Get an Amazon Echo Show 5 with Alexa for more than a third off

Its been a few years and now, your Amazon Alexa is practically part of the family. You ask her to order stuff and play your music. She keeps you updated on news and the weather. She cant, by the way…but thats not gonna stop em from asking. But of course, there are some frontiers Alexa isnt capable of tackling like video. Itson sale now for just $84.99, 34 percent off, from TNW Deals....

August 29, 2021 · 1 min · 111 words · Angela Acosta

New satellite tech could reveal the cause of the rare milky seas

The whole appearance of the ocean waslike a plain covered with snow. These events are called milky seas. They are a rare nocturnal phenomenon in which the oceans surface emits a steady bright glow. They can cover thousands of square miles and, thanks to the colorful accounts of 19th-century mariners like Capt. Kingman, milky seas are a well-known part of maritime folklore. Im aprofessor of atmospheric sciencespecializing insatellitesused to study Earth....

August 29, 2021 · 2 min · 372 words · Alicia Adams

Play the guitar without having to carry an actual instrument with this PocketGuitar

Want to play the guitar without actually having to play the guitar? Youll get the satisfying sounds and rhythms without actually lugging a full-sized guitar with you. All you need is a phone, Bluetooth and the PocketGuitar. Playing couldnt be any easier. Simply use the associated app, connect it to Bluetooth and youre good to go. The rig is AI-powered, which means youll get smooth, realistic sound with barely any latency....

August 29, 2021 · 1 min · 85 words · Ronald Lee

What robot swarms can teach us about making collective decisions

Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Our robot swarm study looked at how opinions spread in large populations. We show that there are situations when the opposite occurs. If a robot receives a conflicting opinion, it resets its own opinion by polling other robots. This allows the swarm to reach consensus without getting deadlocked. Its key to buildingrobot swarms of the future....

August 29, 2021 · 2 min · 214 words · Charles Morris

CuriosityStream satisfies your mind. KeepSolid VPN satisfies your need for security. Both are included here

There are a few hallmarks that are often associated with smart people. First, theyre usually interested in the world around them and understanding smart things. Theyre also fairly often pretty smart about protecting themselves when they go out to investigate that big expansive world. This collection starts with a lifetime subscription to aCuriosityStream HD Plan. 40% off TNW Conference! Just make your purchase and the credit will be automatically applied to your account within 14 days....

August 28, 2021 · 1 min · 76 words · Amber Perez

How AI can enhance our real and virtual lives

Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? Every new technology brings with it questions of ethics and unintended consequences. Humanity is deeply ingrained in their success and failure. Looking closely, we can see technologies reflect humanitys imperfections back to us. But I contend technologies like artificial intelligence can enhance, rather than reduce, the human experience. This is all part of our digital evolution. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

August 28, 2021 · 1 min · 179 words · Joseph Sandoval

Keep your data safe and secure with this storage and VPN bundle at an enormous savings

That is exactly what you get with thislifetime backup and security subscription bundle. Never worry about losing any files ever withDegooand the 10TB of storage youll get with this plan. Thats an amount that seems almost impossible for anybody to reach in their lifetime. The 10TB of storage is more than you could get with Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive combined. 40% off TNW Conference! you could perform backups to all of your devices, whether desktop, laptop, tablet or phone....

August 28, 2021 · 1 min · 125 words · Zachary Fisher

‘OK Boomer:’ how a TikTok meme traces the rise of Gen Z political consciousness

What does OK Boomer mean? 40% off TNW Conference! The meme arose in a wider context of Boomer blaming. The OK Boomer meme and others like it allow young people to partake in a form of intergenerational politics. Young people use youthful parlance and lingo, pop cultural references and emojis to shape their collective political culture. React via duet: @kyuutpies duet to @irishmanalways who had challenged Gen Z to not use technologies....

August 28, 2021 · 2 min · 262 words · Erika Lewis

Apple’s App Store policy changes are hardly a win for iOS developers

But this might not be straightforward. And the customer would only know that they have payment method options if they open that promotional email. Thats a lot of hoops to jump through. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Today, the firm said it will keep this structure intact for at least three years. Earlier this week, a parliamentary committee in South Koreavoted for such an amendment in the law....

August 27, 2021 · 1 min · 106 words · John Glover

How biometric data collection can put people in conflict areas at risk

These include facial features, voice patterns, fingerprints or iris features. According to a2007 presentationby theU.S. 40% off TNW Conference! These stops sometimes resulted inhostage situations and executionscarried out by the Taliban. The technology was used to identify individuals who sought funds more than once. If the algorithm matched a new entry to a pre-existing iris record, the claimant was refused aid. From March to October 2002, 396,000 false claimants were turned away from receiving aid....

August 27, 2021 · 1 min · 144 words · Kimberly Shields

How ‘hearables’ could soon help us out at work and school while remaining virtually invisible

Hearables are wireless smart micro-computers with artificial intelligence that incorporate both speakers and microphones. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Intelligent hearables could even determine the context and choose the right time and place to deliver the best content. Another important feature for education is the ability totranslate between languages. Music and language students could access relevant content from anywhere and practise their lessons. Learners could use hearables almost anywhere with internet connectivity to communicate with teachers and other students....

August 27, 2021 · 2 min · 231 words · Joan Herman

Improve your marketing content with AI-generated copy from Writesonic

But what if you could get the same results without having to hire a person to do the work? Thats exactly what youll get with theWritesonic Starter Plan. Writesonic is like having a copywriter on staff at a fraction of the cost and at much faster speeds. And with lifetime access, youll have Writesonic at your disposal whenever and wherever you need it. Writesonicknows what to convert and how to write copy that will attract business....

August 27, 2021 · 1 min · 124 words · Jacob Melton

Kanye West chatbot gives stunning update on DONDA release date

Kanye West has many talents, but punctuality is not among them. He was latefor registration; he waslate for orchestration. He even wrote a song about his tardiness, the aptly titled Late. The most irritating instances of Yes procrastination are undoubtedly the delays to his album releases. Fans have become particularly infuriated by the endless postponements to the launch of his latest record, DONDA. 40% off TNW Conference! The bot was created by Wesam Jawich, a software engineer....

August 27, 2021 · 2 min · 226 words · Tammy Olson