Of course, the business world could use those cloud experts sooner rather than later, so if you don’t want to wait for AWS to gear up their training, you can just jump in now with The Beginner Cloud Architect Professional Training Bundle ft. Azure and AWS ($39.99, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals). This package of seven courses covering over 30 hours of instruction is aimed at bringing the tech novice up to speed on all the innovations in cloud technology....

Look, exercise is important. If you don’t do it, you’re probably gonna be unhealthy, and if you’re unhealthy, you’re probably gonna have a bad time. Yes, it sucks, but it’s the truth. You’re gonna have to work out. But if there’s one thing that makes exercise suck less, it’s music. It can distract you, entertain you, and make you push harder when you’re pumping that iron. And, if you’ve been on the hunt for a pair of workout headphones, we have a deal for you....

The future is pretty cool. We’ve got phones that can take incredible photos, access the entirety of human knowledge, and also be used as flashlights. But that’s not the best part of the future, that award goes to the ability to control lights with your voice. Yes, friends, you too can pretend you’re a Star Trek character and change illumination levels using only your vocal cords. How? Well, with a Google Smart Light Starter Kit for the low, low price of $35....

One of the best parts about modern phones is the photography. I’m old enough to remember having to get photos developed. Or going out to nightclubs and literally bringing a separate camera along. And people uploading hundreds of out-of-focus, crappy pictures to Facebook. It was awful. Thankfully though, things are different these days. Now, technology has moved on so much, that fancy little smartphone in your pocket is a photography powerhouse, one that you can actually compare (on some level) to a professional-level camera....

I started listening to podcasts around six years ago as a means to kill time during my daily commute. And like every person who’s barely held a guitar and immediately thinks of forming a band, I wanted to start my own podcast. I did start one, with a friend who lived a thousand miles away. Both of us recorded on our phones, and I mixed the audio files with Audacity, a fantastic audio software....

When a researcher at the agency inspected the app, they found coders have ‘deliberately used’ weak encryption in functions like mail and biometric authentication. Plus, it stores files on the phone’s storage in a way other apps can read data from them. This is dangerous if the government has other apps on your phone, they can easily read all data stored by this app and send it back to the authorities....

The company — which began offering granular control over third-party tracking last October with Enhanced Tracking Protection — has now added social media trackers to the mix. This will block all trackers associated with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Among other notable updates, there’s also a new Privacy Protections report that acts as a handy dashboard of the trackers Firefox has blocked, broken down by type. The browser’s Lockwise password management tool has also been integrated with Firefox Monitor to warn you if your saved logins have been compromised in a data breach....

World-renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that AI will be “a billion times more capable” than biological intelligence within the next 20-30 years. Kurzweil’s predicted the advent of over 100 technology advances with a greater than 85% success rate. But, given the current state of cutting-edge artificial intelligence research, it’s difficult to imagine this prediction coming true in the next century let alone a few decades. The problem Machines have no impetus towards sentience....

This may sound like progress. Nations have for a number of years struggled with the issue of how to govern a human settlement on the Moon and deal with the management of any resources. But a number of key countries have serious concerns about the accords and have so far refused to sign them. Previous attempts to govern space have been through painstakingly negotiated international treaties. The Outer Space Treaty 1967 laid down the foundational principles for human space exploration – it should be peaceful and benefit all mankind, not just one country....

This collection brings together 10 different courses that can help inquisitive students unlock all kinds of cool Alexa abilities. The courses featured are: The training in these courses will have you creating a color game, building a Raspberry Pi-powered car, interfacing with home electronics, and, most importantly, creating a host of custom Alexa voice control skills. You’ll even acquire the skill to start generating voice control apps that’ll work on Echo and other Alexa-driven devices....

This article was originally published on The Markup by Aaron Sankin, Dhruv Mehrotra for Gizmodo, Surya Mattu, and Annie Gilbertson and was republished under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Between 2018 and 2021, more than one in 33 U.S. residents were potentially subject to police patrol decisions directed by crime prediction software called PredPol. The company that makes it sent more than 5.9 million of these crime predictions to law enforcement agencies across the country—from California to Florida, Texas to New Jersey—and we found those reports on an unsecured server....

Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) Produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO (?,?) (@TheSpiceDAO) January 15, 2022 Honestly, I — and many others — are flabbergasted. It appears Spice DAO has confused owning a copy of Jodorowsky’s Dune with having any sort of say over the copyright of said material....

“We are aware that some of our users have received a general user update email earlier today, which contained the email addresses of other users,” a statement issued by the company reads. “Our team have acted immediately to contain the issue and we are taking steps to understand the extent of the impact. Rest assured that we are doing everything we can to identify the root cause of the fault and we will be in touch with any users affected by the issue,” it continues, “The privacy of our users is a top priority and we are very sorry for the concern this has caused to our users....

Python was already readable and beginner-friendly before decorators came around. But as the language started getting used for more and more things, Python developers felt the need for more and more features, without cluttering the landscape and making code unreadable. Decorators are a prime-time example of a perfectly implemented feature. It does take a while to wrap your head around, but it’s worth it. As you start using them, you’ll notice how they don’t overcomplicate things and make your code neat and snazzy....

In response to an opinion piece penned by yours truly, the scientist posted a thread on Twitter that began with what’s perhaps the boldest statement we’ve seen from anyone at DeepMind concerning its current progress toward AGI: — Nando de Freitas 🏳️‍🌈 (@NandoDF) May 14, 2022 Here’s the full text from de Freitas’ thread: There’s a lot to unpack in that thread, but “it’s all about scale now” is a pretty hard-to-misinterpret statement....

“We think it’s good to have our employees assess this new technology,” a partner at Deloitte’s advisory arm told reporters. They then confirmed that Deloitte isn’t prioritizing micropayments, or even allowing clients to purchase its services with Bitcoin. Rather, the firm is keen to use blockchain to process transactions related to its fund management services, as a transparent ledger should make such processes easier to audit. Deloitte staff that use Bitcoin might have to wait it out Bitcoin is often criticized for being too slow for micropayments (such as purchasing lunch or coffee)....

Encouraging drivers to switch from fossil fuel powered cars to battery electric vehicles is no easy task, but for governments, it mostly boils down to offering handsome financial subsidies and tax breaks to make EVs a realistic option for the average buyer. In Denmark, however, these benefits come with a hidden cost that could amount to some $904 million, Reuters reports. According to the report, a Danish government commission has raised concerns that a rapid transition to electric vehicles will leave a huge hole in its finances....

I have praised the features of Disney+ before — such as its transparency on when its missing movies would be added. But for all the features I liked, there was a big one missing: a Continue Watching option. To be clear, Disney+ originally had this feature, and took it out to fix bugs. Today it added it back, and the Continue Watching queue now appears on your homepage. With the addition of this feature, it feels like the platform is finally starting to achieve full parity with its cousins, Hulu and Netflix....

Sure, existing lightsabers might look close to the real thing when all lit up, but the magic is really in the retractable blade. Meanwhile, existing retractable lightsabers tend to be cheap plastic things. But it seems Disney has finally done it. Behold: Woah. That looks legit. Sure, maybe it looks a little better on video than in person; we won’t know until we get our hands on one. But the essence of it is there: a light-up sword that can expand and retract at the push of a button....

Real-time audio apps have birthed a plethora of new content formats to consume. One of those is “listening to this while working.” This could be a room where someone is playing music, your friends are talking, or people are just silent to enjoy each others’ “company.” I’ve been in plenty of such Clubhouse rooms, but after moments, I eventually pick up my phone to either check Twitter (doomscrolling ftw!) or refresh my inbox to see if I’ve missed any emails....