While I grew up using Windows devices, I entered the Apple ecosystem at a time everything they made felt superior and slicker to Microsoft. But that was over 15 years ago. And although I’ll probably never separate myself entirely from Apple hardware, it’s harder than ever to ignore what Microsoft is doing — especially considering last night’s Surface event. And, as an Apple fan, I don’t know how to feel about it all....
Researchers from IBM and Pfizer trained the model to detect signs of speech impairment in written descriptions of the image, which is frequently used to test for cognitive disorders. The transcriptions were taken from the Framingham Heart Study, which has tracked the health of more than 5,000 people and their families since 1948. The samples were collected before the participants began showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s. The researchers then checked the Framingham Heart Study records to find out whether a diagnosis had later been made....
Few sites do have the time or resources to create the perfect image from scratch for every story. And that same crunch goes for companies making promotional materials, people assembling social media posts, designers trying to craft packaging art, or even you just trying to put a PowerPoint presentation together. Most end up relying on a stock image library to keep up with the demand for pictures. But rather than just downloading a static image from a service and pasting it to your intended project, an Icons8 Photo Plan ($99....
In one quick glance, you get it. That’s the whole purpose of an icon. If your eye can scan across a screen, find a simple recognizable symbol and instantly understand why it’s there and what it means, then your icon has done its job. Icons are key signposts pointing users to what’s important in your web page or app. Rather than having to craft each one from scratch, Iconscout takes out all that extra work, offering up clean striking icons ready to be incorporated into any web project....
At a dinner I hosted this week I had a discussion about preparing food. I enjoy hosting dinners and regularly cook for a dozen people at a time at my house, and I’ve even at other occasions cooked for groups of up to 150 people. Someone asked me what my trick is and I repeated what I’ve said often, to guests or even my children: The most important ingredient in the kitchen, is the number of the pizza delivery service....
Over the past few years, Ikea has been working with Sonos to produce a range of Symfonisk speakers. The philosophy behind these have been bringing audio into everyday items. And, when I first heard about the just-announced picture frame speakers, I gushed with excitement. The idea of populating my house with them made me tingle. Imagine it: music pouring from every wall, a veritable cathedral of sound. Alas though, friends....
The current state of our world is changing hour to hour. And in light of fundamental shifts we’ve seen and will likely continue to see, the more you can do to protect yourself and your livelihood, the better. Thousands of workers have lost their jobs in the past few weeks, and one Federal Reserve official estimates the U.S. unemployment rate could reach 30 percent by this summer. With that many people looking for work, competition will be fierce for the most coveted jobs — and those positions will likely go to those with the most sterling package of credentials, including professional certifications....
Buzzfeed today reported the company was killing off the feature, trimming the Activity page so that it only shows actions as they relate to you. The feature’s been in testing for a few weeks now, but now it’ll roll out to everyone. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, this was that one tab on the same page where the likes on your pics were collected, the one that showed you what the people you followed were liking and commenting on....
Instagram has joined the dark side. Well, not really, sort of. The Facebook-owned social media platform has updated its app for iOS 13 with support for dark mode. The setting is an extension of iOS’ system-wide dark mode, and Instagram has basically revamped its UI to match the theme. In case you haven’t already caught a glimpse, here’s what it looks like: No surprises there, it’s the standard combo of black and grey, mixed with white text and icon layouts....
However, it seems that preventing people of color from queer communities from contracting HIV and AIDS is too controversial a topic for Facebook and its subsidiary company, Instagram. Apicha Community Health Center — a NYC-based community healthcare center that offers medical services to minorities, including Asians and Pacific Islanders (API), LGBTQ+ people, and those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS — hoped to run an ad campaign promoting awareness about PrEP, a drug which had been proven to reduce the risk of HIV transmission....
Dubbed Spring Crest and Spring Hill, the company showcased the AI-focused chips for the first time on Tuesday at the Hot Chips Conference in Palo Alto, California, an annual tech symposium held every August. Intel’s Nervana NNP series is named after Nervana Systems, the company it acquired in 2016. The chips were designed at its Haifa facility in Israel, and allow for training AI and inferring from data to gain valuable insights....
In its third developer beta, it’s introduced a FaceTime feature that will make you look like you’re directly looking into the camera, even if you’re looking at your screen. That’s some freaky shit right there. As an eagle-eyed app designer, Mike Rundle, pointed out on Twitter, this feature artificially re-adjusts your eyes to create an illusion for the other person that you’re directly looking at them. — Mike Rundle (@flyosity) July 2, 2019 This is fantastic for people who’re giving an interview over FaceTime or attending a work call....
But even in the midst of a global pandemic and a recession, some brands have decided to launch. The ones that have been successful with their launches have recognized the shift in supply and demand, focusing on providing essential goods or structuring their businesses in a digital-first model. “What COVID has done has been to accelerate trends that were already starting throughout the globe,” said Jonathan Goodman, COO of Polestar, a luxury electric vehicle, during his TNW2020 keynote (which you can watch at the bottom of the article!...
I am what studies call an “only.” The only woman. And I can tell you it is damn lonely being the only woman at the table. The feeling of isolation being the “only” is real. We can make changes today to close this gap, changes that will benefit everyone in the tech industry, not just women. It starts with creating more male allies in the workplace and with women supporting other women....
JP Morgan says potential clients from the US, Europe, and Japan are interested in using its digital coin to speed up securities trading, Bloomberg reports. The US bank says that it’s aiming to begin testing its JPM Coin with external clients “around the end of the year.” That’s all well and good, but it will need to meet regulatory approval to go ahead, according to the bank’s head of digital treasurery services and blockchain, Umar Farooq....
In April this year, the European Space Agency also approved development of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which is currently slated to reach the Jupiter system in 2029. At the dawn of the space age, it was imagined that all life was ultimately dependent on energy from the sun. The frozen ice ball moons of the outer planets seemed unlikely abodes for any kind of life. Discoveries of thriving ecosystems at the bottom the oceans of Earth, relying on hydrothermal vents for both energy and molecular fuel, changed all that....
Sun, founder of the TRON blockchain and BitTorrent CEO, confirmed the ball-twisting $4.57 million bid late yesterday, a new record for the annual auction for dining exclusively with Buffet. Last year’s winner paid $3.3 million. In a blog, Sun pledged to sway Buffet, a notorious Bitcoin skeptic, towards cryptocurrency. Sun also said he would be inviting six “industry leaders” to join their lunch in support. This is when the Twitterverse unleashed its barrage of ridicule....
On January 14, the government issued an order to ban all social media sites in the region. Last month, authorities in Kashmir opened up the internet partially — after nearly six months of blackout– with limited 2G postpaid and broadband access to whitelisted sites. Later, it extended access to prepaid 2G users, and increased the number of permitted sites to 301 and 1,485 in the following weeks. However, social media sites were still not included....
First things first: this subwoofer is expensive, at $1,500. The price might be justified, though, once you see the KC62 has a claimed frequency response of 11 – 200 Hz (+/- 3dB). That’s ridiculously low extension that you’d normally only expect from a massive, minifridge-sized subwoofer. But the KC62 is only about 10 inches wide in every dimension — just a little larger than a basketball, and small enough to comfortably fit an IKEA Kallax, cables and all....
Remember The Clapper? The sound-activated device was a revelation when it hit back in the 1980s, allowing users to magically turn lights and other electrical devices off and on with nothing more than the clap of their hands. Now that devices like The Clapper have been outpaced by the march of tech into the home, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that a super-smart, ultra-ingenious reimagining of just such a helpful home device would come along....
