The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to reflect on what previous generations of telescopes have shown us. 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... Read more ›
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If everything goes according to plan on December 25, we will enter a new era of astronomy with the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It’s an event that has been anticipated for a decade – it will be the largest and most expensive and complex telescope ever built, tested, and launched into space. At the time of writing, the US$10 billion (£7.5 billion) telescope has been fuelled... Read more ›
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. As a Windows veteran, I’ve lived under the impression I knew enough about the OS to get as much as I cared out of it. I failed to recognize I was an idiot, and was just plain wrong about the features and flexibility it... Read more ›
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When I was in my teens I desperately wanted a pet, but my parents wouldn’t allow it, so they got me the next best thing: yes, a Tamagotchi. I loved it. It was my best friend for a while and I was feeling very attached to it. But then its constant demand for attention started driving me crazy, all these bleeps and bloops as it called out for food and... Read more ›
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Was one of the last DMs you received on Instagram a video of ducklings wearing flowers for hats, or floating in a sink full of water? An overly zealous cockapoo dancing on the couch with his human? A husky throwing a temper tantrum because he couldn’t come indoors? If sharing cute animal content is your love language, you’re not alone — you are part of a bigger cultural phenomenon called... Read more ›
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This year I’v decided I’m going to ask explicitly what I want for Christmas. And all I want is the Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD. Opel unveiled this beauty in May and since then I just can’t stop thinking about it. I mean, just look at it… Credit: Opel Yes, I’m sucker for reimagined classic vehicles, and I have to say that Opel has done an amazing job here. The traditional... Read more ›
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When you’re in a startup that is competing with some of the largest companies in the world, funding is critical to give you a level field from which to grow. Love it or hate it, raising money is a key responsibility of yours and something you can’t afford to get wrong. My company, Jscrambler, recently closed a $15 million Series A round, which was led by cybersecurity investment firm Ace... Read more ›
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When it comes to the world of technology, there’s no shortage of interesting, insightful, and important stories out there. And our reporters here at Neural have been hard at work all year providing you with the most relevant news and analysis from the world of AI. Sometimes, however, you just want to kick back and read some stuff that just blows your mind. That’s why, from time to time, we... Read more ›
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Sometimes when I’m watching cooking shows I dream about tasting those delicious dishes. But have I ever thought about licking my TV to find out? No. No I have not — because that’d be ridiculous. t looks like I’ve been made a fool of though. Wrap your head around this, folks: a Japanese professor, Homei Miyashita, has created a lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavors, Reuters reports. Hilariously,... Read more ›
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Deepfakes are being used for a range of nefarious purposes, from disinformation campaigns to inserting people into porn, and the doctored images are getting harder to detect. A new AI tool provides a surprisingly simple way of spotting them: looking at the light reflected in the eyes. The system was created by computer scientists from the University at Buffalo. In tests on portrait-style photos, the tool was 94% effective at... Read more ›
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Google Photos’ unlimited storage plan for your “high-quality” photos ended on June 1, 2021. The company made the announcement the previous November, without specifying reasons like whether it was running out of server space, or just wanted to sell you a Google One subscription for extra storage. You might be angry that Googlekille off another super handy feature. But there are no free lunches. So what are your options? We’ll... Read more ›
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Surprise, surprise: Tesla‘s under formal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTHSA) again. This time, the NHTSA is investigating the Passenger Play feature. This “allows the gameplay to function on the front center touchscreen while the vehicle is in motion and may present a distraction to the driver,” according to the agency’s official report. As a result, on Wednesday the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary... Read more ›
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How time flies. It feels like last week when Apple announced the AirPods Max, its first proper pair of over-ear headphones. At the time, the launch SEEMED momentous. People were shocked/appalled/excited about the headphones and Apple‘s aspirations, but a year later? There’s an overwhelming sense of “meh” around the devices. Much of this, I’m sure, is down to the inherent flaws in the AirPods Max. I’ve written about this extensively... Read more ›
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I’ve got a bad Netflix habit. Whenever I open the app, I scroll for ages before finding nothing substantial and rewatching shows I already love. Even when I search for specific keywords on Netflix, I don’t get appropriate results. All in all, disappointment galore. So, I decided that I needed to stop relying on Netflix for recommendations and build my own watchlist. Wasting my time scrolling should be a thing... Read more ›
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea A unique material, nickel oxide demonstrates the ability to learn things about its environment in a way that emulates the most basic learning abilities of animals, as my colleagues and I describe in a new paper. For over half a century, neuroscientists have studied sea slugs to understand basic animal learning. Two fundamental concepts of learning... Read more ›
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Imagine you’re looking for something to do to keep yourself occupied during the COVID-19 lockdown. While some people opt for negroni making and Only Fans, others have higher ambitions. Instead of baking bread or doing puzzles, the team at Wolfgang IP decided to make a new state-of-the-art solar EV truck. The mighty Thundertruck makes the Cybertruck look positively ancient. The makers note: While this was not your typical lockdown activity,... Read more ›
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Tech debt is the off-balance sheet cost of technology work that needs to be done in the future. It accumulates by choosing a limited/less expensive technical solution now and pushing off the full/more expensive solution to the future. By not implementing the full solution now, companies are faced with the need to ‘rework’ software development in the future. Having worked closely with more than 25 startups during their journey from... Read more ›
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Apple and design are almost synonymous in the tech world, as the company’s often-bold aesthetic choices have the potential to shape a generation of products. But for all its design clout, sometimes Apple pursues form at the expense of function. Other times, it just makes some flat-out bizarre choices that make no sense. Don’t believe us? Judge for yourself. What follows is a list of just some of Apple’s worst... Read more ›
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You’d think that Ford’s Mach-Eau fragrance, a perfume that imitates the scent of petrol — designed for all those who want to go electric with the Mustang Mach-E, but simply CAN’T LIVE without the intoxicating smell of gasoline — would be the company’s most WTF EV marketing ever. But… you’d be wrong. Targeting EV skeptics, the automaker has posted a series of memes on Twitter in an attempt to highlight... Read more ›
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It’s hard to say when the term ‘fintech’ was first coined, but Chris Skinner, the global FinTech pundit, heralds the beginning of FinTech with the launch of Zopa, a UK peer to peer lender in 2005. Since then, the sector has grown steadily until 2020 when we saw a dramatic 72% rise in European fintech app usage. While lockdown certainly pushed fintech services into the mainstream, there are a number... Read more ›
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