Apple helped bring personal computers into the home with its early Macs, revolutionized the way we listen to music with the iPod, and put a supercomputer in everyone’s pocket with the iPhone. In 2017, the Cupertino, Calif. company came for the smartphone—again —with its iPhone […]
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Stop the Chitchat. Bots Don’t Need to Sound Like Us
Bert Brautigam is sick of having conversations with his devices. Like many of us, Brautigam, who works for the design firm Ziba, uses voice assistants like Google’s phone AI or Amazon’s Alexa. The theory is that voice commands make life more convenient. But these assistants […]
Revising the results of last year’s study, Posit Science still effectively combats dementia
Revising the results of their headline-grabbing, decade-long study, researchers from top universities still believe that a brain training exercise from app developer Posit Science can actually reduce the risk of dementia among older adults. The groundbreaking study still has incredible implications for the treatment of […]
The best Nintendo Switch games
AAA blockbusters versus indie darlings At the end of the day, games are games are games, regardless of whether you downloaded them onto your device or bought them at a brick-and-mortar store. While The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 […]
On-site research, like this archaeological dig in Greece, let classics students get their hands dirty
On-site research, like this archaeological dig in Greece, let classics … Max Novak works in Onchestos, Greece, creating a “sondage” (a little hole) at a dig … graduate research and travel through the Classics Department at the USC … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel […]
Save 97% on premium PC software with DownloadMix
Black Friday is nearly upon us, but you don’t have to wait until next week for a brilliant deal on software. DownloadMix is a new service that offers premium software bundles at a hugely discounted price. Each month, DownloadMix provides a different package of eight […]
Facebook, Google and others join The Trust Project, an effort to increase transparency around online news
“Fake news” and other misinformation, online propaganda, and satirical content people believe is true have filled the web via search engines and social media, and have caused a rift in how people perceive today’s news organizations and the quality of their coverage. A nonpartisan effort called […]
Neighboring exoplanet could be one of the most habitable
While both of them orbit a red dwarf, some of the coolest stars in the universe, Ross 128 b’s star is much friendlier. It doesn’t emit as much solar flare as the Proxima Centauri, so it’s not as exposed to deadly ultraviolet and X-ray radiation […]
Phone-Chip Designer Tackles ‘Industrial’ Internet of Things
Masayoshi Son, founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, has a lot of crazy ideas. He believes robots with IQs above 10,000 will outnumber humans in 30 years. He considered taking SoftBank private in what would have been the largest leveraged buyout of all time. He […]
Pensioni: Cgil, proposta Governo copre 4.300 lavoratori, costa 61,8 mln
Solo 2% uscite vecchiaia: insufficiente, impegni disattesi (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor Plus) – Roma, 16 nov – La proposta del Governo sulla previdenza "e' … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from