“It is the latest monospaced font shipped from Microsoft and provides a fresh experience for command line experiences and code editors,” wrote Microsoft program manager Kayla Cinnamon in a blog post. Cascadia Code was built especially for the new Windows Terminal application, but Cinnamon says it ought to pair just fine with other terminal apps and text editors, like Visual Studio an Visual Studio Code. The new font inherited its name from the pre-release codename given to Windows Terminal, namely Cascadia....

The system, called Sapple, collects data from two separate sensors: a wall-mounted device that tracks the movements of residents, and a smart electricity meter that monitors the total energy consumed in the home. This data is fed to a deep learning model that connects the resident’s location to the energy signals to work out how they’re using microwaves, stoves, and hair dryers. [Read: Body-worn sensors to predict COVID-19 infections in US military hospitals] Sapple was created by MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) researchers, who....

Local news in South Africa is reporting about a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. It’s dubbed “Bitcoin Wallet,” and promises returns of 100 percent in 15 days. The scam is estimated to be generating R2 million ($135,000) every day. Bitmain is suing three former staffers after they set up a rival mining pool. The cryptocurrency mining hardware firm is going after $4 million in damages, claiming the trio ignored non-compete agreements, CoinDesk reports....

The report notes that employees used the tool named ‘Overlord’ (apt, evil name), to look at users’ passwords and messages. While ‘Overlord’ was designed to moderate the platform, and cater to data requests from authorities, some employees used it to snoop on people without their knowledge. Sources told Vice that the tool was easy to use and some people took advantage of it to sneakily check on their ex-partners. Hemanshu Nigam, Myspace’s Chief Security Officer from 2006 to 2010, told Vice that every company has such a tool to comply with law enforcement requests: Nigam added that he introduced stricter security and data protection policies after he joined the company....

At TNW2020, we’re bringing them all together in one place, for two days of jam-packed keynotes and panel discussions. You’ll find a full range of talks, from broader ideas about our tech future to industry-specific insights. Our tech festival may be a long way off, but we’ve already confirmed over 100 big names you won’t want to miss. To help you narrow it down, I’ve selected some of my personal top picks....

The Soviet Union put its infamous unmanned probe into orbit around our planet in 1957. Though Sputnik resembled a two-foot wide beach ball and barely weighed 200 pounds, it was a shot heard around the world. Sputnik signaled that there was new territory in play for world powers to jockey and improve their positions. The United States formed NASA the very next year, and manned space exploration became practical reality soon after that....

I’ve ‘lent’ my Netflix password to so many people over the years, I’m pretty sure every other person I know is using my Netflix password. For all I know, they’ve given that password to more other people. It would explain why I have recommendations like ‘exciting foreign language murder mysteries for children and families.’ Okay, that’s not a real thing, but you get my point. It’s not like I haven’t taken precautions....

Netflix revealed it’d signed a lease agreement to “save the beloved institution” which it praised as “a symbol of prestige cinema.” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s CCO, said, “After 71 years, the Paris Theatre has an enduring legacy, and remains the destination for a one-of-a kind movie-going experience. We are incredibly proud to preserve this historic New York institution so it can continue to be a cinematic home for film lovers.”...

Well, Science Corp is here to change that with some good old-fashioned brain hacking. Probably. Maybe. Who knows? Honest question: WTF is Science Corp? Futurism’s Simon Spichak broke the news about the company earlier this week with the careful-not-to-spit-out-your-coffee-when-you-read-the-rest-of-this-sentence-news that Science Corp had already raised a massive $48 million funding (what?!?). Here’s what we know so far: And that’s about it. We reached out to the people associated with the company we could identify, but haven’t received a response from anyone yet....

For humans, working with deformable objects is not significantly more difficult than handling rigid objects. We learn naturally to shape them, fold them, and manipulate them in different ways and still recognize them. But for robots and artificial intelligence systems, manipulating deformable objects present a huge challenge. Consider the series of steps that a robot must take to shape a ball of dough into pizza crusts. It must keep track of the dough as it changes shape, and at the same time, it must choose the right tool for each step of the work....

Delivering his annual speech to the ruling Constituent Assembly, Maduro decreed that airlines flying from Caracas — the country‘s capital city — must pay for fuel using El Petro. [Read: Nicolas Maduro refuses to give up on Venezuela’s state cryptocurrency El Petro] “I decree the sale of all fuel sold by the PDVSA for planes operating international routes be made in Petros from now on,” Maduro said. It’s not actually clear whether the new rule applies to just Venezuelan air carriers or whether international airlines should also adhere....

The banking malware — dubbed ATMDTrack — has been active in the country since late last summer, said Kaspersky Lab researchers in a report published yesterday. Further analysis of the malware by the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm found the samples to be part of a bigger remote access trojan (RAT) called DTrack. Calling it a spy tool to attack financial institutions and research centers in India, the experts said the malware strains shared “similarities with the DarkSeoul campaign, dating back to 2013 and attributed to the Lazarus group....

Those in favour say they enjoy the flexibility that working from home gives them and tout the benefits in terms of concentration and productivity. The are clear pros and cons to both sides, but what are the most common gripes people have about working from home and what are the solutions? That’s why Már and Yessi — the Growth Quarters dream team who have widely different opinions on the topic — had a chat to find out....

Technically, the method known as video-to-video synthesis takes an input video like a segmentation mask or human poses to turn it into a photorealistic video using an image. The research team said there are two major problems with the current set of AI models trying to achieve the same: First, these models need a trove of target images to turn them into a video. And second, the capability of these models to generalize the output is limited....

According to a recent announcement, the New Zealand police service will switch out its old Holdens for gasoline-powered Skoda Superb station wagons. The service will use two variants — a two-wheel drive version and four-wheel drive version. Critics will no doubt jump at the opportunity to point out that switching from gas vehicle to gas vehicle isn’t exactly the most environmentally friendly decision one can make. But before we get to that, let’s just take a look at the gains that are being made....

TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker has the dirt on this; you’ll need to use a command line interface for now, take a backup of your iPhone or Android device files, and let the program do its thing. Oh, and you’ll want to watch out for false positives when you look through the files identified by the toolkit on your desktop. Do you need to run this on your phone too? It’s hard to say: findings from the investigation have only begun to be revealed, and we don’t yet know a lot about where this data — which includes 50,000 allegedly targeted phone numbers — came from....

We also saw legal and infrastructural amendments in the US, UK, and EU to promote ebike ownership, and a series of new business models. Let’s take a look: Notable ebike investments in 2021 2021 was a fantastic year for ebike investments: February: Super73 (Netherlands) raised $20M February: Rad Power (US) raised $150M March Rebike (Germany), an ebike reseller company, raised $10M April: Dott (Netherlands) raised $80M to roll out ebikes June: Vässla (Sweden) raised $11M September: Dance (Germany) raised $16....

Google is coming into this race with the lead, often praised for of best smartphone camera. But OnePlus has been making substantial improvements throughout the years to cement its status as a flagship player, and in terms of raw specs, it has a clear advantage. The Pixel 5 uses similar, if not identical sensors to the ones in the Pixel 4, this time switching the telephoto lens for an ultrawide....

Rumors have suggested Pei is moving on to a new venture. It’s not unreasonable to assume he might do so eventually, but Pei’s own post doesn’t suggest that’s a primary reason his reason for leaving: Other, unsubstantiated rumors have suggested there was a falling out with Lau, but Pei thanked him in his post: Pei helped start OnePlus when he was 24 and has been one of the major players responsible for building the company’s brand, most recently spearheading the launch of the Nord line....

OpenAI’s new technique alters AI language model “behavior” by fine-tuning on a small, curated dataset of specific values. The method aims to narrow down a language model’s universal set of behaviors to a more constrained range of values that operators embed in their individual applications. [Read: Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters] In a blogpost, OpenAI gave an example of how the approach can generate “more desirable behavior:” OpenAI’s approach The technique, called a “Process for Adapting Language Models to Society (PALMS),” adapts the output of a pre-trained language model to a set of predefined norms....