However, with the rise of remote working and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, your interview will likely be over Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Hangouts. While there are plenty of pros to doing an interview from the comfort of your home (you can wear pyjama bottoms if you really want), it does open up a lot of other issues. In this article, we take a look at how you can make those Zoom interviews a little less awkward....
And considering the Final Fantasy series has been around since roughly the mid-Triassic period, that means Square Enix just added a lot of soundtracks. We’re talking as far back as the original NES Final Fantasy, all the way up to the dozens of songs from Final Fantasy XIV. Whatever genre of video game soundtrack you wanted, it’s probably in here somewhere. Several of the track listings are in Japanese, which is tricky if you’re looking for something specific — but then again, if you’re feeling lucky, you could close your eyes, click a couple of times, and stand a good chance of hitting a great song....
Earlier this week, author, scholar, statistician, and self-professed flâneur, Nassim Nicolas Taleb, tweeted about his interactions with Tesla after he accidentally upgraded his EV with his posterior. According to Taleb, he “butt dialed” the Tesla app and bought the $4,333 Full Self Driving upgrade accidentally. He subsequently shared his correspondence with Tesla’s customer support, and it’s, erm, concerning. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 15, 2020 Numerous commentors have seconded Taleb’s criticism of Tesla’s service....
Android Auto 6.0 is expected to drop soon and some say it’s the biggest ever. Let’s take a look at what you can expect. While Google is yet to confirm the official change log for the update, AutoEvolution expects two key features to arrive. An aesthetic lift The first feature we can expect is support for wallpapers. This will allow Android Auto users to set a background image on their vehicle’s screen....
So, let’s talk about the logo. The old-school “bugdroid” robot has had a bit of surgery and now only shows its head, rather than the entire body and the requisite appendages. Similarly, the Android wordmark is slightly more svelte. As with the previous two revisions, each character is lowercase. However, when examining the new logo, you’ll notice that each character has been thinned somewhat, and there’s now added serifs. Crucially, the new Android wordmark will always come attached with the updated logo and will never be displayed on its own....
Reddit user VaynMaanen posted screenshots of his island to the Animal Crossing subreddit, where it quickly accrued the acclaim of his fellow players. One and all, they agreed that this was not only a great island, but that it must have taken quite a lot of time and dedication. And it’s not just a kinda sorta recreation, where you have to squint to see the resemblance. It’s about as one-to-one as you could get between two such different games....
It’s more common than you’d think in mammals too. Many rodent mothers may eat some of their young if they’re sick, dead, or too numerous to feed. Bears and lions kill and eat the offspring of adult females to make them more receptive to mating. Chimpanzees sometimes cannibalize unlucky rivals, usually infants, seemingly for the mere opportunity of some extra protein. For humans though, cannibalism is the ultimate taboo. In fact, our aversion to cannibalism is so strong that consent and ethics count for little....
David Heinemeier Hansson, the co-founder of Basecamp, tweeted that Apple has approved Hey (v1.0.2) without the iPhone-maker’s in-app purchase option. He added that the firm has also submitted a new version with a 14-day free usage sign up option for Hey. — DHH (@dhh) June 22, 2020 In a blog post, Basecamp said that when users will download the latest version of Hey app, they’ll be able to sign up for the service as a 14-day trial with a randomized address....
“We foresee that Apple will release a new product [at the] Sep’19 Apple event if there’s no unexpected development issue,” Jeff Lin, Associate Director, Consumer Electronics at IHS Markit, told Forbes in an email. He added that the new model will have an LCD display of 3,072 x 1,920 resolution supplied by LG, the new MacOS Catalina, and an updated processor. The report also suggests the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (non-touch bar) and the last year’s MacBook Air will receive CPU upgrades....
Possibly the most exciting update is Project Catalyst, a development feature that allows app creators to make Mac apps based on existing iOS apps. A single dev team would be able to develop an app for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS with relative ease. It’ll be available for developers on Catalina today. Now that we know for sure Apple is killing iTunes, the next question to spring to mind, naturally, is what’s going to happen when you wish to sync your phone....
While we debate the merits of a $1,000 monitor stand, one of the coolest things to come from yesterday’s WWDC event was an iOS 13 feature that didn’t even get mentioned. According to Apple’s own list of what’s to come in iOS 13, its new operating system has a rather genius way to keep batteries in tip-top condition longer. Optimized battery charging “helps slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your iPhone spends fully charged....
The “Gamestonk” legend will be told for years to come – Hollywood’s already making sure of that. But the story is far from done. As any fan of epic cinema knows: anytime there’s a New Hope, you’d better believe the Empire will Strike(s) Back. I’m not being subtle here because the story’s pretty simple: rebel investors beat Wall Street at its own game… this time. If you need an explainer on what happened here’s a great in-depth one....
As the name implies, this entry brings the franchise to the era of the Vikings, 873 A.D. to be specific. Valhalla tells the story of Eivor, a Norwegian Viking raider from the Raven Clan, who can be either male or female depending on the player’s choice. The game opens in the snowy mountains of Norway, but quickly moves to the lush meadows of England, as Eivor is tasked with expanding the Raven Clan abroad....
Wright has filed the case against 16 developers who were behind crypto networks Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), Bitcoin Core (BTC), Bitcoin Cash, (BCH), and Bitcoin Cash ABC (ABC). A report from Reuters noted that these networks have wallet addresses in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Several defendants dismissed the case saying it’s “bogus,” and Wright hasn’t proven that he indeed created one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies....
Besides, of course, a vehicle’s visual appeal and the joy of being in the driver’s seat, designers are focusing their attention on our overall in-car experience. This is especially the case with EVs and their time-zapping charging. Sitting in the car gets boring, and carmakers want to entertain us. One company entering this space is N-Dream, the Swiss startup behind the AirConsole game platform. N-Dream was inspired to create an in-car gaming experience after CEO Anthony Cliquot saw “people playing games on their phone despite a big screen in front of them” while charging their EVs....
The first truly autonomous self-driving car will no doubt be one of the most historic technical achievements of our generation, but it seems we’re still a long way off because contemporary technology doesn’t yet fulfill the promise of keeping use safe 100% of the time. However, this isn’t stopping some automakers from talking as if we’re already there, and that behavior is creating new challenges. Numerous automakers already present their driving tech as being capable of Full Self-Driving....
Better yet, Nickeloden is creating a whole new studio dedicated to expanding the universe. Fittingly dubbed Avatar Studios, it’s being helmed by series’ creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who will act as chief creative officers. Avatar Studios productions, including upcoming series and movies (plural!) will premier on Nickelodeon and Paramount+. — Nickelodeon (@Nickelodeon) February 24, 2021 The announcement comes also with a bit of a dig at the upcoming live-action Netflix remake of the original series....
His name is Blake Lemoine and he sure seems like the right person to talk about machines with souls. Not only is he a professional AI developer at Google, but he’s also a Christian priest. He’s like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of science and religion. The only problem is that the whole concept is ridiculous and dangerous. There are thousands of AI experts debating “sentience” right now, and they all seem to be talking past each other....
Based on data from 2019, Bill Gates is believed to still own 330 million shares of Microsoft, accounting for roughly $55B worth of Microsoft stock, or 4.3% of the total company. He and his wife created a separate fund to support the foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, which contains a more diversified, risk-averse portfolio of stocks. As of November 2019, when the fund filed its latest quarterly report to the SEC, it contained holdings in sixteen different companies, adding up to a total of $21 billion worth of investments....
To put that in perspective, Alphabet’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, investing legend Warren Buffett, and Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani are all worth less than the amount of wealth Bezos has added to his portfolio since January 1. [Read: Watch Tesla’s meteoric rise — set to techno-remixed Elon Musk tweets] Former Microsoft hypeman Steve Ballmer is next with $18 billion, followed by Facebook overlord Mark Zuckerberg and Jio Platforms’ Ambani with $14....
