A few days ago, I was in a meeting, and I was distracted by a small chair. I first noticed how unnoticeable it was. I’d been in the room for an hour before I even saw it was there. I started wondering how it was manufactured, and my first guess was it was mass-produced and factory-built, probably by a robot. That gave me no joy. Then I thought about how a human could have made it....
I absolutely hate it when people disagree with me. Yes, it’s good to get more perspective and ultimately any idea is improved with critical feedback and I do everything in my power not to bully concepts through. But in that exact moment, when I’m stating my case, I can’t believe the other person can’t see my side of the argument — especially when I think the ‘numbers’ are on my side....
If you’re analyzing data or creating websites or producing architectural plans, it makes sense that the software to complete those tasks might be complicated. After all, they’re all intricate processes that can require lots of fine-tuning to get it right. But you’d think software to eliminate red eye or adjust the size of a photo would be simple. Anybody who’s ever used Adobe Photoshop can tell you that probably wasn’t their experience....
Still, it remains a band, and its functionality was limited to it due to the size and form factor. That’s why, with the Xiaomi Watch Revolve, the company is aiming to lure customers who might want to upgrade for real. At ₹9,999 ($136.46), the Mi Watch Revolve is not exactly cheap. However, it packs a lot of features. I used the watch for over a week, and despite my excitement about its features, I was left disappointed by the implementation....
This makes the X2 the lowest priced device to feature a 120Hz display. The full HD+ screen has a 20:9 aspect ratio, and features a punch hole on the top-right corner to accommodate dual selfie cameras. [Read: Google Photos tests $8 feature to auto-print 10 photos every month] The mid-range phone tries to grab consumers’ attention with a striking design and metallic gradient finishes in a range of bright colors....
Remember when incels would mostly reside in the dark, stinky corners of Reddit and 4chan? They’ve now conquered your father’s favorite social network, LinkedIn — giving birth to an awful new thing: To quickly refresh your memory, incels are ‘involuntary celibates,’ people (let’s face it, mainly men) who believe they can’t get laid because they’re not attractive enough. Most of them hate women. Some of them shoot up shopping malls....
At less than 5mm in length, the polymers are hard to remove manually. But there may be a more efficient method of eliminating the plastic scourge: attacking them with bacteria-sized robots. Scientists at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague recently developed self-propelled microrobots that can swim onto microplastics and break them down. The tiny bots — about the size of a red blood cell — use solar power to move through water and dismantle microplastics that they find....
No matter how great your product or service is, without an easy, identifiable brand element to encapsulate it all, there’s a good chance your business will fly right past most modern digital audiences. That means not only defining how you want your business to be seen online, but all the ways it’ll be seen and experienced, from images to text to social media. It’s a lot of ground to cover, but the training in The All-in-One Digital Branding Certification Bundle ($45, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) explains the basic steps all the platform you have to know and master to get the most out of your business in the digital space....
The company announced the trial on the YouTube test features and experiments page of the Google Support website: The system could be a welcome addition to video chapters, which YouTube rolled out to creators in May. [Read: Why this security engineer loves working in infosec] The feature allows creators to break up videos into sections with their own individual previews. Viewers can then skip straight to the segment they want to watch....
With version 5.0, Zoom will now use the AES 256-bit GCM encryption standard. That will help your data be more difficult to access, though it’s still not the originally-claimed end-to-end encryption. Still, it’s something, and business users can now even control which data center regions their video calls are routed through after some experts expressed concerns about routing through China. In order to minimizing the likelihood of zoombombing — looking at you, fake Elon Musk — meetings will now include passwords by default for most customers, including Basic, single-license Pro, and K-12 customers Cloud recordings will also require passwords by default, and administered accounts can also manually define password complexity for their organization....
The kink, which was discovered by security firm Check Point and disclosed to Zoom, essentially resided in the company’s “Vanity URL” feature which lets business users generate custom links for meetings — like yourcompany.zoom.us. Unfortunately, a shortcoming in the implementation made it possible to fake such invitations without the knowledge of potential victims. An attacker could create a standard meeting link (like https://zoom.us/j/##########) and simply tack on any legitimate organization’s custom sub-domain in front of the URL (yourcompany....
While TikTok is now battling for survival in the US, it seems that Zuckerberg might’ve played a key role in the app’s current situation. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, he discussed TikTok and threats from other Chinese internet companies to American businesses at a private dinner with President Donald Trump last October. WSJ’s report also notes that the Facebook CEO discussed the short video app with Republican Sen....
Around 159,000 Tesla Model S and Model X’s built between 2012 and 2018 are at risk of experiencing sensor problems and component failures due to the eMMC NAND storage in the car’s infotainment system reaching the end of its useful life, The Register reports. According to the report, the 8GB flash memory chips in the vehicles’ Nvidia Tegra 3 computer that powers the car’s infotainment unit are reaching their program-erase cycle limits....
And while a number of them might never make the headlines, there’s a bunch of “underdogs” we should definitely keep an eye on. Mullen Automotive Mullen has been a minor player in the US-based motor industry since 2014, but within the past couple of years it has been surely making big strides towards electric vehicles. In November, the company announced the development of its own EV plant in Tunica, Missisippi, where it will manufacture its three electric models....
While some of Sony’s loss is arguably due to short-term panic selling across the wider market, the company is clearly in a corner. PlayStation is Sony’s largest, most profitable, and fastest-growing business, and the loss of a key supplier of games content to its arch-rival could make its consoles less attractive to gamers around the world. Sony share price Pulling the Activision content from Sony consoles would be a huge decision for Microsoft, of course....
Capiche is a secret society for SaaS power users, building a new community of people who care about software to make the SaaS industry more transparent, together. This essay was written by Matthew Guay, Capiche‘s founding editor and former senior writer at Zapier. We checked. Of the 100 of the top business software on Capiche, partnership programs are the primary way SaaS companies incentivize promoting their products today. Goodbye affiliates, hello sales....
Astronomers rarely use their telescopes to simply take pictures. The pictures in astrophysics are usually generated by a process of scientific inference and imagination, sometimes visualized in the artist’s impressions of what the data suggests. Choosing just a handful of images was not easy. I limited my selection to images produced by publicly-funded telescopes and which reveal some interesting science. I tried to avoid very popular images which have already been viewed widely....
The study, which was published on Tuesday by the US software company Oracle and the research firm Future Workplace, polled 8,370 employees, managers, and human resources workers in 10 countries from July to August of this year. Its findings revealed that China’s trust level of robots in the workplace is well above the global average, with about two thirds of workers admitting they feel optimistic about having a robot co-worker....
Ford is clearly focused on not just producing an electric car that is designed for calm commutes and hands-free driving, but delivering some excitement along with the electricity. Enter the all-electric Mustang Mach-E 1400 – a one-of-a-kind prototype developed in collaboration with RTR Vehicles to demonstrate the performance possibilities of electric propulsion. Add five motors and a 56.8 kilowatt-hour nickel-manganese-cobalt ultra-high-performance battery to a Mustang Mach-E GT body-in white and this is what you get:...
I actually know a guy who sails people’syachts from one side of the world to the next. But a Swiss company might just be putting him out of a job. The company is called AirYacht. And it heard the cry of the wealthy. AirYacht is creating a hybrid vehicle that combines aviation and sailing, with a dwelling that can be dropped on land anywhere for a visit. The AirYacht is part blimp and part dwelling — like a floating luxury hotel that you can fly and sail....
