These 3 studio monitors are great speakers for a small desk

Fret not, for Im here to tell you you could get great sound from small speakers too. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Wont studio monitors sound boring? In my experience, studio monitors are more likely to exhibit these qualities. What are frequency response and directivity? Frequency response is the most common key in of speaker measurement youll see. The speakers Im recommending do a good job at these metrics within their price and size constraints....

March 6, 2021 · 2 min · 345 words · Angela Foster

CDs are the most under-appreciated music format, fight me

Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and were all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: its time to reassess CDs. Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The humble compact disc has been unloved for far too long. And Im here to change that. After this youll no longer view CDs as a boring bit of old technology. Instead, youll view them as a medium we should all value and throw ourselves at the feet of....

March 5, 2021 · 9 min · 1886 words · Kelly Huff

How to generate buzz in a buzzless industry

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. It cant get any more niche than that. Your best bet is to look at the big picture. How do developments within your industry impact people in their daily lives? How do they impact the causes or issues they care about? The pressure is aggravated by the global effects of a changing climate on food production worldwide. At the same time, the technological advances are huge!...

March 5, 2021 · 3 min · 522 words · Marie Lopez

Super shoes: Explaining athletics’ new performance-enhancing tech

Research in sports biomechanics helps explain exactly whats happening inside these shoes. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. In the2016 Olympic marathon, all three male medalists climbed onto the podium in the same shoes. Then, in 2019, similar super-shoe technology hit the athletics track. In practice, this equates to a rough improvement in running performance of between 2% and 3%. The new super shoes are a dramatic improvement on all previous running trainers....

March 5, 2021 · 2 min · 290 words · James Malone

4 new particles were found at CERN — and they could crack the secrets of nature’s laws

This month is a time to celebrate. CERN has just announced the discovery offour brand-new particlesat the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva. That said, the theory is still far from being fully understood. One of its most troublesome features is its description of the strong force which holds the atomic nucleus together. It describes how quarks interact through the strong force by exchanging particles called gluons. However, the way gluons interact with quarks makes the strong force behave very differently from electromagnetism....

March 4, 2021 · 3 min · 472 words · Michelle Mcbride

Redmi Note 10 Pro first impressions: The screen is the star

Xiaomis Redmi Note series is a much-celebrated line in the world of affordable phones. Today, the company launched the latest generation Note 10 series globally. It also launched the same series in India with some slight rebranding in names. Ive been using the Redmi Note 10 Pro for more than 72 hours. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The moment I picked up the phone from the box, I felt how thin and light it was....

March 4, 2021 · 2 min · 232 words · Phillip Hernandez

Your company’s AI strategy is failing — here are 3 reasons why

The rest are still trying to figure out how to make it work. Theres no questioning the promises ofmachine learningin nearly every sector. But machine learning is not a magic wand. Machine learning is about data Machine learning models live on computing resources and data. But data continues to remain a major hurdle in different stages of planning and adopting an AI strategy. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

March 4, 2021 · 3 min · 452 words · Patrick Gilbert

Avoid the culture shock: 5-step plan to transition from employee to entrepreneur

Ask any entrepreneur and theyll tell you that the first step to success is to start. But if so many dream of it, why do so few actually take the leap? Because its a massive shock. I took the leap and ditched my 9-to-5 for the entrepreneurial 24/7. Hopefully, itll help you jumpstart your own journey. Its just you and your bold vision to impact the world. Startups lack the luxury of resources....

March 3, 2021 · 2 min · 423 words · Kathryn Ortiz

Border control systems are gearing up to use facial analysis tech — what could go wrong?

These controls will supplement existing resources at the border with Mexico. According to Biden, cameras, sensors, large-scale x-ray machines and fixed towers will all be used. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Avatarsquestioned travelers about themselves and their trip while webcams scanned face and eye movements. Europes border and coastguard agencyFrontexhas also beeninvesting inborder control technology for several years. Since last year, Frontex hasoperated unmanned dronesto detect asylum-seekers attempting to enter various European states....

March 3, 2021 · 2 min · 352 words · Kelly Kaiser

What’s sampling rate? And why does it matter for music?

Do you keep hearing people talk about sampling rate in music? Butarent certain what that actually is?? Well, friend, youve come to the right place. On a fundamental level, sampling rate is a result of the digitization of audio. But were getting ahead of ourselves. Sampling rate in audio is literally the number of samples taken per second. This is measured in Hertz (Hz). [Read:How do you build a pet-friendly gadget?...

March 3, 2021 · 2 min · 345 words · Patricia King

GameStop’s stock surge has calmed down — so why are investors buying its shares again?

GameStop shares have gone soaring again. So why are investors buying these stocks again? As the GameStop price fell back in early February, many of these small investors were counting their losses. There have since been countless debates over the mania, including acongressional hearingin the US on February 18. 40% off TNW Conference! Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has denied the allegations,offering his ownexplanation at the congressional hearing. He stands accused in misrepresenting himself as an amateur and manipulating other users to follow his risky speculative strategies....

March 2, 2021 · 2 min · 286 words · Marisa Berry

Uber: Is this the beginning of the end for the ride-hailing Goliath?

Its a David and Goliath fight, but David is still yet to find his projectile. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Last year, Uber retreated from two crucial areas of development, flying transport and autonomous driverless taxis. Uber has spoken of these two futures as being crucial in its never ending quest for consistent profitability. Autonomous taxis were explored for many of the same reasons. By removing the human driver from an Uber car, the company removes its biggest cost....

March 2, 2021 · 3 min · 473 words · Ashley Scott

How Twitter’s battle with India is boosting its local rival, Koo

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But its actions in India haveoften been slowandculturally out of context. India is an important market for the social networking platform, with more than 17 million monthly active users. Twitter has had its controversial moments in the past in India. The company later had to apologize for it. Twitters latest spat comes at a time when India is trying to pushlocal alternatives to global platforms....

March 1, 2021 · 2 min · 390 words · Emily Hernandez