Of all the pleasures in the world, listening to music has to be one of the best. Whether it’s at home, traveling, or at work, spending some time with tunes you love can change your entire mood. It’s magical. One of the greatest innovations of the past decade has been the maturation of the digital music market. Carrying around a music library filled with all your favorites never gets old....
According to latest research by cybersecurity vendor FireEye, the state-backed threat actor — notorious for a barrage of espionage operations against geopolitical adversaries — developed the capabilities to monitor and save SMS traffic from specific phone numbers for subsequent theft. The malware — dubbed MESSAGETAP — was discovered on a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) server that was being used by a telecom firm to route SMS messages to intended recipients....
But there are some signs for the better. We decided to take a look. The numbers are going up According to The Cobalt Institute, electric vehicles are the highest drivers of cobalt demand, consuming 59,000 tonnes, or 34% of the global total in 2021. The EV sector uses a combination of lithium-ion battery chemistries, with cobalt-containing cathodes maintaining the largest share. This is due to their energy density and performance –cobalt is particularly important for stability and safety....
As part of the new launch, customers will see the anonymized data of the top 10 percent of users and can use the information to create their own cryptocurrency investment strategy. Data points will include top holder activity of each asset traded, the median number of days different assets stay in a customer account, the popularity of an asset, and asset price correlation, which will measure the extent to which cryptocurrency values have moved in relation to each other....
With transformation key to a company’s survival, how can we, as leaders, facilitate successful transformation? My transformative journey Recently, I had the privilege and honor to address a roomful of entrepreneurs at the annual University of Georgia Bulldog 100 program event, which celebrates the top 100 fastest growing companies owned or operated by the university’s alumni. Transformation emerged as the foundational thread shared by each of these 100 business professionals....
According to a report seen by Autoexpress magazine, the Petrol Retailers Association says that sales of petrol and diesel in the UK are down 75% and 71%, respectively. Filling stations in rural areas like North West Scotland and South West England are said to be hit hardest and could face closure. [Read: BMW readies for hydrogen-powered X5 tests in 2022] Given the global spread of the virus, this trend isn’t exclusive to the UK....
This correlation between matter and the unresolved gamma-ray background, could help astrophysicists better understand the nature of dark matter, a new study suggests. The energy which makes up this background radiation comes from sources so far away from us that they cannot be resolved by astronomers. However, the fact that this radiation is concentrated in the same regions which were densely packed with matter in the early universe could provide a tantalizing clue to its nature....
Vista had the Windows Sidebar, a collection of widgets (then called ‘gadgets’) that provided glanceable information on one side of your desktop. Windows 7 allowed you to place these gadgets wherever you wanted on your desktop, but these were eventually deemed a security hazard and eventually scrapped. Then Windows 8 and Windows 10 abandoned traditional widgets in favor of Live Tiles. These were Start menu items that doubled as application launchers and sources of glanceable information....
Just a few short years ago, DevOps as a job title didn’t even exist. Now, it’s one of the most recruited jobs in all of IT. With more than half of companies reporting they’d soon be hiring a DevOps engineer, it’s probably worth understanding what it’s all about or even whether it might be a career option for yourself in the coming years. In the broadest terms, a DevOp expert is someone versed in all stages of a new product’s lifecycle who can straddle the wall between the often at-odds kingdoms of business development and operations....
Look in your email box right now. It’s okay, we’ll wait… So, did you see a seemingly never-ending string of unread, unhandled correspondence stacked as high as the rafters, clogging your inbox like a wad of hair in the shower drain? And…did you then let out a slow, resigned sigh? Unfortunately, that’s not an abnormal response. But rather than spending hours of your time sifting, sorting, recategorizing and, worst of all, thinking about hundreds of emails, organized email pros have those menial tasks covered with a service like Clean Email....
A few years ago, a flower delivery service polled their clients and found out that 88% of men have never received flowers. Unfortunately, that means that the first time most men receive flowers is… at their funeral. That’s a sobering and sad little fact you’ll now have to live with. The reason I was thinking about this is a small chat I had with a barista earlier this week. When I came up to the bar to order a coffee, the barista looked at me and then said, ‘I like your sweater....
Dutch billionaire John de Mol, one of the brains behind entertainment studio Endemol, filed his suit against Facebook in an Amsterdam court earlier today. The bogus ads, no longer available, reportedly tried to get Facebook users to buy Bitcoin from a company ‘backed’ by de Mol himself. Lawyers argued ads that contained de Mol’s image inspired consumers to send $1.7 million euros ($1.9 million) to the fraudsters. They also claimed their client’s reputation was damaged as ads were clicked and consumers subsequently scammed....
Around 2011, EA shifted gears from Valve’s storefront over to Origin. Jedi: Fallen Order will be the first EA game since that time to release on Steam (you can pre-order it there if you haven’t already). EA will also release some of its single-player games shortly after this, including Sims 4 and Unravel Two. Multiplayer games like Apex Legends, FIFA 20, and Battlefield V will be available next year and will play cross-platform between Origin and Steam....
Musk eventually sold almost 3% of his shares — 4.5 million stocks worth almost $5 billion — over the next few days. This sale led everyone to believe that he indeed heard the Twitterati and made the decision. Crazy, right? But as the Wall Street Journal’s Newley Purnell notes, Musk’s sale was pre-planned — at least partially. This sale was necessary for him to satisfy tax obligations. A document filed to Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirms that Musk was just exercising a preset trading plan that allowed him to sell his stock at a scheduled time....
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder and inventor of Ethereum, has become the latest victim of this insolence. The 27-year-old had pitched a bold solution to the gender pay gap: synthetic wombs. “Synthetic wombs would remove the high burden of pregnancy, significantly reducing the inequality,” he tweeted on Tuesday. The proposal gained support from several tech bros — but incurred the wrath of feminists. They argued that biological gestation isn’t the main barrier to gender equality....
The ban is part of the “Fit for 55” climate package measures that aim to combat global warming. The European Commission made the following encouraging proposals: CO2 emissions from motor vehicles must drop by 55% by 2030, and reach zero by 2035. Plug-in hybrids will count as low-emission vehicles until 2030. This means that, by 2035, all new vehicle registered within the 27-country bloc will be battery-powered. Such vehicles currently make up about a tenth of new registrations in the EU....
In partnership with the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), Mojang added these buzzy little friends into the world of Minecraft. With over 400 million copies sold and 112 million active monthly players as of November 2019, Minecraft boasts one of the most extensive and varied gaming communities. Bees are a passive mob in the game. They buzz around all day collecting pollen from nearby flowers, and return to their nests to create deliciously sweet honey!...
And Australian police are reportedly using a facial recognition system that allows them to identify members of the public from online photographs. Facial recognition technology has a somewhat nefarious reputation in some police states and non-democratic countries. It has been used by the police in China to identify anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong and monitor members of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang. With the spread of this technology in Australia and other democratic countries, there are important questions about the legal implications of scanning, storing and sharing facial images....
Specifically, global transport activity is expected to more than double by 2050, while traffic emissions will rise by 16% compared to 2015. And that’s even if existing commitments to cut down carbon emissions are carried out. Based on projections from 2015, today urban mobility is responsible for 40% of all CO2 emissions from the movement of people. This means that how to meet mobility demands, while at the same time reducing pollution, still remains a big challenge....
The social media company’s idea is to offers a marketplace for creators and boutique brands to provide an easy way to conduct business. Previously on Facebook, you could see these pages selling items you might be interested in, but you might not go to their website and buy it. Now, you can do it all on the Facebook app. Facebook’s AI team has applied various models on this service including computer vision to categorize each product by identifying the brand, color, design, and style....
