Gather round, grab some hot chocolate, and let’s see what the experts think is about to happen next in the world of AI: Natalie Monbiot, Head of Strategy at Hour One: Max Versace, CEO and co-founder of Neurala: 2022 will see the growth of a new hybrid workforce in which human employees share their workload with digital employees. They will offload repetitive or routine tasks to machines that can perform them just as well, and in some cases better....

Researchers from Intel and Cornell University made the breakthrough by equipping Intel’s neuromorphic test chip Loihi with neural algorithms that mimic what happens in your brain when you smell something. This enabled the system to recognize the smell of each hazardous chemical from just a single sample. The study could pave the way to a vast range of applications of neuromorphic computing, which mimics the brain’s basic mechanics to make machine learning more efficient....

Named “Xenobots” after the Xenopus laevis frog that supplies their cells, the machines are an upgraded version of devices that were first unveiled last year. Like their predecessors, the new Xenobots can work together in groups and self-heal. But version 2.0 are faster, live longer, and can record information about their surroundings. The researchers believe future models could detect diseases and deliver drugs to specific areas of the body....

The website – whose name changed from RealReaganConservative.Com to PoliticalProspect.com – appears to have gone into “maintenance mode” back in 2016, which of course coincides with Trump’s election. It appears McEnany had a lot to say about African Americans, liberals, Muslims (with a specific emphasis on Palestinians), and Christian conspiracy theories. In fact, several stories that were apparently published for public consumption during the lifespan of the blog have, seemingly, been deliberately scrubbed....

There are lots of different types of writers out there. There are novelists, blog writers, ad copy specialists, and Facebook posters, to name a very, very small select group. Trying to tailor any single writing tool to service the needs of all of those types of writers is a lofty, and frankly, nearly impossible mission. However, you have to respect a writing tool that seeks to customize its output, attempting to help writers craft prose that will fit with their specific interest or market....

The Z5 uses Nikon’s Z mount and sports a 24.3MP full-frame sensor, which supports a maximum resolution of 6,016 x 4,016 pixels. It also comes with 5-axis in-body stabilization and shoots 4K video — though only at 30 FPS (you will have to drop to 1080p for 60 FPS). The best thing about the Z5 is its price. At $1,399, the new camera is $400 cheaper than the Z6 and $1,400 cheaper than the Z7....

And yet my research shows that owning possessions is still something millennials hunger for. It is just that these possessions are now digital rather than physical. People who become heavy users of the apps they download can develop deep relationships with these services, so deep that they take on what we call “psychological ownership” of them. This means they perceive each app as something that belongs just to them and has effectively become an extension of themselves....

But just because most other people stop at weekends, we don’t. Here’s everything you’ve missed from The Next Web and beyond over the last two days. News from over the weekend at The Next Web: Check How Facebook Ranks Your Friends, Who You Stalk Circus Social Is A Social Marketing Startup Incubated By Ogilvy Apple Is Reportedly Developing Bigger iPhones With Curved Screens Why Shutterstock is Pushing to Bigger Businesses It’s not just you: Instagram is down due to system issues....

Every founder wants to grow their business from a one-man band into the next big thing. Of course, the more a business expands and hires on new people, the less each of those newbies are connected to the founding principles. Messages get watered down, procedures shift when no one is looking, and before you know it, ideas that were company cornerstones at the start can become forgotten. Or boil it down to something even more basic: wouldn’t it be nice to have all your employees trained to the same best practices standards, all working from the same playbook?...

Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. It’s 2020 and Apple is stepping up its privacy game. At the WWDC developers conference held a few weeks ago, Apple highlighted a slew of new security and privacy features that have been added to the upcoming iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur operating systems. There’s a handy list here, but the one feature that caught my attention the most was the introduction of privacy summaries for third-party apps....

Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. Let’s face it. We all have too many online accounts and too many passwords to remember. Password fatigue is real — but password managers or single sign-ons (SSO) can take away the chore of having to recollect your passwords. SSO, especially those from Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Apple, make the process even more seamless, as you only need one set of credentials to access multiple apps....

Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. Earlier this week, several major US government agencies — including the Departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, and State — discovered that their digital systems had been breached by hackers in what’s fast turning out to be a highly sophisticated supply chain attack. Such attacks often work by first compromising a third-party vendor with a connection to the true target....

For a limited time, you can get your hands on a treasure trove of training aimed at making the absolute best version of you on the job with The Ultimate Career Improvement Bundle. You can even choose how much you want to pay to get all this educational goodness. No matter the size of your payment, any total will get you the introductory course in this package, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving....

“All citizens and residents are obligated to install the Ehteraz app on smartphones when leaving the house for any reason,” state-run news agency QNA revealed in a tweet. “This decision is effective from Friday, 22 May, 2020 until further notice.” Introduced earlier in April, Ehteraz was designed to notify people if they’ve been in close contact with anyone exposed to COVID-19. Although installing the app was initially optional, the government has changed its tune....

Smartphone audio is not always at its best when you’re listening to music or playing games through wireless earbuds. You might experience quality drops, glitches, or latency issues. Snapdragon Sound aims to solve all these problems with series of existing and new hardware and software solutions, including processors, DACs (Digital to Analog Convertors), and codecs. Now, we can’t really know what “better” audio means till we talk some numbers. Snapdragon Sound claims to achieve three things: 24-bit 96kHz signal support for music, 32kHz sampling frequency support for calls, and 89ms latency for videos and gaming....

The reason science enthusiasts are all atwitter with discourse on QD this summer is that, despite the fact the theory’s been around for over a decade, it’s only recently passed enough experimental tests to lend it credence beyond the realm of philosophy. Three different research teams have conducted independent simulations over the past year to kick the tires on QD, and so far everything looks good. Experimental signature of quantum Darwinism in photonic cluster states Emergence of Classical Objectivity on a Quantum Darwinism Simulator Revealing the emergence of classicality in nitrogen-vacancy centers...

In a press release, the band announced they have created the Radiohead Public Library, a centralized collection of information and media. It states: We present: the RADIOHEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY. pic.twitter.com/H7Ft6lNuuN — Radiohead (@radiohead) January 20, 2020 About a month ago, the band made their entire discography available to stream on YouTube. The new library gives even more access to their archive — once users create a library card and membership number at radiohead....

The ransomware attack, which reportedly began on Tuesday night, has already caused service outages for the city’s website. There’s currently no indication of the amount of Bitcoin the hacker is demanding. AFP notes that Spain’s interior ministry has sent three computer experts to the city, the home of sherry, to help resolve the situation. The city’s mayor indicated that the site would only be brought back online when its confirmed to be 100-percent secure....

Specs-wise, the Realme 3 Pro is a standard, middle-of-the-road budget handset. That’s hardly surprising, given that the entry-level model retails at £175 (or €199). So, what do you get for your hard-earned money? Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 platform 4GB/6GB RAM 64GB/128GB ROM 16MP + 5MP rear-facing camera 25MP selfie camera 4,050mAh battery VOOC 3.0 flash 2,340×1,080 FHD+ display (408 PPI) 88.30 percent screen ratio Physical fingerprint reader (located on rear of phone) Android 9....

In a new paper submitted to the peer-reviewed Artificial Intelligence journal, scientists at UK-based AI lab DeepMind argue that intelligence and its associated abilities will emerge not from formulating and solving complicated problems but by sticking to a simple but powerful principle: reward maximization. Titled “Reward is Enough,” the paper, which is still in pre-proof as of this writing, draws inspiration from studying the evolution of natural intelligence as well as drawing lessons from recent achievements in artificial intelligence....