As a computer graphics professional to whip up an alien moonscape with truckloads of oddities and they’ll be chomping at the bit to get started. Ask them to craft a giant monster or a dinosaur or a medieval castle and they’re already thinking about ideas before you finish making the assignment. But if you really want to watch a design pro start sweating, just ask them to rend a closeup of a 60-year-old man with a smirk on his face....

We’re living in a pandemic and everything you ever did before should be handled differently now, including your PR and marketing efforts. Brands are made up of human beings, and as such, we must act responsibly and compassionately. So here are a few basic tips to guide you in how you should handle your PR and marketing efforts during this time of crisis. Utilize your social media and blog presence more than ever Locked up at home, people are unsurprisingly glued to their computers and smartphones more than ever....

Photography comes in many shapes and sizes. And while you may instinctively think of a professional photographer as someone who captures nature or news or portraits, the reality is usually much more mundane. In fact, the lifeblood of a photography studio is often in product photography. It isn’t hard to understand why. According to Justuno, 93 percent of online consumers consider a product image as the key deciding factor in their buying decision....

To answer this question, we need to examine the diagnostic criteria for psychopathy presented in the PCL-R, which was developed by Robert Hare in the 1970s. Thanks to Hare, experts can use the PCL-R to assess whether an individual is exhibiting any of the criteria for psychopathy. Estimates suggest that about 1 percent of the population qualifies – although the percentage is thought to be far higher among the prison population (25 percent) and company chief executives (21 percent)....

From Google and YouTube to Reddit, Instagram and Spotify, Python is running everywhere the internet lives. While you may not realize it, this massively influential programming language is at the heart of many of the web’s biggest success stories. Yet with Python’s continually emerging role at the heart of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, it’s possible that Python’s most critical chapter is still to be written by savvy creative minds of the future....

State of the art AI systems only understand time as an implicit construct (we program it to output time relevant to a clock) or as an explicit representation of mathematics (we use the time it takes to perform certain calculations to instruct its understanding of the passage of events). But an AI has no way of understanding the concept of time itself as we do. Time doesn’t exist in our classical reality in a physical, tangible form....

Betelgeuse dimmed in the final few months of 2019, perplexing both professional and amateur astronomers. First noted in October 2019, by February 2020, the star lost two-thirds of its brightness as seen from Earth. Many astronomers — both professional and amateur — questioned if the change of light revealed the star was on the verge of exploding as a supernova. Now, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been used to explain the mystery....

The Japanese Space Agency, JAXA, has brought back samples to Earth from the 1km-wide asteroid Ryugu – touching down on December 6 in South Australia. The first Hayabusa craft returned samples from asteroid Itokawa in 2010, which like Ryugu orbit the Sun near Earth. I’m one of the scientists who analyzed the grains and am now looking forward to investigating Ryugu. Observations by the Hayabusa 2 cameras have already revealed some intriguing features of asteroid Ryugu (which means “Dragon’s Palace....

Every year, we handpick the best minds in tech, like Beacham, to leave our attendees radiating with inspiration. As we gear up for TNW2020, we think it’s about time to reveal some big names you won’t want to miss. But before we get ahead of ourselves, here’s some essential info about our next flagship event: Save the date: TNW2020 is on June 18 and 19 Next year will be the 15th edition of our annual tech event — pretty crazy, huh?...

But just because Focal’s pricey items are its most conspicuous doesn’t mean the company can’t make an excellent pair of speakers at a palatable price point. Case in point: I’ve been listening to the Chora 806, the company’s newest bookshelf speaker, and have found it to be a superlative entry in a crowded price bracket. For $1,000 a pair in the US, the 806 is already a great deal, but it is a particular steal in Europe, where you can grab a pair for €600/£600....

There have been a few apps that offer similar functionality. For instance, Deep Nostalgia allows you to resurrect old photos into animated GIFs, and Wombo turns your selfies into lip sync videos with music. Reface’s new feature combines both these things: you can animate old photos or paintings with songs, and you can also put your face in them for a more dramatic effect. The app uses proprietary image wrapping (used to fit your face into other images) along with GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) to make this feature work....

However, the most eye-catching announcement was that the company will provide four years of software updates to selected devices, as well as five years of security patches. This is a major announcement, as regular and long term software updates have been major complaints in the Android world. Let’s break down what it means for companies and users. How will Samsung’s coverage extension impact you? Samsung’s new announcement is not just restricted to the new Galaxy S22 series of devices....

These phones make small compromises to the specifications to achieve a lower price point. At first glance, the actual specs don’t seem that far off from a flagship, especially for the S10 Lite. Both phones feature 6.7-inch FHD AMOLED displays, 6/8GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage. They pack passive 4,500 mAh batteries with 25W charging support. And they both have hole-punch front-facing cameras. The similarities end there though....

The report notes that the device will have a 6.7-inch screen that “collapses into a square.” It will apparently use cutting edge screen tech and will have a hole punch display to accommodate the selfie camera. Samsung has reportedly paired up with famed American designer Thom Browne – known for self-branded fashion wear – to create a phone that has better fashion appeal and nostalgic value. Bloomberg notes that because of the 6....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Baudriallard used to say: Let’s get this bread! Bitcoin price We closed the day, May 27 2020, at a price of $9,181. That’s a respectable 3.88 percent increase in 24 hours, or $343. It was the highest closing price in three days. We’re still 54 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Habermass used to say: Crack open this tasty lobster! Bitcoin price We closed the day, August 20 2020, at a price of $11,878. That’s a minor 0.99 percent increase in 24 hours, or $116. It was the highest closing price in one day. We’re still 40 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Hannah Arendt used to say: Prepare to open the imaginary money chest… Bitcoin price We closed the day, March 26 2020, at a price of $6,716. That’s a minor 0.61 percent increase in 24 hours, or $41. It was the highest closing price in one day....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Jane Didion used to say: Whip it, whip it, whip it! Bitcoin price We closed the day, January 09 2020, at a price of $7,879. That’s a notable 2.51 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$203.23. It was the lowest closing price in two days....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Baudriallard used to say: Let’s get this bread! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, October 7 2019, at a price of $8,245. That’s a respectable 3.21 percent increase in 24 hours, or $256. It was the highest closing price in three days. We’re still 58 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As de Beauvoir used to say: Success is just a product of your motivation! Bitcoin price We closed the day, July 07 2020, at a price of $9,252. That’s a minor 1.03 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$96.87. It was the lowest closing price in one day....