In the wake of the smartphone revolution, virtually every person on the planet has access to photography technology and tools that masters of the camera would have killed for even a decade ago. Of course, just because you have the built-in power of an Android or iPhone camera array backing you up doesn’t mean you’re one of those camera masters. If you want to go from being a semi-skilled enthusiast to a fully-trained professional, you need to put in the work....

Shortly after surging past $9,000 to hit its highest price for 2019, the cryptocurrency’s mining difficulty increased by 11.26 percent to 7.46 trillion, setting an all-time high for the network. The previous record came in October, 2018, when the difficulty rose to 7.45 trillion. Bitcoin’s hashrate also continues to grow steadily, currently standing at 53.36 EH/s – a good indication that the network is in a healthy state. The development marks the highest hike in difficulty since December, 2018, when the network experienced a 10....

This isn’t actually a new idea though. Rai stones were one of the first forms of money used on the Micronesian islands of Yap. To get hold of a Rai, you had to row a canoe for 500km or so to Palau and chisel away at some local limestone. Then you needed to take the 3m-wide lump of rock back to Yap without sinking in the Pacific. No one is quite sure when it started, but the practice is at least several centuries old....

Let’s be real: Retailers aren’t going to limit their revenue driving discounts to just ONE day in November. As long as the sales keep generating money, they’ll keep running well into the weekend and even past Cyber Monday. Case in point, these 10 deals are still sporting Black Friday pricing well after the shopping day has ended. HyperSonic True Wireless Headphones – $56.00 (Orig. $119.99) with promo code: BFSAVE20 These ultra-powerful, yet ergonomically comfortable earbuds were created to take the rigors of real world use....

Brack will be replaced by a leadership team of Jen Oneal, the former head of Vicarious Visions, and Mike Ybarra, who was previously an executive at Xbox. The duo will share responsibilities over game development and company operations, Blizzard announced in a statement: Brack’s departure comes just weeks after the State of California filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush....

The intent behind those tools might be reasonable, but critics of the automated decision-making systems say they can amplify the damage of errors, and entrench bias, with sometimes severe consequences. What could go wrong? Here’s one example: In 2016, Arkansas turned to an algorithmic tool to manage health benefits for people on a state disability program that provided assistance to some of its neediest residents. Under the program people could apply to have the state pay for visits from a professional caregiver, allowing them to stay in their own homes rather than move to a full-time care facility....

It’s called an autocycle, and while the idea is hardly new, it kind of reached its peak about 2014, only to leave most hopeful buyers cooling their heels waiting for vehicles to roll off the factory floor. But what is an autocycle? Where does it sit in the mobility ecosystem? More importantly, can it emerge as the future of micromobility? What is an autocycle? Legally, an autocycle is a three-wheeled, typically enclosed vehicle, that, as the name suggests, is essentially part motorcycle and part car....

Airlines are laying off thousands of staff members. COVID-infected cruise ships are blocked at ports. Hotel chains are wondering if they’ll be able to survive this financial year. Overall, things are looking anything but rosy. My company is no exception. Like many companies, we’re rolling with the punches and making the best of a bad situation. Our COVID-19 response strategy draws heavily on the lessons learned from the 2008 global financial crisis....

One of the most iconic images in music is the Marshall stack. Most of us would be lying if we said we never imagined ourselves on a huge stage, a wall of Marshall amps behind us, as we play a twenty minute guitar solo to an adoring crowd. You know, something a bit like this: Unfortunately, most of us aren’t guitar gods shredding on stage. We’re normal people with jobs....

If you were to compile a list of all the things that people want to achieve across the world, learning another language would be high up there. Many of us would love to be able to communicate in another tongue, experience a different culture from the inside, but there’s normally a drawback: when are you gonna find the damn time to actually do it? With long commutes, demanding jobs, and, you know, life, fitting in learning can be tough....

While many creatures in the animal kingdom are born ready to take on the world, humans are not. A foal can stand-up and walk around within an hour of birth. But human babies? Those podgy meatsacks literally take years before they can walk around. And when that eventually happens, the little people have so little self-awareness or regard for danger, you’re shocked humanity exists at all. Unsurprisingly, this is terrifying....

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop 3 at its special event. While the entry-level configuration starts at $999, you will have to spend more than $2000 to get the top configurations. But if you don’t want to spend too much money, and still get top-notch specs on a laptop, we’ve got a great deal for you. The maxed-out original Surface laptop is available for just $1,049, down from $2,699....

You might think the world is complicated enough and there’s no need to make basic tasks harder, right? Right? Wrong. That’s why you need to stop what you’re doing right now and buy the Albert Math Clock. This clever contraption doesn’t just tell you the time (what did you expect? Have you even read the start of this article?), it displays equations you have to solve to get the information you need....

One CHEAP today wasn’t enough? Don’t you worry, we’ve got an extra deal just for you: the Bose Solo 5 soundbar for the lowest price it has ever been. For only $179.99, you can get yourself a great bit of audio equipment for your entertainment set-up. This current deal means there’s now a full 28 percent (or $69.01) off the Bose Solo 5 soundbar’s list price. At this cost, you get a lot of bang for your buck....

At least, that was the plan. But Buolamwini quickly noticed that the facial recognition software was struggling to track her face — until she put on a white mask. Buolamwini began an investigation into algorithmic injustices that took her all the way to the US Congress. Her journey is the central thread in Coded Bias, a documentary directed by Shalini Kantayya that launched on Netflix this week. “I didn’t know I actually had a film until Joy testified before Congress,” Kantayya tells TNW....

The biographies of these tech billionaires who achieved great success in their twenties have helped cement the perception that entrepreneurship is a young person’s game. Not true. Such stories are the exception rather than the norm. Starting young can have some clear advantages. For one thing, it gives you much more time to fail the several times most entrepreneurs do before they put it all together and succeed. But overall, the research suggests, older age is associated with higher levels of entrepreneurial success....

According to dozens of automotive story headlines, the internal combustion engine, running on gasoline or diesel, is dead or dying as customers, auto companies, and investors flock to electric powertrains. Even heavy-duty trucks running on massive diesel engines, which were expected to be the last on-road holdouts, have been mandated to turn completely to zero emissions in by the state of California starting in 2045. While 2045 may still be more than two decades away, emissions advances in internal combustion engines (ICE) are continuing....

As part of the city’s annual two-week harbor cleanup, divers fished out more than 140 e-scooters, 180 bicycles, 47 café chairs, mobile phones, a ladder, an advertising hoarding, and a dildo, Danish outlet CPH Post reports. Frank Jensen, mayor of Copenhagen, has taken a particular disliking to the findings and is asking that owners of scooters must take responsibility when they rent them out. [Read: Demand for scooters trebles as Brits look to avoid public transport] It’s not entirely clear if he’s saying individual users or the rental companies should take responsibility....

There’s a lot of wood, warm, natural colors, and modern fabrics to help you pretend you aren’t sitting near other people. It looks pretty cool and I am feeling like a big old train nerd fangirling over some pretty sick features. Let’s check it out: Not Deutsche-Bahn’s first design rodeo However, this train is nice and all but let’s face it, it’s pretty conventional. This is not Deutsche-Bahn’s first attempt at transforming the train interior and, with it, the passenger experience....

Not every developer will have to directly talk to business managers in their career, although that doesn’t change how useful it is to understand the business needs. It’s one of those things you only get with experience and it is a subtle art that depends on the industry you’re building an application for. Here are a few reasons why I, as a software engineer, think you should always try to understand the business logic, before you jump into the code....