In the hype around getting our cars to drive us around, it’s easy to forget that Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) have a higher function – to radically improve road safety, by reducing the number of accidents. Recently, this intention has transitioned to ebikes. As our bikes become small (ok, pretty small) data centers on wheels, their ability to monitor our surroundings becomes a catalyst for companies creating technology that provides... Read more ›
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Wearable fitness trackers will be on many Christmas shopping lists this year, with a vast range of devices (and an ever-increasing number of features) hitting the market just in time for the festive season. But what does the latest research say about how effective they are? Fitness trackers are trendy Currently, about one in five Australians own one of these wearables, and about a quarter use a mobile app or... Read more ›
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While you were watching the F1 title decider between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton or excited for the Succession finale, companies running the internet were scared shitless. You might not have noticed it because services like Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, and smaller ones all stayed up. But a bug in an open-source tech called Log4j was (and still is) causing panic amongst the infosec community across the world. While the bug... Read more ›
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The Australian Federal Police recently announced plans to use DNA samples collected at crime scenes to make predictions about potential suspects. This technology, called forensic “DNA phenotyping”, can reveal a surprising and growing amount of highly personal information from the traces of DNA that we all leave behind, everywhere we go – including information about our gender, ancestry, and appearance. Queensland police have already used versions of this approach to... Read more ›
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If you’re concerned about killer robots in the military, brace yourself for their arrival in civilian hands. AI weapons will soon spread from battlefields to city streets, campaigners have warned, unless new global rules are imposed on the tech. A UN conference this week can alleviate the fears. In a Geneva meeting that starts today, delegates will debate banning weapons that target people without “meaningful human control.” Activists, however, are... Read more ›
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When Henrik Gebbing and I founded Finoa in our shared apartment in Madrid back in 2018, little did we realize that within just three years we’d have team members across the globe with plans for exponential growth in the works. Obviously, the way we ran things when it was just a handful of us would never suffice now. Scaling our business has meant overcoming some tough challenges in order to... Read more ›
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Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical challenges created by “black box” artificial intelligence systems. These use machine learning to figure out patterns within data and make decisions – often without a human giving them any moral basis for how to do it. Classics of the genre are the credit cards accused of awarding bigger loans to men than women, based simply on which gender got... Read more ›
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Slow and steady wins the race. We’ve all heard this phrase thousands of times, but is it really true for our modern time where new businesses and technologies are getting launched every day? You can definitely finish the race being slow and steady but there’s no guarantee of winning it. This thing is even more true for tech where each day new frameworks, libraries, tools, and websites are getting launched.... Read more ›
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We’ve been hearing rumors that Apple would get rid of the notch for ages, but reports to that effect seem to be heating up. Earlier this week, a report by Korean publication The Elec suggested that Apple is getting rid of the notch on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, although it will remain a fixture of the cheaper non-Pro models. Instead, Apple is rumored to use a hole-punch... Read more ›
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You know you’re in for a treat when a pre-print AI research paper begins by explaining that nobody really knows what AI is and ends by solving artificial general intelligence (AGI). The paper’s called “Co-evolutionary hybrid intelligence,” and it’s a work of art that belongs in a museum. But, since it’s state-sponsored research from Russia that was uploaded to a pre-print server, we’ll just talk about it here. The research... Read more ›
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Lithium-ion batteries are the catalyst for our EVs, but they’re not perfect. Specifically, one of their main disadvantages is the flammability of the organic electrolytes currently used for their production. Thankfully, hope is on the way. A team of researchers from Germany and Japan have developed a solution to fix this problem by replacing organic electrolytes with aqueous (water-based) ones. Sounds simple, but it isn’t At first thought, the use... Read more ›
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Mercedes-Benz has reached a major milestone in the autonomous car race, allowing drivers to take their eyes off the road… but only if they’re stuck in German traffic jams… in 2022. Yesterday, the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) granted Mercedes-Benz system approval of Level 3 autonomous under UN-R157. With the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017, Germany was the first country... Read more ›
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Twitter went through a major overhaul in 2021. It wasn’t as dramatic as Facebook changing its name to Meta, but there’s a long list of things it did: swapping out its CEO, introducing new communication features, and trying to be dev-friendly again. Apart from this, the company acquired at least seven startups this year — the most in the last five years. These firms can be key to how Twitter... Read more ›
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In the mid-1990s, there was research going on at Stanford University that would change the way we think about computers. The Media Equation experiments were simple: participants were asked to interact with a computer that acted socially for a few minutes after which, they were asked to give feedback about the interaction. Participants would provide this feedback either on the same computer (No. 1) they had just been working on... Read more ›
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Welcome, weary traveler. Have a rest. Take off your shoes. Let me massage your feet with this homemade oil I made from out-of-date salad cream and some spit. Isn’t that better? You have come here today because you want to know how to update your AirPods firmware? Maybe you have the AirPods Pro? The AirPods Max? Or, indeed, maybe the new AirPods 3? The older models, perhaps? Well, come closer,... Read more ›
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I love the use of technology like blockchain and distributed ledgers, but only when it solves real-world problems. I recently sat down with Nikhil Bharadwaj, co-founder, and CEO of electric vehicle charging company Xeal, to learn about a problem that had plagued the company’s early days. They were installing chargers at apartment buildings in underground parking garages. However, this is a space where it’s challenging to gain Wi-Fi internet connectivity.... Read more ›
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Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, British judges ruled today at the UK’s High Court. Assange is expected to appeal the decision, which overturns a judgment issued earlier this year. The WikiLeaks co-founder is wanted in the US for allegedly illegally obtaining and disclosing classified information related to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In January, a UK court ruled that Assange couldn’t be extradited, due to concerns over... Read more ›
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Facebook renamed itself to Meta in October to focus on building the metaverse, but all we’ve just seen are a few weird demos… until now. Welcome, Horizon Worlds! The first chance we have to experience Zuck’s virtual vision. The app is now available for free, but with a few caveats. You must be at least 18 years old and located in the US or Canada. Plus, you need the Oculus... Read more ›
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Do you know what the Earth’s atmosphere is made of? You’d probably remember it’s oxygen, and maybe nitrogen. And with a little help from Google you can easily reach a more precise answer: 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% argon gas. However, when it comes to the composition of exo-atmospheres – the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system – the answer is not known. This is a shame, as... Read more ›
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Stock photos don’t a great reputation. They’re cheesy and are easily recognizable, so a lot of marketers avoid using them. But I’d like to argue that stock photos aren’t the issue, it’s how you choose them. Genuine top-quality stock photos expand your marketing opportunities. So let’s go through some common stock photo concepts that make your content look poor and then some good alternatives to consider. 1. Exaggerated facial expressions... Read more ›
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