Callum Booth 2022-09-13 08:01:00 thenextweb.com What’s big, good for your brain, and about to land in Spain? That’s right, TNW València! On March 30th and 31st in 2023, we’re bringing our world famous tech event to …
Forget chess, DeepMind’s training its new AI to play football
Tristan Greene 2022-09-01 18:09:19 thenextweb.com Researchers from DeepMind, the UK’s juggernaut AI lab, have forsaken the noble games of chess and Go for a more plebeian delight: football. The Google sister company yesterday published a research …
Thinking of a career in AI? Make sure you have these 8 skills
.cult 2022-08-19 09:42:30 thenextweb.com This article was originally published on .cult by Saudamani Singh. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other …
5 ways to identify job phishing schemes
Pippa Hardy 2022-08-09 08:25:17 thenextweb.com Have you ever been catfished? Maybe you’ve met someone on a dating app and decided to go for a coffee or a drink, but when you showed up, the person looked …
Here are the average salaries for data scientists across Europe in 2022
.cult 2022-07-30 12:00:53 thenextweb.com This article was originally published on .cult by Louis Minvielle. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other …
How to win a hackathon — without coming in first place
.cult 2022-07-24 04:00:32 thenextweb.com This article was originally published on .cult by Dragoș Strainu. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from …
How to transition from freelancer to full time employee
Pippa Hardy 2022-07-19 06:00:06 thenextweb.com Freelancing the ultimate marmite experience: Some people love it, and some people hate it. If you work in the tech sector or a creative field, it’s probably something you’ve considered (or …
Social media platforms score alarmingly low in LGBTQ community protection
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-18 10:49:53 thenextweb.com LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD recently published its 2022 Social Media Safety Index, which claims that some of the major social media platforms are failing to safeguard users of the community. …
An open-source model that dwarfs GPT-3 aims to free AI from Big Tech
Thomas Macaulay 2022-07-12 15:39:28 thenextweb.com A language model bigger than GPT-3 has arrived with a bold ambition: freeing AI from Big Tech’s clutches. Named BLOOM, the large language model (LLM) promises a similar performance to Silicon Valley’s …
Here are the first full-color images from the James Webb Telescope
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-12 12:15:40 thenextweb.com On Friday, NASA released the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched into space. Thanks to its massive mirror …
Feast your earthbound eyes on this breathtaking new image of the ancient universe
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-12 08:49:14 thenextweb.com The first full-color picture from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just been released — and it’s inspiring. According to the space agency, it’s the deepest and sharpest infrared image …
Social media companies should be converted into nonprofits
Built In 2022-07-09 11:10:09 thenextweb.com This article was originally published on Built In by David Ryan Polgar. “Maybe Twitter should be a nonprofit,” said the high-level Trust and Safety employee. We were standing in Twitter’s San …
Inside Wimbledon’s AI-powered plans to engross tennis fans
Thomas Macaulay 2022-07-08 15:34:07 thenextweb.com Wimbledon is a unique event in the British sports calendar. While fans of soccer, rugby and cricket follow their teams throughout the year, the country’s tennis obsession only lasts during the …
No more Facebook login for the Oculus Quest — and that’s a win-win for Zuck
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-08 11:05:28 thenextweb.com Meta will no longer force you to login with a Facebook account when you use your VR headsets. Starting from August, Zuck’s introducing a new Meta account (which won’t be linked …
Why ‘facial expression recognition’ AI is a total scam
Tristan Greene 2022-07-07 18:10:44 thenextweb.com A team of researchers at Jilin Engineering Normal University in China recently published a paper indicating they’d built an AI model capable of recognizing human facial expressions. I’m going to save …
Apple’s ‘Lockdown Mode’ is the sharpest arrow in its security quiver
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-07 10:48:29 thenextweb.com If you’ve been following Apple’s updates for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura, you already know that the company is upping its security game. It’s replacing passwords with passkeys, and …
IBM’s gobbling up AI companies left and right — and we love it
Tristan Greene 2022-07-06 14:05:03 thenextweb.com Big Blue’s been on a buying spree lately with Databand.ai, a big data startup, becoming its latest acquisition. Don’t blink. If you do, you might miss another huge IBM buyout. Up …
This map-making tool has turned me into a digital cartographer
Cate Lawrence 2022-07-05 07:01:31 thenextweb.com Are you planning a pub crawl? Going on a road trip? Visiting a new city? You need a map. And now, you can make your very own. Making maps is usually …
7 earth-shattering tips your team can use to ace Slack
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-04 11:42:06 thenextweb.com Slack has replaced ol’ boring emails in the workplace for good. It offers synchronous, quick communication (much like a personal chat app), allowing you to easily collaborate with your colleagues — …
How to find variance using Python
Built In 2022-07-03 10:40:00 thenextweb.com This article was originally published on Built In by Eric Kleppen. Variance is a powerful statistic used in data analysis and machine learning. It is one of the four main measures …
Robotaxis block San Francisco street for no reason, surprising no one
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-07-01 08:07:36 thenextweb.com Picture this. You’re in San Francisco. It’s late at night, and you’re driving back home. You’re dreaming of your warm bed. But, you arrive at the intersection of Gough and Fulton …
How quantum batteries could lead to million-mile EVs
Tristan Greene 2022-06-30 15:54:13 thenextweb.com The automotive industry has a ‘million-mile’ dream for electric vehicles, but it’s a boring one. They want to build a battery capable of being recharged over and over as many times …
The future of micromobility is your ebike coming to you, autonomously
Cate Lawrence 2022-06-30 09:32:29 thenextweb.com Ever wondered what would happen if bicycles could think for themselves? Well, this week, MIT researchers released a paper exploring the potential impacts of an autonomous bike fleet on city mobility. …
Firefox continues its fight for privacy by automatically stripping URL trackers
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-06-30 10:10:38 thenextweb.com Mozilla has rolled out Firefox version 102, which takes an extra step in preventing websites from tracking your movements on the web. The new version automatically strips query parameters in a …
Lean sensei? Cyber threat hunter? 5 weird job roles, and what they actually do
Pippa Hardy 2022-06-30 07:57:06 thenextweb.com Job titles have changed a lot in the last 30 years. If you asked someone in 1990 what a cloud architect was, they would probably imagine someone designing houses up in …
Steph Curry’s former coach says AI can help train the next NBA champions
Thomas Macaulay 2022-06-28 16:30:11 thenextweb.com Steph Curry is currently celebrating another NBA championship — just 10 years after the star feared he’d never play again. Curry’s early years at the Golden State Warriors were plagued by …
Google kills Hangouts — but its dreams of Gmail dethroning Slack feel far away
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-06-28 08:43:37 thenextweb.com Google shut down Hangouts for Workspace in February, but that’s not enough for the search giant: it’s now killing the mobile Hangouts app as well. In a recent blogpost, the tech …
Watch this Batmobile-style EV smash a speed record
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-06-27 08:55:11 thenextweb.com A unique electric car has broken the speed record at the 2022 Goodwood Hillclimb track, an annual demonstration of racing vehicles in the UK. Driven by ex-F2 driver Max Chilton, the …
The wheels have come off Toyota’s EV strategy — literally
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-06-24 07:01:46 thenextweb.com Less than two months since its launch, the bZ4X — Toyota’s first mass-produced EV — is being recalled due to an increased risk that the tires could loosen and eventually come …
This weird-looking motorcycle can ride on roads AND rail tracks
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-06-24 09:39:41 thenextweb.com It goes without saying that railway maintenance is crucial, but most workers have to walk long distances to inspect and fix faulty lines — which reduces both efficiency and safety. Artist …
The barriers preventing eVTOLs from flying — and how to overcome them
Cate Lawrence 2022-06-22 13:25:34 thenextweb.com VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft are coming but not anytime soon. Aircraft progress ranges from conceptual designs to complete prototypes and early test flights. But we’re a while off from …
The crypto crash will purge scams and preserve legitimate uses
Thomas Macaulay 2022-06-21 16:34:31 thenextweb.com Edward Snowden’s faith in cryptocurrencies hasn’t faded during the current market crash. Quite the opposite, in fact. Snowden believes crypto winters separate the scams from the legitimate uses. “The only people …
Why this role is more important than ever
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2022-06-17 09:11:39 thenextweb.com As businesses navigate the increasing demands of digital transformation and product-led growth, the role of the CPO — as a facilitator of this transition — is more important than ever. Speaking …