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Some iPhone Users Are Refusing to Install iOS 13.7 Due to Irrational Fear of Contact Tracing
Apple recently announced Exposure Notification Express that enables Contact Tracing without needing a separate app. Before this, the Exposure Notification API required an app by public health authorities. The new Exposure Notification Express has arrived on iOS 13.7. The new contact tracing system has caused concerns among some iOS users who are afraid of being […]
‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Is a Multiplayer Hero-Spree You Can Skip
If you want to assemble your friends to play, there’s no need to buy this game to do it. Powered by WPeMatico
In defense of California
About a year after graduating from college, I packed my possessions into a rental van I’d split with a near stranger and departed my home state of Ohio. We steered onto I-70 West, bound for San Francisco. At the time, I was less drawn to California in any specific way than determined to escape a […]
Neuralink Is Impressive Tech, Wrapped in Musk Hype
Cool research tool? Definitely. A way to remotely control a computer or a prosthetic? Sure. But reading minds and storing memories? Not so fast. Powered by WPeMatico
Apple Suppliers Start Production of Two New Apple Watch Models
Digitimes has published a new report today claiming that SiP (system-in-package) technology is going to be in high demand in 2021. In this report, the publication reveals some interesting information regarding the upcoming Apple Watch models and third-generation AirPods. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
Mac and Windows Users Reportedly Facing Issues with iCloud Login
Apple iCloud users are reportedly facing issues while logging into their account. iCloud users are not able to login to their accounts on both Windows and Mac. The login page repeatedly asks users to re-enter their password and locks them out of their account. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
Eight case studies on regulating biometric technology show us a path forward
Amba Kak was in law school in India when the country rolled out the Aadhaar project in 2009. The national biometric ID system, conceived as a comprehensive identity program, sought to collect the fingerprints, iris scans, and photographs of all residents. It wasn’t long, Kak remembers, before stories about its devastating consequences began to spread. […]
This know-it-all AI learns by reading the entire web nonstop
Back in July, OpenAI’s latest language model, GPT-3, dazzled with its ability to churn out paragraphs that look as if they could have been written by a human. People started showing off how GPT-3 could also autocomplete code or fill in blanks in spreadsheets. In one example, Twitter employee Paul Katsen tweeted “the spreadsheet function […]
How does loneliness affect our brains?
Long before the world had ever heard of covid-19, Kay Tye set out to answer a question that has taken on new resonance in the age of social distancing: When people feel lonely, do they crave social interactions in the same way a hungry person craves food? And could she and her colleagues detect and […]