2017. Over that time, DJI is the company that’s become synonymous with consumer drones. Led by their flagship Mavic and Phantom drone lines, the company now accounts for over 3 of every 4 crafts sold....

Authorities suspect they run a criminal enterprise that distributes illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA, and ketamine within the west Dublin area. A 17-year-old boy arrested earlier this week over $682,000 (€600,000) worth of ecstasy seized at Lucan postal centre is believed to have actually been paid to hold them for the dodgy dealers. He was later released without charge. According to reports, state police say there are “dozens of young people” in areas such as Lucan, Clondalkin, and Ballyfermot currently holding drugs for the syndicate – a supposed strategy to reduce legal risk....

Later, Musk put the deal on hold and demanded more proof. So why are people arguing about the percentage of bot accounts on Twitter? As the creators of Botometer, a widely used bot detection tool, our group at the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media has been studying inauthentic accounts and manipulation on social media for over a decade. We brought the concept of the “social bot” to the foreground and first estimated their prevalence on Twitter in 2017....

In an op-ed for the New York Times, the former CEO of Google argued that Americans had put “too much faith in the private sector” to drive technological advances — giving China the chance to catch up. Schmidt said his time as chairman of both the National Security Commission on AI and the Defense Innovation Board had shown him how this would have “profound ramifications for our economy and defense....