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Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? Facebooksissuing apologies for its AIs bigotry again. We apologize to anyone who may have seen these offensive recommendations. Up front:This is nowhere near the first time Facebooks had a problem with its AIs bigotry. And thats the exact lens we should view these issues through when Facebook promises its algorithms will improve. At what point is it unacceptable to have product that, at its core, is discriminatory?...

This is because of bandwidth restrictions or the file size of the videos being streamed. This may lead to a delay in buffering or a pixelated stream. We have a ton of them already. A seven-minute 1080p video would roughly burn 200-600MB of your data, based on the codec used. In this piece, well talk about an upcoming standard called H.266 or VVC (Versatile Video Codec). But before we dive into its story, lets start with some basics....

Foldables are a tough piece of tech to make. Their displays have a problem of balancing between flexibility and durability. Plus, most foldables have a crease at the part of the screen from where it folds. LG has developed a new material to solve problems of durability and creasing. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. It is also aiming to use this material beyond phones in laptops and tablets....

Remember Windows Movie Maker? At the same time, it offers the simplicity youd expect from a modern, social media-oriented video app. 40% off TNW Conference! In any case, the video editing situation for folks in Microsofts ecosystem is about to get much better. Also tagged with

All reports indicate that the French police arrested the climate activist fighting against gentrification. However, ProtonMail is not under obligation to provide any details to the French authorities. So how did they get the IP address details? To get information about the activist, the French police sent a request to the Swiss authorities through Europol. Proton must comply with Swiss law. Andy Yen (@andyyen)September 5, 2021 40% off TNW Conference!...

Some writing software serves as a healthy backstop when you make a mistake. It knows when youre overwriting and lets you know. If youre being vague, ProWritingAid will call you out.

Did you knowSHIFT is taking the stage this fall? At the 2021 IAA Mobility Show on Monday, Renault premiered its electricMegane E-Tech. While the car is loaded with interesting characteristics, its safety features are by far the most impressive. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The second innovation is a QR code affixed to Megane E-Techs windshield. Theres no doubt that this information is vital when it comes to extracting someone from a crashed vehicle....

Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? Scientists are regularly finding new ways to attack and defend machine learning models. The attacker starts with the unmodified image of a dog. The class with the highest confidence score corresponds to the class to which the image belongs. The modification results in a small change to the models output. Adversarial attack algorithms usually have an epsilon parameter that limits the amount of change allowed to the original image....

Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? People such as Elon Musk believe well colonize the red planet entirely and become a two-planet species. It could also be far more complex than NASA or SpaceX has actually considered. 40% off TNW Conference! But colonizing a harsh world is about more than just not dying. And lots of em. This is because of a fascinating aspect of evolutionary growth called horizontal gene transfer....

Did you knowSHIFT is taking the stage this fall? Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? 40% off TNW Conference! Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies. Also tagged with

When we talk about amazing geological features, we often limit ourselves to those on Earth. Venus fold mountains 40% off TNW Conference! How does the planet get its heat out? Fold mountains in Ovda Regio, Venus. The insert is a similar view of part of the Applachians in central Pennsylvania. NASA/JPL I find it reassuring that at least some aspects of Venus geology look familiar. These sprayed volcanic ash particles out over a range of tens of kilometers....

Did you knowSHIFT is taking the stage this fall? Autonomous vehicle companyWaymo recently kicked off itsOne Trusted Tester program in San Francisco. Can they convince those without concerns about the safety of autonomous vehicles to travel in them? San Franciscos streets are busy with traffic. There are pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, and emergency vehicles. Then, theres the cable cars, trolleys, streetcars, and light rail vehicles that define the cityscape. The program has no humans controlling the vehicles either in-car or remotely in October 2020....

But you and I both know you need the push to act today. Bunch of laws are coming, stay ahead of them 40% off TNW Conference! First up, legal troubles. I know 2030 sounds like a long way away, but its only about eight years. So theres going to be a scramble. As any good (and maybe even bad?) business leader knows, it costs a lot to find, hire, and train a new employee....