Ivan Mehta 2021-04-22 12:00:22 thenextweb.com The Allen Institute for AI just announced a new framework called ManipulaTHOR that helps in creating various real-life scenarios to train a robot arm in manipulating objects. This new testing suite — part of the AI2-THOR update — has…
Napier Lopez 2021-04-22 12:00:30 thenextweb.com Apple loves throwing around buzzwords in product reveals and spec sheets, and one that caught a few eyes was the use of ‘force-canceling‘ in the new iMac‘s sound systems. Apple claims these are the…
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2021-04-22 07:11:49 thenextweb.com Cadillac promises to become a pure electric brand from here on now, and it all starts with the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq.On Tuesday, GM unveiled the production version of the Cadillac Lyriq SUV, its first all-electric vehicle,…
Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2021-04-22 06:21:07 thenextweb.com Today, Twitter showed off how a profile for a business could look on its platform. It noted this change would make it easier for companies, non-profits, publishers, and the like to display specific information about…
Ivan Mehta 2021-04-22 02:50:46 thenextweb.com The founder of security-focused messenger Signal, Moxie Marlinspike, revealed today that he found and exploited vulnerabilities in software from Cellebrite, a company that specializes in digital forensics tools that have been used by authorities around the world to…
Napier Lopez 2021-04-21 23:23:03 thenextweb.com As we all continue to adjust to the increased number of video calls in our lives, Google Meet is introducing a bunch of new features to improve your meetings — and offer better competition…
Matthew Beedham 2021-04-21 08:09:00 thenextweb.com March’s EV sales figures for Europe are starting to come in, and would you believe it, the Tesla Model 3 is back on top.The Tesla Model 3 was the number one selling EV in…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-04-21 14:28:13 thenextweb.com Talking to yourself has a bad reputation, but it doesn’t always mean you’re going mad. Studies show that thinking out loud can help you manage your emotions and complete tricky tasks — and it isn’t only humans…
TNW Deals 2021-04-21 10:00:18 thenextweb.com TLDR: Sellful brings together all the features for running an online business, including sales, marketing, customer relationship, and more.Managing a business online was a whole lot different not too long ago. You had programs…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-04-21 10:39:12 thenextweb.com The European Commission plans to ban the use of AI for social credit scoring, exploitation of the vulnerable, and subliminal manipulation, as part of new proposals for regulating artificial intelligence in the EU.Police use of…
Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2021-04-21 06:42:17 thenextweb.com Instagram is finally adding another much-needed layer of protection from harassment to your inbox: from now on, it’ll “automatically filter DM requests containing offensive words, phrases, and emojis, so you never have to see…
Ivan Mehta 2021-04-21 01:46:35 thenextweb.com Apple introduced updated iPad Pros last night at its ‘Spring Loaded’ event. These devices are now powered by the company’s own ARM-based M1 chip, millimeter-wave 5G support, and a Thunderbolt 3/USB 4 port.However, my…
Ivan Mehta 2021-04-20 13:40:42 thenextweb.com Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K that is powered by an A12 Bionic chip and has a redesigned remote.The new streaming device will also support HDR with a high frame rate. It will…
Napier Lopez 2021-04-20 14:23:42 thenextweb.com The iMac has long been overdue for a redesign, and what a redesign did we get. For the first time since the translucent iMac G3 was discontinued in the early 2000s, we have colorful…
Napier Lopez 2021-04-20 16:16:30 thenextweb.com VanMoof makes some of the most stylish stealth ebikes around — we loved the S3 model in our review. But one of the most common complaints levied at the ebikes is that their battery…
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2021-04-20 08:24:20 thenextweb.com The 2021 edition of Auto Shanghai opened yesterday, Tesla had an embarrassing moment — and it’s gone viral.Two women, both owners of Teslas, protested at the Tesla booth about the poor automotive quality of…
The Cosmic Companion 2021-04-20 06:38:35 thenextweb.com The discovery of life on another world would be a monumental moment in the history of human civilization. The most likely way we will, one day, find alien life will be discovering chemical…
Ivan Mehta 2021-04-20 03:17:19 thenextweb.com If you’re a social network, you have to have a Clubhouse clone on your platform. I don’t make the rules. Reddit is the latest to join the fold, and announced a live audio product last…
Napier Lopez 2021-04-19 23:02:54 thenextweb.com It was just a few days ago that we wrote about an experimental Facebook product that resembled Clubhouse, but it turns out Facebook isn’t done with the audio space. The company today announced a series…
Polestar 2021-04-19 09:19:29 thenextweb.com An electric vehicle successfully takes tailpipe emissions out of the environmental equation. Fact. Charge it with renewable energy and its impact flatlines. Great. But while all this is preferable to a traditionally fuelled vehicle that…
The Conversation 2021-04-19 11:25:29 thenextweb.com In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology that would allow faster than light travel: the warp drive, a hypothetical way to skirt around the universe’s ultimate speed limit by bending the fabric…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-04-19 12:45:13 thenextweb.com In wonderful news for far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists, Apple is letting Parler back onto the App Store.The iPhone maker banned the controversial app in January after receiving complaints that the service had been…
TNW Deals 2021-04-19 10:00:48 thenextweb.com TLDR: The Award-Winning Luminar 4 Power Bundle includes the Luminar 4 image editing app, critical training, and a whole collection of add-ons for simple, brilliant picture fixes.It’s much easier to respect one of those…
Matthew Beedham 2021-04-19 03:33:19 thenextweb.com On stage at the Auto Shanghai expo this week, Toyota affirmed plans for the future of its electric vehicles, and it’s going in hard!Motoring press is this morning reporting that Toyota has confirmed it…
The Conversation 2021-04-18 05:30:26 thenextweb.com Imagine you are in a job interview. As you answer the recruiter’s questions, an artificial intelligence (AI) system scans your face, scoring you for nervousness, empathy and dependability. It may sound like science fiction,…
Sohini Roychowdhury 2021-04-17 12:00:28 thenextweb.com (AI) and computer science that enables automated systems to see, i.e. to process images and video in a human-like manner to detect and identify objects or regions of importance, predict an outcome or even alter…
The Markup 2021-04-17 11:00:02 thenextweb.com Concerned about growing momentum behind efforts to regulate the commercial use of personal data, Big Tech has begun seeding watered-down “privacy” legislation in states with the goal of preempting greater protections, experts say.The swift…
Matthew Beedham 2021-04-16 09:01:49 thenextweb.com If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time thinking about what cars you would convert to electric power.I’ve wondered about electrifying all manner of cars, but one car I have NEVER…
TNW Deals 2021-04-16 10:00:36 thenextweb.com TLDR: The AnyMP4 Screen and Audio Recorder for Mac lets users capture the exact online video and audio they want, then save it for playback later, all with the touch of a button.There are…
Tristan Greene 2021-04-16 19:08:05 thenextweb.com “Don’t be afraid to die!” Eve Online player “Grey Gal.”Eve Online is an immense game with nearly two decades of player-driven history and lore behind it. To the uninitiated, beginning your life in New Eden…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-04-16 13:13:48 thenextweb.com Amazon is often accused of treating employees like expendable robots. And like machines, sometimes they break down.A 2019 survey of 145 warehouse workers found that 65% of them experienced physical pain while doing their jobs. Almost…
Tristan Greene 2021-04-16 14:35:58 thenextweb.com A team of physicists at Emory University recently published research indicating they’d successfully managed to reduce a mouse’s brain activity to a simple predictive model. This could be a breakthrough for artificial neural networks. You…
Matthew Beedham 2021-04-16 10:50:25 thenextweb.com Right, it’s Friday, it’s about four o’clock in the afternoon where I am right now, and I’m about to clock off, but I just had to share this HILARIOUS story from Vancouver with you.According…