Of all the controversies surrounding Apple in recent years, the Macbook’s keyboard saga has been one of the most troubling. Where once Apple’s laptops were the pinnacle of design, people were (and still are) struggling to just type on the damn things. And the reason for this? The butterfly keys. Well, at long last, it’s being rumoured that Apple is moving away from this type of design and returning to the previous keyboard set-up....
Bright yellow cars? Raucous V12 engines? Italian flare? Perhaps that scene from The Wolf of Wall Stree, when DiCaprio attempts to drive a white Countach whilst high as a kite? Maybe it’s all those things and more, but one thing won’t be on your mind: electric power. In 2019 Lamborghini showed off a little glimpse into its future with its hybrid-powered Sián. At $3.7 million a piece, a glimpse is all it will be for the majority of us, but still, we can all enjoy it when it looks the way it does....
Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Cathcart said, “to boost digital inclusion in India, we can launch the (Pay) service across the country later this year after meeting regulations.” Last February the company started testing the service and in June, it said the test had a million users. After the test launch, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CEO of India’s leading eWallet company Paytm, said WhatsApp is killing the “beautiful open UPI system” by not allowing users to make cross-app transactions....
But many of these comparisons only take into account the end-result of testing the deep learning algorithms on limited data sets. This approach can create false expectations about AI systems and yield dangerous results when they are entrusted with critical tasks. In a recent study, a group of researchers from various German organizations and universities has highlighted the challenges of evaluating the performance of deep learning in processing visual data....
With design becoming a key focus in the decision-making and product development of companies, the role designers have also must change to meet this new centralized approach to design. Scott Belsky, the Chief Product Officer at Adobe, has a passion for helping creatives become more successful and empowered and advises and invests in companies and organizations at the intersection of design and technology. Through co-founding Behance, being involved with projects such as 99U, as well as advising and investing in businesses such as Pinterest, Uber, Airtable, and Periscope, Belsky understands the crucial role design plays and the responsibilities designers in those companies have because he’s seen it first-hand....
For fintechs in particular, Dubai has become an attractive hotspot from which founders can scale their operations across the Middle East and the wider MENA region. The UAE is now home to 33 of the region’s 50 most funded startups, followed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, with a vast majority of success stories born in Dubai. There’s Uber’s acquisition of Careem for $3.1 billion. Then there’s Dubai unicorn Swvl’s listing on the Nasdaq, and fintech leader PayTabs taking the region by storm....
On the subject of podcasts, Vaynerchuk told me, “Joe Rogan is going to eventually sign a $100 million-plus deal to go exclusive on a platform because of the level of attention he has.” We all know what happened next. The world is now a very different place since we last spoke, and I find myself looking back and joining up the dots from our previous conversations. Although he has an impressive track record of spotting the next big thing before most businesses, he continues to divide opinion....
Sorting the nonsense from reality can often be an exercise in trying not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. This might not be a problem for people who have the luxury of not caring about artificial intelligence. But anyone currently working in the STEM fields or running a business large enough to have an IT department, should definitely be able to separate the hyperbole from the things that will soon become absolutely crucial to their businesses....
Living close to public transport is expensive In countries such as America and Australia, living close to public transport is expensive. Mapping by researchers at RMIT University in Australia found that, unsurprisingly, public transport in inner urban areas is more frequent and better connected than in the outer suburbs. According to the American Public Transport Association, home values are up to 24% higher near public transportation than in other areas. As a result, homes cost more to buy and rent....
While the telescope itself is a technological wonder, one of its most aesthetically grabbing elements is its 6.5-meter primary mirror, made of 18 hexagonal mirrors, coated with a plating of gold. And, yes, that’s real gold — about five men’s wedding rings worth of the metal. We had a question: why? What reason is there for the mirror to be gold-plated? Well, we have the answer. Mirrors on a telescope are often coated with some variety of metal in order to reflect as much light as possible....
For 95 percent of our species’ history, we didn’t farm, create large settlements or complex political hierarchies. We lived in small, nomadic bands, hunting, and gathering. Then, something changed. We transitioned from hunter-gatherer life to plant harvesting, then cultivation and, finally, cities. Strikingly, this transition happened only after the ice age megafauna – mammoths, giant ground sloths, giant deer, and horses – disappeared. The reasons humans began farming still remain unclear, but the disappearance of the animals we depended on for food may have forced our culture to evolve....
Except you’re overwhelmed, emotional, and you can’t understand most of it. This might be a dramatic way to get into how to improve your content, but it’s an apt example of the challenges most businesses face. Unfortunately, studies show that almost 9 out of every 10 adults don’t have the health literacy skills to comprehend the medical information they read (and you might face the same challenge in your industry)....
On July 14th the European Commission published a new set of climate change proposals aimed at bringing the bloc closer to its 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 55% (from its 1990 levels) and eventually become completely climate neutral by 2050. The far reaching proposals cover a number of areas, expanding on past commitments and also introducing a new carbon tariff on materials such as steel, aluminium, and concrete coming from abroad....
In short, EMUI 10 will look markedly different from its predecessor. Huawei’s always been bullish about having its own aesthetic and identity. And with this iteration, the company wants to make the experience feel a lot more consistent across applications. It’s for that reason that the aspirational Chinese manufacturer is releasing SDKs for its new UX elements, which will allow third-party developers to integrate Huawei’s design language into their apps....
As nice as it is to be able to download and play games without having to deal with the hassle of physical copies, downloads come with their own problems. For one, it can take ages for a game to download, especially if you don’t have the network. For another, massive AAA titles can quickly use up all your storage, leaving little room for trying out other games — a pain if you like some variety in your gaming....
Now, thankfully, the platform has restored the ability to watch videos in 1080p on mobile in India. My colleague Abhimanyu and I tested this on a couple of Android and iOS devices, and we can confirm that HD video quality is indeed back. At the moment, you can access these videos in HD through your Wi-Fi connection. However, YouTube seems to be restricting video quality to 480p on mobile data....
The yearly round-up of popular creators and trends has been increasingly maligned through the years, peaking (or should I say, umm, valley-ing?) in 2018 with what is literally the most disliked video ever posted to YouTube, at over 19 million dislikes. You’ve got to screw up pretty big when you know, you are YouTube. And 2019‘s Rewind didn’t fare much better. — YouTube Creators (@YouTubeCreators) October 7, 2021 The company confirmed to Tubefilter that it would no longer be making the compendium videos, which is particularly notable because this would have been the 10th year of Rewind....
This conversion of the insect host into a “zombie” has inspired at least one sci-fi novel and film (The Girl with All the Gifts) as well as a computer game (The Last of Us). The premise of these stories is that mutant fungi can infect humans and turn them into zombies. While the infection of humans remains science fiction, a real example was presented by David Attenborough in the BBC Planet Earth series....
But hearables aren’t hearing aids, ear plugs, headphones or headsets, although they could acquire the benefits of these devices. This means that one could rely on hearables as a kind of always-worn personal assistant nested in the ear, whether used for whispering scheduling reminders, playing music, amplifying sound or talking with friends. But with AI, the hearable can also be used to determine the physiological condition of the user, along with their present knowledge or skill level in any content they’re accessing: for instance, when learning a new language....
It may not seem like much to you, but trust us…the battle between app makers to get their app on your phone is fierce. That’s because everyone’s phone is prime real estate. Your phone is probably already chock full of apps you never use, so you likely think long and hard about whether you should add a new one to the mix or not. Curating quality apps is key, so to help, we pulled together 10 apps that you’ll no doubt be using on a daily basis…assuming you download them, of course....
