As it happens, today marks the 124th anniversary of what is generally regarded as the first speeding ticket issued in Britain, and the driver was going a paltry 8 mph (13 km/h). Yes, about as fast as a good jog. [Read: Engineers bet on hydrogen-fueled zero emission rocket to break land speed record] Back in 1896, the world’s original boy-racer motorist Walter Arnold drove his “motor carriage,” or in the parlance of the day, his “horse-less carriage,” through the village of Paddock Wood, Kent, breaking the speed limit as he went....

Through qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, they uncovered three key concerns and three key benefits, respectively. Concerns: Performance and safety risks regarding the AI and sensor systems of the vehicles. Loss of driving competency due to the reliance on automated systems. Cybersecurity risks as a result of hacking. Benefits: Freeing of time that would be otherwise spent on driving. Reducing the possibility of human error regarding accidents. Outperforming human capability in activities such as traffic prediction and speed handling....

I crushed our revenue targets. Here’s what I learned. The creative is everything This is true across every major paid media channel, be it Google, Facebook, Youtube, whatever. A good creative trumps everything else. No amount of planning, research, targeting, or audiences will have as big of an impact as your creative. A good creative will get you tons of clicks. There’s so much machine learning and AI built into digital ads now and they’re trained to look for early engagement signals....

Here are just a few of the speakers I can’t wait to hear from: Michał Marcinik Thursday 13:40 – 14:10 Growth Quarters Stage “The Audio Metaverse” Are you looking for the next big thing in marketing? You’ll want to listen to Marcinik, CEO and Founder of AdTonos, talk about the opportunity for brands in digital audio. That’s everything from audio advertising in podcasts, audiobooks, radio, gaming, and music streams, to the innovative interactive audio ads that are also rising to prominence....

When the weather is this hot, it’s hard to focus on anything work-related. Emails seem just a little bit unimportant when your friends are going on a beach trip. Meetings are a nuisance when you want to sunbathe in the back garden in peace. However, if you’re currently searching for your next role then you shouldn’t ignore your job hunt. After all, the summer is one of the best times to secure a new gig....

It took the problem only a few hours to surface. However, finding the root of the issue required much more time. The fix required the rest of the day. I was a beginner back then. With this, I have learned an important lesson about lists in Python for life. Does this sound familiar? It happens with everyone, but it is always better to learn from other people’s mistake. In this post, I have collected seven of them, which can save you countless hours of debugging....

During the event, Apple unveiled the new Pro models with their flashy cameras and LiDAR sensor, as well as the iPhone 12 Mini — a form factor for small phone lovers — form factor for small phone lovers. Then there was the iPhone 12, the ‘regular’ phone, which might bring in the most money for Apple. I’ve used the iPhone 11 for the last year and loved every bit of it....

Deep learning uses algorithms, often neural networks that are trained on large amounts of data, to extract information from new data. It is very different from traditional computing with its step-by-step instructions. Rather, it learns from data. Deep learning is far less transparent than traditional computer programming, leaving important questions – what has the system learned, what does it know? As a chemistry professor I like to design tests that have at least one difficult question that stretches the students’ knowledge to establish whether they can combine different ideas and synthesize new ideas and concepts....

Type “what is DevOps” into Google and a staggering amount of results show. Considering DevOps is a relatively new term and job function in IT, there still seems to be some confusion among non-technical professionals as to what the role involves. This blog post gives a history of DevOps, provides a short comparison to System Admin, and finishes off with a glossary of DevOps terms. [Read: How the Dutch government uses data to predict the weather and prepare for natural disasters]...

First, you need to realize what these banks are offering interest on. Apart from Nexo, which pays up to 12% interest on pounds, US dollars, and euros, most crypto banks only allow customers to save in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoinand ethereum, or stablecoins like Tether or USDC which trade one for one with the US dollar. Their highest rates are paid on stablecoins: for example, Nexo pays up to 12% on USDC and Tether but 8% on bitcoin, while BlockFi pays 8....

After hearing TV nerds, and a bunch of friends raving about the amazing image quality of OLED TVs, I finally caved in and bought my precious television in January. And it’s made my life infinitely better. If you’re in the market for a new TV you basically have two options: a liquid-crystal display (LCD) or an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) one. The former is the cheaper, more common technology that’s probably used in your laptop or monitor....

Kotaku today highlighted a new third-party Switch controller called the Faceoff Deluxe+ from PDP. It has — gasp — a headphone jack, a feature formerly exclusive to the Switch tablet itself. That caught my attention, because up to now the only time I’ve used headphones with my Switch was when it was in handheld mode. And this lack of a headphone jack isn’t just an imposition to listeners — it’s also an indicator of how bizarre the voice chat system is on the Switch....

GPT-3 is a monster of an AI system capable of responding to almost any text prompt with unique, original responses that are often surprisingly cogent. It’s an example of what incredibly talented developers can do with cutting-edge algorithms and software when given unfettered access to supercomputers. But it’s not very efficient. At least not when compared to a new system developed by LMU researchers Timo Schick and Hinrich Schutze. [Read: OpenAI reveals the pricing plans for its API — and it ain’t cheap] According to a recent pre-print paper on arXiv, the duo’s system outperforms GPT-3 on the “superGLUE” benchmark test with only 223 million parameters: Parameters are variables used to tune and tweak AI models....

The Chinese tech giant will use the cash to build more data centers, Bloomberg reports, as well as fund internal development of supportive tech like AI accelerator chips and semiconductors. Alibaba’s infrastructure reportedly struggled with the traffic associated China’s strict coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown measures imposed in February. The company said it hopes the cash will “speed up the recovery process” for its businesses negatively affected by the pandemic. In fact, COVID-19 has likely wrecked the retail businesses that make up a huge chunk of Alibaba’s overall revenue, like Tmall and Taobao....

However, while clearing up space on the road, it’s sure to crowd the already congested sidewalks. This is a problem that is struggling to find a solution. Curb space is hotly contested space However, while using eCargo delivery is commendable in reducing traffic, air pollution, and parking problems, it raises another challenge. Over the last few years, commerce has moved to the curb. Pedestrians are competing with ride-hailing passengers, people waiting for public transport, idle and active escooters and ebikes, food delivery riders waiting for orders, ghost supermarket delivery riders, trash cans, and in some cities, delivery robots....

The feature is rolling out globally starting today.

Australia’s bushfire season is far from over, and the cost to wildlife has been epic. A sobering estimate has put the number of animals killed across eastern Australia at 480 million – and that’s a conservative figure. But let’s look at some uplifting facts: how animals survive, and what challenges they overcome in the days and weeks after a fire. Sensing fire In 2018, a staff member at Audubon Zoo in the United States accidentally burned pastry and noticed something peculiar....

Which is why I’m hyped that, at some point, Apple did actually fuck around. Even if only internally. Okay, so a prototype of Mac Mini with an iPod dock isn’t exactly like finding out Steve Jobs had a division researching a doomsday device, but it is still cool. And yes, I would’ve preferred the planet destroyer story, but we must make do with what we have. Anyway, have a gander at the Mac Mini with an iPod dock: This prototype was shared by the Twitter account DongleBookPro and first covered by MacRumors....

Smartphones and many other tech devices are increasingly being designed in ways that make it challenging to repair or replace individual components. This might involve soldering the processor and flash memory to the motherboard, gluing components together unnecessarily, or using non-standard pentalobe screws which make replacements problematic. Many submissions to an Australian “right to repair” inquiry have called on tech manufacturers to provide a fair and competitive market for repairs, and produce products that are easily repairable....

Almost four years after its launch, Apple has finally launched a web player for its streaming service,Apple Music. The web version is currently in beta and available to everyone across the world. This isn’t yet a stable release, but it does include almost all of the service’s features. You can access your library, playlists, and For You sections. Just like in the app, you can search for songs, play online radio stations, and check out new releases in the Browse section....