An ex-employee allegedly tampered with a Kansas water system. It was too easy, and it’s happening too often. Powered by WPeMatico
Month: April 2021
Beauty filters are changing the way young girls see themselves
Veronica started using filters to edit pictures of herself on social media when she was 14 years old. She remembers everyone in her middle school being excited by the technology when it became available, and they had fun playing with it. “It was kind of a joke,” she says. “People weren’t trying to look good […]
How has the US pandemic response increased inequality? Look at New York’s nail salons.
Even when covid-19 forced nail salons in New York to close, Araceli continued to work. A nail technician for over a decade, she now found herself making house calls to clients, entering their homes to manicure their nails as the pandemic raged. It was spring of 2020: vaccines had not yet been approved, but she […]
Podcast: In the AI of the Beholder
Ideas about what constitutes “beauty” are complex, subjective, and by no means limited to physical appearances. Elusive though it is, everyone wants more of it. That means big business and increasingly, people harnessing algorithms to create their ideal selves in the digital and, sometimes, physical worlds. In this episode, we explore the popularity of beauty […]
Vectornator Takes the Vector Design Experience to the Next Level With v4.0 Release
There was a time when we used to rely on Adobe for every design-related requirement. The company took advantage of the monopoly and continued to raise prices for the Creative Cloud subscription. Now, we have capable alternatives from Affinity, InVision, Canva, Vectornator, etc. to replace Adobe apps. Among them, Vectornator is probably your best bet […]
‘It Takes Two’ Is One Hell of a Couples’ Therapy Session
A couple’s divorce provides the surprising foundation of the best co-op video game since Portal 2. Powered by WPeMatico
Apple Now Provides Easy Ways of Checking iPhone Warranty Status
Apple has introduced an updated version of the Apple Support app with a bunch of useful features. The company has also introduced some new ways of checking an iPhone’s warranty status. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
iPhone SE With 5G to Launch in 2022, Hole-Punch Design Coming in 2023
Display analyst Ross Young has provided an update on when to expect a new iPhone SE from Apple. The analyst claims that iPhone SE with the same 4.7-inch screen but with 5G support could be announced in 2022. However, he adds some big claims for the iPhone SE 2023. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
Biden Announces His Broadband Plan—and ISPs Will Hate It
The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there’s a lot to like for internet users. Powered by WPeMatico
Error-riddled data sets are warping our sense of how good AI really is
The 10 most cited AI data sets are riddled with label errors, according to a new study out of MIT, and it’s distorting our understanding of the field’s progress. Data backbone: Data sets are the backbone of AI research, but some are more critical than others. There are a core set of them that researchers […]