We don’t know if Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) Sergeant Billy Fair practices Santeria (or owns a crystal ball), but we know he listens to the Sublime song of the same name….
Month: February 2021
Algorithm estimates COVID-19 infections in the US are three times higher than reported
An algorithm developed at the UT Southwestern medical center has estimated that there are almost three times as many COVID-19 infections in the US than the number of confirmed cases. The model makes daily predictions of…
Slitherine announces new strategy game set in the Warhammer universe
Slitherine and Black Lab Games today unveiled yet another Warhammer strategy game set to launch in 2021. Fresh on the heels of Sega’s announcement for Total Warhammer III, “Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector,” as…
Devs need open source skills, new survey from IBM and O’Reilly indicates
A recent survey commissioned by IBM and conducted by O’Reilly highlights the need for open source skills in the competitive field of hybrid cloud development. Up front: Enterprise-scale IT solutions for hybrid…
Microsoft says it’s developed ‘the most comprehensive spelling correction system ever made’
Microsoft has unveiled an AI system called Speller100 that corrects spelling in over 100 languages used in search queries on Bing. “We believe Speller100 is the most comprehensive spelling correction system ever…
Icons8 isn’t just a stock photo library. It virtually lets you create your own stock photos
TLDR: With an Icons8 Photo Plan, you can fully edit and customize more than 100,000 professionally-photographed stock images for all your image use needs royalty-free. Few sites do have the time or…
GoCycle’s new folding ebikes get updated motors and start from $3,999
We’re big fans of GoCycle’s folding ebikes here at SHIFT. We appreciate their unique approach to design, simple folding mechanisms, and highly tuneable motors. Naturally, we’re excited to hear that a new…
The 7 planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are identical — here’s what we can learn from them
Just 40 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST-1 system of planets is home to the largest family of Earth-like worlds known to astronomers. At least seven planets are known to orbit within the…
New AI tool predicts who’ll die from COVID-19 with 90% accuracy
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have developed an AI tool that can predict who’ll die from COVID-19 with up to 90% accuracy. The researchers fed the system health data from almost 4,000…
Leaked Android 12 screenshots show a kill switch for all sensors
Google released the first developer preview of Android 11 in February 2020. So, we might not be far off from seeing the first glimpse of Android 12. While there’s no official announcement…