How to disable the in-app browser on the Gmail app for Android

You would be wrong. The worst thing about the internet is in-appbrowsers. These ghastly creatures emerge when you tap on a link in countless apps. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Unfortunately, that extra speed comes with a cost. Were gonna show you how to bypass these features, starting today withGmail. (If youre an iPhone user, Im sorry youre not welcome here.) Youre free to indulge all your revolting pastimes in the internet tool of your choice....

February 5, 2022 · 1 min · 144 words · Darlene Evans

Is Bitcoin technically a religion? A scholar investigates

Read enough about Bitcoin, and youll inevitably come across people who refer to thecryptocurrencyas a religion. BloombergsLorcan Roche Kellycalled Bitcoin the first true religion of the 21st century. Like many religions, Bitcoin even hasdietary restrictionsassociated with it. 40% off TNW Conference! The dirty secret of religious studies is that there is no universal definition of what religion is. This model shifted after the Protestant Reformation when along series of warsbegan between Catholics and Protestants....

February 5, 2022 · 3 min · 442 words · Erica Vega

Is momentum shifting toward a ban on behavioral advertising?

By: Harrison Jacobs 40% off TNW Conference! But behavioral advertising is also controversial. Critics argue that the practice enables discrimination, potentially onlyoffering certain groups of people economic opportunities. Lawmakers in the U.S. are also looking into ways to regulate behavioral advertising. What will the European Parliaments new regulations do? On Jan. 19, the Parliamentapproved its final position on the bill. Breyer told The Markup the new rules were a major achievement....

February 5, 2022 · 2 min · 237 words · Amanda Jones

We need to decouple AI from human brains and biases

In the summer of 1956, 10 scientists met at Dartmouth College andinvented artificial intelligence. And we want these tasks to be done faster, safer and more thoroughly than humans ever could. However, researchers are increasingly recognizing that AI, when modeled after human thinking, could inherit human biases. Myriad other examples further speak to the problem of bias in AI. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. In both cases, the problem began with a flawed data set....

February 5, 2022 · 4 min · 658 words · Lisa Long PhD

How to navigate the confusing world of Twitter Topics

But its a bit tricky managing your feed so youre not overwhelmed by all those suggested tweets. Dont worry, Ive got you. In this guide, Ill take you through all the steps to weed out unwanted topics. Plus, Ill talk about this hidden setting called Interests you might not know about. 40% off TNW Conference! Once in a while, it might also throw in tweets related to subjects you might be interested in....

February 4, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Sarah Bowers

Tesla’s ‘rolling stop’ feature mimicked dumb humans — and got 54K EVs recalled

This means the vehicledoesnt come to a complete halt at a stop sign, instead moving slowly through it. Thanks for that, NHTSA. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The Assertive mode was accompanied with a warning that the vehicle may perform rolling stops. The most important are: What does this mean for Tesla? This doesnt mean that owners of these vehicles will have to take any physical action. Tesla will release another over-the-air update that will turn off the rolling stop feature, starting in early February....

February 4, 2022 · 2 min · 239 words · Tiffany Cordova

The metaverse needs laws to protect users and data

The metaverse seems to be the latest buzzword in tech. In general terms, the metaverse can be viewed as a form of cyberspace. Like the internet, its a world or reality, even beyond our physical world on Earth. A boundless marketplace Transactions in the metaverse are generally monetized using cryptocurrency or NFTs (non-fungible tokens). The NFT market is booming in some cases, were talking aboutsalesequivalent to millions of pounds. 40% off TNW Conference!...

February 4, 2022 · 2 min · 310 words · Valerie Santana

Why aliens and humans may not share the same reality

If cats can be simultaneously dead and alive, canspacealiens exist and not exist at the same time? For millennia weve gazed at the skies with a binary perspective. Why not both? 40% off TNW Conference! You have to assume its one or another, which makes it essentially both until we know for sure. The question is whether the universe knows for sure. And, to that, we answer: dont be ridiculous....

February 4, 2022 · 2 min · 388 words · Antonio Lewis

You’re all wrong: NFT is actually pronounced ‘nay-fey-tay’

Lets get this straight:NFTis pronounced nay-fey-tay. Thats all there is to it. You might have readCorin Faife at the Vergeclaiming it should be said as neft but theyre wrong. Forever and ever, nay-fey-tay. I can see where Faife is coming from, I really can. Neft is an elegant solution to saying those three letters. But heres my issue: why should we have an elegant solution for something thats inherently serpentine and torturous?...

February 4, 2022 · 2 min · 241 words · Jonathan Powell

AI can now spot dead cells 100 times faster than people — which could help cure Alzheimer’s

But identifying dead cells can be tricky and has been a constant problem throughoutmy career as a neuroscientist. Dead cells have acharacteristic balled-up appearancethat is relatively easy to recognize once you know what to look for. Unfortunately, doing this by hand is a slow, expensive, and sometimes error-prone process. This is a time-lapse of what a dying neuron looks like under a microscope. It became clear to us that manual curation was neither accurate nor efficient....

February 3, 2022 · 2 min · 274 words · Louis Chen

Behind the numbers: Meta’s nightmare on Wall Street

To truly capture the turmoil, we need to dig into the numbers that are spooking investors. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The one-day crash wiped over $200 billion off Metas valuation. Thats the biggest-ever collapse in market value for a US company. Thats a troubling sign for Facebooks plans to expand beyond its main markets. This comes as no surprise to Mark Zuckerberg, however. The new feature lets iOS users stop apps from tracking them across the web....

February 3, 2022 · 1 min · 196 words · Misty Newton

Humans v AI: We found out who’s better at making money

These includechess,arcade games,Go,self-driving cars,protein folding, and much more. This rapid technological progress has also had a huge impact on the financial services industry. Among so many successful cases, one seems conspicuously absent: AI making money in financial markets. However, they do not release official performance information. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. On the other hand, academic research has repeatedly reported highly accurate financial forecasts based on machine learning algorithms....

February 3, 2022 · 2 min · 291 words · Lauren Mejia

PSA: Watch out for modded ‘silent’ AirTags that make it harder to stop stalkers

Unfortunately, precision and long battery life are also what make them such acybersecurityconcern. That is why Apple advertises them as tools for tracking lost items and not stolen ones. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Naturally, disabling the speaker removes the most obvious way victims can find out if theyre being tracked. These devices had the built-in speaker physically disconnected so they are unable to make a sound. The idea appears to have been making AirTags better for tracking stolen items....

February 3, 2022 · 1 min · 131 words · Regina Alvarez