Technology is always the answer, right? Sure, but it doesnt have to be new technology. Our greatest tool in the fight against a disease thats spread via droplets is clothing, not software. Yes, Im talking about face masks. 40% off TNW Conference! Ive seen the videos. But sometimes comfort is the last thing you should be worried about. A couple of decades ago I went through US Navy boot camp in Chicago....
As a result, they have less time to engage in …paid labour. Womens unpaid work …supports economies…yet, it is rarely recognized as work. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Towards the middle of May, I made a decision to take a break from Instagram. Aside from commenting on the #blacklivesmatter movement I had neither posted nor lurked. Like genuinely not even looked at the app. Getting off social became a no brainer....
Its one of the best choices Ive ever made. Ive compiled a list of some of my favorite accessories below. I intend for this to be a living list to be updated with new accessories over time. Lumos Matrix Helmet 40% off TNW Conference! And when I was driving, there were few things more annoying than cyclists who didnt give turn signals. Thank goodness, then, for theLumos Matrix helmet. The remote also contains an accelerometer, which is used to flash a warning light when you brake....
Today, AI has found its way into many practical applications. The multi-faceted AI arms race has increased demand for AI talent. Under such circumstances, those who have deeper pockets have managed to hire AI scientists for their projects. 40% off TNW Conference! This paved the way for many new commercial uses of AI. The possibilities offered by deep learning drew interest from large tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon....
It’s free, every week, in your inbox. We fight against stereotypes, dogmas, and inequality. In 2019, the first Georgian queer filmAnd Then We Dancedcame out, pun intended. Levan Akins film portrays a love story between two men in Georgias national dance ensemble. It was a nominee for a Queer Palm Award, and also won several awards at European film festivals. But it also sparked violent homophobic protests when it premiered in Georgia....
Moodi will be speaking at Transform on July 2, TNWs online couch conference on business innovation. Of course, the human cost of a crisis cannot be ignored. In the lockdown that has resulted from COVID-19, space has been created in a very literal sense. Social distancing is generating the six-foot economy where people have to keep a physical distance from one another. This gradual movement towards singularity is subsequently having a profound effect on how we foster and apply creativity....
Consider the animal in the following image. Your biological neural connection is reprocessing your past experience to deal with a novel situation. It should be placed in its own separate category (viverrids). It’s free, every week, in your inbox. [Read:Artificial vs augmented intelligence: whats the difference?] The brain, they believe, contains many wonders that go beyond the mere connection of biological neurons. A paper recently published in thepeer-reviewed journal Neuronchallenges the conventional view of the functions of the human brain....
Seouls startup ecosystem is set to take on the tech world. It will be South Koreas biggest initial public offering since mobile gaming company Netmarble raised 2.7tn in May 2017. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Its just this sort of ambition thats set to put Seoul on the map as a global startup hotspot. Ambitious and government-backed Seouls Mayor Park Won Soon has high ambitions for the citys startup ecosystem....
Moments of epiphany tend to come in the unlikeliest of circumstances. Goodfellows friends were discussing how to use AI to create photos that looked realistic. That same night, he coded and tested his idea and it worked. Since then, GAN has sparked many new innovations in the domain of artificial intelligence. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. DNNs rely on large sets of labeled data to perform their functions....
Human existence is now permeated by non-human computer language. Digital technologies can disseminate and publish contemporary poetry, and also create it. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. It depicts two isolated voices engaged in a dialogue over time. Time can be adjusted by clicking the clocks at the bottom of this emoji-embedded work. A still from generative poem Dial (2020) by Lai-Tze Fan and Nick Montfort. No judgement regarding the victims guilt or innocence is made....
Women are highly underrepresented in the field of cybersecurity. The problem is more acute outside the U.S. Women are even less well represented in the upper echelons of security leadership. Only1% of female internet security workersare in senior management positions. I studyonline crimeandsecurityissues facingconsumers,organizationsandnations. In my research, I have found that internet security requiresstrategies beyond technical solutions. Only30% of scientists and engineers in the U.S.are women. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....
Apple is effectively dictating to governments the privacy levels that their contact-tracing apps must meet. Apples approacharguably fitsa wider narrative about the company being heavy-handed in determining what apps are allowed on iPhones. The company has just been made the subject of anEU antitrust investigationfor similar reasons. There are also limitations to the alternative Apple/Google model that could make contact-tracing apps less effective. Such apps have already launched in numerous countries....
A new study of the oceans of Europa suggest oceans on that giant moon may be habitable. But is there life? The oceans of Europa may be habitable, according to a new model developed by NASA. This moon 3,100 km (1,900 miles) in diameter is the fourth-largest moon orbiting Jupiter. Although smaller than our own Moon, Europa is larger than Pluto. However, the chemical makeup of these extraterrestrial oceans remains uncertain....
