Google’s Tensor inside of Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: A Look into Performance & Efficiency – AnandTech
Google’s Tensor inside of Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: A Look into Performance & Efficiency AnandTechPixel 6 review: Google Hardware finally lives up to its potential Ars TechnicaGoogle Pixel 6 Pro proves other flagship phones are way too expensive Tom’s GuideThe Big Pixel 6 Camera Shoot-Out GizmodoThe Pixel 6 deserves Google’s awesome fabric cases, not the boring ones we got instead Android Police
Firefox 94’s new mobile homescreen makes it easier to jump back to pages you’ve recently visited – The Verge
Firefox 94’s new mobile homescreen makes it easier to jump back to pages you’ve recently visited The VergeFirefox 94 for Android comes with a sleek new homepage and tab switcher improvements (APK Download) Android PoliceFirefox 94 Brings Updated Homepage on iOS, Battery Saving Mode on Mac MacRumorsFirefox for iOS and Android gets new homepage with previously viewed tabs, searches, more 9to5MacFirefox mobile update makes it easier to pick up from where you left off Engadget
Microsoft Loop is a new Office app for the hybrid work era – The Verge
Microsoft Loop is a new Office app for the hybrid work era The Verge
Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings – The Verge
Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings The VergeMicrosoft’s Mesh for Teams brings mixed reality to work EngadgetIgnite 2021: Teams for Consumer Just Became Important OnMSFT.comMicrosoft Teams is getting avatars, launching in VR and AR next year CNETMicrosoft takes on Facebook by launching metaverse on Teams Financial Times
Microsoft launches Loop, an Office app for helping workers stay on top of projects – CNBC
Microsoft launches Loop, an Office app for helping workers stay on top of projects CNBCMicrosoft resurrects Clippy again after brutally killing him off in Microsoft Teams The VergeMicrosoft is bringing more Power platform to Teams TechRepublicClippy is back to troll your friends in Microsoft Teams PCWorldOne of the most-hated Windows tools is coming out of retirement for Microsoft Teams Techradar
How Alibaba tracks China’s delivery driversYuan Ren
Mr. Fu, a driver in Beijing for the food delivery service Eleme, makes about a dozen deliveries per shift. But he could make more—and spill less—if he didn’t have to constantly get his phone out to update his status. “I have to log in every few minutes on the app to avoid being penalized if the delivery is late because of the restaurant,” he says. In China, fierce competition and the promise of instant delivery drive delivery apps to seek a technological edge. Now Eleme, one of the main players, has rolled out a vast indoor detection system to track […]
3 space science questions that computing is helping to answer Tatyana Woodall
As space scientists collect more and more data, observatories around the world are finding new ways to apply supercomputing, cloud computing, and deep learning to make sense of it all. Here are some examples of how these technologies are changing the way astronomers study space. What happens when black holes collide? As a postdoctoral student in the US, astrophysicist Eliu Huerta started to think about how technology might help more breakthroughs happen in his field. Then researchers detected gravitational waves for the first time in 2015 with LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory). Scientists have since charted these observations and […]
These impossible instruments could change the future of musicWill Douglas Heaven
When Gadi Sassoon met Michele Ducceschi backstage at a rock concert in Milan in 2016, the idea of making music with mile-long trumpets blown by dragon fire, or guitars strummed by needle-thin alien fingers, wasn’t yet on his mind. At the time, Sassoon was simply blown away by the everyday sounds of the classical instruments that Ducceschi and his colleagues were re-creating. “When I first heard it, I couldn’t believe the realism. I could not believe that these sounds were made by a computer,” says Sassoon, a musician and composer based in Italy. “This was completely groundbreaking, next-level stuff.” What […]
Robo-taxis are headed for a street near youMIT Technology Review Insights
In the coming years, mobility solutions—or how we get from point A to point B—will bridge the gap between ground and air transportation—yes, that means flying cars. Technological advancements are transforming mobility for people and, leading to unprecedented change. Nand Kochhar, vice president of automotive and transportation for Siemens Software says this transformation extends beyond transportation to society in general. “The future of mobility is going to be multimodal to meet consumer demands, to offer a holistic experience in a frictionless way, which offers comfort, convenience, and safety to the end consumer.” Thinking about transportation differently is part of a […]
Podcast: How pricing algorithms learn to colludeAnthony Green
Algorithms now determine how much things cost. It’s called dynamic pricing and it adjusts according to current market conditions in order to increase profits. The rise of e-commerce has propelled pricing algorithms into an everyday occurrence—whether you’re shopping on Amazon, booking a flight, hotel or ordering an Uber. In this continuation of our series on automation and your wallet, we explore what happens when a machine determines the price you pay. In this episode we meet: Lisa Wilkins, UX designer Gabe Smith, chief evangelist, PriceFXAylin Caliskan, assistant professor, University of WashingtonJoseph Harrington, professor of business, economics and public policy, University of […]