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Its also difficult to break out of existing paradigms and imagine how things could be different. One antidote to this self-defeating thinking style is to engage the power of science fiction. Sci-fi is an incredible way to free up the imagination and construct alternative futures. Specifically, we have our program attendees create their own sci-fi in the form of comic books. We construct a narrative of how the organization might change in the future....

Its (almost) time! ?TNW Pride 2020??. If youd like to contribute, find details below. Im a 42-year-old queer technology journalist and the editor ofNeural. This is my first job working in the tech industry. Just a few years back I was analmost 40-year-old intern. Before that, I worked in several different fields including a decade in the US military. The first thing I noticed as a queer tech reporter is that almost everyone assumes Im straight....

Chatbots are often touted as a revolution in the way users interact with technology and businesses. Many industries are shifting their customer service to chatbot systems. Chatbots deliver a degree of user support without substantial additional cost. The same can be said of instant messaging apps, though with some caveats. 40% off TNW Conference! Building a chatbot on Telegram is fairly simple and requires few steps that take very little time to complete....

Not to be dramatic but… ineffectual meetings were a huge problembeforecoronavirus. Our work calendars are filling up with unwieldy video chats, which are actually slowing us down. On March 31st, 2020 Microsoft Teams recorded a record-breaking2.7 billion meeting minutesin one single day. Zoom downloadsincreased by 1330%from February to March. On Slack the average number ofmessages sent per user per day is up 20%. Zoom fatigue is now a trending search topic....

I realized how deeply seated some cognitive biases are. In fact, we often dont even consciously realize when our thinking is being affected by one. As data scientists, our job is to make sense of the facts. In carrying out this analysis, we have to make subjective decisions though. So even though we work with hard facts and data, theres a strong interpretive component to data science. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

But what is it that gets the perpetual scroller to stop in their digital tracks? We spoke with a neuroscientist, a top designer, and a visual psychologist to find out. Whats science got to do with it? In 2017 Dr. Tedi Asher became the first neuroscientist in residence at the Peabody Essex Museum. In Daniel Kahnemans award-winning bookThinking, Fast and Slow, he explains that we have two systems of thinking....

But Ive had a huge problem with its companion app andImnotalone but Ive finally found a fix! So here I am to share it with you. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. After doing this, it should display the special workout screens automatically. Ive been following this, but I still experience problems where my phone wont pick up my Zwift ride. Tips to fixZwift companion app First things first, get to know your WiFi connection....

Having the right approach todata visualizationis a key feature in laying the foundation of a successful dashboard. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. All design choices and particular implementations must serve this purpose. Key characteristics of great dashboards An effective dashboard shows actionable and useful information at a glance. It simplifies the visual representation of complex data and helps stakeholders understand, analyze, and present key insights. Contractbooksdashboard by Toptal DesignerWojciech Dobry...

As a result, virtually every country in the world is working towards a digital economy. As this new economy evolves, special skills like computer programming are needed. Early coding languages emerged in the 1940s. These were basic in what they could do but complex to learn and needed an advanced understanding of maths. Today languages likeJavascriptcan easily be learned by children. Nobody can escape the touch of digital technologies. Its an important skill to have as countries develop....

While the self-driving bike itself was of little use, the AI technology behind it was remarkable. Powering the bicycle was a neuromorphic chip, a special kind of AI computer. Neuromorphic computing is not new. In fact, it was first proposed in the 1980s. But recent developments in the artificial intelligence industry have renewed interest in neuromorphic computers. Neural networks are composed of artificial neurons, tiny computation units that perform simple mathematical functions....

Given good enough architecture,the larger the model, the more learning capacity it has. Thus, these new models have huge learning capacity and are trained onvery, very large datasets. Because of that, they learn the entire distribution of the datasets they are trained on. One can say that they encode compressed knowledge of these datasets. This allows these models to be used for very interesting applicationsthe most common one beingtransfer learning....

Did you know TNWs Couch Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full Sprint programhere. Its easy to take books and other printed material for granted. They were generally reserved for the elite, though growing literacy among the middle class increased their demand. Pages from Gutenbergs bible, with original Blackletter typeface and decorative illustrations. But as mentioned above, the downside was that they took up considerable space on the page....

The year is 2012. Square Enix revealsa gameplay trailerof its upcoming action-adventure title,Tomb Raider,at E3. And when one does include it, how far is too far? That game ends with the player attempting to kindly the blonde woman by wiggling the Ataris joystick. Sex-as-gameplay-reward remained a staple that cropped up in games well into the 21st century. 40% off TNW Conference! The player controls the character on the way there, but doesnt take part in the activity....