Get up from the bed, and update your iPhone right now. Apple has released its iOS 14.4 update with fixes to three critical vulnerabilities that are possibly being exploited as we speak. The iPhone…
Month: January 2021
Intel now sells desktop graphics cards, but don’t get your hopes up
Intel seriously doubled down on graphics performance with the launch of its Iris Xe graphics on laptops last year, all while implying it would bring similar gains to the more crowded desktop…
How quantum computers could hack our brains with fake memories like Total Recall
Quantum computers, according to experts, will one day be capable of performing incredible calculations and nearly unfathomable feats of logic. In the near future, we know they’ll help us discover new drugs…
Sony’s $6,498 a1 is an overkill camera for photo and video pros
Sony has been dominating the mirrorless camera market for the past few years, but we always knew it intended to release a flagship camera lineup even more powerful than its popular a7 and…
What real AI developers and Black Mirror both get wrong about digital resurrection
One day we’re all going to die. Science and technology can put it off for awhile, but the march of time stops for no human. Sadly, most of us will be forgotten….
Here’s how AI determines what you see on Facebook News
Facebook News today rolled out across the UK, and the social network marked the launch by revealing new details on how algorithms power the feature. In a blog post, Facebook said the ranking system…
Valve co-founder says brain-computer interfaces will let you ‘edit’ your feelings
The head of video games giant Valve says future brain-computer interfaces could change how players feel. Gabe Newell believes BCIs will soon create superior experiences to what we can perceive through our eyes and…
Lightkey helps write faster emails by basically doing the writing for you
Credit: Courtney Corlew/Unsplash TLDR: Lightkey Pro studies how you write, then predicts what you’ll write next up to 12 words so you can add it to your emails and documents with just…
Deep learning models DON’T need to be black boxes — here’s how
Deep neural networks can perform wonderful feats thanks to their extremely large and complicated web of parameters. But their complexity is also their curse: The inner workings of neural networks are often a mystery…
Want to drive a hydrogen EV in the US? Move to California
A new partnership between future fuel firms, PowerTap Hydrogen Fuelling and the Andretti Group, could be bringing 100 new hydrogen filling pumps to gas stations across the US. The deal, announced earlier…