To be absolutely clear, this isn’t about the games with the smartest “CPU AI.” We’re not discussing whether the “AI” in a game is tough to beat. We’re talking about fictional depictions of artificial intelligence. Here’s a handy primer on the difference between the two concepts. This was a tough list to make and I probably left your favorites off, but it’s only because I decided that “best” meant: the ones I felt had the most impact....
Depending on who you believe, Halvings either cause Bitcoin’s price to skyrocket, its hash rate to crash, or simply exist as a relatively boring exercise in economic theory. [Read: Gambling on Bitcoin with Trump’s $1,200 corona check was a good bet] Rather than debate whether the market has already “priced in” the next Halving (which should happen sometime early on 12 May 2020), let’s explore why Bitcoin’s mysteriously absent creator decided Halvings should occur at all....
The mission by the US commercial aerospace company Axiom Space is a major step forward in private space travel, and is part of a plan to build a private space station. With Russia recently pulling out of collaborating on the ISS, the world will be watching to see whether the private sector can be trusted to provide reliable access to space for peaceful exploration. The Ax-1 mission is planned for launch on April 6, using a SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft – the same as that used by astronauts in 2020 – onboard a Falcon 9 rocket....
The Sense and Versa 3 appear quite similar at a glance, but as you might’ve guessed from its name, the Sense offers a few more sensors than its cheaper sibling. Notably, it offers EKG (electrocardiogram) functionality to detect atrial fibrillation, something Apple pioneered a few years ago. But the Sense has one leg up on Apple too: it can detect your stress levels. When you want to check your stress levels, you place your palm over the display, and the electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor — which works via the metal frame around the display — will use fancy algorithms to detect how its results correspond to your stress levels....
Of course, every time a new innovation appears in the realm of AI, fears arise regarding its potential to replace human jobs. While this is a reality of adapting to a more tech-driven society, these fears tend to ignore the collaborative and job-creating attributes that AI will have in the future. The future’s most successful businesses will be those that learn to combine the best attributes of machines and human workers to achieve new levels of efficiency and innovation....
Enter Jour, a journaling app that seeks to guide users through self-therapy. Through building a daily writing habit, Jour helps users with acceptance and empowerment through mindfulness. We spoke with the app’s co-founder and CEO, Maxime Germain — and tried it out for ourselves. Jour and mental health The creators of Jour — which is both the French word for “day” and an abbreviation of “journaling” — didn’t come from a wellness or psychology background, but an entrepreneurial one....
And why not? Adding cool new features to hardware, software, and gadgets enables companies to sell more products, enter new markets and attract a more diverse set of customers. It puts a fresh coat of paint on established goods while promoting the idea that a brand is innovating rather than standing still. Plus, releasing features incrementally is more affordable than constantly reinventing the wheel. All of that makes tremendous sense....
In many cases, it may take up to six months to even detect a breach—and on top of that, there is an average of nearly 50 days between when a breach is discovered and when it is reported. With the cybercrime industry set to cost businesses over $2 trillion each year, cybersecurity software clearly needs to get smarter. As industries shift their business models to digital-centric, data-driven customer interactions and services—they need advanced cybersecurity tactics to make sure customer data and assets always remain safe....
With so many cars parked, aeroplanes grounded and factories closed, global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions fell by around 17% compared with the same period in 2019. But greenhouse gases such as CO₂ weren’t the only emissions to fall, and not all pollution heats the planet. Some of the industrial activities that shut down – particularly heavy industry, including steel and cement making – also produced aerosols, which are tiny particles that linger in the atmosphere for weeks and reflect heat from the Sun....
Just like with every hobby, even an old-school staple like the quaint art of model train building has undergone a massive modern technology makeover. Sure, you can still build physical tracks and run trains the old-fashioned way. But it definitely takes up a lot of space to do it right — like the entire floor of an office building. Instead, you can bring the entire world of trains and locomotive transportation into the virtual world with an unprecedented level of control and innovation with The Trainz Railroad Simulator....
Whether you’re looking to launch a business website or an inspired new app idea, odds are you’re going to eventually need at least a passing acquaintance with how to use a database. With vast hordes of information needed at a moment’s notice, knowing MySQL, a simple method for managing and maintaining big data stores, can be key to making it all work just right. Like we said, MySQL really IS simple....
There are 2,095 billionaires today, down from 2,153 in 2019, according to Forbes’ billionaire list for 2020 published this week. They’re also slightly poorer on average, with a combined net worth of $8 trillion — down from $8.7 trillion last year. A record 1,062 billionaires saw their fortunes decline, “both reflective of the turbulent markets and the coronavirus pandemic,” said Forbes. WeWork’s ousted CEO Adam Neumann dropped from the rankings entirely....
At the launch of the previous generation devices, the PlayStation 4 dominated the Xbox One in terms of horse power. You’d often see games running in lower resolutions, or at worse framerates, on the Microsoft console. The power difference was corrected with the launch of the Xbox One X back in 2017. Microsoft proudly proclaimed that the One X was the most powerful console on the market, and games did indeed run a lot better on the One X compared to its competition....
About two years ago, when I was writing my thesis in Business Analytics, I had zero clues that my career will bring me into the world of UX. At that point, I was working in Digital Marketing and wanted to use my thesis to help a client make smarter decisions and get more business inquiries (conversions) while investing in digital advertising. I’ve revisited this research and I’ll try to share my findings the best way I can....
The same can be said for stock photo imagery. With coronavirus sweeping the globe and taking over news cycles, it’s not surprising that ‘coronavirus’ is now a sought-after category in stock photo databases. Looking at Google search trends, there’s been a spike since the beginning of this year: So how to best visualize COVID-19? The most neutral choice is a 3D image of what the virus (sort of) looks like under a microscope, as used by many media outlets: But stock photo companies rarely stick to neutral....
Thankfully, I found this nifty Android app called Media Bar that lets me do that directly from the status bar, without having to change screens or swipe the notification bar down. Here’s how it works: by default, you have three actions on your status bar. Previous, pause/play, and next. All of them work when you tap on the status bar once. You can customize other actions too on double and long press....
Out in the Atlantic Ocean’s choppy waters, an autonomous underwater drone has just completed a circumnavigation completely unaided by humans. The Slocum G2 Glider, named Silbo, took over four years, 1,273 days to be exact, to complete its journey. [Read: There’s yet another proposal for an EV charger emoji] It undertook the journey in four legs. In 2016, after having receiving modifications to its energy bay and thruster, Slibo set sail from Cape Cod, Massachusetts with Ireland in its sights....
Top flight home security systems usually come with top flight prices in the hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars. So when you see a home security camera priced under $50, it’s easy to assume it’s probably a stripped down model with only a few of the advanced features available today. However, the Blurams Dome Pro is a rare exception to that rule. In fact, you usually can’t find it under $50, but with this limited time offer, TNW Deals is knocking $10 off the regular price, bringing your cost down to only $49....
First reported by Vice, the Windows and Linux app was launched in March. DeepNude can take any clothed photo of a woman and turn into a realistic nude picture using its AI. The app is free to download and try, but you’ll need to pay $50 for the ability to remove its large watermark and export the results. It works offline and requires a 155MB download, as well as 2....
That’s exactly the vision of Sihong Wang and his research team at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME). “With this work we’ve bridged wearable technology with artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a powerful device which can analyze health data right on our own bodies,” Wang says. The assistant professor and his team envision a future where wearable biosensors can track indicators of health, including sugar, oxygen, and metabolites in people’s blood....
