TV screen, grocery store, or virtual party zone: these days, our smartphones are whatever we want them to be. Smartphone usage skyrocketed during the pandemic, proving it to be both a necessity…
Why AI needs a physical body to emotionally connect with humans
Artificial intelligence seems to be making enormous advances. It has become the key technology behind self-driving cars, automatic translation systems, speech and textual analysis, image processing and all kinds of diagnosis and…
Google rebrands G Suite to Workspace to bring Gmail, Docs, and Meet together
G Suite is no more. The Big G is rebranding the office service to Google Workspace in an effort to bring Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and more all in the…
Mars hasn’t been this close to Earth in 15 years — here’s how to spot it
Finding Mars is easy this week, as it shines brightly in the eastern sky, offering observers a chance to see a stunning view of Mars. While the space agencies of the world…
Xiaomi’s Mi Watch Revolve is feature-rich, but riddled with bugs
Xiaomi Mi Band has been one of the most popular wearables in India. When its fifth edition launched in the country a few days ago, it evolved from a bare minimum “fitness band”…
How escooter firms Dott, Lime, and Tier got to stay in Paris
Winning what some called the “world’s biggest e-scooter tender,” the electric scooter players Lime, Dott, and Tier were selected on July 23, 2020 as the three operators authorized to remain in the…
Analytics are the antidote to toxic meeting culture
The low and variable quality of meetings is a consistent pain point for organizations large and small. While ‘Zoom fatigue’ is certainly a recent driver of meeting dissatisfaction, for years, general meeting…
How ‘less-than-one-shot learning’ could open up new venues for machine learning research
If I told you to imagine something between a horse and a bird—say, a flying horse—would you need to see a concrete example? Such a creature does not exist, but nothing prevents…
You need to stop hiring ‘cultural fits’
Two of the most famous characters from Lewis Carol’s Through the Looking Glass are the twins, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. When Alice encounters them, they ridiculously mirror each other’s actions and words. Each…
Spotify finally lets you search songs by lyrics — it’s all I’ve ever wanted
I often get annoyed when a song is stuck in my head and I can’t find it because I only know a few words of its lyrics. I would have to Google…