This plug-in adds amazing audio effects to your music or sound projects for under $30

Stare at one of those wall-sized engineering studio audio boards for even a few minutes. Because…yikes, thats a lot of buttons. There are even over 80 presets created by noted sound engineers Richard Devine and Martin Walker. It’s free, every week, in your inbox.

August 15, 2021 · 1 min · 44 words · Joseph Hunter

Why driving an electric vehicle doesn’t make you a good person

One of my family members has a vanity license plate that reads 4THEFUTR. It adorns their electric vehicle and might strike some as excessively boastful. As a moral philosopher, I study the way actions and behaviors acquire their moral statuses. Most of us think some actions are morally good and others are morally bad. But which actions have those statuses and how do they obtain them? Moral categories Normally, an action is morally praiseworthy when its morallygood....

August 15, 2021 · 2 min · 359 words · Jamie Johnson

The Lucy spacecraft — designed to explore the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter — prepares for take-off

A massive shipping container was rolled off the craft. The precious cargo inside, revealed in an Astrotech cleanroom, was examined, and cleared by inspectors. The Lucy spacecraft had arrived safely at the space center, readying for its upcoming historic mission. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Lucy also incorporates three Earth-gravity assists to reach the Trojan swarms and accomplish these targeted encounters,NASA explains. Astronomers conclude these tag-along asteroids are composed of some of the earliest material in the solar systems....

August 14, 2021 · 1 min · 157 words · Caroline Garcia

To achieve AGI, we need new perspectives on intelligence

For decades, scientists have tried to create computational imitations of the brain. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Titled, Intelligenceconsider this and respond! Raghavachary calls this sphenomics, a term he coined to differentiate from phenomenology, phenomenality, and phenomenalism. Biological structures can be viewed in the same way, Raghavachary believes. The phenomena are the structures responses. Conversely, life processes are based on structures that consider and produce response phenomena. Digital computation of intelligence haspardon the punno analog in the natural world, Raghavachary said....

August 14, 2021 · 2 min · 282 words · Melissa Adkins

Understand Python and all of its programming power with this $30 training bundle

And the numbers dont lie. About 63 percent of respondents in the State of Data Science 2021 survey saidthey used Python regularly. It’s free, every week, in your inbox.

August 14, 2021 · 1 min · 29 words · Shawn Cabrera

Here’s how much bigger the Pixel 6’s camera sensor is than the Pixel 5’s (probably)

40% off TNW Conference! Its one of the best camera sensors Samsung makes, a hair larger than whats in the S21 Ultra. It shouldnt be difficult for Google to squeeze significant picture quality out gains with the new sensor. The old IMX363 had a 1/2.55 diagonal, while the GN1 is a 1/1.31 sensor. That means the GN1 is nearly four times larger and should capture way more light. A picture is worth a thousand words:...

August 13, 2021 · 1 min · 183 words · Bobby Nguyen

It’s not too late to stop the killer robot uprising

Arecent episode of 4 Cornersreviewed this and many other risks posed by developments in AI. History shows such treaties are needed, and that they can work. The lesson of nuclear weapons Scientists are pretty good at warning of the dangers facing the planet. Unfortunately, society is less good at paying attention. Japan surrendered days later. The second world war was over, and the Cold War began. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

August 13, 2021 · 3 min · 455 words · Jose Rice

Learn the wonders of big data with this super-sized learning bundle for under $60

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August 13, 2021 · 1 min · 7 words · Erika Hansen

Nvidia’s CGI CEO doesn’t look ready to replace the real Jensen Huang

A recent keynote address by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang conference has provoked some wild reactions. A companyblog postconvinced many observers that the entire presentation was computer-generated. The difference between the fake and real parts is pretty clear to my eyes. you’ve got the option to judge it for yourself by watching the video below. The CG footage starts at1:02:41. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The company first took thousands of photos of Huang in a series of poses....

August 13, 2021 · 2 min · 249 words · Emily Hughes

Please Apple, go through everything on my phone

Theres been a lot of bellyaching about Apple recently. Too much if you ask me. So what if Appleplans to scan your phone for the hash of child sexual abuse material? Why do you care? You a nonce or something? My question is this: why stop there with opening up its encryption system? Ive got nothing to hide. Why should I care? Statistically, itsunder 5% of the population. After youve gone through all my media, yo, have a gander at my messages too....

August 13, 2021 · 2 min · 226 words · Laura Hall

The Perseid meteor shower is TONIGHT — here’s how to watch it

The Perseid meteor shower is no exception to the rule. So whos the real winner here? The birds, thats who). The Perseids return each year sometime between 17 July and 24 August, but usually peak between 913 August. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The debris which forms meteors is typically the size of an apple seed or smaller. Fireballs are what happens when larger pieces of extraterrestrial debris race through theatmosphere....

August 13, 2021 · 1 min · 174 words · Kevin Martin

This AI turns your photos into paintings while you watch

I sometimes fantasize about hanging an enormous painted portrait of yours truly on my bedroom wall. Unfortunately, I have neither the money to buy artworks nor the skills to paint one myself. But those barriers will no longer stop me from fulfilling my dream. A team of researchers has developed a tool that will paint your portrait for you. This is the original pic & the final painting!pic.twitter.com/6hYC6HqQA3 clem ?...

August 13, 2021 · 1 min · 164 words · Michael Franco

TikTok adds features to cap teens’ app usage for their own good

TikTok is introducing new features for teens that aim to cap video downloads and screen time. The short video app is disabling downloads by default for creators aged 13 to 15. Plus, creators from this age group will have an option to make their videos downloadable. Whats more, TikTok is introducing push notification limits at night to reduce screen time. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The company also said that new users aged 16-17 will have their direct messages disabled by default....

August 13, 2021 · 1 min · 140 words · Joseph Rich