Yes, ten years might be arbitrary, but it is still a milestone. And specifically, it’s one that Siri has just joined. On October 4 2021, Apple’s voice assistant became a decade old. The question is how we celebrate such an (in-)auspicious anniversary. Now, we could write a length analysis of Siri’s lifespan, but we know how that would go: it used to be bad, got better, but isn’t as good as Google Home or Alexa....
The initial release of iOS 13 was not smooth sailing for Apple, evident in the fact that they have already rolled out several updates, bringing us to 13.1.2. The initial version was released to the public on September 19, but just a week after, we got hands-on version 13.1. In comparison, when Apple released iOS 12, we had to wait almost a month to receive version 12.1. This rollout might make some users question whether or not they should update to the new iOS right away....
Education resource site EduRef has tried to find out — by testing the system’s essay-writing skills. The company hired a panel of professors to create writing prompts for essays on US history, research methods, creative writing, and law. They fed the prompts to GPT-3, and also gave them to a group of recent college graduates and undergrad students. The anonymized papers were then marked by the panel, to test whether AI can get better grades than human pupils....
As critically ill COVID-19 patients started showing up in droves at emergency rooms around the world, ventilators became a crucial technology keeping patients alive. When hospitals’ own resources became overwhelmed, the Strategic National Stockpile dusted off and distributed thousands of the life-support machines throughout the country. But not all were in working condition. J. Scot Mackeil, a biomedical technician with more than 40 years of experience, worked on a team tasked with inspecting machines sent to Massachusetts’s Emergency Management Agency....
Titled “AI and the Sense of Self,” the paper describes a methodology called “elastic identity” by which the researchers say AI might learn to gain a greater sense of agency while simultaneously understanding how to avoid “collateral damage.” In short, the researchers are suggesting that we teach AI to be more ethically-aligned with humans by allowing it to learn when it’s appropriate to optimize for self and when its necessary to optimize for the good of a community....
I had some ideas about this, but it was simply opinion. Wanting to dig a bit deeper, I got in touch with Ben Stanton, a Senior Analyst at Canalys. One of his areas of expertise is the smartwatch market, so I put to him the same question: why hasn’t the Apple Watch design changed? [Read: What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election] Straight away, Stanton told me there is simple “no commercial reason” for Apple to alter its wearable’s design....
We’ve seen a bombardment of “imposter content” circulating – including fake news reports and deepfake videos – while Ukranians and the rest of the world have scrambled to find ways to tell the real story of the invasion. — Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) March 16, 2022 The instant messaging app Telegram has surfaced as one of the most important channels through which to do so. But what is it about Telegram that has millions flocking to it amid the chaos?...
So what is hydrogen fuel – and what makes it blue? According to the International Energy Agency, 96% of hydrogen produced worldwide is made using fossil fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas – in a process known as reforming. This involves combining fossil fuels with steam, and heating them to around 800°C. Eventually, you get carbon dioxide (CO₂) and hydrogen. These two gases are then separated. The CO₂ is often emitted to the atmosphere where it contributes to global heating, and the hydrogen is extracted and used in everything from car engines to boilers, releasing water vapor....
Until now, technology hasn’t quite been able to keep up with this change of attitude — we can agree that video conferencing software sucks and a Zoom call doesn’t really cut it as an office party replacement. But conversations around the promises of the metaverse and web3 have businesses and employees excited about the possibilities. The metaverse promises to solve hybrid workplace obstacles — but is it really the silver bullet solution?...
Toyota will gain full control of Lyft’s technology and its team of 300. Lyft will remain in the game as a partner to Toyota’s self-driving efforts, providing its ride-hailing service as a platform to commercialize the technology when it comes to fruition. The Toyota-Lyft deal is significant because it comes on the back of a year of major shifts in the self-driving car industry. These changes suggest the autonomous vehicle market will be dominated by a few wealthy companies that can withstand huge costs and very late return on investment in a race that will last more than a few years....
It raises an uncomfortable proposition, that beauty trumps brains even in 21st century workplaces. It would certainly be supported by veteran female broadcasters such as radio presenter Libby Purves, who recently complained about the way the BBC dispenses with women of a certain age. Another survey, this time in the UK, gave a deeper sense of the problem. It reported that employers were asking female employees to dress “sexier” and wear make-up during video meetings....
The system was created by researchers in Japan, one of the most seismically active areas in the world. Tsunamis have occurred so frequently in the archipelago’s history that the Japanese invented a word to describe the phenomenon: “tsu” meaning harbour, and “nami” meaning wave. In 2011, the country was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami that caused around 20,000 deaths and the worst nuclear distance since Chernobyl. The tragic event exposed many shortcomings in Japan’s tsunami prediction method....
After the first world war, his income depended more on his investments than his academic work. In addition to his personal investments, he managed the investments of King’s College, Cambridge, of which he was a member. Under his stewardship, the value of the King’s College fund increased twelve-fold over a period in which broader markets failed to even double. It was said Keynes achieved these high returns while only devoting half an hour every morning to the task before he got out of bed....
The Chandra X-ray observatory, launched in 1999, examines the Universe in X-rays, highly-energetic wavelengths of electromagnetic energy most commonly associated with diagnosing broken bones. “NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. Because X-rays are absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere, Chandra must orbit above it, up to an altitude of 139,000 km (86,500 mi) in space,” NASA describes....
The phone, priced at ₹14,999 ($202) also features Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G — one of the first chipsets to support India’s own navigation system, NavIC. [Read: How India’s homegrown GPS will work with phones] The new Redmi device introduces a huge 6.67-inch screen with a hole-punch camera. Overall specifications are quite impressive for a mid-range phone. Specifications Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G Screen: 6.67-inch FullHD+ dot display RAM: 6GB/8GB Rear camera: 64-megapixel primary sensor+ 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor + 5-megapixel macro sensor + 2-megapixel depth sensor Front camera: 32-megapixel Internal storage: 64GB/128GB Software: Android 10 with MIUI 11 Battery: 5,020 mAh Fast Charging: 33W charger supplied with the box...
The company claims its working with three of China’s major telecom operators to support 5G. It also added in the company’s field tests the Mi 9 Pro 5G achieved download speeds of up to 1.78Gbps. Here’s a look at the device’s flagship-grade specifications: Specifications Screen: 6.39-inch AMOLED FHD+ Dot Drop display. Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ RAM: 8/12GB Rear camera: 48-megapixel primary sensor+ 16-megapixel ultra-wide sensor + 12-megapixel telephoto sensor Internal storage: 128/256GB Battery: 4,000 Fast charging: 40W wired fast charging, 30W wireless fast charging Software: MIUI 11...
On September 30, Reyes Daniel Ruiz plead guilty to hacking into thousands of accounts while still employed at the Verizon-owned company, CyberScoop reports. The 34-year-old admitted to specifically targeting the accounts of young women, both friends and colleagues, hoping to get a hold of explicit images and videos. To this end, Ruiz abused various internal Yahoo systems in order to gain access to iCloud, Facebook, Gmail, Dropbox, and other services where users tend to store private images....
“Typically, people come to Nextdoor for the utility, to find a plumber, a babysitter, or a great place in their local community to grab a coffee at the weekend — but they stay for the community,” she said at TNW2020. Entrepreneurs, founders, startup employees, and investors all take a huge gamble by starting, working in, or funding a company that seeks to disrupt a particular industry or problem. Indeed, the stakes are high....
Training to become a certified project manager may include some of the most diverse and widest-ranging skill sets in business education. From focuses on process-driven step-by-step methodology to fostering better communication to hardcore stat-heavy data analytics understanding, the shaping of a true project manager brings a lot to the table. Like we said, it’s a lot. But with the training in The Ultimate PMP, Six Sigma and Minitab Certification Bundle ($49....
Last week there was a moment where I had to decide whether I wanted to send everyone at TNW home, over a hundred people, due to the coronavirus outbreak. This was before the government made it mandatory for everyone. I was sitting in bed, early in the morning, thinking about what I should do. I had just read an article that said something along the lines of, “If you’re a person in a position of power, or you’re an influencer, then now is the time to act....
