Speaking at the TNW Conference, Robert G. Erdmann — Senior Scientist and Full Professor at the Rijksmuseum and University of Amsterdam — gave examples of how the museum is using AI to unlock new artistic mysteries. To create a five-minute video of Lidded ewer, an art piece made by Adam van Vianen, the museum photographer took 1,000 images of the object. However, if you want to play a five-minute high-resolution clip, those images couldn’t make for enough frames....

As an employee of Art. Lebedev Studio — Russia’s largest design company — Ironov had already worked on more than 20 commercial projects, creating everything from beer bottle labels to startup logos. Credit: Art. Lebedev Studio But Ironov was not the person he claimed to be. In fact, the designer was not a person at all. Last month, Art. Lebedev Studio revealed the truth to its clients: their logos had been created by an AI system....

Our research, which I began in 2004, was motivated by two questions. Can we build a single electronic element – the equivalent of a transistor or switch – that performs most of the known functions of neurons in a brain? If so, can we use it as a building block to build useful computers? Neurons are very finely tuned, and so are electronic elements that emulate them. I co-authored a research paper in 2013 that laid out in principle what needed to be done....

The hashtag #manifest has over a billion views on TikTok alone. In these posts, advice is offered on manifestation as the mechanism to achieve the life you want, whether it is money, happiness, the body you desire, or exam grades. Techniques to manifest involve imagining something has already happened, visualizing it, writing it down, and using positive language such as “I have” rather than “I want”. To be successful at manifestation, belief and positivity are key....

“Excuse me?” I hear you scream. “Do you really care enough about fonts and line spacing and text size on a simple word processor to write a whole damn article about it?” And the answer to that, dear reader, is a resounding yes. I use Google Docs constantly. Seven days a week, 12 hours a day, your boy is thriving in that word processor, hopping from document to document like the metaverse’s dullest Spiderman....

Nvidia’s GeForce Now is one of the cloud gaming services that’s cropped up in the last year. While it is cool, we do understand if you don’t want to keep your subscription. Here’s how to lose it. GeForce Now differs from its competitors, like Google Stadia, in that it’s not a gaming storefront. Instead, it connects with the libraries of games you already own and allows you to stream those games to other, non-PC devices....

Last year, with iOS 13, Apple introduced a new setting that lets an app use your location data only once. With the introduction of iOS 14, the company has made a change to let you give out an approximate location to apps. Along with that, you can also check what apps have recently accessed your location at a glance. We’ll tell you how you can do both in just a few steps....

YouTube videos are great ways to keep yourself entertained for a short period of time — but what happens when you don’t have access to the internet? How do you save YouTube videos to watch later? Bear in mind all that, barring the first example, these methods aren’t officially sanctioned by YouTube or Google. So use at your own discretion. YouTube Premium The easiest way to download videos for offline viewing is to have a YouTube Premium subscription....

Instagram introduced the ability for users to make their own augmented-reality filters last August, via the Spark AR Studio. Since then, we’ve seen a steady stream of user-made filters, and users have made some very creative ones that you’ll no doubt want to try out for yourself. So how do you get those effects on your face? It’s… complicated. The filters have ranged from the generic to the geeky. One trend I’ve noticed in particular is “Which character are you?...

Now, what if your solution is so niche, that only a small portion of the population will ever use it? Add to that solutions that are so heavy in scientific research that only someone with a PhD understands how they work. Sound familiar? Not to worry. We scoured X-Europe’s startup accelerator program to find the best examples of startups that, despite the challenge of having an extremely niche solution, are finding ways to get the attention they need....

I was describing, in the first article of this series about stress, one of my panic attacks when I was working at my first job as a developer, 10 years ago. I was basically a mess at the time: I had a very stressful job and, in order to relax, I was partying a lot. I was mainly drinking and smoking, at a point where I could not even remember half of the evening....

Every time I restart my Mac, some apps that I rarely use launch automatically, and I have to wait for a bit longer to get started with whatever I wanted to do. So, I decided to kick those apps out of the startup process to speed things up. Here’s how you can do it tpp: Open System Preferences on your Mac. You can do this through Finder (Cmd + Space) or by clicking on the Apple logo on the menu bar and selecting the System Preferences option....

A report commissioned by the UK government recommended that every schoolchild should be given the opportunity to spend a night under the stars in such places. In my research, I’ve noticed the awe and wonder that young people feel while watching the stars in dark sky sites such as the stone circle at Callanish in Scotland. The stones here are made from Lewisian Gneiss – the oldest rock in Britain – formed three billion years ago and erected by people more than 5,000 years ago....

Being user researchers, our strength lies in planning research and interviewing real users of our product. The research we conduct enables us to have some strong foundation of insights rather than a cloud of intuitions or assumptions that emerge within the team. However, the insights are just the tip of the iceberg and what we don’t see is what lurks beneath the surface. The entire research structure is an elaborate process....

This isn’t one of those times. But only for one reason: I’ve decided to broadcast my shame. Yes, I, a man who has owned a Nintendo Switch for two-and-a-half years, had no idea that you could turn the docked console on with its controllers. And — come a bit closer, that’s right, so you can smell the beans on my breath — you totally can. And we’re going to show you how....

Today’s wearable device gather data about physical activity, heart rate, body temperature and quality of sleep. This data is typically used to help people track general well-being. Smartwatches are the most common type of wearable. There are also smart wrist bands, finger rings and earbuds. Smart clothing, shoes and eyeglasses can also be considered “wearables.” Popular brands include Fitbits, Apple Watches and Garmin watches. Several studies are testing algorithms that assess data from wearable devices to detect COVID-19....

Earlier today, Rus Yusupov, co-founder of the company tweeted that there will be a new show at 9 PM ET tonight; the show’s host, Matt Richards, confirmed this development in another tweet. — Rus (@rus) March 29, 2020 — Matt Richards (@mattwasfunny) March 30, 2020 According to a report by The Verge, this isn’t a one-off show, and the company’s back for good with plans for regular shows. At the moment, the firm is not revealing any details about its new investor....

This mass exodus was spurred on by lots of different factors. Firstly, the Covid-19 pandemic led to a lot of workers re-evaluating what they want from their careers. Months of lockdown gave us all time to reflect on our goals and how we can achieve them. Many workers were faced with the stark reality that their current role was not really benefiting them. Secondly, the rise of remote working. Working from home is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it....

At this point, it’s unrealistic to expect 360-degree protection. The cybersecurity landscape changes so quickly as hackers adapt new techniques. Last year Cisco’s annual cybersecurity report went so far as to describe adversaries striking an organization as inevitable and recommended ways to reduce rather than eliminate risks. That’s because businesses suffering security breaches are becoming a commonplace occurrence, and while you cannot omit all cyberthreats, you can minimize the damage....

Supply chain payments firm Tradeshift facilitated the transfer using an Ethereum-based version of the Icelandic króna created by ConsenSys-backed startup Monerium. A press release confirms the payment was executed on behalf of Nordic Store using smart contracts programmed on the Ethereum blockchain. “As the first company authorized to issue e-money on blockchains, we are delighted to demonstrate the benefits of blockchains for mainstream B2B transactions using a legal form of digital money,” said Monerium CEO Sveinn Valfells....