Remember when a homemade cloud chamber was a science fair staple? We haven’t participated for decades, but it seemed like every year someone would put a hunk of dry ice in a fish tank, add a little alcohol, and with the lighting just right – which it never was in the gymnasium – you might
Read MoreWhile women have made strides toward better representation in leadership roles over the last decade, the progress has been slow and labored. According to a recent Global Gender Gap Report via LinkedIn and the World Economic Forum, women continue to hold under half of the leadership positions across fields – in many industries, we make
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Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Intel’s Nervana, a neural network chip for inference-based workloads, will lack a standard cache hierarchy, and software will directly manage on-chip memory — At a press event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel announced the Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP-I) … Intel's Nervana, a neural network chip for inference-based workloads,
Read MoreWorld’s second-largest smartphone maker, Huawei, brought it at CES 2019. Samsung can’t afford to rest on its laurels. Galaxy S10 needs to watch its back as sales slow and rivals like Huawei come on strong – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’ve never seen an IBM AS/400 machine, don’t feel bad. Most people haven’t. Introduced in 1988 as a mid-range server line, it used a unique object-based operating system and was geared specifically towards business and enterprise customers. Unless you’re a particularly big fan of COBOL you probably won’t have much use for one today, but
Read MoreWith an event date and location set, the countdown begins. Samsung Galaxy S10 rumors and facts: Feb. 20 launch, 5G talk at CES 2019 and everything we know about specs, features and price – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAI has already taken the private sphere by storm, with massive corporations, dynamic startups, and even our own living rooms playing host to intelligent machine learning software. It’s no big surprise, then, that the world of government is starting to turn to AI to improve its effectiveness in serving populations large and small. The staid,
Read MoreLulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: Tencent previews Xiaowei, an AI voice assistant for WeChat that will integrate with Tencent’s own services and apps by third-parties such as Meituan or Didi — – WeChat’s assistant can help connect users with mini apps — WeChat mini programs will focus on monetisation with ads Tencent previews Xiaowei, an
Read MoreChina became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on January 2. But, more importantly, it became the first to do so on the far side of the moon — often called the dark side. The ability to land on the far side of the moon is a technical achievement in its own right,
Read MoreIt’s safe to say that hot-melt glue is a staple of the projects we see here at Hackaday. There won’t be many readers who don’t have a glue gun, and a blob of the sticky stuff will secure many a project. But it’s not so often we see it used as an integral component for
Read MoreCelebrate the big game with this prize pack that includes a TV, a Chefman air fryer and $125 in CBS All Access gift cards. This giveaway ends Feb. 3. Win* this LG 65-inch OLED TV – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmilie Filou / Quartz: Madagascar’s data processing and call centers for international clients flourished after it built out cable internet in 2009 with speeds exceeding those of UK — In a large, open-space office, employees are busy processing promotional coupons for a well-known supermarket chain … Madagascar's data processing and call centers for international clients
Read MoreAstrophotography is an expensive hobby. When assembling even a basic setup consisting of a telescope, camera, guiding equipment and mount, you can easily end up with several thousand dollars worth of gear. To reduce the monetary sting a little, [td0g] has come up with an innovative homebrew mount and guiding solution that could be assembled
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Plex is in talks to offer ad-supported movies and more premium subscriptions as soon as this year, taking on Roku Channel and Amazon Prime Video Channels — Media software maker Plex is preparing to take on The Roku Channel and Amazon Prime Video Channels, possibly as soon as this year. Plex
Read MoreSarah Sluis / AdExchanger: Piano, a SaaS platform for digital publishers including 1,300 media brands, raises $22M Series B to help publishers bring in non-ad revenue — Piano, whose tech and services gives digital publishers a way to supplement their ad revenue, raised $22 million in Series B funding Thursday to expand … Piano, a
Read MoreCaddy’s new three-row crossover is armed with a battery of hot new tech. 2020 Cadillac XT6 revealed ahead of the Detroit Auto Show – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Spanish on-demand laundry and dry cleaning startup Mr Jeff raises $12M Series A led by All Iron Ventures with plans to expand to 30 countries by end of 2019 — If you thought the on-demand laundry space had run out of startup steam, here’s a bit of a conditioner: Spanish startup
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers: a hacking group made ~$3.7M in Bitcoin since Aug. with Ryuk ransomware, which only targets firms with huge resources and can lay dormant for a year — Ryuk lies in wait for as long as a year, then pounces on only the biggest prey. — A recently discovered ransomware
Read MoreCoconut is a delicious and versatile food but if you’ve ever tried to open one you know they can be a hard nut to crack. Those of us who live in the tropics where they are common might reach for a machete, drill, or saw to open them, which is often a messy and sometimes
Read MoreTaylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Research shows self-reported heavy Facebook users make impaired decisions, like drug addicts, on a classic test of maximizing rewards — Researchers at Michigan State University are exploring the idea that there’s more to “social media addiction” than casual joking about being too online might suggest. Research shows self-reported heavy Facebook users
Read MoreRita Katz / Wired: How ISIS is changing how it uses tech to recruit and coordinate, by moving to free public chat apps and services like RocketChat, Yahoo Together, Viber, Discord — HEADS UP, TECH companies: If your product appeals to the masses, it likely also holds allure for terrorist groups like ISIS. How ISIS
Read MoreRahaf Mohammed al-Qunun lands in the country after fleeing her family and pleading for help on social media. Saudi teen who tweeted plight is granted asylum, arrives in Canada – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWatchdog timers are an often overlooked feature of microcontrollers. They function as failsafes to reset the device in case of a software failure. If your code somehow ends up in an infinite loop, the watchdog will trigger. This is a necessity for safety critical devices. If the firmware in a pacemaker or a aircraft’s avionics
Read MoreSidney Fussell / The Atlantic: Automation may not completely replace service workers, but will likely reduce hours, lower pay, and conceal intense demands on labor and poor working conditions — Workers may not be replaced by robots anytime soon, but they’ll likely face shorter hours, lower pay, and stolen time. Automation may not completely replace
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