Today the company released an updated version of the classic, the fittingly-namedQuietComfort 45. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The battery is claimed to last for 24 hours, and the headphones finally charge via USB-C. The headphones are up forpre-ordertoday in both black and off-white colorways and will be available on September 23. Also tagged with
Most of Americas107,000 gas stationscan fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers at least not yet. Today the U.S. has around 43,000 public EV charging stations, withabout 106,000 outlets. The existing connection isacceptable for many purposes. But chargers are very unevenly distributed; almost a third of all outlets are in California. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Without it, your average gas-powered sedan wouldnt make it from Reno to Salt Lake City either....
Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? Chatbots are getting better at mimicking human speech for better and for worse. To study the behavior of neuralchatbots, they extended the threads with responses generated byOpenAIsGPT-3 and Microsofts DialoGPT. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. They then paid workers on Amazon Mechanical Turk to annotate the responses as safe or offensive. Bad bots They also found that the chatbots mimicked this undesirable behavior....
Did you know Growth Quarters is taking the stage this fall? So lets dive into how to start building a self-service experience. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. There are a few ways to do that. Ive frequently done this myself. I join them on calls, I notice how they work and what problems and bottlenecks they experience. Tiny adjustment, sure, but just imagine how much time that saved in a year....
Welcome to another episode of China regulating technology, and todays news is about gaming restrictions. This feels like my parents setting dedicated time for TV around school exams. Plus, login and registration are mandatory for all users to play any game. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Last year, China rolled out itsreal-name authentication systemfor games. With these systems already in place, game publishers will need to just tweak their timings....
If you dont share your birthday after repeated reminders, you wont be able to use the service. Over the past few months, Instagram has built a ton of tools related to teen safety. The company also plans to restrict certain content based on different age groups. Itll ask you to share your birthday if you havent shared it before seeing content that might be sensitive. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....
Surviving Marsis an experience unlike any other. The news: long-time Paradox Interactive fans already know the drill. And theBelow and Beyondexpansion certainly appears as though itll live up to that pedigree. Players can tunnel beneath the surface and construct subterranean bases below the colony or in nearby underground caves. Why its interesting: its been awhile sinceSurviving Marsgot a major update. Also tagged with
The countrys national assemblypassed the billafterthe special parliament committee voted in favor of it last week. If any app store operator fails to comply theyll have to pay 3% of their South Korean revenue. Both companies have faced scrutiny the world over related to the commission they collect from app developers. These companies charge a 30% fee for in-app purchases with certain concessions for small-time developers. Epic Games owners of battle royale game Fortnite is ina famous court battle with Appleover this matter....
Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? These particles could increase the risk of cancer or cause acute radiation sickness during missions. 40% off TNW Conference! The researchcombined geophysical models of particleradiationwith simulations of how it would affect a spacecraft and its passengers. The calculations suggest that the thickness of aspacecraftshield could play a key role on the trips. While relatively thick material may help protect astronauts, making it too thick could increase their radiation doses....
All for $375,000. Prequalifying for the mortgage was a breeze. The monthly mortgage payment was less than theyd paid for rent in Los Angeles for years. 40% off TNW Conference! The couple had spent $6,000 in fees and depositsall nonrefundable. Her co-workers were contractors, too, and they had mortgages. Crystal Maries co-workers are White. She and Eskias are Black. Lenders were 80 percent more likely to reject Black applicants than similar White applicants....
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Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? Of course, that doesnt really make it any less scary. 40% off TNW Conference! Its being developed by Relic and published by Xbox Game Studios. Kotakus Alex Walkerrecently interviewedMicrosoft Studios creative director, Adam Isgreen, to discuss the games AI. We use machine learning in training the AI right now, but we want to take that even further. Background:Isgreens careful to point out thatAge 4uses machine learning to train its AI....
Windows 11 has a release date, and its a fair bit sooner than many of us anticipated. Microsoft todayannouncedthat its new OS would begin to roll out on October 5 just a few weeks away. Weve reached out to Microsoft for clarification on this front. It seems there will be plenty of new hardware ready to go with Windows 11 pre-installed as well. 40% off TNW Conference! Then again, I suppose thats why the company is performing a super slow rollout....
