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What do you imagine when you think about artificial intelligence? For many of us, the question conjures up images from movies, novels, posters, and media reports. But these visualizations are often risibly unrealistic depictions of AI. Just check out these beauties: You’re a screen. If serial killers made sexbots… Without a blackboard, how could robots master geometry? Pull me in, I’ve had enough. A fittingly dreadful headline for a horrifying image. “It’s like looking in a mirror. Only… not.” These images might make us laugh. Читать дальше...

Saving the world keeps getting harder every year. Not so long ago we were told that we had the power to make a difference if we all just sorted our recyclables. Unfortunately, that hasn’t quite panned out the way we were led to believe it would. The big problem is people. We suck at sorting, most of us don’t have access to proper bins and recycling services, and there’s just too much garbage for us to properly manage each day. We need help. Enter AI: There are few problems perfectly suited for robots... Читать дальше...

Some decades ago we were expecting that by now we’d be comfortably riding in our own self-driving car. Clearly, that didn’t happen, but, folks, don’t despair. We have the world’s first all-electric flying race car. Do we really need a flying race car? Well, I think not, but in any case meet the Airspeeder MK3 that made today its first flight over the deserts of South Australia. The Alauda Airspeeder Mk3, defined by the company as a full-sized remotely-operated electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL)... Читать дальше...

TLDR: The Premium CompTIA and Cisco Networking Certification Prep Bundle gets learners ready to pass six key certification exams on system security, networking, and more. If you thought all that time spent indoors over the past year probably prompted many people with IT aspirations to bone up on key disciplines and get certified…well, you’re pretty bright. That’s exactly what happened. According to a survey, certification exams were up 16 percent in 2020, with 30 percent of those students saying the pandemic motivated their new learning. Читать дальше...

TLDR: From home or the road, the DuoTurbo 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot can easily keep up to 10 devices connected to WiFi at once. A mobile hotspot can get you out of a lot of jams. As hard as it may be to believe, there really are still places where WiFi remains hard to come by. While that’s an inconvenience if you’re trying to post a picture to Instagram or check on your favorite boutique’s store hours, it can be a lot more than annoying for business professionals, remote workers, or entrepreneurs who... Читать дальше...

Back in March, I wrote about how Uber’s ride-hailing business was having an absolute downer. One that had been spurred on by a drop in rider numbers thanks to COVID-19, and legislative rulings over how it classifies its drivers. It was shaping up to be a fight between David (the drivers and lawmakers) and Goliath (Uber). At the time, I professed that David was yet to find his projectile, but now, I’m questioning whether he’ll need one at all to force Uber to change how it treats its drivers. Since writing that article... Читать дальше...

VR can provide an immersive escape from the mundane. But there’s one thing it won’t let you escape from for much longer: advertising. Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will soon start testing ads inside Oculus headsets — despite the VR brand’s founder once promising that it would never happen. “We are not going to track you, flash ads at you, or do anything invasive,” pledged Oculus creator Palmer Lucky, shortly after Facebook bought his firm in 2017. That always sounded optimistic, given the... Читать дальше...

While President Joe Biden’s plans to boost EV adoption have been well received, the incorporation of self-driving cars into US roads is still facing strong resistance. Yesterday, the US Senate Commerce Committee rejected Republican Senator John Thune’s proposal to attach measures lifting regulations on autonomous vehicles (AVs) to a $78 billion surface transportation bill, Reuters reports.  Thune has suggested granting to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the power to exempt... Читать дальше...

I have a cellphone built into my watch. People now take this type of technology for granted, but not so long ago it was firmly in the realm of science fiction. The transition from fantasy to reality was far from the flip of a switch. The amount of time, money, talent and effort required to put a telephone on my wrist spanned far beyond any one product development cycle. The people who crossed a wristwatch with a cellphone worked hard for several years to make it happen, but technology development really occurs on a timescale of decades. Читать дальше...

This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it here. Uh oh, watch out: Plugged In has just slid into the lobby all naked and greased up. Let’s move on from that childish image and kick off today’s lecture with a boring, grown-up statement: technology is only as good as its implementation. Take phones, for example. You can have the most delicious and crisp display on a device, but if it cracks easily, then it’s bad implementation. The industry is filled with examples of this. Читать дальше...