In the past 10 years, we’ve seen smartphones evolve from low-resolution touchscreen devices to our primary way of watching video, reading the news, taking photos and browsing the web. While it’s hard to condense a list of most important phones to just a few models, here are some of the devices we think most changed the landscape for mobile devices. iPhone 4 (2010) Few phones were ever as hyped as the iPhone 4....
I’ve been testing one of the recently launched models in this lineup — the ThinkBook 14 — and there’s a lot to like about this discreet, no-nonsense laptop. Aside from its commendable performance and selection of ports, I want to tell you about two notable features on this baby — one that every laptop should have, and another no laptop should even offer as an option. The must-have: A secret compartment for your USB dongle You know how most wireless mice and keyboards come with tiny USB dongles that jut out of your laptop when plugged in?...
Now, thanks to OnLeaks and Pricebaba, we have a first look at Pixel 5 through rendered images, and the phone looks just like the Pixel 4a. The renders suggest that there are few subtle changes though, as compared to Google’s pocket-free offering. For one, the bezels are slimmer, and there are two cameras in the square block on the back. We wonder if Google is going to ditch the telephoto lens from the Pixel 4 and adopt a wide-angle lens for this year’s flagship....
The company’s newest product, the Loupedeck Creative Tool – or Loupedeck CT for short – solves this problem. With a combination of dials, buttons, and LED touchscreens, the device is able to adapt to a wide variety of software, including Adobe Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro X, and Ableton Live. Autodesk Fusion 360 support arrives later this year, and further software compatibility will be announced in 2020....
China aims to send its first crewed mission to the red planet in 2033 — the same year that NASA has set as a target. Beijing’s plans were revealed by the head of China’s top rocket maker, Wang Xiaojun, at a space conference in Russia, Reuters reports. Wang outlined a three-step plan for the expedition. First, China will send robots to Mars, which will return soil samples and search for potential locations for a base....
Google TV is essentially a smarter version of Android TV. There’s an emphasis on allowing you to access shows from across a variety of services all in one place, and there’s a new watchlist feature that works throughout all streaming services. The company does say Google TV will be available on other Android TV devices at a later date, but unsurprisingly is starting out with its own hardware. That hardware is surprisingly powerful despite its small size, able to handle 4K HDR at 60fps, and operating smoothly in the leaked videos we’ve seen so far....
In what it’s calling “The News Provenance Project,” the NYT is exploring Hyperledger Fabric with the help of IBM Garage (an innovation incubator of sorts) to build a private and permissioned distributed database to try to prove the authenticity of images used in journalism. That might sound like an oxymoron, but it’s private and permissioned from a control point of view, and distributed geographically speaking. Thew news agency believes it will be able to prove the authenticity of images by publishing the originals to a blockchain....
Science fiction has long told us that wars in the future would be fought with lasers, we just assumed they’d be weapons. The Pentagon’s heartbeat-detecting laser, called Jetson, is entirely harmless. It uses a technology called vibrometry to detect the subtle vibrations of a person’s body caused by the movement of blood throughout their circulatory system. Set phasers to ‘identify’ The significance here is that your heartbeat is unique. As an anti-terrorism tool the laser makes perfect sense....
“President Trump we are asking you today to please free Joe Exotic. He’s absolutely not guilty. And we’re going to be able to prove that. We’re asking for a pardon.” Eric Love, lead investigator for the Tiger King’s legal team. TMZ today revealed an exclusive video from the legal team of Joe Maldonado-Passage, AKA Joe Exotic the Tiger King, requesting a pardon for the disgraced former zoo owner from US president Donald Trump....
If you’ve ever wanted to play the Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop roleplaying game, but you’re not sure how to get started, this event’s for you. It’s also for returning players, people who want to check out the Rivals card game, fans of the popular LA By Night TV show, and anyone looking for a master class in running a roleplay session. Here’s the full schedule of events: Credit: Renegade Game Studios For those who aren’t in the know, Vampire: The Masquerade is a traditional tabletop roleplaying game that’s been around for decades....
If you want to go into 2021 with a smart, well-intentioned new mantra, consider this: save time, save money. If that sounds like a life ethos you can get behind (and you’re a Mac owner), here are 10 app deals that should streamline how your rig is running and ultimately save you time with their speedy, brilliant performance. As for the money part, all 10 are not only already on sale, but if you enter the code HOLIDAY20 when you make your purchase, you’ll get another 20 percent shaved off your final price for a limited time....
One of the most popular version control system is git. When you put code in it you create the thing called “commit”. Here is an example of raw information about some git commit: Here you can see commit message (“Initial commit”), info about ID that stores file structure (“tree 496d…”), name and email of commit author and the most interesting thing — the timestamp (1563188141) and timezone information (+0300) (every git commit has “author” and “commiter”, usually they are the same)....
Finding the right wireless earbuds can still be a crapshoot. From established brand names to fly-by-night outfits you’ve never heard of before, dozens of companies have created wireless earbuds. But between bad connections, punchless sound, uncomfortable fits or lack of essential features, way too many of those new purchases turn out to be busts once they’re tested under real world conditions. So when you find earbuds that actually live up to the hype, especially during the holiday season, you’ve got to jump on them quick....
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Large cargo ships transport tens of billions of tonnes worth of goods around the world every year, making them a vital part of global supply chains. Transporting goods by boat is no easy task, but Fujitsu thinks artificial intelligence might be able to lend a hand. In a trial that ran between December 2019 and March 2020, computer and electronics manufacturer Fujitsu and the Japan Coast Guard was able to successfully prove the effectiveness of AI in preventing collisions between vessels....
The app was created by Generated Media, a startup that provides AI-generated pictures to customers ranging from video game developers creating new characters to journalists protecting the identities of sources. The company says it built Anonymizer as “a useful way to showcase the utility of synthetic media.” The system was trained on tens of thousands of photos taken in the Generated Media studio. The pictures are fed to generative adversarial networks (GANs), which create new images by pitting two neural networks against each other: a generator that creates new samples and a discriminator that examines whether they look real....
Enter the MBTI Reddit analysis tool, a web-based app that parses your post history to determine your Myer-Briggs type indicator. If you’re unfamiliar with MBTI, it’s practically a questionnaire designed to help you figure out how people perceive the world and make decisions. Or as one Hacker News reader eloquently put it, it’s “astrology for people who think they’re too smart for astrology.” You might also recognize it it from the Tinder bios of self-described quirky people who like to travel, enjoy eating food, and also label themselves as ENTP — you know, the unusual types....
But that was the only imperfection we saw in the return. We found and retrieved Hayabusa2, brought it back to Woomera, cleaned and examined it. The sample capsule was removed from the spacecraft. It was in good shape, it had not exceeded 60℃ on reentry, and the capsule rattled when it was turned over, suggesting we did indeed have a solid sample. Its vacuum had been maintained, allowing whatever gases had been released from the asteroid sample to be collected, and a preliminary analysis of these was carried out in Woomera....
Behold, this three-ply toilet paper has a Bitcoin printed on each sheet. It’s described as a “funny cryptocurrency novelty prank gag gift idea for crypto traders and haters,” which is about all that needs to be said. “NOT JUST A HILARIOUS GIFT; IT’S ALSO QUITE PRACTICAL! Although its main purpose is to make you or your friends smile, our toilet paper is 3-ply and soft,” the ad reads. The marketing materials assures us that this Bitcoin toilet paper can indeed be used in the traditional sense, but fair warning: some reviews paint a different picture....
In Massachusetts there lives a an 85-foot northern red oak tree, a sprawling member of the 4,000 acre Harvard Forest — an outdoor research lab owned and operated by the university. This tree, one of the most senior members of an area known as Prospect Hill, was one of the few remaining after 186 miles-per-hour winds decimated much of the sector in 1938. And while it withstood the wind speeds equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, it’s unclear whether it, or any of us, will make it through our current climate crisis....
