China’s president, Xi Jinping, has announced plans for the nation to become carbon neutral by 2060, setting a bold goal for the world’s biggest climate polluter. But it’s hard to reconcile Xi’s pledge, made before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, with the nation’s recent actions. Most notably, China is in the midst of a […]
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Leak: Apple Could Announce iPhone 12 on October 13
Apple recently unveiled the Apple Watch Series 6, new iPad’s, Apple Watch SE, and more at the Time Flies event. The company is now rumored to launch the iPhone 12 on October 13. Meanwhile, Eddy Cue has made an appearance on an iPhone 12 internal presentation for a UK carrier. Continue reading → Powered by […]
How the Artemis moon mission could help get us to Mars
“If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.” The famed rocket scientist Krafft Ehricke uttered those words in 1984. He wanted to highlight how we could use the moon as a springboard to expand human civilization into the rest of the solar system. This was more than […]
Apple’s Solo Loop Band May Increase in Size Over Time, Updates Sizing Guide
Apple launched Solo Loop bands alongside Apple Watch Series 6. The company has now updated its documents that explain how the Solo Loop band for Apple Watch might increase in size over a period of time. The same is also mentioned in fine print on the Solo Loop band product page. Apple’s updated size guidelines […]
We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize
Regina Barzilay, a professor at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), is the first winner of the Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity, a new prize recognizing outstanding research in AI. Barzilay started her career working on natural-language processing. After surviving breast cancer in 2014, she switched her […]
How to Use Custom App Icons on iPhone’s Home Screen Using This Hack
iOS 14 opens the door to a number of customization options for iPhone users. Users can now set resizable widgets on the home screen. On top of that, Apple has added a smart stack of widgets and App Library to efficiently place widgets and app icons on the home screen. Speaking of app icons, you […]
OpenAI is giving Microsoft exclusive access to its GPT-3 language model
The news: On September 22, Microsoft announced that it would begin exclusively licensing GPT-3, the world’s largest language model built by San Francisco-based OpenAI. The model acts like a powerful autocomplete: it can generate essays given the starting sentence, songs given a musical intro, or even webpage layouts given a few lines of HTML code. […]
A city in Brazil where covid-19 ran amok may be a ‘sentinel’ for the rest of the world
What happens when a major city allows the coronavirus to rage unchecked? If the Brazilian city of Manaus is any answer, it means about two-thirds of the population could get infected and one person in 500 could die before the epidemic winds down. During May, as the virus spread rapidly in Manaus, the equatorial capital […]
Apple Watch Owners Reporting GPS Data Logging Issue on watchOS 7
Apple had recently released the watchOS 7 update, which introduces a plethora of new features in the compatible Apple Watches. However, users are reporting that the new OS has a bug where the Apple Watch isn’t recording GPS data. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
Outlook for Mac Updated with New Design, More Features, and Performance Improvements
Microsoft has showcased a new Outlook app for Mac. The updated email client brings a new UI design, more features, and better performance. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico